Our Story
Grasse, since 1928Four generations of perfumers, one small atelier above the old town, and a stubborn belief that a perfume should take as long as it needs.
The atelierWhere it began
A bench, a window and a single rose
Born in Grasse, the house works where classical French perfumery meets a slower, stranger kind of composition. Flowers are gathered at dawn, at their most volatile, and distilled the same morning.
Every flacon is filled, numbered and sealed by hand, so no two batches are quite alike.
Founded
1928
Batches a year
Twelve
Perfumers
Three
Who we buy from
Flowers bought at a fair price
Our roses, jasmine and tuberose come from a dozen families around Grasse. We agree the price before the harvest, every year, and we buy the whole crop.
It costs more. It also means the flowers are picked at dawn, when they smell the way they should.
The growersThe critical reception
“Ambre Noir is unlike anything in contemporary niche perfumery: magnetic, smoky and eternal.”
- Maison Review
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