At Bastille, we are moving to compose tomorrow. The bastille is synonymous with French freedom. And like perfume, freedom is movement. It is at the same time a celebration of the body, the expression of a story, the experience of a unique moment. But movement is also something that sets in motion, that breaks inertia, is free to act. Today, like yesterday, it is this collective momentum that makes things happen, for a fairer, more humane and more responsible planet.
Today, our perfumes have this extraordinary note that defines originality. Our creation is liberated, we surprise by rethinking Beauty, by developing new standards, by deciding on new conventions. Our perfumes are real, by the quality of the raw materials chosen, by their clarity, their transparency and their luminosity. At Bastille, our perfumes dance and play the balance : between sustainable and desirable, tradition and future, synthetic and natural, feminine and masculine, body and ideal, power and subtlety, experience and memory.
Driven by their desire to shake up the boundaries of the still very traditional perfume industry on the aspects of eco-responsibility, sobriety, and sustainable development but also nourished by multiple experiences in the world of luxury and beauty, including a joint one at Chanel, Sophie Maisant and Pascal Hyafil joined forces in 2022 in the Bastille adventure to continue the development of the brand, created in 2020 by a young Parisian. With Bastille, their vision is above all to give meaning to the perfumes we wear every day. Offering a liberating framework: freedom of olfactory creation given to perfumers, and freedom of choice for everyone - everyone has their own perfume, their own story.
Above all, it’s about focusing on the essentials. Quality ingredients, originality, creativity and freedom. Our perfumes dance and play the balance: between sustainable and desirable, between tradition and future, between synthetic and natural, between feminine and masculine, between body and ideal, between power and subtlety, between experience and memory.
TRANSPARENCY
Perfume is still considered by law to be a “trade secret”: this is why brands do not reveal their ingredients. This opacity has favored the use by certain brands of controversial ingredients, such as BHT, an additive used as an antioxidant and suspected of being an endocrine disruptor.
ZERO HIDDEN INGREDIENTS
95% natural ingredients, 5% clean synthetic and organic wheat alcohol
QUALITY
We pay particular attention to the quality and selection of our natural and synthetic raw materials. The natural materials used in the composition of our perfumes come from all over the world. We choose, with perfumers, exceptional natural ingredients, shaped by their terrors, and the result of sustainable cultivation by the different producers.
THE PLANET
At Bastille, every gesture counts. This is why our entire manufacturing process is designed to minimize our impact on the planet. No production on the other side of the world: all our components come from French or European partners. Our packaging is made from FSC™ certified paper, meaning it comes from forests managed responsibly according to rigorous environmental, social and economic standards. We strive to ban plastic as much as possible, with one exception: our pump and an insert necessary for our bottle to remain airtight. Our manufacturing is French: our perfumes are imagined in Paris, assembled in Grasse and bottled near Paris.
