The Story of Parfums Les Vides Anges

Les Vides Anges emerged from Montreal's "ruelles" like a whispered secret caught in the wind — each twist and turn of these back alleys revealing the anarchy of urban life. The name arose from nose and creative director Aldo "August" Parise's immersion in a late-nineties creative co-op, where artists were exploring the delicate dance between chaos and order. In these narrow passages and hidden corners, where street art bloomed unexpectedly and cultures collided, August discovered how the most compelling patterns often emerge from apparent randomness – like fractals found in nature or the unpredictable path of a autumn leaf caught in an alley's turbulent air.

As August wandered through the streets of Montreal, Japan, and Europe, documenting urban artists, he discovered an unexpected harmony between street fashion and independent perfumery. Each creation told its own story while somehow belonging to a greater narrative, like petals from the same flower — no two identical, yet all sharing an essential nature.

It was in a quiet Tokyo café where la 1e first took shape in August's notebook – not as a fixed formula, but as a living composition. This rich, sensual eau de parfum emerged as something almost alive, adapting and shifting like a shadow in sunlight. Built on a foundation of sophisticated musks and woods, the perfume revealed different aspects of its personality on each wearer, transforming throughout the day as life, and skin chemistry, played their parts in its unfolding story.

The world of ultra-niche fragrance beckoned like a siren song — not merely as a craft, but as an exploration of nature's hidden patterns. In his laboratory of scents, August found that perfume creation followed the same mysterious laws as the natural world. Like a composer arranging notes in a generative symphony, he began with foundational elements — the base notes that ground each creation. Layer by layer, the composition would grow more complex: precious naturals like Moroccan rose absolute, Italian bergamot, and Indian jasmine would dance with synthetic molecules, each element transforming the others in an endless beat of scent.

The concept of limited-run extraits flowed naturally from this philosophy of constant evolution. Each new fragrance became a captured moment, impossible to perfectly recreate. Some batches would showcase the complex, creamy notes of rare Mysore sandalwood, while others might explore the mysterious dialogue between Vietnamese oud and Bulgarian rose. Each creation was a unique snapshot of possibility, like catching lightning in a bottle.

This approach wasn't about creating artificial scarcity — it was about honoring the ephemeral allure of nature itself. Like cherry blossoms that bloom for just a few precious days, these limited runs celebrated the idea that some experiences are meant to be fleeting, never to be exactly repeated. Each bottle became a moment crystallized in time, a singular expression.

This wasn't just perfumery; it was poetry written in molecules, each formula beginning a journey of endless possibility. The limited-run concept became August's journal of this ongoing exploration, each release preserving a perfect moment in the infinite art of scent creation.

How we approach our perfumes?

Every Parfums Les Vides Anges creation begins as a journey. We travel the world seeking nature's finest gifts — precious botanicals and the purest aroma ingredients. Like careful curators, we select only materials that meet IFRA's highest standards (Europe's International Fragrance Association), blending them with organic sugarcane alcohol.

Our hands tell the story of our craft. Each bottle is filled with care and intention, avoiding the coldness of machines. This gentle touch preserves the soul of our ingredients — those ethereal qualities that make each fragrance come alive on your skin.

We believe in treating our planet with the same reverence as our precious ingredients. Our bottles are made to last, designed to be refilled or returned to the earth. You won't find unnecessary packaging or plastic wrapping here – just pure fragrance in its simplest form. Like nature itself, we strive for beauty without waste.

Clean is more than just a dirty word!

Our NO list is extensive. Along with no animal testing, we use:
No parabens 
No artificial colorants
No animal byproducts
No harmful stabilizers
No harmful preservatives