L'Artisan Parfumeur is a French niche perfume house owned by Puig company from Spain, which also owns British perfume house Penhaligon's.
History
LâÂÂArtisan Parfumeur was established in 1976 by Jean Laporte. In 1982, he left the company, going on to form rival Maître Parfumeur et Gantier in 1988.
L'Artisan is based in ParisâÂÂthe original store opened on Rue de Grenelle in 1979âÂÂbut now has outlets worldwide.
LâÂÂArtisan's 2012 release Seville àlâÂÂaube was the subject of the book The Perfume Lover, a memoir by Denyse Beaulieu describing her collaboration with French perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour to develop the scent. Together they went through more than 100 modifications to develop the fragrance with notes of orange blossom, incense, smoke, beeswax, flowers and musk.
In January 2015, private equity firm Fox Paine & Company, then LâÂÂArtisan's owner, sold the company to the Spanish perfume group Puig (along with British perfume line Penhaligon's).
Products
It specialises in unusual fragrances, working with master perfumers such as Michel Almairac, Evelyne Boulanger, Bertrand Duchaufour, Jean-Claude Ellena, Dora Baghriche-Arnaud, Elisabeth Maier, Karine Vinchon, Fabrice Pellegrin, Olivia Giacobetti, and Anne Flipo. The emphasis is on scents from nature. The most popular perfumes of L'Artisan Parfumeur are Mure et Musc Extreme, Timbuktu, Passage d'Enfer, Bana Banana, L'Ete en Douce.
The company sells candles and home fragrances as well as fragrances.
Perfumes
Fragrances (with date of release):
1978:
- Vetiver
- Vanilia
- Tubéreuse
- Santal
- Mûre et Musc
- L'Eau d'Ambre
1979:
- Patchouli
- L'Eau du Navigateur
1982:
- La Haie Fleurie du Hameau
- Les Hesperédés de la Grande Sierre
1984:
1985:
- Orchidée Blanc
- L'Eau du Caporal
1989:
- Alchimie Pourpre
- Eau des Merveilleuses
1990:
1992:
1993:
- Voleur de Roses
- Mûre et Musc Extrême
- L'Eau de L'Artisan
1994:
1996:
- Thé Pour un ÃÂté
- Drôle de Rose
1997:
- Méchant Loup
- L'Eau du Floriste
1998:
- Navegar
- Sautes d'Humeur: A Rire
- Sautes d'Humeur: Reveuse
- Sautes d'Humeur: A Rien
- Sautes d'Humeur: Jalouse
- Sautes d'Humeur: Massacrante
1999:
- Passage d'Enfer
- La Chasse aux Papillons
- Dzing!
2000:
- Tea for Two
- Jacinthe des Bois
- Oeillet Sauvage
- Verte Violette
- Fleur de Carotte
2001:
- Ambre Extrême
- Framboise Tralala
- Une Bouquet en Mai
- Thé des Sables
2002:
- Safran Troublant
- Poivre Piquant
- Piment Brûlant
- Patchouli Patch
2003:
- Bois Farine
- Premier Figuier Extrême
- Un Zeste D'ÃÂté
2004:
- Ananas Fizz
- Jour de Fête
- Timbuktu
- Eau de Printemps
2005:
- La Chasse aux Papillons Extrême
- Extrait de Songes
- Ambroisie Ararat
- Fleur d'Oranger 2005
2006:
- Dzongkha
- Fleur de Narcisse 2006
- Fou d'Absinthe
- Mandarine Tout Simplement
- L'ÃÂté en Douce
2007:
- L'Eau de Jatamansi
- Iris Pallida 2007
- Fleur d'Oranger 2007
- L'Echange
2008:
- Fleur de Liane
- Aedes de Venustas
- Mûre et Musc Extrait
2009:
- Côte d'Amour
- Vanille Absolument (first called Havana Vanille)
- Al Oudh
2010:
- Nuit de Tubéreuse
- Coeur de Vetiver Sacré
- Traversée du Bosphore
2011:
- Fleur d'Oranger 2011
- Mon Numero series (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10)
- Batucada
2012:
2013:
- Caligna eau de parfum
- Amour Nocturne
- Deliria
- Skin on Skin
2014:
- Haute Voltige
- Rappelle-Toi
- Onde Sensuelle
2016:
- Bucoliques de Provence
- Arcana Rosa 9
- Venenum 32
- Tenebrae 26
- Violaceum 2
- Glacialis Terra
- Mirabilis 60
- Bucoliques de Provence
2017:
- Un Air de Bretagne
- Histoire d'Orangers
- Sur L'Herbe
- Au Bord de L'eau
2018:
- Mont de Narcisse
- Mandarina Corsica
- Champ de Fleurs
- Champ de Baies
- L'Eau de L'Artisan
2019:
- Le Chant de Camargue
- Bana Banana
2020:
- Couleur Vanille
- Passage d'Enfer Extrême
2021:
- Ode ÃÂ l'Oudh
- Légendes du Cèdre
- Fables d'Orient
- Contes du Levant
- Bois des Sables
- Crepusculum Mirabile 63
- Obscuratio 25
2022:
- Soleil de Provence
- Abyssae 33
- Musc Amarante
- Cédrat Céruse
- Vétiver ÃÂcarlate
- Tonka Blanc
- Iris de Gris
- Mémoire de Roses
2023:
- Cuir Grenat
- àFleur de Pêche
2024:
Some of these fragrances are no longer in production.
Limited editions
Beginning in 2005, L'Artisan has issued a limited edition "grand cru" soliflore perfume each year from a specific harvest of a particular flower. The creator of the fragrances is master "nose" Anne Flipo. Production is limited to a few thousand bottles each. The price is considerably higher ($250âÂÂ$295 per 3.4 ounce bottle) and the packaging more elaborate than for the regular fragrances. These include:
- Fleur d'Oranger 2005 (Orange blossom harvest of April 2004 from Nabeul, Tunisia)
- Fleur de Narcisse 2006 (Narcissus harvest of June 6âÂÂ7, 2005 from Lozère, France)
- Iris Pallida 2007 (Tuscan iris harvest of 2001). Iris scent molecules take three years to form in the roots (rhizomes) of the iris plant. These roots are dried, ground into colloidal powder, and treated with alcohol to make orris butter, the precious pure absolute of the Iris pallida plant. It takes 41 tons of iris root to produce one kilogram of rhizomal extract.
- Fleur d'Oranger 2007 (Orange blossom harvest of April 2006 from Nabeul, Tunisia)
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