Marie-Louise Carven was a French fashion designer who founded the house of Carven in 1945. She was noted for her designs for petite women, and she focused also on fragrances, accessories and fashion.

Carven is first of perfume houses. The earliest edition was created in 1946 and the newest is from 2016. Carven fragrances were made in collaboration with perfumers Jerome Di Marino, Francis Kurkdjian, Patricia Choux, Yuri Gutsatz, Robertet, Jean Carles and Edouard Hache.