Spring 2025 · Printemps New York
La Gambade × Véronique GabaiMediterranean Bliss
A sensory escape to the Mediterranean. Both French, both entrepreneurs, one, Véronique, in New York, the other, Éléonore, in Paris, they bring their worlds together to capture the beauty and luminous spirit of the Côte d'Azur.
The launch
Printemps New York, June 2025
The collaboration was launched at Printemps New York from 11 to 25 June 2025. On the evening of 11 June, Véronique Gabai and Éléonore Doligé Besson presented Eau d'Azur and its embroidered pouches together.
« It’s everything we love about summer on the French Riviera. »
Thierry Prevost, CEO of Printemps America, on La Gambade
Éléonore Doligé Besson, Thierry Prevost and Véronique Gabai at Printemps New York.
The Meeting
Two founders, one sun
This collaboration was born from a shared love of the South of France and of beauty in all its forms. Two women with Mediterranean roots, where nature, art and elegance meet, bring their talents together around craftsmanship, fragrance and design.
On one side, Véronique's luminous fragrances. On the other, Éléonore's pouches, crafted like jewels. Together, they tell the story of the Côte d'Azur's effortless allure.
Véronique Gabai and Éléonore Doligé Besson.
Véronique Gabai, perfumer
Born in Antibes, a few kilometres from Grasse, Véronique Gabai is a world-renowned fragrance expert. She has led major houses, created fragrances that became icons, and was named by Time Magazine among the most influential women in luxury.
With her brand, she celebrates the sun: the one that lights our way and the one we carry within. Her fragrances are made with exceptional, ethically sourced ingredients. As she likes to say, the last ingredient of her fragrances is your skin.
Eau d’Azur, inspired by the blues of the sea and sky, blends citrus, neroli and lavender with resins and woods: the Côte d'Azur in a bottle.
Lemon · Lavender · Cardamom · Neroli · Marine note · Frankincense · Vetiver
The collaboration
To accompany Eau d'Azur, La Gambade created a quilted ruffled pouch and a lavender sachet, printed by hand using the traditional Indian block-print technique and assembled in a workshop in Rajasthan.
