We collaborate with artisans, gilders, artists from all backgrounds: photographers, musicians, painters... and master craftsmen to make perfumery a living and vibrant art based on creative freedom and a quest for Beauty.

Founded in France in 2015, Atelier Des Ors is now based in Grasse at Villa Primerose, a historic building constructed in 1886. Welcoming and hybrid, it embodies the spirit of creation and the art of living inspiration of the brand.

Our creators

Jean-Philippe developed his own artistic sensitivity from a very young age. His olfactory curiosity, his taste for exceptional products, and his love for the fine perfumery of the 1920s-1930s have shaped his approach from the beginning. While his sources of inspiration are diverse: art, the art of living, the culture of elsewhere since he lived for 10 years in the Middle East and worked there in cigars, they all converge towards a quest for beauty in the broadest sense, a high level of demand, and the desire to highlight the creative act above all.

From the beginning, Marie Salamagne, a perfumer at Dsm-Firmenich, has been supporting Jean Philippe in his creations. A long-term partnership that creates a unique relationship and allows for the development of a true olfactory identity.
She was chosen for her talent and her vision of perfume. For her, the perfumer embodies both the craftsman and the artist. She envisions her creations as paintings, where the shades create contrasts.

" A good perfume acts like a Proustian madeleine. It has the power to transport, and the emotion it evokes is uncontrollable and powerful. It is an entity in itself. » 

OFFER

Our mission is to move you!

To bring beauty, an artistic vision of perfumery, to the center of your life. And to make this quest for Beauty a way of life…

Create future memories that are the guardians of our soul. Like so many secret drawers, either opened intentionally or by surprise. Let yourself be carried away, overwhelmed by the brilliance of a detail, a moment that resurfaces.

These buried memories are somewhat like our personal library. We enjoy wandering through it and picking up here and there a moment of past happiness. We contemplate it, browse it briefly or for a longer time, then when the time comes, we close it and put it back in its place for future wonder.

I create fragrances with Marie so that they live and are at the heart of the lives of those who wear them.

We are the artisans and archivists of their olfactory memories.

Evoke emotions, forge memories, inspire, transcend, amaze…

Create.

OUR EMBLEM

We believe in the power of creation, in objects that carry meaning and emotions. Like our emblem, the seahorse, we want our fragrances to provoke a response.

The seahorse was chosen for its extreme uniqueness and fascinating aura.
His appearance is hybrid, mysterious, and majestic. A fantastic creature in Greek mythology, both familiar and strange at the same time,
he intrigues and captures attention.

The seahorse is also the hallmark of 24k gold in France. A major component of the human brain (“Hippocampus”), it plays an important role in the memory of colors, smells, and emotions. The olfactory memory is the most powerful of all, and the strangest as well, just like the seahorse.

This emblem thus creates a link between gold, perfume, and memory.

EXCEPTIONAL EXPERTISE

GOLD

Gold symbolizes an absolute quest for the brand. It has always been a subject of fascination. Gold has been used in all civilizations to represent and honor deities. In the same way, perfume was originally used in perfumery by priests to scent churches and connect with deities "per fumum" through smoke.
Star dust because gold is of stellar origin, it thus brings a part of eternity into our bottle. 

THE PERFUME 

Gold is also for us this precious liquid: perfume,
and the exceptional materials that compose it. Mysterious liquid, it is the gold of emotions, calling upon the power of olfactory memory. Its evocative power is infinite...

GOLD CRAFTSMANSHIP

And for an even more exclusive experience, our master gilders enhance our creations and elevate their artistic dimension. With the meticulous work of these artisans, our bottles become precious jewels…  

BEAUTY OF THE OBJECT

Our bottle was designed like a sculpture, a jewel with a sleek and elegant look. We wanted a bottle that is both modern and reminiscent of the magnificence of vintage perfume bottles from the 1920s/1930s.

An object that appeals as much to the eye as to the touch and reveals itself in its details. The embossed rays on the back of the bottle symbolize light, the brilliance of the sun, but also the trail of the fragrance. When the bottle catches the light, the golden hue of the perfume creates a sparkling reflection.

This is a tribute to the crystal cutting techniques used for Haute Parfumerie bottles during the Art Deco era (1930s).

And on the top of the cap, our emblem, the seahorse, like a craftsman's seal, accompanies the scented gesture.