Where the divine essences of yesterday inspire the personalised fragrances of today
Heirs to an ancestral divinity
At the heart of the temples of ancient Egypt, a special divinity watched over one of the most precious arts of civilisation: Shesmou, master of perfumes and sacred oils. His divine hands pressed flowers, precious woods and resins to extract the very essence of life.
Today, Maison Shesmou is reviving this age-old tradition, proudly bearing the name of this forgotten divinity. This is not a simple homage, but a true rebirth – because like the god who inspired it, Maison Shesmou transforms the raw material into exceptional elixirs.
The sacred alchemy of the divine press
Shesmou was the “Lord of the Press”, the one who, through the magic of transformation, revealed the hidden soul of plants. In the fragrant sanctuaries of the temples, his priests created compositions for the pharaohs and the gods themselves.
Maison Shesmou continues this alchemical quest. In Vannes, between the Breton land and sea, Sarah Merciol works to capture the unique essence of each person, transforming it into an incomparable olfactory signature.
A creative duality
Mythology teaches us that Shesmou embodied a fascinating duality: both creator and destroyer, he pressed grapes like the blood of enemies. This ambivalence symbolised the power of transformation, the ability to reveal the beauty hidden at the very heart of matter.
This duality resonates deeply with the philosophy of the House of Shesmou. Each personalised fragrance is born out of a deconstruction of identity, an in-depth analysis of the contrasts and harmonies that define each being, to bring out a fragrance that transcends opposites and celebrates human complexity.
A contemporary ritual
In ancient Egypt, perfumes were more than just ornaments – they were gateways to the divine, keys to the afterlife and protection against opposing forces.
Maison Shesmou invites its customers to a truly contemporary ritual. The creation of a personalised fragrance is not a simple commercial transaction, but a transformative experience:
- Awakening the Senses – Like the initiates of the Shesmou temples, you are guided on a sensory journey that awakens your olfactory memory.
- The Revelation of Essence – Through an intimate dialogue, Sarah Merciol captures your personal history, your aspirations and your memories.
- Personal Alchemy – The noblest raw materials are selected and combined in unique proportions, like the sacred oils of antiquity.
- Fragrance Renaissance – Your personal essence is reborn as a fragrance, an elixir as unique as your fingerprint.
A living legacy
The fragrances of the House of Shesmou are not ephemeral. Like the precious oils that have survived the millennia in Egyptian tombs, retaining their mysterious fragrance to this day, Maison Shesmou’s creations are designed to become olfactory legacies – signatures that will live on, telling your story to future generations.
Modern times
The www.shesmou.com website is not just a shop window, but the forecourt of a modern temple dedicated to the art of perfume. Like the hieroglyphs engraved on the walls of the temples of Dendera or Edfu that revealed the secrets of sacred perfumes, each page reveals a facet of this unique olfactory quest.
To pass through the virtual doors of this sanctuary is to accept Shesmou’s invitation to rediscover an ancient art reinvented for our time – that of truly personal perfumery, where each creation is a unique work of art, an olfactory portrait faithful to your deepest self.
Invitation to an olfactory journey
When the Egyptians were preparing their journey to the afterlife, they surrounded themselves with perfumes to seduce the gods and ensure their place among them. Sacred essences were their passport to eternity.
Maison Shesmou offers you an equally transformative journey – not to the afterlife, but to your true nature. Each drop of your personalised fragrance is an invitation to explore new olfactory territories, to rediscover who you really are, to wear your most authentic identity with pride.
Like the god who squeezed flowers to release their fragrant soul, Maison Shesmou extracts the invisible essence that defines you and transforms it into an olfactory melody that belongs to you alone.
MAISON SHESMOU
Fragrances as unique as you.