The Design Story

The town that smelled of roses

In the 1500s a small town in Provence traded its tanneries for flowers. Grasse’s glove-makers began scenting their leather with rose and jasmine, and the hills around them filled with blossom. From that turn came copper stills, floral waters — eau florale de Grasse — and, in time, the capital of perfume itself.

This design centres the alembic that made it possible — a copper still crowned in rose and jasmine — printed like a plate lifted from an old distiller’s manual.

• Grasse
• The Copper Still
• Rose & Jasmine
• France · 1500

The Print

Front & back

Plate I · Front chest — DLF circular emblem

Plate II · Full back — The Capital of Scent, 1500

The chest wears the De La Forme circular emblem in blue; the back carries the full archive plate — the copper still, the roses, and the year 1500 — printed to sit quietly against the pigment-dyed ground.

Fabric & Fit

Specifications

Care

Keeping the wash

Machine wash cold, inside out, with like colours. Tumble dry low or hang to dry. Do not iron directly over the print. Because the fabric is pigment dyed, a gentle, gradual fade is part of the design — it will keep looking better the more you wear it.