Fashion house · France · Since 1945

Balmain

FranceSay it bal-MAN (nasal 'an') · the founder's surname

A Paris couture house whose perfumes began with Germaine Cellier's green Vent Vert, revived since 2024 as Les Éternels and Destin de Balmain.

Pierre Balmain opened his couture house on rue François Ier in Paris in 1945 and launched his first perfume, named after the house's telephone number, in 1946. Estée Lauder has made Balmain's perfumes under licence since 2022.

Owned by

Mayhoola, the Qatari investment firm, since 2016. Estée Lauder makes its perfumes under licence, since 2022. Checked October 2026.

Where this comes from

The sentence · web.archive.org · en.wikipedia.orgThe story · balmain.com · web.archive.org · elcompanies.comOwned by · en.wikipedia.org · elcompanies.comThe perfumes that made it · en.wikipedia.org · web.archive.org

2 of the 12 perfumes its own site lists are here.

All 2 here

2 perfumes · the best known first

Destin de Balmain2026 · Eau de Parfum · Premium $$$Ripe strawberry and pink peppercorn over rosy peony with a creamy lychee touch, settling onto sandalwood, patchouli and skin-soft musk.

No sales evidence yet for the 1 below, so A to Z

Ébène2024 · Eau de Parfum · Luxury $$$$Dry tobacco leaf spiced with cinnamon and geranium over smoky myrrh and incense, settling into ebony, cedar and vanilla.

Its perfumers here: Quentin Bisch. 1 of its 2 don’t name one yet.