Godet
The art of capturing the soul of flowers.
Godet was founded in Paris in 1901 by Julien-Joseph Godet at 37 rue Saint-Lazare, drawing on a family name already established in cognac and decorative bottles. The house won a gold medal at the 1925 Exposition des Arts Décoratifs, kept a circle that included Bonnard, Chagall, Picasso and Matisse, and produced dozens of fragrances before the Depression effectively shuttered it. In 2017, Sonia Godet, the founder's great-granddaughter, revived the maison from Saint-Paul-de-Vence with a small Grasse-made catalogue that includes Cuir d'Iris, Éternité, Divinité and a contemporary reading of the 1921 Petit Fleur Bleue, a perfume Julien-Joseph composed as a marriage proposal. Construction is classical and floral-led; pricing sits in the niche bracket and distribution is concentrated in French Riviera boutiques and a careful international selection.
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.
