What D'ORSAY is known for
Paris perfume house launched in 1865 by the heirs of Count Alfred d'Orsay, formalized in 1908 as the Compagnie Française des Parfums d'Orsay; opened a rue de la Paix boutique in 1923 and was revived in 2018 by Æra Nova under Amélie Huynh.
D'Orsay traces its name to Count Alfred d'Orsay (1801-1852), a dandy and amateur perfumer who created fragrances, including L'Eau de Bouquet in 1830, for his companion Marguerite, Countess of Blessington. The house itself was founded after his death: his heirs, including the Grimod family, launched the first D'Orsay perfume commercially in Paris in 1865, and in 1908 the operation was formalized as the Compagnie Française des Parfums d'Orsay, built explicitly to preserve and extend his perfume legacy as a Parisian luxury house. It opened a boutique at 17 rue de la Paix in 1923, decorated by designers Louis Süe and André Mare, alongside a Fifth Avenue location in New York, and ran a production facility at the Château des Bouvets in Puteaux employing up to 500 people across more than a hundred fragrances. The historic house went dormant before being acquired at the end of 2015 by the group Æra Nova, led by Amélie Huynh, which relaunched D'Orsay quietly in 2018.
How ORBIS reads this city
Best for — Intimate modern perfumery reviving Comte d'Orsay's dandy heritage
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