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The Originals

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Dry Woods, GourmandCoup de CourageCoup de Courage
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Cologne, Soft FloralEnvie DesoirEnvie Desoir
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Fresh, FougèreHollywoodlandHollywoodland
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Collection Sampler
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Amber, Woody FloralRiviera SantalRiviera Santal
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Aquatic, Woody FloralFigue NarcotiqueFigue Narcotique
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Woody AmberSold outPatchouli VespéralPatchouli Vespéral
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Every Breath, an indulgence

We build scents that let you escape—into memory, into the feeling of possibility.

Every perfume belongs to a lineage—fresh, floral, woody, amber, or beyond—a quiet taxonomy of the senses.

Perfume is our language of escape, a way to step beyond the visible and into sensation. At Petite Histoire, every fragrance is a story of elsewhere: places that never quite existed, memories that feel like dreams you can explore.

We focus on natural materials—resins, woods, blossoms, citrus, and roots—not for
purity’s sake, but for nuance. Natural essences breathe, shift, and reveal themselves slowly; they create tension, softness, and imperfection in equal measure. They are the human side of luxury: unpolished, real, endlessly evolving.

Each perfume is built as a narrative: a top note that opens like dawn, a heart that lingers like dialogue, a base that settles like memory. Together, they form what we call the language of escape: moments of stillness, of warmth, of coming back to yourself through the simplest act: breathing in. To understand these families is to understand how fragrance speaks: through light or depth, through sweetness or smoke, through the way each note unfolds across time.

We blend within and between these traditions, creating natural perfumes that honor classic structure while revealing something new — the moment a familiar note turns human, intimate, alive.

A field guide to the language of scent

Scent Families

Every perfume belongs to a lineage—fresh, floral, woody, amber, or beyond—a quiet taxonomy of the senses. To understand these families is to understand how fragrance speaks: through light or depth, through sweetness or smoke, through the way each note unfolds across time.

At Petite Histoire, we blend within and between these traditions, creating natural perfumes that honor classic structure while revealing something new, the moment a familiar note turns human, intimate, alive.

Fresh

The scent of clean air and first light.
Fresh perfumes open with clarity — citrus, herbs, green leaves, or salt-kissed water. They capture the feeling of beginning: bergamot breaking over skin, mint in glass, lavender brushed through linen.


This family includes citrusaromaticgreen, and aquatic notes — each defined by their ease and brightness. They are the fragrances that move like wind — crisp, modern, alive.

Floral

The language of flowers, translated into scent.
Every petal tells a different story: powdery violet, wild jasmine, rose de mai. Floral perfumes may be soft and powderywhite and radiant, or lush and fruity — yet all share a heartbeat of bloom.


They speak in moods rather than notes: devotion, nostalgia, seduction, grace. To wear one is to remember that beauty still grows quietly in the air.

Amber (Oriental)

The warmth that lingers after dusk.
Amber perfumes are built around resins, vanilla, and spice — labdanum, benzoin, myrrh, tonka, clove. They shimmer between sweetness and shadow, drawing warmth from the skin itself.


Whether soft amberspiced amber, or woody amber, this family is the heartbeat of sensual perfumery — the memory of candlelight, silk, and sleep.

Woody

The scent of grounded elegance.
Woody perfumes evoke cedar beams, polished sandalwood, the faint smoke of vetiver. They are timeless and steady — neither loud nor fleeting.

Within this family live dry woodssoft woods, and woody florals: fragrances that trade ornament for substance. They linger like the echo of good craftsmanship — subtle, lasting, quietly confident.

Chypre & Fougère

The architecture of classic perfumery.
Both born from balance — bright top, mossy heart, resinous base — the chypre and fougère families share a sense of structure and restraint. Chypre perfumes pair bergamot, oakmoss, and labdanum, often dressed in rose or patchouli; they smell like tailored fabric and composure. Fougères (French for “fern”) weave lavender, tonka, and moss, evoking green shade and clean skin.

Together they represent perfume’s lineage of polish and poise — masculine, feminine, and everything between — where clarity meets quiet power.

Gourmand

Pleasure made aromatic.
Born from the modern imagination, gourmands borrow from the table — vanilla, cocoa, honey, coffee, caramel — yet they are never simple sweetness.

Blended with woods, musks, or smoke, they become warmth itself: edible, intimate, human. To wear a gourmand is to invite closeness; to smell like memory.