Pierre Guillaume
Contemporary and eclectic independent perfumery
Pierre Guillaume is the French perfumer behind Pierre Guillaume Paris, who launched his first numbered collection — Parfumerie Générale — in 2002 from a laboratory in the Loire valley. Trained originally as an aromatic chemist, Guillaume composed every fragrance in his catalogue himself, an unusual position to hold in modern niche where house founders typically commission outside noses. The work is organized as numbered series — the original Numéraire collection, the more accessible Croisière line, the more experimental Cuir line — with releases catalogued by number alone before being given a name. Compositions favour the woody-aromatic, gourmand, and incense registers, with named pieces like Felanilla, Cuir Venenum, and L'Eau Guerrière holding long-term cult status. The house is sold through specialty retailers across Europe and a small US footprint.
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.
