Nicolas de Barry

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Nicolas de Barry is a French perfumer.

Born in 1948 (Paris, France), Nicolas de Barry studied both sociology and politics (PhD Sorbonne University, Paris). He was awarded a "Prix d'Histoire de l'Académie Française" before starting the perfumery in 1992.

His encounters with Edmond Roudnitska (Diorissimo and Eau Sauvage), Françoise Marin, the director of Givaudan-Roure Perfumery School in Grasse, and Rodrique Romani, gave birth to his commitment to this profession.

In Brazil, he became the perfumer of the "high society" for whom he made exclusive fragrances. In France he bought the Château de Frileuse near Blois in the Loire Valley where he has set up a perfume Atelier and a garden of scents. Nicolas de Barry also organizes workshops and Master Classes worldwide.

He is the author of several books on perfumery and cosmetics: « L' ABCdaire du parfum »("The ABCs of perfumes "),Flammarion, with G. Vindry and M. Turonnet (translated in Portuguese and Italian); « Des parfums à faire soi-même »("Make your own perfumes"), Minerva; « L' Inde des parfums » (" India, country of fragrances "), Garde-Temps. « L’ ABCdaire de l’huile d’olive » (« The little book of olive oil »), Flammarion (Translated in English)

He is visiting professor at Montpellier University (France) and also general secretary of the 'Prix International du Parfum' since 2000.

In 2003 he designed a new collection 'Les Parfums Historiques' . He recreated the perfumes of George Sand, Marguerite de Vallois (Queen Margot), King Louis XV, Marquise de Pompadour, Empress Sissi.

Works

Natural perfumes

For several years Nicolas de Barry has devoted himself entirely to the research and creation of natural perfumes. For example Aloes (also called Aquilaria, Agarwood, Kyara, Oud) is found in South Thailand, the blue Lotus comes from Thailand too , the Rose from Grasse has a limited production since it is grown on less than 7 acres, the Osmanthus, Jasmin Sambac and Chinese rose from Guilin…

Historical perfumes

For each of his specialties Nicolas did extensive historical research including archival correspondence which allowed him to recreate these authentic fragrances. Georges Sand used Patchouli and Bergamot, Queen Margot used Jasmine-Ambre gris –Musk, King Louis XV and Marquise de Pompadour a “bouquet”, Empress Sissi from Austria used Violet...

Master classes

Nicolas de Barry conducts Master Classes in his Val de Loire château and abroad.

References

<International Pressbook> http://nicolasdebarry.blogspot.com/search/label/le%20press%20book

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