French perfume publishing house known for giving world-class perfumers total creative freedom and crediting them as artists.
ORIGIN
France
PRICE TIER
luxury
Founded in 2000 by Frédéric Malle, a third-generation perfume expert whose grandfather founded Parfums Christian Dior, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle revolutionized the industry by introducing the concept of the “perfume publisher.” Rejecting the marketing-driven anonymity of the 90s, Malle placed the perfumers’ names front and center on the bottles, granting legendary noses like Dominique Ropion and Jean-Claude Ellena total creative freedom and unlimited budgets to source raw materials. The result is an eclectic library of scents that range from the hyper-realistic tuberose of *Carnal Flower* to the dark, symphonic rose of *Portrait of a Lady*.