Valmont

Brand Overview

Valmont is a Swiss skincare house that expanded into fragrance in 2018, releasing its perfumes under the same Valmont name. The fragrance business as a whole is called Storie Veneziane, and the extraits draw on Venetian palaces and the people who lived in them.

History

Valmont entered perfumery in 2018 with a collection of Venice-inspired extraits. It later expanded into eau de parfum and eau de toilette.

Philosophy

Sophie Vann Guillon leads the fragrance concepts. Didier Guillon designs the objects that dress the bottles, most notably the Murano glass masks. The masks are finished by hand by glassmakers in Venice, so each one carries slight irregularities and no two are exactly alike.

Highlights

The perfumes are organised into three collections by concentration. The top tier of extraits shares the name of the whole business, Storie Veneziane. The eaux de toilette form the Palazzo Nobile collection, and the eaux de parfum make up Collezione Privata.

• *Rosa Fucsia I*: A Storie Veneziane extrait. This floral chypre gourmand opens with pink berries and moves to Damask rose and patchouli. Its story is set at Palazzo Bragadin Carabba, and the bottle is crowned with a fuchsia Murano glass mask.
• *Blu Cobalto I*: A Storie Veneziane scent from 2018, the year the house launched its fragrances.
• *Alessandrite I*: Another Storie Veneziane scent released in 2018.