Maison Francis Kurkdjian [Text in english too]

Maison Francis Kurkdjian est née en 2009 de la rencontre de Francis Kurkdjian, créateur de parfums et de Marc Chaya, co-fondateur et président de la Maison.

Ensemble, ils imaginent un territoire de libre expression sensuel, généreux et aux multiples visages et façonnent un nouvel emblème du savoir-faire et savoir-vivre à la française.

La collection de parfums Maison Francis Kurkdjian se porte tel un vestiaire olfactif. Pureté, sophistication, intemporalité et audace sont les codes de la Maison Francis Kurkdjian.

La fraîcheur d’un Petit Matin. L’éclat d’un Grand Soir. Je vis aux rythmes de ce Paris enchanteur et lumineux. J’aime ces moments uniques dont les évocations m’ont inspiré ce duo de parfums qui se vit telle une escapade olfactive au coeur de la Ville Lumière. «  Francis Kurkdjian

Depuis plus de 10 ans, Francis Kurkdjian crée des parfums sur mesure pour une clientèle privée. Un travail d’orfèvre à la croisée des rêves, une rencontre exceptionnelle entre émotion et mémoire.

Disponibilité dans les boutiques parisiennes Francis Kurkdjian, les nouvelles fragrances Petit matin et Grand soir conjuguent les moments intimes et précieux de la journée.

L’atmosphère de Petit Matin est traduite par l’énergie lumineuse du litsea cubeba d’Indonésie et du citron de Calabre, la douceur florale du lavandin de Provence et de l’aubépine, et des notes ambrées et musquées. Tandis que Grand Soir traduit la douce chaleur vanillée du benjoin de Siam et de la fève tonka du Brésil bousculée par l’obscurité profonde du ciste labdanum d’Espagne.

He knows how to talk about perfume like no other, using images that speak to everyone. Born an artist, Francis Kurkdjian became a perfumer. Through an association of ideas. Because he has a feel for his times, a desire to tell beautiful stories and curiosity about people and raw materials. For the pleasure of giving pleasure. For an attraction to taking risks – the antidote to boredom.

He has been taking risks since he started out more than 20 years ago. Instead of settling comfortably into the beginnings of a brilliant career, he opened the pathways to a new vision. He lent his talent to contemporary artists, set about re-creating Marie-Antoinette’s perfume, went back in time to the early 17th century and the sources of perfumery. He was the first to open his bespoke fragrances atelier, going against the trend of perfume democratization.

He has created gigantic olfactory installations in emblematic spaces, making people dream with his ephemeral and spectacular perfumed performances. All this, while continuing to create perfumes for world famous fashion brands and designers, as fresh as ever.

Maison Francis Kurkdjian opened in 2009, a natural move, yet in the middle of an economic crisis and in an industry that left little room for the perfumer. It was precisely something very beautiful that was needed to withstand the pressure of the times. The Maison is one of freedom, of a sensual, delicate perfectionism. It is guided by enchanting yet precise codes: purity, sophistication, elegance, timelessness, inspiration and the boldness of a classicism reinvented. Its unique personality is fostered by the creative power of a man who has a taste for precision.

A fragrance wardrobe, both generous and carnal, was presented at the opening of the Paris boutique, a stone’s throw from the Tuileries Gardens and Place Vendôme*. Over the months, it has been enriched by a host of different creations -a contemporary and free expression conceived in the pure tradition of the finest French perfumery.

Maison Francis Kurkdjian is a house of fragrance, but also a house of creation. It surrounds itself with the talent of designers, craftsmen, photographers, musicians and set designers. Exceptional know-how come together and echo off each other. They are fundamental to the House and are gradually writing a number of exceptional human adventures, in which perfume is, naturally, the hero.

www.franciskurkdjian.com