As a child Jean Laporte spent blissful days with his grandmother in the foothills of the Auvergne. ​

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It was here that he fell in love with nature’s vibrant, panoramic beauty whilst finding his vocation as a botanist. It was here too that he discovered the flowers, fruits, trees and aromatics that would inform his first fragrances. ​

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Once L'Artisan Parfumeur had launched, Jean Laporte decided to bring his passions to life further still by creating, in 2000, a perfumer’s garden, in Mézilles, Burgundy. A paradise of green, where fragrance and foliage moved in tune with the seasons, and where fertile minds would find fragrant inspiration - this, along with the freedom given to those who create them - is a key to the creativity that characterises the brand.

Such a unique source of inspiration, led initially to Mûre et Musc, and more recently Les Paysages, Abyssae and Il Était Un Bois. A generous man, Jean Laporte created a garden that was far from a guarded secret, but somewhere open to the public. This was new. Proving once again that he was first and foremost a perfumer, but also a visionary.​