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The 17th century, and especially the reign of Louis XIV, is considered the golden age of perfumery. At that time, perfumers were often also gantiers, or glove makers. Elegance was synonymous with perfume, hair powder and make-up. The gentlemen gantiers ran perfume salons in the old centre of Paris, which were frequented by the rich and upper classes to have their gloves and wigs perfumed. These salons were extremely luxurious and offered a place to relax and converse.
With Maître Parfumeur et Gantier, Jean-François Laporte revived this concept at the end of the 1980s: With his two ‘Salons à Parfums’, he harked back to those days of yore, furnishing them with marble floors, armchairs, leather-covered walls and ceilings decorated with trompe-l'oeil paintings – and enjoyed the same success he had previously experienced with L'Artisan Parfumeur. Laporte was also the founder of this now popular niche fragrance house, which he left in the 1980s in search of new challenges. Maître Parfumeur et Gantier works as a close-knit team with Jean Paul Millet Lage, a perfumer trained by Laporte, who took over the company in 1997 and continues to run it today. His fragrances are extremely distinctive and therefore highly recognisable.