Frédéric Malle

Please select a featured image for your post

Key Facts

Founded2000
FounderFrédéric Malle
HeadquartersParis, France
Parent CompanyThe Estée Lauder Companies
Creative DirectorFrédéric Malle

Éditions de Parfums Frédéric Malle is a French luxury fragrance house founded by Frédéric Malle in 2000 in Paris. Malle revolutionized the fragrance industry by creating a ‘publisher of perfumes’ — giving complete creative freedom to the world’s greatest perfumers.

Rather than designing fragrances himself, Malle commissions compositions from master perfumers including Dominique Ropion, Jean-Claude Ellena, and Maurice Roucel, then presents them without compromise. Portrait of a Lady, Carnal Flower, and Musc Ravageur are among the most acclaimed creations.

Part of the Estée Lauder Companies since 2014, the house maintains its founder’s uncompromising vision of perfumery as an art form deserving of the same respect as literature or music.