Carried close.
A French-rooted house for the objects you keep nearest — scent on the skin, leather in the hand.
01
In seventeenth-century Grasse, the men who perfumed gloves and the men who made them belonged to the same guild. Perfumery began in the hand.
Maison Stravers returns to that origin. We make the things that are worn closest and carried longest: eaux de parfum composed in France, and leather that is perfumed, stitched and finished to age with the person who carries it.
It is a founder-led house — a father and son, a family line that runs back to the Périgord, and a conviction that luxury should whisper. No seasons, no noise. Objects that keep their place for decades.
02The House Index
Four crafts, one hand.
- IParfumerieFragrance — AvailableFragranceEaux de parfum composed in France, worn close to the skin.
- IIMaroquinerieLeather Goods — In the atelierLeather GoodsGloves, wallets and card cases — the perfumed glove, revived.
- IIIHorlogerieWatches — ForthcomingWatchesA quiet timepiece, in study.
- IVCoutellerieKnives — ForthcomingKnivesA pocket knife for the table and the road.
03I · Parfumerie
Five eaux de parfum.
Plate II.1 — Le Gant de Grasse, unlined lambskin driving glove.
The perfumed glove, returned.
Gloves were the first luxury object to be perfumed. Our leather collection begins where that story began: a driving glove scented with Eight of Spades, a wallet with eight slots, a card case cut from a single panel, and a case for the flacon itself.
05 · The Founder
“Two photographs, almost fifty years apart — and on both of them, the number eight.”
Thierry Stravers founded the house with his son Luca. It began with Eight of Spades and an old family line in the Périgord; it continues with every object that earns its place in a pocket.
06Journal
Founder stories.
1 September 2026
What business does a perfume house have with a racing team?
A perfume house and a racing team appear to share nothing at all — until you stand among the cars. On the Open Day at MP Motorsport, the scents we barely register, and the perfumed gloves of Grasse.
11 August 2026
What I learned from my childhood picture
Two photographs, almost fifty years apart, and on both of them the number eight. On the coherence of a life that only becomes visible in hindsight.
A scent for the places people remember: hotels, showrooms, paddocks and private houses.
The house composes olfactory identities for brands and spaces — from MP Motorsport to private hospitality.
Olfactory identity