L'Artisan Parfumeur
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L'Artisan Parfumeur is a French niche perfume house, established in 1976 by Jean Laporte. He later left the company to form rival Maître Parfumeur et Gantier.
L'Artisan is based in Paris, but now has outlets worldwide.
It specialises in unusual fragrances, working with master perfumers such as Michel Almairac, Evelyne Boulanger, Bertrand Duchaufour
, Jean-Claude Ellena
, Olivia Giacobetti
and Anne Flipo. The emphasis is on scents from nature.
Many of L'Artisan's creations are soliflores (Verte Violette) or unexpected combinations which evoke moods or places (Jour de Fête, Timbuktu).
The company sells candles and home fragrances as well as perfume.
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Some of these fragrances are no longer in production.
L'Artisan is based in Paris, but now has outlets worldwide.
It specialises in unusual fragrances, working with master perfumers such as Michel Almairac, Evelyne Boulanger, Bertrand Duchaufour
Bertrand Duchaufour
Bertrand Duchaufour is a French perfumer who trained at the Lautier Florasynth group in Grasse while also working at Florasynth Paris and Créations Aromatiques . From 2008, he has been L'Artisan Parfumeur's perfumer 'in residence'...
, Jean-Claude Ellena
Jean-Claude Ellena
Jean-Claude Ellena is a perfumer or "nose." He has the business and practice of perfumery in his blood. At an early age, he picked roses with his grandmother to sell to perfumers, and, in fact, his father, brother, and daughter are perfumers...
, Olivia Giacobetti
Olivia Giacobetti
thumb|Olivia Giacobetti. Photo: Guillaume Luisetti.Olivia Giacobetti is a French perfumer, currently creative director at Parfum Lubin.-Biography:...
and Anne Flipo. The emphasis is on scents from nature.
Many of L'Artisan's creations are soliflores (Verte Violette) or unexpected combinations which evoke moods or places (Jour de Fête, Timbuktu).
The company sells candles and home fragrances as well as perfume.
Perfumes
Fragrances (with date of release):2011:
- Fleur d'Oranger 2011
- Mon Numero series (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10)
- Batucada
2010:
- Nuit de Tubéreuse
- Coeur de Vetiver Sacré
- Traversée du Bosphore
2009:
- Côte d'Amour
- Vanille Absolument (first called Havana Vanille)
- Al Oudh
2008:
- Fleur de Liane
- Aedes de Venustas
- Mûre et Musc Extrait
2007:
- L'Eau de Jatamansi
- Iris Pallida 2007
- Fleur d'Oranger 2007
- L'Echange
2006:
- Dzongkha
- Fleur de Narcisse 2006
- Fou d'Absinthe
- Mandarine Tout Simplement*
- L'Été en Douce
2005:
- La Chasse aux Papillons Extrême
- Extrait de Songes
- Ambroisie Ararat
- Fleur d'Oranger 2005
2004:
- Ananas Fizz
- Jour de Fête
- Timbuktu
- Eau de Printemps
2003:
- Bois Farine
- Premier Figuier Extrême
- Un Zeste D'Été
2002:
- Safran Troublant
- Poivre Piquant
- Piment Brûlant
- Patchouli Patch
2001:
- Ambre Extrême
- Framboise Tralala
- Une Bouquet en Mai
- Thé des Sables
2000:
- Tea for Two
- Jacinthe des Bois
- Oeillet Sauvage
- Verte Violette
- Fleur de Carotte
1999:
- Passage d'Enfer
- La Chasse aux Papillons
- Dzing!
1998:
- Navegar
- Sautes d'Humeur: A Rire
- Sautes d'Humeur: Reveuse
- Sautes d'Humeur: A Rien
- Sautes d'Humeur: Jalouse
- Sautes d'Humeur: Massacrante
1997:
- Méchant Loup
- L'Eau du Floriste
1996:
- Thé Pour un Été
- Drôle de Rose
1994:
- Premier Figuier
1993:
- Voleur de Roses
- Mûre et Musc Extrême
- L'Eau de L'Artisan
1992:
- Mimosa Pour Moi
1990:
- Riviéra Palace
1989:
- Alchimie Pourpre
- Eau des Merveilleuses
1985:
- Orchidée Blanc
- L'Eau du Caporal
1984:
- Bouton d'Or
1982:
- La Haie Fleurie du Hameau
- Les Hesperédés de la Grande Sierre
1979:
- Patchouli
- L'Eau du Navigateur
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- Vetiver
- Vanilia
- Tubéreuse
- Santal
- Mûre et Musc
- L'Eau d'Ambre
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 ($250-$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 6-7, 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)