Balenciaga

Cristobal Balenciaga Eizaguirre was a Spanish Basque designer and founder of fashion house Balenciaga. Training since childhood as a tailor, Balenciaga is notable for being one of the few designers who could design, cut and sew his own designs. He achieved success in Spain just after World War I, but the Spanish Civil War prompted a move to Paris.

The first fragrance introduced under the Balenciaga name was Le Dix, in 1947. This perfume was named after the address of Balenciaga's boutique in Paris. Balenciaga offers fragrances today in conjunction with Coty.

Cristobal Balenciaga fragrances were made in collaboration with perfumers Domitille Bertier, Olivier Polge, Gerard Anthony, Jacques Jantzen, Olivier Gillotin, Christophe Raynaud, Jean-Christophe Herault, Germaine Cellier, Francoise Caron and Dominique Preyssas.

Тhe brand embodies both structure and whimsy. In the House of Balenciaga, there is the individual who believes in certain codes of refinement, but also the artist who embraces the realm of dreams. And it is in this contradictious exciting world that fragrances are created.