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Henry Jacques
Haute Parfumerie Vivante, since 1975
Haute Parfumerie · Grasse · Paris · Since 1975

Henry JacquesThe art of perfume, made to measure

A family house that chose rarity over volume. For half a century its perfumers have composed by hand, from natural materials, for a private clientele around the world.

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The House

Born in the hills
of Grasse.

In 1975 Henry Jacques Cremona founded his house on the outskirts of Grasse, the town in Provence that has been the heart of French perfumery since the seventeenth century. He set out to treat scent as an art that can hold memory and emotion, and he built an encyclopaedic knowledge of the finest natural raw materials to do it.

From the beginning the house worked like a couture atelier: perfumes composed for one person at a time, for a discreet private clientele that grew to include prominent families and official state gifts. Mass production was never part of the plan.

“For my father, quality and quantity could not work together.”Anne-Lise Cremona, Chief Executive

The house in numbers

Half a century
of savoir faire.

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Natural raw materials in the laboratory
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Bespoke formulas in the archive, approximately
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Scents in Les Classiques de HJ
Sur Mesure

A perfume that
exists only once.

Bespoke perfumery is the signature craft of the house, and the reason it was founded.

I

The conversation

A detailed consultation maps the client’s tastes, way of life, cherished memories and emotions.

II

The composition

A perfumer then composes a fragrance for that one person, drawing on a palette of some 1,200 natural materials.

III

The hand

Blending, finishing and packing are done in the house’s own laboratory in the South of France, largely by hand.

IV

The archive

Each formula joins an archive of around 3,000 creations built over decades for clients across the world.

The Art

Anatomy of
Ambre Cuir.

A woody oriental and one of the signatures of Les Classiques de HJ, read from first breath to last trace.

Top notes
Geranium · Lavender · Orange flower
Heart
Frankincense · Iris · Coriander seed
Base
Leather · Opoponax · Amber

A perfume of the house may hold up to 250 components, a complexity far beyond most commercial scents.

The Collections

A wardrobe
of scent.

The house compares perfume to a wardrobe: chosen for the mood, the moment and the occasion. Its collections are drawn from five decades of bespoke work.

i

Les Classiques de HJ

Fifty scents selected from almost 3,000 perfumes created over the house’s first four decades, offered in 15 ml and 30 ml.

ii

Les Essences

Pure perfume oils at a concentration of close to 100 per cent: essence and nothing else.

iii

Les Brumes

Lighter interpretations built on Les Essences, for a softer veil of scent.

iv

Les Couture de HJ

Limited editions for collectors, presented in crystal flacons finished by artisans.

v

Les Toupies

Named after spinning tops: Mr H, woody and fresh with cedar, geranium and sandalwood, and Mrs Y, floral and woody with Damask rose, ylang ylang and wild lily of the valley.

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The Flacon

Crystal,
and a ritual revived.

The flacons are designed by the interior architect and designer Christophe Tollemer, artistic director of the house, and crafted by crystal artisans with close attention to lustre, balance and form. Collaborations with crystal makers and jewellers have produced limited editions, among them a flacon set with white and brown diamonds.

Henry Jacques has also revived an older gesture: applying perfume to the skin with a crystal rod rather than a spray, at the neck and the wrists, as perfume was once worn.

The Family

Independent,
and still a family.

The house has never been sold. Its guardians are the people who made it.

Founder

Henry Jacques Cremona

Founded the house near Grasse in 1975 and refused, all his life, to trade quality for volume. His bespoke perfumes for royal and society clients built its reputation in private.

Chief Executive

Anne-Lise Cremona

The founder’s daughter. After working for major perfume groups in Paris and Geneva she returned to lead the house, opening it to a wider audience in the 2010s while guarding its savoir faire.

Artistic Director

Christophe Tollemer

Interior architect and designer behind the house’s crystal flacons and its salons, conceived to feel like private Parisian apartments rather than shops.

The Journey

From Provence
to the world.

1975

The house is founded

Henry Jacques Cremona opens his haute parfumerie on the outskirts of Grasse, composing bespoke perfumes for a private clientele.

Harrods

The first step into retail

Henry Jacques is one of only ten houses, from nearly 300, invited to the Salon de Parfums on the sixth floor of Harrods in London, and the only one of the ten to debut there.

Dubai

A house within The Dubai Mall

A boutique on Fashion Avenue designed to feel like a home, with eighteenth century floor tiles from a castle, an eighteenth century mirror, Venetian upholstery and French woodwork assembled on site, and a private room for bespoke clients.

2019

Singapore

The first standalone boutique in Singapore opens in the lobby of Marina Bay Sands, panelled in aged oak and furnished with antiques.

2022

Tokyo

The house makes its official Japan debut with a salon at GINZA SIX, designed by Christophe Tollemer.

Paris

2 Avenue Montaigne

Today the house receives clients at 2 Avenue Montaigne, on the most celebrated couture avenue in Paris.

The Maisons

Where the house
receives.

Salons and counters where Henry Jacques has welcomed clients, each conceived as a private apartment rather than a shop.

Paris

2 Avenue Montaigne

The Paris salon of the house.

London

Harrods

Salon de Parfums, sixth floor.

Dubai

The Dubai Mall

Fashion Avenue, with a private room for bespoke clients.

Singapore

Marina Bay Sands

The first standalone boutique in Singapore.

Tokyo

GINZA SIX

The house’s Japan debut.

Kuala Lumpur

Pavilion KL

Arrival in Malaysia.

Beverly Hills

Rodeo Drive

The house in Los Angeles.

Grasse

The laboratory

Where every perfume is still composed and made by hand.

From the house

The latest
from Henry Jacques.

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Facts on this page come from the house and from published interviews with Signé Magazine, The Peak Singapore, South China Morning Post Style and openers.jp. Imagery courtesy of Henry Jacques.

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