The glass flacons look otherworldly and the labels bear designs that look antique enough to be displayed in the Louvre. It has names like Relique d’Amour and L’Eau de Madame – take a single spritz and you’d be whisked to an era when perfumes were a luxurious necessity among the nobility. This was a time of gilded halls, gleaming chandeliers, powdered wigs and when the male ruling class trotted around in heels. Such is the history that a small number of French fragrance houses command, many of which boast being suppliers to pre-guillotine French royalty. These brands are still producing the same scents for centuries and have very little presence outside of France. Relique d’Amour for instance is from Oriza Legrand, a maison founded in 1702 while L’Eau de Madame is produced by Féret Parfumeur, founded in 1885.