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Style Edit: Henry Jacques elevates perfume to an art de vivre with Les Classiques

STORYMadeleine Fitzpatrick
Henry Jacques’ Les Classiques collection. Photo: Handout
Henry Jacques’ Les Classiques collection. Photo: Handout
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Designed to enrich daily life with scent rituals, the curated collection offers 50 fragrances in 3 formats: Les Essences, Les Brumes and Les Solides

There are perfume houses, and then there are maisons that quietly propose an entire way of life. Henry Jacques belongs firmly in the latter camp, treating scent less as an accessory than a companion to thought, mood and memory. The maison expresses its own art de vivre, placing fragrance at the heart of everyday life. Central to a set of rituals threaded through the day, scent becomes a means of structuring time so that it reads with more clarity and, crucially, more pleasure.
Les Brumes fragrances can be splashed directly on the skin. Photo: Handout
Les Brumes fragrances can be splashed directly on the skin. Photo: Handout

At the heart of this philosophy stands Les Classiques de HJ, a curated library of 50 fragrances distilled from an archive of around 3,000 bespoke creations, inviting the wearer to build their own personal olfactory wardrobe. Available in every Henry Jacques boutique, these perfumes act as a gateway to the house’s universe, expressing its vision of haute parfumerie in a ready-to-wear form, while maintaining a clear link with the maison’s bespoke roots. For many, one favourite fragrance will become a long-term signature, while those with a flâneur’s curiosity may choose to play and experiment, selecting different perfumes from different scent families based on their mood, the season or with specific occasions in mind.

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