Maître Parfumeur et Gantier

When Jean Laporte founded L’Artisan Parfumeur in 1976, he was one of the pioneers of niche perfumery. In 1988 he started over with Maître Parfumeur et Gantier — “master perfumer and glover.” The name harks back to an old French guild: the gantiers-parfumeurs, who once perfumed leather gloves to mask the smell of tanning — and from this craft, French perfumery grew. The fragrances include Ambre Précieux, Patchouli 1969, and Grain de Plaisir.