The next perfumery on our list
was Maison Francis Kurkdjian. Francis Kurkdjian is a young perfumer and is
famous for creating perfumes like Le Male from Jean Paul Gaultier and Narciso Rodriguez
for her. Located in the same pocket of Paris as the other two, this perfumery
had the same chic look and style. There was a bubble machine blowing bubbles
right outside the store window and next to the entry were strips of cloth
having the brand name on it laced with their best-selling perfume – Aqua
Universalis. The lady in charge of showing us around the perfumery took us
through all the fragrances and explained in brief the composition of each. My
favourite fragrance was APOM pour homme. The first thing you’ll recognize in
this perfume is the beautiful scent of orange blossom. It has other floral
hints of white flowers and also some woody and ambery notes. But, the main
reason I liked this perfume was because it reminded me slightly of Le Male, one
of my favourite masculine fragrances.
After, we left the Tuileries area
and headed towards Palais Royale to our next stop – Serge Lutens. This
perfumery had a mystical black and purple theme. The perfumes were all coloured
and I felt like all of them had a potion-like look to them. Out of all of them,
the one that stood out for me was Nuit de Cellophane. A floral bouquet with
notes like osmanthus, jasmine, orange blossom and lily and also fruity-green
sides, this perfume reminded us of a lighter, slightly more refined version of
J’adore by Dior.
Our last perfumery for the day,
though not a niche perfumery, was one of the exclusive perfume shops in Paris –
The Guerlain Shop on Champs Elysees. The entire shop was decorated to celebrate
Guerlain’s latest launch – La Petite Robe Noir (Little Black Dress). They had
all the employees dressed in black and small mannequins dressed in black
dresses. We looked around the shop and tried on our favourites – Idylle,
Shalimar, Jicky and Apres L’ondee. One of the employees later took us through
some of the exclusive perfumes that were sold only in that particular store
along with a limited perfume which was a reconstitution of the Lily. It was
perfectly rounded with a powdery white flower note. The employee then asked us
if we wanted to try our favourite perfume on ourselves, and obviously we
agreed. She generously sprayed us with some of Guerlain’s finest perfumes and
we walked out of the store smelling absolutely fantastic, with a smile on our
faces having spent the entire day lost in the land of perfumes, ready for our
rendezvous with the Eiffel Tower.
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