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The Maison’s very first fragrance. The founding act. In the year 1720, as Philippe d’Orléans concludes his Regency and the world’s most beautiful diamond joins the Crown Jewels, an apothecary of genius opens shop in the Cour Carrée of the Louvre.
Le Régent is far more than a soap: it is a manifesto. The manifesto of France’s oldest perfume house, which chose for its inaugural fragrance an accord of benzoin, balsams and vanilla of unparalleled opulence — as if to declare, from the very first day, that perfumery is a major art.
The name itself is a statement. Le Régent is first and foremost the Diamond — 140.5 carats of exceptional purity, purchased in 1717 by Philippe d’Orléans from Thomas Pitt, Governor of Madras, for the colossal sum of 135,000 livres. It would adorn the crown of Louis XV, then that of Napoleon, before finding its home in the Galerie d’Apollon at the Louvre. Le Régent is also the era — that Regency (1715–1723) when Paris, freed from the austerity of Louis XIV’s final years, renewed its acquaintance with pleasure, celebration and refinement.
As a soap, Le Régent unfolds an amber accord of sumptuous richness. Siamese benzoin weaves a powdery, vanilla veil, supported by creamy Tolu balsam and unctuous Peru balsam. Ambergris lends its saline luminosity, while opoponax and guaiac wood anchor the composition in a subtly leathery depth. The unctuous lather, enriched with organic shea butter, wraps the skin in a warm, silky trail that accompanies the body throughout the day.
Powdery benzoin, Soft vanilla, Unctuous balsams, Ambergris, Opoponax, Guaiac wood, Suave leather.
Sodium olivate, sodium cocoate, aqua (water), parfum (fragrance), butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter*, glycerin, sodium chloride, tetrasodium glutamate diacetate, limonene, cinnamal, amyl cinnamal, cinnamyl alcohol, coumarin, linalool, eugenol
Powdery benzoin, vanilla and guaiac wood — the amber warmth of a jewel worn on the skin.
The house
Oriza L. Legrand
remains faithful to its original creations thanks to the many archives from which they originate. Drawing on four centuries of rich experience, our Maison proudly offers historical creations of remarkable modernity, crafted from the finest raw materials.
In France, Oriza perfumes are available in our own Parisian boutique, located at 34 bis rue Vignon (Madeleine or Havre-Caumartin metro stations), 75009 Paris.
