Saujet, the haute parfumerie fragrance house, will launch on Oct. 20 with a pop-up in Neiman Marcus Beverly Hills.
After working with fragrance brands for many years with his family, Thomas Saujet is ready to put his own name on one — and it exudes luxury in every sense. Think French crystal bottles and concentrations so high his perfumers certainly raised eyebrows.
Enter Saujet, his haute parfumerie fragrance house inspired by the glamorous Mediterranean lifestyle. It will launch Oct. 20 with a pop-up in Neiman Marcus Beverly Hills before expanding its retail presence throughout the next year.
Its debut collection, Lumière d’Azur, is priced at $2,250 for a 76-ml. bottle and will be sold at Bergdorf Goodman and the Lalique Townhouse in New York, in addition to Neiman Marcus. The launch also introduces Le Briquet, an 18-karat gold-plated fragrance atomizer inspired by the French cigarette lighter priced at $475.
With fragrance concentrations reaching up to 60 percent, Lumière d’Azur pushes the boundaries of what is possible in perfumery. For reference, an extrait’s concentration is usually around 20 to 30 percent.
“They thought I was crazy,” said Saujet of when he first presented the idea to the perfumers at Givaudan, who developed the fragrances. “Let’s stretch the limit. In the world of fragrance, people now want higher levels of concentration. We’re at such a high price point, we have the ability to not compromise.”
The collection is organized around sun, sea and earth elements and was developed with perfumers Yann Vasnier, Christine Hassan, Rodrigo Flores-Roux, Caroline Sabas and Shyamala Maisondieu at Givaudan.
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