APOTHECARIES SAINT OLIVE
- 1675 - Hugues Saint Olive born in 1650 founded the Saint Olive Apothecaries Shops in Chalon-sur-Saône. ​​​​​​​​​
- 1711-1714 - Lawsuits of Lesné and Berthault families against Saint Olive Apothecaries. The trial lasted three years and temporarily prevented Pierre Boiteux de Saint Olive from practicing his profession as an apothecary. In 1714, the Saint Olive family won the legal battle, allowing them to continue their business until the end of the 18th century.
- 1714-1740 - Claude Saint Olive is apothecary in Montreal where he contributed to the establishment of the French regime in Canada.
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PAUL SAINT OLIVE
In 2021, passionate about my family's apothecary tradition, I decided to train in aromatherapy and started handcrafting a thousand candles in recycled glass jars in my apartment. After a year and a half of research, I finally developed a stable recipe made from vegetable waxes and fragrances with therapeutic qualities. During this period, I also managed to finalize the design of the candle holder and its box, inspired by the containers used by my ancestors. In September 2022, I officially launched the brand PAUL SAINT OLIVE.
SAVOIR-FAIRE
The brand PAUL SAINT OLIVE has its own workshop. The scented candles, diffusers, and their paper packaging are handcrafted. Our waxes are vegetable-based, and we do not add preservatives; the wicks are made of cotton and soy. The fragrances are exclusively created for the PAUL SAINT OLIVE brand, and we require that they be made from essences extracted in France to preserve regional craftsmanship. Each scent has therapeutic qualities.
COLLABORATION
In 2023, the brand PAUL SAINT OLIVE collaborated with the renowned perfumer Camille Latron Stayer to create nine new fragrances. The idea this time was to go even further in highlighting the French origin of the raw materials. It is important to remember that the perfume industry is now completely globalized. While raw materials are still blended in France, particularly in Grasse, they are rarely extracted in France. With this new collection, our brand commits to using some of the last raw materials still extracted in France and in Northern Italy—materials that embody centuries-old extraction expertise.
PARTNERSHIP
In 2025, the brand PAUL SAINT OLIVE became an official sponsor of the Apothecaries’ Museum in Paris (Musée François Tillequin), which houses a collection of 25,000 raw materials and preserves the memory of the apothecaries’ role in the development of modern medicine, as well as their crucial role in modern perfumery.
PAUL SAINT OLIVE also plans to undertake research projects in collaboration with the Musée François Tillequin, focusing on the field of aromatherapy.