Hand-cut Crystal
Each flacon is faceted by hand in Grasse, then polished for eleven hours.
Extrait de Parfum · 2026
Noir Absolu
Amber · Oud · Hand-cut crystal
32% Concentration
A true extrait — worn close to the skin, alive for eighteen hours.
Amber & Oud
Laotian oud rested three years, warmed with Somali amber resin.
Slow Maceration
Six months in darkness so the base notes settle into one accord.
Refillable Vessel
Return the crystal to any maison and it is refilled, never replaced.
Numbered Edition
Nine hundred flacons a year, each engraved with its own number.
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The Collection
Four Houses of Scent
A rotating carousel of the maison's signatures. Hover to hold a flacon, click a facet to bring it forward.
Olfactory Pyramid
Read from the top down
Head
Bergamot from Calabria, pink pepper, a breath of saffron.
Heart
Turkish rose absolute, orris butter, dried fig leaf.
Base
Laotian oud, labdanum, amber resin, Mysore sandalwood.
The Maison
Composed in Grasse, since 1908
Four generations of perfumers work from the same stone atelier above the flower fields. Every accord is built by hand on blotters, never on a screen — a formula is only signed when three noses agree on it.
The crystal is blown and cut a valley away, then carried up by road so no flacon ever leaves the region before it is filled.
The Ritual
Four movements of wearing
I
Warm
Hold the flacon in the palm for a moment; the extrait opens with skin heat.
II
Place
One press at the pulse of the wrist, one below the ear. Never more.
III
Rest
Let it sit two minutes untouched while the top notes burn away.
IV
Wear
The base settles after an hour and stays close for the rest of the day.
Sourcing
Seven ingredients, one accord
Laotian oud rested three years in cedar. Somali amber resin bought from the same family since 1974. Turkish rose absolute picked before sunrise, distilled the same morning.
32%
Concentration
18h
On skin
900
Flacons a year
Voices
Worn and written about
“A shadow of oud that never turns sweet. The most restrained amber of the year.”
Les Nez · Paris“I bought the crystal for the object and stayed for the six-month maceration.”
C. Ferrand · Collector“Eighteen hours is not marketing here. It is still there the next morning.”
Scent QuarterlyPrivate List
Be told before the next release
Nine hundred numbered flacons a year. The list is opened once each season.
Maison de Luxe · Grasse · Paris · Kyoto · © 2026
