History

Following the Spanish Civil War in 1936, my great-grandparents sheltered a Republican refugee... who was a perfumer! To thank them, he passed on all his knowledge to my great-grandfather.
That is how, in a climate of great social upheaval, he came up with the idea of creating and marketing his own range of colognes...

At that time, 75 Boulevard de Sébastopol was the head office. Sales were mainly made in markets in the north of France; later, my great-grandfather "planted" his parasol on the boulevard, and that is how our customers came to name our shop "Sous le Parasol" (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 at "Sous le Parasol" as a sales representative. In 2002, she took over the management.

As for me, I joined the company in 2021...

Simon