L'Artisan Parfumeur


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, Dora Baghriche-Arnaud, Elisabeth Maier, Karine Vinchon, Olivia Giacobetti and Anne Flipo. The emphasis is on scents from nature.
The company sells candles and home fragrances as well as fragrances.

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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 and the packaging more elaborate than for the regular fragrances. These include: