ARQUISTE
Inspired by history and curated by Carlos Huber, a Mexican-born architect, restoration expert and fragrance designer, ARQUISTE® Parfumeur is a scent collection transporting you to evocative moments and historical sites.
Each scent restores a particular olfactive experience by using rare ingredients identified through meticulous research. Interpreted with master perfumers, this background translates stories, landscapes and architecture into top, heart, and base notes.
Using high quality, sustainable and responsibly sourced materials, the ARQUISTE® scent collection allows you to unlock personal revelations and experience history in a most intimate way.
Drawn to Mexico's architecture and history, and a passionate traveler since young, Carlos Huber first pursued the study of architecture and historic preservation at prestigious universities in his hometown of Mexico City, in Paris and New York, where he graduated with honors in Historic Preservation at Columbia University. His diverse experience includes meticulous residential and commercial projects as well as art installations concerned with the interpretation of historic sites.
Turning to his longtime love of perfume, Huber was mentored by master perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux, studying perfume history, evaluation and fragrance development. Bridging the worlds of architectural and perfume history through the lens of restoration led him to collaborate with Flores-Roux and perfumer Yann Vasnier to create ARQUISTE®, developing scents that restore authentic historical experiences.