Chabaud Maison de Parfum

Chabaud Maison de Parfum is a family-owned French niche perfume house based in Montpellier, in the south of France. It was founded in the city in 2002 by the Chabaud family [2][6] and produces eaux de parfum, eaux de toilette, home fragrances and candles. The company describes its work as drawing on childhood memories and the emotions attached to them, and it places its perfumery in the long history of Montpellier, a city associated with the essential-oil and fragrance trade since the Middle Ages.

The house remains independent and active, with a transactional website, ongoing fragrance launches and two owned boutiques in France. No parent company is recorded.

The Chabaud family began making perfumes in Montpellier in 2002, building a small niche house focused on luxury fragrances and home scents [6]. According to the brand, the city's centuries-old perfumery heritage shaped its outlook: Montpellier was a hub for essential-oil trading where, in the company's words, "grocers and apothecaries began to take shape to create enchanting remedies and elixirs." The founding is generally attributed to the Chabaud family collectively; the L'Officiel Monaco editorial names "Madame Chabaud" as the creative force behind the fragrances [6].

The brand's compositions have been developed in collaboration with the perfumers Sophie Chabaud, Nathalie Templer and Patrice Revillard [7].

After its 2002 start, the house was redesigned in 2012 and introduced its reworked line in 2013 at Esxence, the niche-fragrance fair held in Milan [6][7]. Fragrantica records that the new range "quickly found recognition" and spread into selected perfumeries internationally [7].

Chabaud positions itself as a luxury, niche fragrance maker rooted in French craftsmanship. Its stated guiding idea is a maxim attributed to Leonardo da Vinci — "simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" [2] — and the company frames each perfume as an olfactory composition meant to tell a story and open what it calls "an intimate and personal universe." A key serves as the brand's emblem. The maison says its creations pay tribute to traditional French savoir-faire, and the L'Officiel feature describes its aesthetic as a synthesis of "nature and authenticity; light and elegance," tied to Montpellier's Mediterranean setting.

The range spans eaux de parfum, eaux de toilette, interior fragrances and candles, organised into fragrance families such as floral, fruity, oriental, gourmand, woody and aromatic. Named perfumes include Chic et Bohème, a chypre floral, alongside releases such as Patchouli 1973 and the gourmand-leaning Caramelito and Mon Tiramisù; the house also sells a discovery kit of curated samples.

Production is described as "100% Made in France." The company says its perfumes are created in Grasse, its glass bottles are made by historic glassmakers in Normandy, and its candles are handcrafted by artisans in Provence [5][3].

Chabaud states that all of its fragrances are "100% vegan and cruelty-free," that it uses no animal-derived ingredients, and that it complies with European rules prohibiting animal testing [5]. It also says its glass bottles and packaging are recyclable and made with eco-friendly materials. On its philosophy page the company states that each element of a Chabaud perfume "originates from a certified source in France," selected through what it calls rigorous partner and raw-material screening aligned with sustainable development.

The brand was the subject of an editorial feature in L'Officiel Monaco, "The Scent of Montpellier — Chabaud Maison de Parfum," profiling its history, Montpellier roots and Made-in-France production [6].

Chabaud Maison de Parfum is active. As of 2026 it operates a live e-commerce site with current launches and two boutiques in France, in Montpellier and Toulouse. Its fragrances are distributed through selected perfumeries and shops across roughly a dozen-and-a-half countries, including France, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, South Africa, South Korea, Japan and the United States [7]. The house remains family-owned and independent, with no parent company recorded.