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Francis Deléamont

Some perfumers turn out to be particularly prolific. They create several perfumes a year and seem to be on every front. Others, however, devote themselves to only a few creations. Yet these are no less sumptuous and timeless. Francis Deléamont is a perfect example of this. His vocation was never to churn out one perfume after another. Nevertheless, we owe him one of the most beautiful creations in our current olfactory heritage.

Francis Deléamont and Boucheron

Francis Deléamont is best known for his collaboration with the house of Boucheron. It must be said that the house has a long-standing history and an extraordinary prestige. More than 150 years old, Boucheron entered the history of perfumery relatively recently. Indeed, this house was originally specialized in jewelry making. Its very first perfume, named Boucheron Femme, appeared in 1988. It was signed by perfumer Francis Deléamont. The idea then was to form a kind of bridge between Boucheron's status as a High Jeweler and the world of perfumery. From then on, Francis Deléamont had only one objective in mind: to craft an ideal ornament to enhance the most beautiful women, to sculpt it like a genuine olfactory jewel, and to make Boucheron's image shine forever. Judging by the current renown of this fragrance, he seems to have brilliantly won his wager.

Francis Deléamont and his jewel perfumes

While the trend of the 1980s was clearly oriented toward very opulent, even somewhat aggressive perfumes, Francis Deléamont decided to go entirely against the current of this phenomenon. What is more, this more airy vision of fragrance was fully shared by Michael Edwards, president of Boucheron perfumes. The idea was to gather, borrow and accumulate all the signs of femininity, wealth, and power while placing them within airy fragrances. To achieve this, Francis Deléamont sought to create almost icy and shimmering perfumes. Through them, he wanted to reflect the alliance between the heritage of perfumery and that of Boucheron's jewelry-making. From then on, Francis Deléamont's perfumes, and Boucheron pour Femme in particular, were regarded as true invisible ornaments meant to nestle at the hollow of the neck to display one's sensuality.

Creations by Francis Deléamont