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A botanical tradition

since 1792.

Maison Louis Marie is the result of a long, storied family history with scent, beginning with Louis Marie Aubert du Petit Thouars: a pioneer in French botanical history, he was exiled to Madagascar, La Reunion and the Mauritius islands during the French revolution. There, he discovered a vast array of plant specimens, collecting over 2000 to bring back to France ten years later. Home again at last, he was elected a member of the prestigious Académie des Sciences.

200 years later…

Marie du Petit Thouars grew up in Belgium, playing in her grandfather’s nursery while making candles and experimenting with scents in her mother’s greenhouse. Years later, Maison Louis Marie was born: using the rich botanical history of her family as her inspiration and her guide, Marie has created luxury candles, perfumes, and skincare that focus on illustrious scents imbued with unique floral fragrances. Made in harmony with the environment, Marie believes in making every effort to preserve the unique terroir of each fragrance element as it is derived from nature.

Still a family tradition

The collaboration between Marie and her husband Matthew Berkson has allowed them to expand Maison Louis Marie’s reach. Together, they’re committed to the business of clean beauty and non-toxic fragrances. Their collaborative work ensures these products have unique, memorable scents, contain no toxic or environmentally harmful ingredients—whether naturally sourced or manmade—and are never tested on animals or made with animal-derived ingredients.

Marie Du Petit Thouars
Founder & Creative Director

Marie started her career as a fashion editor for the London Sunday Times and worked extensively with global luxury fashion brands. She later moved to Los Angeles to become a fine art fashion photographer. Utilizing her expertise in fashion & design—and with a desire to share her love for luxury scents and candles at a more attainable price point—she launched Maison Louis Marie with an initial six scents that were inspired by her family’s rich botanical history. Today, her family’s work and love for natural fragrance continue to inform each product Maison Louis Marie makes.

Matthew Berkson
CEO

A native of Los Angeles, Matthew began his career as a producer for corporate branded music programs, eventually shifting gears into fashion. He started a manufacturing agency specializing in domestic U.S. manufacturing for the high-end contemporary market—in 2016, he brought all that experience with him to Maison Louis Marie, enabling the business to scale efficiently so more people can explore this world of botanical-driven fragrance.

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Clean beauty

What clean beauty

means to us

Maison Louis Marie was founded on the principles of composing clean luxury fragrances while doing good for our planet. We have a strict adherence to providing environmentally-mindful products that do not contain toxic ingredients (whether they're harvested or manufactured) that may pollute the earth or harm one's body. We also use sustainable packaging and give back to environmentally-friendly organizations working to make our planet healthier for all. 

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Kind to all

We don't test our products on animals and we never utilize animal-derived ingredients. We always strike a careful balance between utilizing synthetic and natural ingredients. We only use synthetic ingredients in order to protect the planet from the over-harvesting of endangered plants, to avoid animal products, and to protect against known natural allergens.

Free of all

toxic ingredients

We can proudly say that our products are free of all the following ingredients: Parabens, Phthalates, Sulfates, Formaldehyde, Butylated compounds, Aluminum, Triclosans, Hydroquinone, Talc, Coal Tar, Mineral Oil, Retinyl Palmitate, Oxybenzone, Coal Tar, Hydroquinone, Acetone, Benzaldehyde, Benzyl Acetate, Triclosan, Triclocarban, Ethyl Acrylate, Ethyl/Methyl/Butyl Methacrylates, Ethyl Acetate, Methylene Chloride, Animal Oils/Musks/Fats, Trimethylolpropane Trimethacrylate, Aluminum Salts, Benzalkonium Chloride, Benzophenone, Carbon Black, Lead, Lead Acetate, Methyl Cellosolve, Methoxyethanol, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Plastic Microbeads, Bisphenol A, Butoxyethanol, Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid, Ethanolamines, Methyl Cellosolce, Methylisothiazolinone, Mercury, Thimerosal, Resorcinol, Toluene and Polyethylene Glycol, DEA, TEA, MEA, ETA, Nanoparticles, Phenoxyethanol, Polyacrylamide, Acrylamide, Bromostyrene, Styrene Oxide, Sodium Styrene, PEGS, Silcones, EDTA & Octinoxate

Beyond

the ingredients...

Sustainable packaging

We use 100% recycled fiberboard and FSC certified paper in all of our gift boxes. We don't use any toxic coating on our papers, utilize soy ink and avoid using shiny foils or other toxic ink treatments to ensure that our boxes are 100% recyclable. We do our best to limit plastic consumption wherever possible in our products: we use glass bottles for our Eau de Parfums, Perfume Oils and Candles and never use cello wrapping.

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Sustainability

Our positive

environmental

practices

Our formulations are as clean, natural, and sustainable as we can make them and our packaging is made from recycled materials whenever possible. In order to amplify our positive environmental practices, we’ve partnered with three powerful environmental non-profits that make sure our business gives back to our planet.

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1% for the Planet

1% for the Planet inspires people to support environmental organizations through annual membership and everyday actions. They advise on giving strategies, certify donations, and amplify the impact of the network. This pledge means that we will be donating 1% of our revenues towards environmental causes.

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1% For the Planet has helped over 250 million dollars towards environmental non profits around the world

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The National Forest Foundation (NFF) works closely with theUnited States Forest Service to plant native trees in areas desperately in need: our donations help plant roughly 10,025 trees a month throughout our U.S. forests. Reforestation directly impacts the decrease of carbon in our atmosphere, forest health & resiliency, watershed health and the protection of the habitats of thousands of species that depend on national forest habitats.

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Climate Neutral

Climate Neutral holds us accountable by calculating all of the emissions it takes to create our products and ship them to your doorstep: we then offset that total carbon output for the year by investing in climate change solutions that take the equivalent amount of carbon out of the environment.

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Our investment offset our carbon emissions 100% in 2021

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We has committed to reducing 2021 emissions 50% by 2030.

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Our fragrances are broken down into families by their notes and ingredients. See our glossary for a breakdown of any relevant terms.

Fragrance Family
Earthy & Woody
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Floral
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Floral
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Floral
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Floral
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Floral
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Fresh
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Warm & Spicy
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Warm & Spicy

Sandalwood

Vetiver

Amberwood

Grapefruit

Patchouli

Vetiver

Hinoki

Cedarwood

Patchouli

Amber

White Birch

Cedarwood

Cassis

White Rose

Bergamot

Tropical tuberose

White lily

Ylang jasmine

Violet

Blossom

Rosewoodpear

Jasmine

White Musk

Italian Orange

Lavender

Vetiver grass

Vanilla

Lemon grass
Beach grass
Summer Herbs

Kumkatblood

Orange

Lush Guava

Lime

Pepper Basil

Madarin Zest

Spearmint

Tonka Bean

Wintergreen

Italian Bergamot

Valencia Orange

White Ginger Flower

Vanilla

Tobacco Flower

Amberwood

Eucalyptus

Cedarwood

Amber

Top Note

Sandalwood

Cedarwood

Mid Note

Vetiver

Nutmeg

Cinnamon

Base Note

Amber wood

Top Note

Grapefruit

Mid Note

Patchouli

Base Note

Vetiver

Top Note

Hinoki wood

Mid Note

Cedarwood
Patchouli

Base Note

White musk

Top Note

Applewood

Amber

Citron

Mid Note

Clove Leaf

Canella Bark

White Birch

Base Note

Oakmoss

Sandalwood

Cedar

Top Note

Cassis

Bergamot

Black Pepper

Mid Note

White Rose

Base Note

Oakmoss

Musk

Tonka

Top Note

Ylang Jasmine

Mid Note

Tropical Tuberose

White Lily

Base Note

Sandalwood

Top Note

Green Leaf

Pear

Mid Note

Violet Blossom

Jasmine

Base Note

Vanilla

Rosewood

Top Note

Italian Orange

Mid Note

Jasmine 

Tuberose

Base Note

White Musk

Oakmoss

Top Note

Fennel

Eucalyptus

Mid Note

Lavender

Vanilla

Base Note

Amber stone

Vetiver grass

Patchouli

Top Note

Lemon
Beach Grass 

Mid Note

Lavender
Lemon Grass
Summer Herb

Base Note

Amber Musk

Top Note

Blood Orange

Mid Note

Mandarin

Kumquat

Touch of Sugar

Base Note

Tangerine Zest

Lush Guava

Top Note

Mandarin Zest

Thyme

Pepper

Mid Note

Lily 

Lime

Base Note

Woody amber

Patchouli

Top Note

Green Leaves

Eucalyptus

Spearmint

Mid Note

Spearmint

Wintergreen

Base Note

Tonka Bean

Top Note

Bergamot

Cardamom

Valencia Orange

Mid Note

Heliotrope Flower

White Ginger

Petitgrain

Base Note

Gilded Amber

Cedar Noir

Myrrh

Top Note

Anise

Nutmeg

Tobacco Flower

Mid Note

Clove

Ginger

Vanilla

Base Note

Vanilla

Tonka

Benzoin Musk

Top Note

Lemon

Nutmeg

Eucalyptus

Mid Note

Jasmine

Carnation

Amber

Base Note

Patchouli

Cedarwood

Vetiver

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Scent Story

Balincourt is the family home which is surrounded by an ancient mysterious forest where long walks on the magical trail called Lover’s Lane was a favorite activity of multiple generations.This scent is a sandalwood fragrance with a dominant cedarwood & sandalwood accord supplemented by a spicy cinnamon nutmeg complex with an earthy vetiver note.

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Vallée de Farney is a nature preserve, located in the native forests of the Mauritius Island. The forest is home to more than 100 plant species and numerous animals where Louis Marie discovered many new plant specimens. This scent is a woody, mineral fragrance. The top note is a citrus accord of grapefruit, orange and black pepper enhanced by cedarwood and Patchouli. Top note: Grapefruit, Orange, Black Pepper Mid note: cedarwood, Patchouli, Geranium Base note: Vetiver, Amber, Musk

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Le Long Fond is a nursery in Belgium that was founded by my Grandfather in 1979 and is still active to this day. This scent is a savory mixture of hinoki wood accord underlined by notes of cedarwood and patchouli with a strong amber character.

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This limited edition holiday candle encapsulates the holiday season, evoking scents of a warm and cozy fire within a cabin deep in the Swiss Alps. Le Refuge d'Ernest pays homage to Marie's great great great grandfather, Ernest Solvay, a Belgian scientist and inventor who developed a passion for nature and exploration. He was quite fond of climbing the Matterhorn and through his early explorations, he realized the dangers of climbing this area due to erratic weather conditions. In 1915, he decided to commission a little refuge for safety in the form of a tiny cabin just below the peak of the Matterhorn - should a climber get stuck in bad weather. Imagine, upon lighting the candle, being transported to a cabin in the Alps and taking in the warmth of the fire before preparing to ascent to the top of the Matterhorn. 

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This fruity fragrance begins with a black pepper note enhanced by bergamot & cassis. It then develops a strong green accord with a white rose base and dries down to a warm oakmoss, tonka and clean musk base. Top Note: Cassis, bergamot, black pepper Mid Note: White rose Base Note: Oakmoss, musk, tonka

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Kandilli is a small village set in the Asian bank of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, where my mother, Twinkie, experienced her first scent of a tuberose flower at the age of sixteen. This scent is a tropical tuberose accorded with a white lily background and sits on a warm amber sandalwood base.

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Dame de Boumois, Louis Marie’s mother was one of the most elegant women in 18th century France. She married Gilles du Petit Thouars in 1754 and Louis Marie was the second of five children. This scent is a violet blossom fragrance with a green leaf and pear top note, enhanced by jasmine vanilla and rosewood.

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This romantic and gentle floral fragrance incorporates top notes of Italian orange and a rich green floral accord. The body of the fragrance is a floral bouquet of jasmine, ylang-ylang and tuberose. The fragrance dries down to an oakmoss and white musk background.

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An exotic blend of lavender & amber stone, natural fennel and vetiver grass infused with the pure essential oils of Patchouli, eucalyptus are the essence of this fragrance.

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Scalpay is the name of family relative’s Scottish isle with hundreds of acres of diverse coniferous woodlands, freshwater lochs and burns.This scent embodies a summer seaside fragrance with an herb accord of lavender and lemon grass complimented by amber musk notes.

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Neige de Printemps, meaning “spring snow,” brings back the memory of my grandmother, Tita, who spent the spring seasons in Switzerland during the carnival of Cran sur Sierre. This scent is a fruity fragrance with a blood orange top note enhanced by a rich blend of mandarin, kumquat and a touch of sugar. 

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Fresh limes & zesty mandarin opens this fragrance. These notes are intertwined with a peppery basil and an aromatic thyme accord supported by a floral lily character and a woody amber Patchouli.

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La Themis was the name of the ship that carried Louis Marie back to France after 10 years in exile on Madagascar in 1802. This fragrance begins with a fresh green leaf accord with a eucalyptus character and quickly changes to a dominant spearmint main theme. The spearmint character is supported by a wintergreen note. Then the fragrance dries down to a sweet Tonka bean accord.

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Bousval is named after our mother’s hometown: there, she'd walk her four collies during warm summer evenings, spending most of her time camping outside, catching fish, and picking fresh vegetables at the pond next to her home. Inspired by her enchanted summers, this scent has nuances of Valencia Oranges are joined with Italian Bergamot and bold White Cardamom. A signature heart of Ginger Flower is complimented with Eucalyptus and earthy notes of Oakmoss. Undertones of rich, sultry woods add to misted Musk for a modern aroma.

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L’Etang Noir, the enchanted black lake where my sisters and I spent many days fishing and exploring.
This scent is an oriental fragrance with a tobacco flower top note enhanced by a rich spice blend of vanilla, anise, nutmeg, ginger & clove.

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Aboukir Bay is a spacious bay on the Mediterranean sea in Egypt, lying between Abu Qir and the Rosetta mouth of the Nile. Aristide, brother of Louis Marie, was a french naval officer, and hero of the battle of Aboukir. This fragrance has a spicy eucalyptus top note with a floral amber heart composed of jasmine, lavender, carnation and a rich amber accord. The base notes of the fragrance incorporate a definitive woody accord of Patchouli, cedarwood and vetiver with a sweet tonka bean accord.

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Notes

A single scent element of a fragrance that builds a whole scent: they're denoted as 'top,' 'middle', and 'base', which refers to the moment at which you can sense them after application.

Top note

The top notes are the first notes you can smell after applying a fragrance, consisting of smaller, lighter molecules and evaporating fastest to reveal the mid notes.

Mid note

Mid notes are also known as 'heart' notes, as they reveal the core of the fragrance: they make up approximately 70% of the fragrance, appearing after the top notes dissipate and lingering for the full life of the fragrance.

Base note

Base notes help build a foundation for the lighter notes of the fragrance, boosting them while adding more depth and resonance: they're rich and long-lasting, lingering the longest and lasting the full life of the fragrance. Popular base notes include amber, musk, cedarwood, and vanilla.

Perfume Oil

Perfume Oil’s base is a blend of three oils: safflower, sunflower, and rosemary. With a slightly higher concentration of fragrance, Perfume Oil is a bit stronger but keeps scent more intimate and close to the body. It reveals main notes all at once, meaning the scent is more consistent over time.

Eau de Parfum

Eau De Parfum has an alcohol base that allows the scent to project a bit more away from the body, evaporating each layer of notes over time, with the base notes lingering longest.

Sythentic vs Natural

All of our fragrances consist of a combination of natural, plant-derived essential oils and safe synthetics. We often opt for safe synthetic fragrances because we never use animal products and we don't include known allergens that can occur within natural essential oils. We also don’t use endangered plant species or harvested materials that contribute to deforestation.

PETA Certification

The cruelty-free PETA certification is designated for companies that have signed their statement of assurance verifying that they and their suppliers do not conduct, commission, or pay for any tests on animals for their ingredients, formulations, or finished products anywhere in the world.

Clean

To us, 'clean beauty' means we have a strict adherence to providing environmentally-mindful products that do not contain toxic ingredients (whether they're harvested or manufactured) that may pollute the earth or harm one's body. We don't test our products on animals and we never utilize animal-derived ingredients.

Ingredients

Hinoki

Hinoki comes from Japanese cypress and has a rich, invigorating citrus aroma that can increase spiritual awareness.

Amber Wood

Amber Wood deviates from true ‘ambergris’ in being more woody, meaning Amber Wood is less dry or tobacco-like: it's a warm scent that can be used to enhance oriental or gourmand scents but is also included in floral notes, including white flower accords.

Tonka

Tonka bean is the seed of the Dipteryx odorata tree, or Coumarouna odorata, which is why it is also known as coumarin, which is the chemical isolate that is used in perfumery. Its aroma is often likened to almond or vanilla, with undertones of tobacco that can lend a creamy, warm element to any fragrance.

Anise

Anise, also known as aniseed, has a long history of being used for its healing properties. The plant belongs in the same family of scents as tarragon and fennel and is, in its purest form, reminiscient of the smell of liquorice. Anise is described as having a scent that is powerful but soft: while its sweet and mild, it also adds a sort of unique kick to any fragrance.

Musk

While natural musk is the powerful stuff found in the animal world, in perfumery, musk musks are powerful molecules with subtle, almost powerdy-but-grounding scents. They're extremely powerful and crucial to any perfume formula, though, even in the smallest quantities—musk is almost always used as a base note.

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