My huge thanks to Peter Olson from Peter's Paris for contributing these lovely photos of the Caron boutique at 90 Rue du Fauborg Saint-Honore. This is part of my Shopping for Perfume series. Peter has kindly agreed to photograph the main perfume addresses in that beautiful city.
Ernest Daltroff opened the first Caron shop in 1904. Félicie Wanpouille became his artistic adviser and muse. The relationship between Daltroff and Wanpouille was the inspiration for many of Caron's successes.
Key Caron creations include N’Aimez que Moi (1916), Tabac Blond (1919), Pour un Homme (1934) and Fleurs de Rocaille.
To escape persecution Daltroff fled to America in the 1940s. Félicie managed the perfume house until her death aged 93 in 1967.
Caron was revitalised during the 1980s when a store was founded on Avenue Montaigne. In 1998 Caron was taken over by Patrick Ales.
See inside Guerlain's flagship boutique at 68 Champs Elysees. Photos from Paris's L'Artisan Parfumeur, The Different Company and Fragonard.
Also, from London's perfume hotspots, photos of the new Le Labo boutique. Perfume boutiques in Marylebone village and London's West End. Ormonde Jayne, Annick Goutal and Miller Harris boutiques in Mayfair. Perfume boutiques in Knightsbridge and Chelsea.