17 May 2019

PUREDISTANCE BEAUTIFULLY DISPLAYED AT SENS UNIQUE IN PARIS

At Puredistance we not only try to create a collection of elegant and sophisticated perfumes of the highest quality, but we also care a lot about the packaging and presentation of our perfumes. We think good old fashioned customer service is very important. As a result we only sell in less than 100 stores (in 40 countries). Only few stores in the world are able to do justice to the beauty and exclusiveness of our brand and...

09 May 2019

MILANO ESXENCE 2019: A WEEK OF RECOGNITION

Our presence at the perfume fair Esxence has been a memorable one. Never before have we received so much recognition for our Perfume collection, from all kinds of people, from all parts of the world. It seems more and more people start to recognise that our promise of true exclusviity and timeless beauty is more than just a promise. And since everything we achieve at Puredistance we achieve together, our team returned home with...

09 January 2019

Puredistance December Tour: Kiev, Minsk & Łódź

Puredistance founder Jan Ewoud Vos recently visited Kiev, Minsk and Łódź to meet journalists, perfume bloggers and customers in the perfumeries that exclusively sell Puredistance. Also saying hello and explaining the world of Puredistance to the people that sell Puredistance was a very important and nice part of the program. Perfumeries that were visited are Jan Niche Concept in Kiev, Perfumist in Minsk and Quality Missala in Łódź. You will find more images of this trip in...

19 October 2018

Puredistance Perfumes: The Current Collection

The past eleven years Puredistance has launched 8 perfumes. It takes us at least one year – often more – to create an authentic fragrance with a true character. Every Puredistance perfume is based on a concept that is invented and art directed by founder Jan Ewoud Vos. An essential part of each concept is an illustration. These illustrations visualise the essence of the concept in a magic and intuitive manner. Below an...

19 September 2018

Puredistance Photo Contests

Back in 2011 we started with photo competitions, where we ask our customers and fans to send in a photo that portrays a certain subject, or tells a story about Puredistance. The entry’s have always been original and surprising.Below are some of the entries since 2011. Today, we have a photo competition each month on Instagram, where we pick one image with the hashtag #Puredistance as...

06 June 2018

Puredistance Spring Tour 2018

In April, Iris Vos of Puredistance visited several of the Perfumeries representing Puredistance in Europe. It’s always very useful and interesting to visit the stores and meet the devoted teams. Enjoy the photo-story!...

07 April 2018

Puredistance at Esxence Milano 2018

We’d like to thank everyone who came to see us at Esxence – The Scent of Excellence! We’ve seen many familiar faces, but also many new ones. Below a photo-story of the event for you to enjoy. ...

21 February 2018

New presentation 17.5ml Perfume Sprays

The presentation of the 17.5ml Perfume Spray in the special Puredistance Giftbox always got a lot of praise for its elegant and luxurious design. We made it even better. From now on a chic metal sprayholder is included in all 17.5ml giftboxes. Plus, the closing of the 17.5ml Perfume Spray has been redesigned and now functions through a metal clip with golden metal tag. And the retail prices have stayed the same. CHIC METAL...

28 December 2017

THE WORLD OF PUREDISTANCE: BEAUTY & SOUL

The last Puredistance tour of 2017 led me to Ukraine. Together with Alex Radyan and Irene Shvets of Jan Niche Company (who sells Puredistance exclusively for Ukraine) we organised Puredistance Events in Kiev, Dnipro and Charkov (where Puredistance was the first Perfume brand ever to personally present a perfume collection). The theme of our presentation was ‘Beauty & Soul’. I believe true beauty needs a soul and can only be the result of genuine...

11 December 2017

Puredistance WARSZAWA Tour

During the months of October and November Iris Vos visited some of our retailers in Europa to Introduce Puredistance WARSZAWA. These travels have been incredibly inspiring and fruitful. It is truly amazing to meet all the motivated and knowledgable people who are working in the stores, both in the store itself and behind the scenes. Scroll down to join me during my travels. I started my journey by taking the train from Groningen to...

30 November 2017

Extraordinary: A visit from Japan and China

Puredistance Perfumes are sold in less than 100 specialised perfume stores worldwide. These stores are spread out over 35 countries. In some countries we have not yet found the right perfume store to present our brand: one of them is Japan. But even without a store our brand is getting more and more attention in Japan. All because of Sachi. Sachi of La Parfumerie Tanu is the leading expert on niche fragrances in Japan....

14 September 2017

True Exclusivity – Puredistance in Italy

One of the many benefits of being an exclusive perfume house is travelling to Italy to meet perfume lovers from all over the world during one of the artistic perfumery events that are yearly held in Milan and Florence. This week we met in Florence with various specialised perfumeries that represent our brand. Our message was an old one, but today more valid then ever: Puredistance still stands for ‘True Exclusivity’. In today’s world...

05 September 2017

Leather Atelier ‘Reyne Leder ‘ in Gent

Puredistance traveled to Gent to visit Guy Reyné of Leather Atelier Leder Reyne, where our 100ml leather holders are handmade. We got a small tour in the workshop and got to meet Guy his colleagues, who were working on the leather holders for Puredistance. Their team is small, dedicated and personal, just like Puredistance. Guy showed us the leather holder colour we will use for Puredistance WARSZAWA, which is beautiful....

01 June 2017

Puredistance discovery event in Japan

Puredistance traveled to Tokyo, Japan! Together with Sachi of La Parfumerie Tanu, we organized an event full of Puredistance discovery in a small book cafe in Tokyo: Fumikura. Guests are welcomed at the reception by Shizu, the sister of Sachi! We offered a limited amount of our perfumes for sale to our guests. A beautiful and humble set-up of the full Puredistance Master Perfume collection, complete with a red rose.. Everyone got a chance...

25 May 2017

Puredistance celebrates its 10 year Anniversary

15 years ago I had a dream. A dream about a naturally beautiful lady that created distance through her purity: ‘Pure Distance’. I took the bold decision to try to build one of the world’s most exclusive Perfume Houses. 10 years ago half of my dream came true: Puredistance 1 Perfume was launched. Now, ten years later, the other half of my dream has come true. Worldwide Puredistance is considered as a very special...

13 December 2016

ALL THE WAY FROM TOKYO

Every now and then people from far away countries visit the Puredistance church (our headquarters) in the north of the Netherlands. Last September we welcomed Sachi, one of the few perfume bloggers in Japan. (Her blog is La Parfumerie Tanu) It was her dream to meet the Puredistance team and she travelled all the way from Tokyo to Groningen to see us. We had arranged the Puredistance suite for her (in the appropriate Puredistance white and gold...

20 October 2016

SUCCESSFUL PUREDISTANCE PERFUME EVENT IN KUNMING, CHINA

Saturday October 15th. Jan Ewoud Vos and his daughter Tamara, along with the team of the 13th. Note and Ma Studio, presented the new SHEIDUNA fragrance to a group of Puredistance customers and Perfume lovers in Kunming, in China. Puredistance is sold in more than 30 countries and we take great pleasure and pride in noticing how people all over the world appreciate the unique qualities of our Perfumes and our brand....

10 October 2016

PUREDISTANCE SHEIDUNA PRE-LAUNCHED IN BOLOGNA

Two days before Pitti Fragranze in Florence started, we pre-launched SHEIDUNA in Profumeria Al Sacro Cuore Profumeria in Bologna. For many years Giovanni and Lia run one of the most respected and selective perfumeries in Italy. Also for many years they love the Puredistance brand and we certainly love them too! At Puredistance we believe in true exclusivity and consequently only sell to a very select choice of perfumeries. We consider this exclusivity a blessing, not only...

01 October 2016

PUREDISTANCE PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED IN CYPRUS

This summer we visited Dora and Theophilos Theophilou in Cyprus. For years their family has been running the three most exclusive perfumeries on the island. The relationship between Puredistance and the Dora Theophilou Haute Parfumerie always has been a special one, which shows in the beautiful presentation of our brand and all happy smiles....

12 July 2016

THE CREATION OF PUREDISTANCE SHEIDUNA

In 2015, September 15, Jan Ewoud Vos and Cécile Zarokian met for the first time in Paris to discuss a possible new fragrance for Puredistance. Perfumer Cécile Zarokian is an independent perfumer in Paris who has the luxury of working in her own laboratory. Her creations are beautifully composed from the finest raw materials, and from the first conversation on, Mr. Vos felt they shared the same passion for authenticity and excellence. Mr. Vos...

21 May 2016

PUREDISTANCE AND PARIS

The city of Paris has always played an important role in the development of our brand. Perfumer Antoine Lie who lives and works in Paris has created two wonderful Perfumes for Puredistance: BLACK and WHITE. And right now Parisian Perfumer Cécile Zarokian is creating the new Puredistance Perfume ‘SHEIDUNA’, an wonderful oriental that will be launched after summer. And let’s not forget Francois Henin who owns one of the most beautiful exclusive perfumeries in the world near...

21 February 2016

Puredistance Crystal Perfume Columns: a future collector’s item

The past 7 years Swarovski has produced a very limited amount of unique crystal Perfume Columns exclusively for Puredistance. Four versions have been produced: ‘clear crystal and gold’, ‘clear crystal and steel’, ‘black crystal and gold’ and ‘black crystal and steel’. The crystal Column is specially made to hold one of the 17.5 ml Puredistance Perfume Sprays and is regarded as one of the most luxurious and exclusive accessories in the world of Perfume...

23 December 2015

LOOKING BACK AT 2015

2015 has been the best year ever for Puredistance in terms of sales and brand appreciation. We found, now that we offer 6 different Perfumes, each with its own unique character, there is certainly enough choice and depth in our collection to justify the name ‘Perfume House’. The past 8 years we have been working hard, without any compromises, to make sure the best quality ingredients and components would go hand in hand with...

02 June 2015

CUSTOMERS ABOUT PUREDISTANCE WHITE PERFUME

Monique – The Netherlands “You really made my day!! I have been in my bed since Monday with a big fever feeling awful and not even thinking about wearing fragrance… So today when I got the sample of white I was not sure to put it on but did it anyway! Oh my god… It made me feel so much better, it smells really amazing it was love at first sniff… And that is...

07 May 2015

BLOGGERS ABOUT PUREDISTANCE WHITE

The past months many articles have been published about Puredistance and our latest Perfume ‘WHITE’. We like to share them with you. We like to start with a very well received interview with Jan Ewoud Vos in the Creative Director Series of Michelyn Camen’s Cafleurebon Read the Article on CaFleureBon Below various reviews and quotations on Puredistance WHITE: 16-09-2015 Published on Adelina’s World “Once upon a time there was a far, far away...

23 December 2014

FIRST INFORMATION ABOUT PUREDISTANCE WHITE

The first facts about Puredistance WHITE. WHITE will be a pure Perfume, like all Puredistance Perfumes, with a percentage of 38% Perfume oil. WHITE will include some of the most costly ingredients in the world. Puredistance WHITE has been created by Antoine Lie from Paris and took one year from concept to final creation. Puredistance WHITE will be ready for sale in most countries in April 2015 The main idea behind the creation of WHITE was to create...

12 December 2014

INTERVIEW WITH IVO PARAC ON ROMANCE & ELEGANCE

“We’ll always have Paris…” (from the 1942 classic movie Casablanca) There was once an emotion which made our legs weak, our hands tremble and hearts leap. With today’s television, and high-speed internet, does real romance still exist? Can scent alone really bring us back to a world of romance, or do we need more? Join us for an exclusive look with Ivo Parać fragrance journalist of Elle Croatia and many other magazines, to find...

14 November 2014

INTERVIEW WITH PAUL SCHÜTZE

An interview with with award-winning, multi-faceted musician and composer, Paul Schütze. What inspires you the most?I am very much drawn to things which are at the edge of perception. Things which you can only just see, and even then there’s an ambiguity. I really love things that are in flux, dissolving and reforming. They play with your perception… they make you ask questions about how or why you see or hear. I’m fascinated by that...

09 March 2014

INTERVIEW WITH GUY REYNE FROM LEDER REYNE

Guy Reyne is the owner of the atelier Leder Reyne, in Ghent in Belgium, that makes the Puredistance Leather Holders. When did Leder Reyne first open its doors?Leder Reyne started around 70 – 80 years ago. I don’t know the exact date the store opened, however, it was just before the Second World War. Leder Reyne has always been a family-owned business, which is currently in its third generation. What differentiates you from other...

30 January 2014

INTERVIEW WITH MS. NHAN AND MR. GREEN

An interview with Mr. Green of A2G Luxury Perfume store in Vietnam. Ms. Nhan and Mr. Green almost exclusively sell Puredistance Perfume in Vietnam and designed a beautiful Puredistance store-in-a-store in Hanoi in one of the most prestigious shopping malls. Could you tell us a little bit more about yourself and how did you decide to work in the perfume industry?My girlfriend and I like the same perfumes and it was her idea to start...

15 January 2014

PUREDISTANCE VIP EVENT AT NEROLI BOUTIQUE

Our Sales Manager, Nele Tammiste visited Neroli boutique for the launch of Puredistance BLACK in Latvia. Here is what she had to say about the event: “A few days before Christmas, I visited the Neroli boutique in Riga to take part in a small VIP event dedicated to Puredistance customers. The presentation of Puredistance in Neroli is very elegant, sophisticated and perfectly fitting for the concept of the brand. It is worth mentioning that for December,...

19 December 2013

INTERVIEW WITH ANDRIUS REMISEVSKIS

An interview about the experiences of Andrius Remisevskis in the perfume industry and the success of Crème de la Crème. In which areas of the Crème de la Crème concept are you involved in and responsible for?My job is essentially to improve the overall business of Crème de la Crème on a regular base. From the physical universe of the stores to the distribution of the products, managing and training the staff and overseeing all the...

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Puredistance Perfumes: The Current Collection

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THE WORLD OF PUREDISTANCE: BEAUTY & SOUL

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Extraordinary: A visit from Japan and China

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True Exclusivity – Puredistance in Italy

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Leather Atelier ‘Reyne Leder ‘ in Gent

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Puredistance discovery event in Japan

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Puredistance celebrates its 10 year Anniversary

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ALL THE WAY FROM TOKYO

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SUCCESSFUL PUREDISTANCE PERFUME EVENT IN KUNMING, CHINA

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PUREDISTANCE SHEIDUNA PRE-LAUNCHED IN BOLOGNA

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PUREDISTANCE PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED IN CYPRUS

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THE CREATION OF PUREDISTANCE SHEIDUNA

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Puredistance Crystal Perfume Columns: a future collector’s item

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CUSTOMERS ABOUT PUREDISTANCE WHITE PERFUME

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