Maison Crivelli perfume: a Paris house founded in 2018
Maison Crivelli was founded in 2018 by Thibaud Crivelli, who calls himself an emotional botanist. According to the brand profile published by a niche retailer, he was born in Paris, grew up in Provence and spent ten years in Asia, a path that feeds creations conceived as travel memories rather than classic bouquets.
The house describes itself as a French haute perfumery house. It claims high-quality raw materials sourced responsibly and says its perfumers interpret the founder's experiences. Most product sheets do not name the perfumer; when they do, it is under the wording "in collaboration with".
Its boutique is on rue Saint-Honoré in Paris. Collections carry mood names, from Olfactory Shocks to Olfactory Escapes built on oud or musk, then Mysteries and Experiences. That vocabulary announces the brand's spirit: to surprise, even at the risk of unsettling. Choosing Maison Crivelli perfume is therefore less about aiming at a known family than about accepting a story, then checking on skin what it becomes.
The catalogue runs to more than twenty perfumes according to the Parfumo database (22 listed when consulted), which leaves plenty to explore beyond the two most quoted names.
Hibiscus Mahajád: hibiscus tea in a gemstone market
Hibiscus Mahajád is an extrait de parfum at 32 percent. The official sheet describes a fruity floral that recreates sipping hibiscus tea at a gemstone market. It cites damascena rose at the heart, hibiscus tea, pomegranate, blackcurrant, spearmint and cinnamon, with vanilla, amber, leather and musks below. Ambrette seed absolute is among the materials it highlights.
The sheet states it was made in collaboration with Quentin Bisch. According to the Parfumo database it dates from 2021; the house gives no year on the sheet that was read. The brand promises a very long-lasting trail, which is the house's claim and not a guarantee: staying power depends on skin and climate.
Prices noted when the sheet was read: 25 euros for 5 ml, 200 euros for 50 ml and 350 euros for 100 ml. Amounts change with country and period and should be checked with the retailer.
Do not look for a literal flower
Hibiscus Mahajád does not try to reproduce a flower on skin. Its interest lies in the tension between the tartness of red fruit, the floral side of rose and the warmth of leather and vanilla.
Oud Maracujá: oud set against passion fruit
Oud Maracujá is also an extrait de parfum at 32 percent. The house presents it as an oud forest that sets the freshness of passion fruit against the warmth of the wood. The sheet lists a passion fruit accord, saffron, Turkish rose absolute, an oud accord, Laotian benzoin, Spanish cistus absolute, a leather accord, Indonesian patchouli oil, vanilla and akigalawood.
The name Jordi Fernandez appears under "in collaboration with". The sheet says the ORPUR-labelled materials come from the perfumery house Givaudan. According to Parfumo the creation dates from 2023. The house also notes that Fragrantica readers voted it best niche fragrance of 2024, a popularity ranking to be read as such.
Reading that list helps: passion fruit, saffron and rose suggest brightness on paper, while benzoin, cistus, patchouli and vanilla point to the warmer side. What you actually perceive can differ, which is why a trial on skin beats any description, however precise the house sheet is.
When the sheet was read, the reference was shown as sold out, with a restock alert option. The prices noted were 30 euros for 5 ml, 215 euros for 50 ml and 370 euros for 100 ml, to be checked with the retailer.
Crivelli extrait de parfum: what the concentration changes
A Crivelli extrait de parfum is not simply a stronger eau de parfum at the same price: the proportion of fragrance material is higher, and the house sheets show 32 percent for several references, among them Hibiscus Mahajád, Oud Maracujá, Musc Nurāsana, Oud Stallion and Tubéreuse Astrale. Safran Secret is shown at 30 percent.
The house also makes eaux de parfum, such as Iris Malikhân and Papyrus Moléculaire. Before buying Maison Crivelli perfume, check the exact mention on the bottle and the sheet. A Crivelli extrait de parfum is often worn sparingly: one or two sprays do the work, since the diffusion is denser than that of an eau de toilette.
The Maison Crivelli discovery set: try before you buy
The Maison Crivelli discovery set devoted to extraits contains, according to the sheet, eleven bottles of 1.5 ml. The displayed list names ten references: Musc Nurāsana, Cuir Infrarouge, Safran Secret, Oud Cadenza, Tubéreuse Astrale, Oud Stallion, Oud Maracujá, Hibiscus Mahajád, Patchouli Magnetik and Ambre Chromatique. The exact contents can change, so check them when ordering.
The house says that buying a discovery set includes a gift code, usable on a future order of a 50 or 100 ml bottle from the same collection. Conditions are those of the online shop and may change.
Plan two or three wearings over several days: a small 1.5 ml vial lets you judge the opening, heart and base on your own skin before considering a large size. For Maison Crivelli perfume, a long trial matters all the more because the accords stray from the usual families.
How to test such contrasting compositions
The house plays on gaps: fruit and leather, rose and spice, oud and passion fruit. To avoid concluding too fast, apply one extrait per trial, on the wrist or a blotter, and wait at least an hour before judging. First contact is rarely representative.
Note three things: what you smell at the start, what remains after three hours, and how the scent sits with your clothes and daily life. That routine beats an opinion read on a forum, because an extrait smells different on different skins.
- One perfume per trial so the impressions do not blend.
- Wait an hour before comparing opening and base.
- Return the next day on a fabric to judge persistence.
- Try a small patch of skin first if you react to fragranced products.
Buying with confidence and storing extraits
To buy Maison Crivelli perfume, favour the house boutique, its official shop or recognised niche retailers. Counterfeit perfume is illegal and risky; a very low price on a recent extrait should raise an alarm, as should packaging without complete mentions.
Keep bottles away from light and heat, cap closed. Price and composition details quoted here come from product pages read in October 2026; they may change, and the official sheet prevails.