Plume Impression

Plume Impression is a France-based niche fragrance house founded by the partners Sabine Schaffer and Gabriel Chami, who also serve as its creative directors [5]. The company describes itself as "a French luxury fragrance brand," and its name and imagery centre on the feather (in French, plume) as a symbol of two opposites brought together — soft yet strong. The brand remains active, ships internationally, and continues to release new fragrances, with its most recent scents dated to 2025.

The house frames perfume less as a product than as a personal art. Each scent is built to carry a story and an emotion, and the brand works with a rotating group of established perfumers rather than a single in-house nose. Independent fragrance editorials describe its style as recognisably French but approachable rather than formal [6].

Plume Impression was created by Sabine and Gabriel, a couple the brand presents as "a passionate liaison of two complete opposites." According to the company, the house is "the brainchild and love story" of the pair, and the feather at the centre of its identity stands for that pairing — described as delicate yet resilient, refined yet expressive. The two are named in editorial coverage as Sabine Schaffer and Gabriel Chami, credited as the brand's founders and creative directors [5].

Sources differ on how the founders are described. The brand's own pages identify the house only as French, in keeping with its self-description as a French fragrance brand [1]. Independent coverage adds that the partnership is mixed in nationality — the fragrance publication The Sniff records the house as "a French-based brand," while editorial notes attribute an Austrian background to Sabine and a French one to Gabriel [6]. The country of origin itself is not in dispute: Plume Impression is consistently described as France-based.

The house's first fragrances appeared in 2019, among them Rivalité Impériale, composed by the perfumer Dalia Izem [5].

The company describes fragrance as "a deeply personal art — one that begins with passion, imagination, and an unwavering commitment to excellence." It sums up its values as freedom, personality and refinement, and returns repeatedly to the image of the feather to express a scent that is light in touch but firm in character.

Plume Impression positions itself within niche perfumery, and its own account stresses meaningful connection with the wearer over an impersonal, corporate tone. In reviewing the brand, The Sniff described its scents as carrying "a classical French fragrance sensibility" while being "friendly and approachable as well as elegant" rather than stuffy or old-fashioned [6].

Plume Impression makes fragrance, organised into named collections that have included the Elusive, Oriental and Royal lines alongside travel sizes and discovery sets. Rather than an in-house perfumer, the house commissions its scents from a roster of independent noses, and its pages name figures such as Quentin Bisch, Dalia Izem, Mark Buxton, Stéphanie Bakouche and Amandine Galliano among its collaborators. Quentin Bisch is credited with Murmure d'Été, and Alexis Dadier with Onda d'Oro, framed by the brand as a "golden ode to Tuscany" built around amber, leather, iris and vanilla.

Other frequently listed scents include Rivalité Impériale, Love No Shame, Art Nouveau, Royal Bourbon and Pop Heart. The brand states that its fragrances are all vegan and cruelty-free [6]. It sells directly through its own web boutique and has been carried by niche retailers, including Jovoy Paris [5].

Plume Impression's press has come chiefly from niche-fragrance editorials. Reviewing Rivalité Impériale, CaFleureBon characterised the house's output as "high class and glamourous" [5], while The Sniff described the brand as friendly and approachable as well as elegant [6].

Accounts of the brand's trade-show presence differ in emphasis. The Sniff records that its reviewer met the founders at Esxence 2022, the niche-perfumery event held in Milan [6]. CaFleureBon went further, naming the brand a "Best of Show" pick at the same 2022 edition — a distinction that appears in that publication's own editorial coverage rather than as an official Esxence jury award [5].

The brand is active. Its website carries a "© 2025" footer and its newest listed fragrance, Love No Shame, is dated to 2025. The storefront ships internationally with localised currencies, and the fragrances have been distributed through niche retailers as well as the brand's own site. Plume Impression remains a small independent house; its headquarters city and any parent company are not publicly disclosed.