Jacques Fath was born in France in 1912 and opened his first haute couture house in Paris in 1937, becoming one of the three dominant figures of postwar French fashion alongside Christian Dior and Pierre Balmain. His atelier on Avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie was a training ground for legends — Hubert de Givenchy, Guy Laroche, and Valentino Garavani all worked under him. His foray into perfumery began in 1945 with Chasuble, followed by two masterpieces created with perfumer Vincent Roubert: Green Water (1946), a revolutionary aromatic citrus that redefined masculine fragrance, and Iris Gris (1947), widely regarded as one of the greatest perfumes ever made. Fath passed away in 1954, and both fragrances disappeared with him. In 2008, the Panouge Group acquired the brand and entrusted Creative Director Rania Naim with its revival. The result is the Fath's Essentials Collection — a contemporary interpretation of the house's spirit of youth, talent, and Parisian joie de vivre.