Liquides Imaginaires was founded by Philippe Di Méo, the house's artistic director, and David Frossard, founder of the distribution label Différentes Latitudes. Story always comes first: Di Méo writes the narrative brief, drawing on mythology, esoteric symbolism and the collective subconscious, before any fragrance development begins. Releases come in trilogies, three scents linked by theme, spanning sacred and sensual territory with equal conviction. The bottles, amphora-shaped, feel more like ritual artefacts than packaging. Perfumery that takes its own premise seriously, and rewards the same in return.