History

My great-grandparents, following the Spanish Civil War in 1936, sheltered a Republican refugee... a perfumer!!! To thank them, he passed on all his knowledge to my great-grandfather.
It was in this context, amidst a climate of great social upheaval, that he conceived the idea of ​​creating and marketing his own line of colognes...

At that time, 75 Boulevard de Sébastopol was the head office. Sales were mainly conducted at markets in northern France; later my great-grandfather "planted" his parasol on the boulevard and that's how our customers came to call our shop "Under the Parasol".

It was in November 1962 (after the Algerian War) that my grandfather, Daniel, joined the family business, which took off in 1965...

In 1996, my mother Florence started "Sous le Parasol" as a sales representative. In 2002, she took over the management.

As for me, I joined the company in 2021.

Simon