Maison Francis Kurkdjian

House Summary

Francis Kurkdjian composed one of the best-selling men's fragrances in the world for another house at just twenty-five, then spent years working across fashion, art and industry — a tailor-made workshop from 2001, composing for artists from 2003, joining fragrance manufacturer Takasago from 2005 — before co-founding his own maison with Marc Chaya in 2009. That broad background shows in the house's mentality: every release is treated with the same engineering precision as a commissioned brief, whether dense oriental or transparent minimalist freshness. The range is unusually wide, but every piece carries the same meticulous, nothing-left-unfinished construction. Now part of LVMH.