In French, petite histoire means the story within the story—the whispered chapter between lovers, the unspoken tension that defines them. It is the backstory that lingers, the glance that lasts too long. Petite Histoire was born from that impulse: to capture what cannot be held, to translate emotion into matter—perfume, tea, and leather.
Founded in New York City, the brand exists at the meeting point of nature and artifice, memory and modernity. A city of concrete and chrome might seem an unlikely birthplace for a house devoted to natural materials—but it could not have happened anywhere else. Against the hard geometry of Manhattan, botanicals, grain, and texture become acts of quiet rebellion.
Petite Histoire is an archive of intimacy—perfumes that bloom with your pulse, teas that steep like quiet conversations, and leather that softens into the shape of your days. Each piece begins as nature’s experiment and ends as yours, carrying the warmth of touch, the trace of time, the proof of a life observed closely.
We build from imperfection—the grain of a hide, the weather in a harvest, the pulse that turns oil to perfume. These variations are not flaws; they’re signatures of the living. Our work doesn’t seek permanence but presence—objects that evolve rather than endure, and become truer the more they are used.
To wear, to sip, to hold what we make is to join its story. The material will change, as you will. What remains is the conversation between them: matter, memory, and you.
philosophy
We begin with what nature gives us: a petal, a leaf, a hide, a story. Each creation is a study in variation—an homage to the beautiful and the fleeting. Environment shapes everything: the soil beneath a rose, the elevation of a tea garden, the humidity that deepens sandalwood’s breath. One plant, one harvest, can yield a hundred versions of itself. If it were a song, the melody would be the same—but the lyrics, entirely different.
Petite Histoire embraces those differences. We follow nature’s lead, sourcing our ingredients from around the world and allowing their variations to shape each batch, each bottle, each experience. While our formulas remain constant, the outcome—like every love affair—is uniquely yours.
Scent
Perfume is our first language—an experiment in memory, intimacy, and air.
Our foundations remain rooted in nature: flowers, woods, resins, and leaves composed with precision and restraint. These are living materials, responsive to climate, harvest, and time. Yet some stories ask for a different register—notes that nature alone cannot hold. For those, we turn to carefully chosen molecules that extend, illuminate, or reveal what’s already there. The result is a collection that moves between the natural and the imagined, where botanical depth meets modern clarity. Each perfume is designed to unfold on the skin like a memory returning—alive, nuanced, and unmistakably personal.
Leathergoods
Our leather is shaped slowly, by hand, in New York. Cut from full-grain hides, each piece carries the precision of craft and the warmth of use. Over time, the surface softens, darkens, and learns the rhythm of the hand that carries it. These are not accessories—they are companions, built to gather history as they last.
Values
We believe in the magic of naturals. In the art of subtlety. In the quiet seduction of things made well. We don’t claim perfection. We pursue intention—measured choices, made slowly, with care. The goal is not to chase novelty, but to preserve the grace of materials that change with time. At the heart of Petite Histoire is reverence—for craft, for nature, for the legacy of doing things well. We collaborate with suppliers who share our respect for provenance and sustainability.
creative director
I built Petite Histoire to honor the art of attention—the slow noticing of what’s real, what lasts, what lingers.
My life has unfolded between places that taught me to see differently: Italy showed me patience, Paris taught me intimacy, and New York gave me precision. Somewhere between those rhythms—between the scent of jasmine on stone and the gleam of chrome after rain—I found the language I’d been looking for.
What I missed most in modern life was nuance: the quiet seduction of detail, the weight of materials that change with time. Petite Histoire grew from that longing. Every perfume, tea, and piece of leather begins as an experiment in connection—between human and natural, fleeting and enduring, memory and design.
This isn’t about nostalgia. It’s about continuity, patina. The trace we leave behind, and the way beauty becomes us.