Patrice Martin
A Grasse nose with a quiet retail line.
Patrice Martin was born and raised in Grasse, from a family with deep roots in the region's perfume trade. After joining the Roure Perfumery School in 1976, he spent fifteen years at Givaudan — then still called Roure — dividing his time between Grasse and Paris and contributing to landmark projects including Dior's Dune and Poison and Cacharel's Loulou. He subsequently led the fragrance department at Floressence, working with L'Oréal, Nuxe, and Marina de Bourbon before establishing his own quiet retail line under his own name. The patricemartin.co operation is small and artisanal in spirit: organic and natural essences predominate, and the catalogue of wearable eau de parfums launched from 2022 onward reflects a deliberate departure from industrial-scale perfumery. Martin has collaborated with other fragrance artists including Shadi Samra and Christian Provenzano on specific compositions. The brand's distinction is the gap between its visible modesty — a minimal website, a micro-distribution footprint — and the impeccable professional pedigree behind it. For buyers who care about provenance, a Grasse-trained nose with credits at Dior and Cacharel is an unusual find at this price point.
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.
