1000 Flowers
Founded 2000
Small independent house run by perfumer Jessica September Buchanan. She started it in Canada in 2000, trained at the Grasse Institute of Perfumery from 2007 and has been based in Grasse full time since 2011. Each scent is made by hand in small batches and sold only in its Grasse boutique, opened in 2017, and online.
Hours and prices change, so check with the shop before you go.
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A Canadian perfumer's small batches in old Grasse
1000 Flowers is the house of perfumer Jessica September Buchanan, who grew up in rural western Canada. She founded it in Canada in 2000, working with essential oils, plant skincare and natural perfume. In 2007 she came to Grasse for the perfumery programme of the Grasse Institute, and spent almost two years in the region studying and interning at Robertet and Mane. The house has been based in Grasse since 2011.
Each scent is made by hand, in house, in small batches in Grasse. The perfumes are blended in natural grain alcohol with no synthetic denaturants. Plant materials come from Grasse distilleries, small regional producers and independent farmers, and the house leaves out polycyclic musks, which do not break down. Bottles carry cotton ribbon and aluminium caps, with no cellophane.
The 1000 Flowers boutique opened in 2017 at 4 place aux Aires, in the old centre of Grasse. The house sells only there and on its own website, and says no other online seller is authorised. Winter hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 10:30 to 18:00, closed from 13:30 to 15:00, and the house asks you to check its Google listing for changes. Try Réglisse Noire first: it was the house's first perfume, built around liquorice.
- Réglisse NoireThe house's first perfume, a liquorice scent about finding a balance between opposites.
- OdeA love story where cultures meet, told with cardamom, wild thyme and clary sage over oud, cedar and resins.
- Rose Cassis ParadisA bright, fruity rose inspired by the Provençal Line Renaud rose, opening on tart blackcurrant.
- Fleur VerteThe green freshness of a Mediterranean spring, when the first leaves come out.
- Orange Blossom PetalA bitter orange blossom cologne with jasmine sambac.
Where to buy
- 1000 Flowers boutique, 4 place aux Aires, Grasse
In our city guides
- 1000 Flowers boutique (Boutique, Grasse)