Bibliothèque de Parfum — a fragrance library born in Ukraine, continuing its story in Canada
Bibliothèque de Parfum is a Ukrainian-born niche fragrance brand founded in Kharkiv in 2019.
We believe fragrance is more than a composition of notes. It is memory, a state of being, an inner gesture. Sometimes it describes a person more precisely than words — bringing back a moment, revealing character, and helping you feel closer to yourself.
This is how the idea of Bibliothèque de Parfum was born: to create not simply a collection of perfumes, but a fragrance library where every bottle becomes a story of its own.
A story you can wear on your skin.
Lora and Viacheslav Nekrasovs — two roles in one story
Bibliothèque de Parfum was founded by Lora and Viacheslav Nekrasovs as both a family brand and a union of two perspectives that complement each other.
Lora is the co-founder, face, and voice of the brand. She is responsible for the emotional depth of Bibliothèque de Parfum: the ideas behind the collections, their meaning, mood, storytelling, and that special feeling that turns a fragrance from a product into a personal story.
“For me, fragrance has never been just a beautiful scent. It is a way to understand yourself more precisely. Sometimes a perfume helps a person remember who they are, what they want, and what state they want to be in. That is why we create not individual fragrances, but an entire library of stories.”
Lora Nekrasova, Co-Founder of Bibliothèque de Parfum
Viacheslav is the co-founder and strategic foundation of the brand. He is responsible for growth, structure, partnerships, and ensuring that a creative idea can expand into new markets and become a strong international business.
If Lora shapes the voice of the brand, Viacheslav helps that voice be heard — through structure, processes, team, sales, partnerships, and long-term vision.
Together, they create the balance without which Bibliothèque de Parfum would not be itself: intuition and system, emotion and calculation, story and strategy, beauty and resilience.
A story that changed
In 2022, the story of the brand changed together with Ukraine’s story.
Kharkiv, the city where everything began, came under shelling. The team went through relocation, rebuilding processes and the need to start again.
But it was then that the purpose of Bibliothèque de Parfum became even clearer: to create beauty that helps people stay connected to themselves, even when the world they once knew had changed completely.
From that period came new collections, new decisions, and a new understanding of the brand’s strength.
Since 2019, Bibliothèque de Parfum has grown from a Ukrainian idea into an international brand. Today, our fragrances are available in 21 countries, and our fragrance library is chosen by clients for their morning rituals, dates, travels, gifts, and moments they want to remember.
A new chapter in Canada
Today, a new chapter of our story is being written in Canada.
We chose Canada not only as a market. We chose it as our home.
Today, we are building Bibliothèque de Parfum’s North American presence here as a family: Lora, Viacheslav, and our daughter, Yevheniia. This is the path of immigrants, entrepreneurs, and parents beginning a new life while preserving their roots.
We brought with us more than a brand. We brought experience, character, love for work, respect for beauty, and a desire to create something real.
We remain a brand with a Ukrainian heart.
And at the same time, we are building a new home here for our fragrance library.
The more we meet people in Canada and across North America, the more clearly we see this: people here value authenticity over loud promises. Personal choice over imposed luxury. Not a perfect image, but the right to be different, alive, complex, and real.
Here, fragrance is not just part of self-care. It is a way to mark your presence: quietly, but precisely. Through mood, memory, style, and character.
And in this, we feel a space that is very close to us: a place where Bibliothèque de Parfum can become not just a new brand, but a personal discovery.
Like a book you take from the shelf one day — and unexpectedly find yourself within.
Niche is in the details
For us, niche perfumery is not a loud definition. It is an approach.
It is attention to composition, the quality of raw materials, and the balance of top, heart, and base notes. It is attention to the way a fragrance unfolds on the skin and changes with a person throughout the day.
We work with artisan perfumers for whom creating a fragrance is not a formula for the sake of a formula. It is an art. Almost like painting a picture, composing music, or writing a short story in which every note has its place, pause, and meaning.
This is how compositions are born — compositions that need space. Time. Skin. They do not try to be obvious from the first breath. They unfold gradually, like a story you do not enter immediately, but remember for a long time.
Because a true fragrance does not simply smell.
It lives with you.
For those who feel more deeply
Bibliothèque de Parfum was created for people who notice more than what is usually shown.
For those who remember not only the event, but the air around it.
Not only the person, but the trace they leave in a room.
Not only the journey, but the scent of the street after rain.
Not only the home, but the feeling of returning.
We create fragrances for those who choose not the most obvious path, but the one that is truly their own.
For those who care less about making an impression and more about feeling aligned with themselves.
Not following a trend, but recognizing an inner state.
Not buying a “beautiful scent,” but finding a fragrance that one day becomes part of their personal memory.
Our story began in Ukraine.
Today, it continues in Canada.
And opens to all of North America.
Perhaps the next chapter is yours.
Bibliothèque de Parfum — find the story your skin remembers.