Floris
British family perfumers since 1730
Floris was founded on Jermyn Street in 1730 by Juan Famenias Floris, a Menorcan barber who began blending toilet waters for his London clientele. Nearly three centuries later it is still owned and run by direct descendants of the founder, and remains at the same Jermyn Street address — making it one of the oldest continuously operating perfumeries in the world. The catalogue is built on classical British cologne and floral structures: lavender, rose, neroli, sandalwood. Royal warrant holders, the house has supplied fragrances to every English monarch since George IV, and its ledger books from the 19th century list orders for Florence Nightingale, Mary Shelley, and Ian Fleming.
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.
