Luxury In A Bottle
Francois Demachy captures the essence of Christian Dior's fragrance-making heritage at its new perfume-only concept boutiques
FRANCOIS DEMACHY was destined to be a perfumer.
He was borne in Grasse, the perfume-making capital of the world, where he literally grew up in fields of jasmine and roses - honing his sense of smell as the flowers' fragrance changed with the season.
In the summers, he would work at local perfume factories while he studied at Charabot, a 200-year-old perfume institution in Grasse, which ran a school for the profession.
Upon graduation, Mr Demachy worked at the company's New York office,…
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