Francis Kurkdjian before his own Maison.

Everyone knows Maison Francis Kurkdjian now as a house of niche perfumery,but few of us wonder how this talented perfumer has managed to be so successful  within the last 14 years if not say last 25 years. The answer to that is hard work. Not many of us realise Francis had created launches for DIor,Vivamor, Kenzo,Davidoff,Burberry,Jean Paul Gaultier or Carvin before establishing his own house.

Francis Kurkdjian is Armenian and his middle Eastern dna is evident particularly in the creations  his own house comes up with especially in his line of fragrances for men (eg L'homme a la rose edp or Amyris edp)

But here are collaborations that Francis Kurkdjian had with certain designer  and niche houses before establishing his own maison. I picked some of the plethora of these launches ,mostly for men and a couple of unisex ones:  Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male edt. Mr Burberry edp.  Carven pour homme edp. Dabidoff Cool Water Wave edt. Jean Paul Gaultier 2 edp(unisex). Reserve Exclusif Vivamor edp(unisex). DIOR L'Eau Noire edp (unisex). Jean Paul Gaultiet Ultramale edt