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Nicolas de Barry : the « Haute Parfumerie »
Nicolas de Barry is an unusual person in the world of perfumery. He studied both sociology and politics. He was awarded a "Prix d'Histoire de l'Académie Française". He has already published 15 books among them a novel and a play. Before starting the perfumery in 1992 he was a diplomat.
His encounters with Edmond Roudnitska (the genious behind Diorissimo and Eau Sauvage), Françoise Marin long time director of " Givaudan-Roure" Perfumery School, in Grasse, and Rodrique Romani, gave birth to his commitment to this profession. Nicolas de Barry likes to pay hommage to his masters: "perfumery is an art. One learns with the masters. I am following in their tradition."
In Brazil where it all began, he became the parfumer of the "high society" for whom he made exclusive fragrances. In France he bought the Château de Frileuse near Blois in the Loire Valley where he has set up a perfume Atelier and a garden of scents. There, he creates perfumes and welcomes clients like the Comtesse de Paris for whom he created her very own fragrance. Nicolas de Barry also organizes workshops and Master Classes worldwide.
He is the author of numerous books on perfumery: « L' ABCdaire du parfum »("The ABCs of perfumes "),Flammarion, with G. Vindry and M. Turonnet; « Des parfums à faire soi-même »("Make your own perfumes"), Minerva; « L' Inde des parfums » (" India, country of fragrances "), Garde-Temps.
He is also the general secretary of the 'Prix International du Parfum' which he founded in 2000.
In 2003 he designed a new collection 'Les Parfums Historiques' . He recreated with the utmost fidelity the genuine perfumes of George Sand, Marguerite de Vallois (Queen Margot), King Louis XV, Marquise de Pompadour. He is currently working on many more.
He takes great care to find the best natural ingredients for his scents from the best sources around the world. Nicolas de Barry now proposes 100 % natural perfumes. These are rare and precious oils like Aloes wood, Rose from Grasse or Crimea, Blue Lotus from Thailand and many others...
He has limited series perfumes for sale on this web site.
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