Collection: Len Fragrances

OLD PERFUME RECIPE

Louis XIV, the French Sun King, loved life, love and, above all, fragrances.

He obtained some of his most opulent fragrances from the French perfumer Monsieur Jérôme de la Lènes. De la Lènes was also very popular amongst the Parisian bourgoisie and noblesse of the time. After his passing, his son François entrusted some of his father’s best formulas to his great love, the pretty Countess Artukhovskaya von Olnhausen, whom he met on one of his travels through Europe at the time, in the early 18th century.

More than 200 years later, the Countess’s descendants discovered the formulas buried among various other old documents and trouvailles. Together with the famous French perfumer Michel Almairac, the great-great-granddaughter of Countess Arukhovskaya von Olnhausen, Jelena von Olnhausen breathed new life into the old formulas. Almairac skillfully interpreted the trouvailles in a modern way. The first launches of the extraordinary niche brand LEN were born.

From the beginning, LEN focused on love stories. Fascinating love stories that take place in the most diverse places of this wide world. These love stories were launched under the “HISTOIRE PRIVÉE” line — entirely in homage to the personal love story between François de la Lène and Countess Arutchowskaja von Olnhausen.

LEN combines the highest artisanal perfumery with a unique artistic look. All LEN fragrances are characterized by their long-lasting adhesion, strong expressiveness and luxurious scent profile. Experienced perfumers such as Michel Almairac, Master Perfumer Mark Buxton, and Mirella Pomina, who is particularly successful in the oriental market, have worked on the previous eight launches. For the latest four launches, LEN worked with a group of young, highly creative and talented newcomers. These surprise with extraordinary fragrance ideas, the use of innovative raw materials and thus created the perfect creations for this at the same time luxurious but also cool brand.