Fragrance house

Galimard

Founded in Grasse in 1747 by Jean de Galimard, Galimard began with a guild member who supplied Louis XV’s court with olive oil, pomades, and perfumes. Its identity is tied to Grasse and the region’s perfume-making tradition, shaped by Mediterranean flowers and aromatic materials. The house’s modern history includes the Roux family: Siméon Roux cultivated orange blossom and jasmine for Grasse perfumeries in the 1920s, and his son Joseph revived the Galimard name in 1950 by opening a Grasse perfumery alongside the La Source Parfumée distillery in Gourdon. Galimard is family-owned and family-operated, with continuity across Joseph, Jean-Pierre, Delphine, and Stéphane Roux, and Cédrick Guilbaud. In 1996, its Perfume Creation Atelier opened fragrance-making to the public; in 2007, it opened a Studio des Fragrances in Eze-Village. In 2026, the studio marked 30 years by removing masculine and feminine classifications and modernizing its creation process. Aigues Vives, first created in 1973, is a defining fragrance example, later reinterpreted as Aigues Vives Intense.