Gérald Ghislain wrote his own story with the frantic rhythm of a passionate jack of all trades. An epicurean, he tastes all of life's savors, sprinkling his daily life with refined luxury. In love, he gives his all to his projects. Insatiable wonderer, he listens, reads and discovers, drawing inspiration from his trips and encounters.
His adventures began in front of an oven.

He is still the happy owner of a restaurant and a bar in Paris.
Enlightened lover of live arts, he produced Sentires in 2004 , a Flamenco show touring x the world. Perfumery is an old dream of his. Following a solid training at ISIPCA, Gérald founded Histoires de Parfums in 1999 and created a collection of twelve rare and delicate perfumes. Fulfilled, he has the firm intention of pursuing the adventure and telling many more Histoires de Parfums.

The Histoires de Parfums language is eager and plural. Born in the South of France and brought up in Morocco, Gérald grew up surrounded by Mediterranean scents, and refined his palette and nose with gastronomy, learning the art of putting together and distilling savors. As with perfumery and cuisine, the key words of this creator are passion, know-how, exception and creativity.
An eminently luxurious craftsman’s grammar, creating aromatic phrases of sharply accurate vocabulary, which enhances the noblest of raw materials.

Spotless crepe paper, titles in color, bottles chiseled in glass:
Histoires de Parfums is smartly bound in twelve volumes to create a unique library. Each Eau de Parfum has a 15% concentration which makes them long lasting with a beautiful trail.

The Histoires de Parfums collection, has recently been reintroduced to the US.
Beauty Cafe is honored to be the exclusive online retailer for the Histoires de Parfums line.

Select any 5 fragrances from the Histoires de Parfums collection
Limit one per customer. This is not the set that is picture above...
You will be listing the 5 fragrances (and 2 alternates) you wish to try upon checking out.

We have the following samples available at this time, in very limited quantity:

1725, 1740, 1804, 1826, 1828, 1873, 1876, 1969,
Ambre 114, Vert Pivionne, Noir Patchouli, Blanc Violette, Moulin Rouge

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Ah... can it get any better than this?
Histoires de Parfums to go!!

Select any 3 (14ml) fragrances from the Histoires de Parfums collection
and we will place them in a lovely travel box for you!! Yes you can order 3 of the same.
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"1889" celebrates MOULIN ROUGE, the Parisian legendary cabaret, a smell of feathers and sequins,
sensual and vibrant, a trace elegant and powdered as a boisterous ode to feminity.

Top notes: mandarin, plum, vanilla
Middle notes: absinthe, Damascene rose
Base notes: Iris, patchouli, musk

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Offering three interpretations of this unique and mysterious plant that blooms once per year at night,
the Tuberose Trilogy evokes moods and emotions from ultra femme to vixen,
giving you the option to choose the tuberose tome that best represents you.

First discovered in Mexico thousands of years ago, the tuberose is a flower of many faces, and its powerful fragrance is considered an aphrodisiac. It presents a noble challenge for any perfumer to bottle, yet has inspired many legendary fragrances through the ages. The latest addition to the Histoires de Parfums scent library, which includes 12 existing fragrances, the Tuberose Trilogy captures the sweet and heady perfume of the tuberose and combines it with different middle and base notes to create three distinct tuberose fragrances.

Channeling your ultra femme side? Try TUBEREUSE 1-CAPRICIEUSE (capricious),
a powdery floral that combines the freshness of bergamot and the warmth of saffron with
essences of iris and ylang-ylang. The base notes of opulent suede and cocoa leave a mysterious and addictive trail.

Ready to unleash the vixen within? You need TUBEREUSE 2-VIRGINALE (virginal), a floral oriental that combines sparkling mandarin orange and sweet cherry with smooth frangipani, Tahitian tiara flowers and sensual jasmine.
A blend of patchouli leaf, blond wood and vanilla form the base notes of this deep and sensual scent.

Want to play with the big boys? TUBEREUSE 3-ANIMALE (animal) oozes power and inner strength with a floral and tobacco leather scent that opens with a bath of fresh kumquat and neroli and leads into a strong combination of plum, herbs and dry grasses. Blond tobacco and Immortelle flower leave intense base notes that linger.

Please note we do not have testers or samples at this time.

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1804, George Sand represents the sensitivity of George Sand.
But she also had a strong personality that's why Histoires de Parfums
merged a white floral bouquet with some spices like nutmeg.

Top note : Tahitian gardenia, Corsica peach, Hawaiian Pineapple,
Heart Note : clove, Indian jasmine, lily of the valley, rose of Morocco,
Base Note : Sandalwood, patchouli, Benzoin, vanilla, white musk

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Top note : Bergamot, Tangerine;
Heart Note : White flowers, Violet, Ginger, Cinnamon;
Base Note : Patchouli, Amber, Incense from Jakarta, Vanilla

The future and last French empress Eugénie de Montijo was born in Granada, the jewel of andalousian. A sparkling beauty, her seducive nature and temperamental elegance delighted Napoleon the third. This beautiful lady who influenced the mundane life and artistic refinement of her time inspired this luminous fragrance, a sensual amber carried by the power of white flowers and patchouli, of which the empress loved the unforgettable vapor trail.

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Top note : all the citrus fruits from sunshine countries;
Heart Note : orange blossom, lily of the valley, lavender;
Base Note : Vanilla, white musks, Caramel

Inside her family garden of Bourgogne, young Sidonie Gabrielle Colette experienced her first steps as a writer, surrounded by roses and field flowers. Having chosen her third name as a pen name, she was to
become an admired literary woman, famous for both her literary and sensual freedom. Reflecting this happy sensual woman, 1873 is a gourmand and refined eau de parfum. Unsettling white flowers blossom
in a light bubble, sparkling with tangerine and lemon.

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Top note : Bergamot, orange, Litchi;
Heart Note : rose , iris , violet, Cumin, Cinnamon, Carnation;
Base Note : Vetiver, Guaiacum, Sandalwood

Margaretha Geertruida Zelle was born in the Netherlands, of a Dutch father and a Javanese mother. She was to draw her dancer and courtesan name, Mata Hari, meaning the eye of the day in Malay, from her exotic origins. A nice discovery for this famous spy, whose captivating beauty and taste for adventure built up an out of the common destiny. That's why the most exhilarating of flowers, the spicy rose is at the heart of this mysterious perfume. Oriental floral, it distills its multiple facets mixing jasmine, black currant, musk, for a fatally glamorous aspect.

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Top note : Violette, Bergamote, Iris.
Heart note : Violette, Ylang-Ylang, Anis Badiane.
Base note : Violette, Santal, Vanille, Musc, Poudre de Riz.

The violet, from Parma or Toulouse, is delicate and discreetly
opens out flower, revealing its powdered floral scent in all subtelty.
An alchemy leaving a delicious imprint.

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Top note : Pivoine, Feuille de Lierre, Eau de Rose.
Heart note : Pivoine, Rose, Mimosa, Gardénia, Fruits Rouges, Baies Roses.
Base note : Pivoine, Santal, Cèdre, Musc, Vanille.

Peony is considered as the queen of flowers in China,
expressing elegance and wealth. Its colored roundness
and exquisitely fresh floral vapor trail is an ode to feminity.

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Top note : Patchouli, Coriandre, Cardamome.
Heart note : Patchouli, Bouquet Floral, Baies de Genièvre.
Base note : Patchouli, Musc, Vétiver, Mousse, Cuir, Vanille.

The patchouli flower, grown in the East, exhales an intense and bewitching scent from its leaves. Wooded "Chypre"-like, this elixir stimulates the senses. A breath of mystery, as deep as black absorbing light.

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Top note : Thym, Noix de Muscade.
Heart note : Rose, Géranium, Patchouli, Santal, Cèdre, Vétiver.
Base note : Ambre, Vanille, Fèves Tonka, Benjoin, Musc.

This mythical raw material improves a 114-element composition.
A caravanserai of scents for this hot oriental intensifying the natural sensuality of grey amber, sweet perfume and tinted with exoticism.

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Top note : Fruits du Soleil, Pêche Veloutée.
Heart note : Rose, Fleurs Blanches, Cardamone, Girofle.
Base note : Patchouli, Chocolat, Café, Muscs Blancs.

The carnal sensuality of a voluptuous bunch of spices.
In the trail of this oriental gourmand, mystery is tinted
with eroticism, that the mythical year of 1969 evokes without a blush.

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Top note : bergamot, citrus grapefruit, liquorice;
Heart Note : lavender, star anise,
Base Note : vanilla almond, sandalwood, cedar, amber.

Venice, the riparian city of love. In that year of 1725 was born the man
whose name would symbolize seduction : Giacomo Girolamo Casanova.
What is love then? An illness to which man is prone to at any age»,
claimed the one who was one after the other abbot, officer, scholar,
writer, banker, con artist, magician, infantryman, spy, diplomat,
but always claiming his Venician origins. For every Casanova,
here is an eau de parfum inviting to intense pleasure, an amber fern
mixing fine wooded tunes and touches of lemony freshness, sublimed
by the elegance of lavender.

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Top note : bergamot, davana sensualis;
Heart Note : patchouli coriander, cardamom;
Base Note : cedar, elemi, leather, labdanum.

Birth year of a Parisian gentleman, named Donatien-Alphonse-François, that posterity will remember as the Marquis de Sade. For this man,
whose licentious morals had him imprisoned many times, luxury rhymes with literature. The libertine writer would undoubtedly have enjoyed the audacity of this spiced wooded scent, an invitation to pleasure with its bergamot and Davana Sensualis hints, rounded with patchouli and everlasting flower.

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Top note : grapefruit, citrus, mandarin, eucalyptus
Heart Note : pepper, nutmeg
Base Note : cedar, incense, vetiver, pine cone.

He was born in Nantes, at the beginning of this century of discoveries.
The close ocean would take him far away, inspiring him extraordinary adventure novels. Inspired by Jules Verne, the father of litterary science fiction, this eau de parfum for modern globe-trotters, breathes its aromatic Hesperides-like scents, just as a marine breeze over a wild heath. A freshness tinted with sophistication.

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