List of products by brand PARFUMS DE MARLY
The history of the Parfums de Marly house began in 2009. Its founder Julien Sprecher inherited his passion for perfumery from his father.
Parfums de Marly fragrances recreate the dreamy mood of past eras. They were created under the influence of the history of the Palace of Versailles and its gardens, near which Julien spent his childhood.
Parfums de Marly compositions are designed in a modern style, but at the same time correspond to the traditions of the royal court of France of the 18th century.
High art
The court of Louis XV was filled with flowers, fruits and exotic essences. The decor of the Chateau de Marly, where the king loved to spend his leisure time, used volutes and floral elements in pastel turquoise and soft pink shades. The ladies of the court fanned themselves with fans made of precious wood with artificial diamonds - an invention of the jeweler Georg Friedrich Strass. They wore entire miniature compositions of feathers, fruits, flowers and colorful birds in their hair. Their dresses of all sorts of natural shades trailed a fragrant trail of aromas.
The heyday of perfumery
During the reign of Louis XV, the art of perfumery became increasingly complex and inventive. In the king’s secret apartments in the Palace of Versailles, one could smell the aromas of flowers, potpourri and fruit essences. Perfumers had complete creative freedom, and the courtiers even had their own “perfume cellars” that allowed them to create intricate compositions.
The origins of modern perfumery
The “perfume court” of Louis XV revolutionized the fashion for complex aromas. Great perfumers such as Jean-Louis Fargeon complicated fauve, i.e. animalic aromas, which initially included only 2-3 rich components – “base notes”. They were supplemented with composite floral bouquets – mille fleurs – which over time evolved into heart notes. Top notes were popularized even earlier by the Princess of Neroli, after whom neroli oil is named. Fruit essences were held in high esteem, and above all, “orange blossom water” – a favorite component of Louis XV and the Marquise de Pompadour.
A symbol of nobility
In the Château de Marly, horse sculptures were used to decorate the gardens and parks. The Bey of Tunis presented Louis XV with a thoroughbred Arabian stallion, Godolphin Arabian. The noble horse served as inspiration for the sculpture “The Horses of Marly”, which the king commissioned the sculptor Guillaume Cousteau to create.
A masterpiece of French sculpture, “The Horses of Marly” survived the French Revolution and was moved to the Place de la Concorde in Paris. To preserve the sculptures, in 1984 they were placed in the Louvre, in the so-called "Cour de Marly".
