L’Officiel Malaysia – July 2019

L’Ofciel Beauty 93

The architect Christophe Tollemer-designed crystal bottle with

sleek, minimalist lines complement the lush, intense gradations

of each of the Les Classiques perfumes.

Enriching the 15 ml and 30 ml bottles of the 50 essences are

also mists and solid perfumes to indulge one’s many moods and

longings. Each Les Classiques is presented in a crystal bottle

nestled against a silk cushion in a refined varnished wooden

case embellished with a soupçon of gold leaf.

PERFUME CHESTS

It is said what defined a cultured society is not only a

sophisticated wardrobe but also an individual collection of

precious and intimate perfumes. A must for kings, queens and

privileged citizens of the past, their living spaces were furnished

with fine and noble elements that included a perfume chest.

Echoing this, the Henry Jacques Caves à Parfums accessories

seeks to revive this past grandeur through the pleasure of

owning and choosing from one’s collection stored in a chest or

cabinet designed to house a perfume mosaic of ten or fifteen

Le Classiques crystal bottles.

MASTERPIECES & BESPOKE

With its Masterpieces collection, Parfums Henry Jacques

elevates the art of haute perfumery to even greater heights.

To impeccably match the essences with flacons, the answer is

found in the artistic and complex craftsmanship of the matching

crystal. Each Masterpiece perfume is like an olfactive portrait

painted by perfume icons contained within chrysalises—the

perfume and its bottle bonding in a deep, poetic way.

Notwithstanding, the pinnacle of haute parfumerie is none

other than the bespoke fragrance tailored for each individual

that symbolises the Henry Jacques heritage. To awaken and

bring to life your personal aromatic dream with a custom

creation, a consultation with a Henry Jacques perfume expert

at any of its boutiques kick-starts the adventure. The customer

is led through a maze of scents to map out his or her taste

and emotion profiles. The journey to compose a previously

undiscovered perfume hinges, once again, upon premium

natural ingredients to express the deepest nuances of one’s

desires. To cap off the creative process, advice on how the

dream perfume can be adapted to one’s lifestyle including how

to wear it and how to match it with accessories is proffered. The

exclusive fragrance, after being added to the house’s history

and catalogue, is finally presented in flacons, accessories and

chests of singular quality.

RETAIL AND BOUTIQUES

With each passing year, the haute perfumer’s atelier of

creations has naturally welled up with client requests.

However, it was only in recent years that select retail spaces

were launched outside of its Paris salon to share the Henry

Jacques experience. They now include shop in shop in London’s

famed Harrods; stand-alone boutiques in Singapore’s Marina

Bay Sands, Dubai and Kuala Lumpur’s Pavilion KL mall; with

upcoming shops to be unveiled in Qatar, Los Angeles (Beverly

Hills) and Tokyo.

At the newly opened Kuala Lumpur store, the brand’s signature

bespoke service is offered in addition to its entire gamut of

collections such as High Jewelry, Couture, Le Classiques

and Masterpieces, of which Le Toupies is the first to be

introduced. Each Henry Jacques boutique is specially designed

to reflect the brand values and built as a haven—an oasis of

calm, comfort and discreet elegance. Amidst the cabinets of

curiosities and the perfume organ on centre stage, the Henry

Jacques perfume collections are kept deliberately hidden and

waiting to be discovered.