It is in the Renaissance that perfume, a princely pastime in the Italian courts, became an art in France. And when François Rabelais imagined the Abbey of Thelema as a utopian center of humanist culture, he included the use of the most delicate fragrances: such as rose water, orange blossom water, and angel water - amidst the refined pleasures of his monks and nuns... harmonious, cared for and pleasant. It is to François Rabelais, the most illustrious member of the dynasty, that the Maison Frapin he dedicated l'Humaniste, an enveloping and clear fragrance like the curious and open mind of the Renaissance man.
