Narciso Rodriguez was raised in newark, new jersey. He received his formal education at parson's school of design in new york. Following freelance work in new york's garment industry, he joined anne klein under donna karan. Later, he moved to calvin klein where he worked on the women's collection. In collaboration with beauté prestige international, rodriguez created his first fragrance, for her, in 2003, which received the british fifi award for best new fragrance that year and the fragrance of the year/women’s noveau niche award in 2004. Narciso rodriguez’s men’s fragrance, for him, was launched in 2007 and received the 2008 grand prix du parfum award for best masculine fragrance and best design. Essence, rodriguez’s third fragrance was launched in 2009. Rodriguez was the recipient of the fifi award for most iconic fragrance of the past decade in 2012 for his fragrance. In little more than a decade, for her collection, essence and his collection became innovative classics and modern icons in the fragrance industry. In 2014, the designer launched his new fragrance, narciso, which, in one year, is on its way to becoming another iconic classic in the industry.