De Gabor
Contemporary French indie fragrance.
De Gabor was founded in France in 2019 by Gabriel Gabor, who both creates and directs the house's fragrance work. Operating as a founder-perfumer, Gabor belongs to a generation of French creators for whom the artisanal niche label is the natural vehicle for an individual creative practice, rather than a commercial aspiration. The house communicates with minimal fanfare, letting compositions carry the argument: structured, technically proficient fragrances that trace the influence of classical French perfumery while making room for Gabor's personal aesthetic preferences. The Paris context sharpens the work — competing in the most scrutinised fragrance market in the world demands either genuine craft or confident differentiation, and De Gabor offers both. Distribution is appropriately small-scale, prioritising relationships with serious niche retailers over broad availability. A representative brand for the next generation of independent French perfumers building careers outside the large houses.
Releases
DNA over time
Each column is an era. Each colored band shows that family’s share of accord weight across every perfume the house released in that window. Bigger band = the house leaned harder on that family.
