Thomas Carlyle Ford, better known today as Tom Ford, is an American fashion designer and film director. The first fragrance produced under this alliance, Black Orchid (2006), was an immediate success. Since then, a range of successful fragrances for men and women have been launched, along with a prestigious line, Tom Ford Private Blend, whose first fragrance was Purple Patchouli in 2007.

Tom Ford fragrances were created in collaboration with perfumers Givaudan, Calice Becker, David Apel, Sonia Constant, Yann Vasnier, Shyamala Maisondieu, Antoine Maisondieu, Harry Fremont, Honorine Blanc, Christophe Laudamiel, Clement Gavarry, Olivier Gillotin, Linda Song, Rodrigo Flores-Roux, Louise Turner, Jacques Cavallier, Shyamala Maisondeau, Richard Herpin, Nathalie Gracia-Cetto and Yves Cassar.