L'Artisan Parfumeur
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| Privately held corporation | |
| Industry | Fashion |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Founder | Jean Laporte |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
| Products |
Perfumes Cosmetics Candles |
| Website |
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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.[1]
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, Dora Baghriche-Arnaud, Elisabeth Maier, Karine Vinchon, Olivia Giacobetti and Anne Flipo.[2] 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):
- 2014
- Haute Voltige
- Rappelle-Toi
- Onde Sensuelle
- 2013
- Caligna eau de parfum
- Amour Nocturne
- Deliria
- Skin on Skin
- 2012
- Séville à L'Aube
- 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
- 1978
- 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)