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French Perfume News: A history of French perfumes, Museums of Perfume Making
and Perfume Reviews 300 Years of Perfume History
There is a reason that French perfumes and Italian perfumes remain the most respected perfume fragrances worldwide and that is the unrelenting quality and careful attention to detail of perfume making. The French perfumes quality remains pure and consistent because the French do not alter the process of perfume by decreasing quality to increase profits. As a result French perfumes remain the most expensive perfumes made in the world.
Some of the French perfume makers in Paris have a long history that dates to the 1700 and those were perfume makers who made perfumes for the most prestigious royalty of Europe. By the time Coty begins to mass produces his famous French perfumes during the Napoleon Bonaparte era the Guerlain perfumes, House of Creed, Houbigant Perfumes (circa 1775), Jean Desperez had been making perfumes for royalty for a 100 years.
Guerlain the Classic French Perfumes remixed have won prestigious perfume awards today! It is easy to understand why the House of Guerlain has remained in business for more than 400 years. Modern day Guerlain perfumes that are world renowned fragrances include: Shalimar, Mahora, Mitsouko, Samsara and famous Champ Elysees perfume.
Guerlain French classic perfume a prestige perfume for Royalty: L’Heure Blue perfume by Guerlain
Guerlain French classic perfume a prestige floral perfume: Jardin de Bagatelle perfume by Guerlain
Guerlain French classic Autocratic leathery men’s perfume fragrance: Habit Rouge men’s fragrance by Guerlain Houbigant French Classic perfumes still made today that were used by European Royalty:
Quelques Fleurs French classic perfume: has remained an important International fragrance for over 300 years, a fine fresh French floral fragrance designed by Houbigant Paris for French Royalty the perfume
opens with the fresh scent of Orange Blossom followed by a bouquet of
Roses, Jasmine, Lilac, Carnations, Violets, Heliotrope, Orris and Vanilla mixed with Sandalwood and fresh Civet
Houbigant: Demi Jour perfume a classic French perfume, fresh summer perfume
woody floral with Rose, Violets, Heliotrope and Lilies
Houbigant: Lutes French perfume feminine fresh floral
Lavender, Jasmine, Orris, Lilies, Sandalwood and Cedar woods
Houbigant: Raffinee French perfume a Women’s winter perfume
Vetiver fragrance with Carnations, sweet sensual Tuberoses and Cinnamon Bark
The French perfume makers in France flourished under the French court system. Grasse in Southern France, near Cannes is the the center of French perfume industry in France as well as Parma in Italy. These locations are not coincidental as the locations for growing fields of lavender and other plants used for perfume making have been going on since the time of Julius Caesar.
Even when France was still called “Gaul” the Italian families had significant colonies in southern France and during the time of the Roman Empire “le Provence” was named by the Roman’s. After the collapse of the Roman Empire the region remained stable even as the German “Franks” invaded Gaul becoming the new conqueror’s that replaced the Italians and renamed the country “France” after their tribal name.
Perfume Museums in France 3000 years of perfume history:
Fragonard Musee de la Parfumerie has two locations in France. The main perfume Fragonard Museum is located Grasse and Eze where it’s factories and there is a second location in Paris near the Opera Garnier on the Rue Scribe between Place Vendome and Galleries Lafayette. Grasse and Eze are the perfume centers of France and the Fragonard Museum, Musee de la Parfumerie Fragonard, in Grasse area, near Nice contains a collection of objects of art covering 3,000 years of perfume making.
Perfume Museum the Rance Perfume Museum in Milano, Italy:
The Rance perfume museum in Milano provides an interesting view of the history of perfume and a whiff of the world’s classic perfume favored by royalty. It was Louis Rance, a fine glove maker, who founded the Rance perfume dynasty when he popularized a “perfumed” glove in the first half of the 17th century. The Rance family owned a factory in Grasse, France and the Rance perfumes were also favored by French aristocracy the family would later move to Italy.
It is the Napoleon Bonaparte wars that began the modern day changes in the old “houses” of perfumers in France. When Napoleon captured the city of Cologne, Germany his men would begin using men’s fragrances made in Cologne that were cheaper than the French made men’s perfumes, Eau de Perfumes and Eau de Toilettes that they had carried from France. These fragrances would become known as “colognes”. The formulae for “colognes” was slightly less costly to make than the French high standards for formulating “eau de toilettes” and the cheaper men’s fragrances “colognes” became very popular amongst the French soldiers.
Perfume Museum in Cologne 300 years of the history of Eau de Cologne:
Germany: you can visit the now famous “Farina House” perfume museum that is still in the building and contains the Johann Maria Farina (1685-1766) family collection and which covers 300 years of perfume making in that historic building. Joann Maria Farina collection includes the Farina family history dating to their Italian home dating to the 13th Century.
French Perfumes: Fashion Designer Perfumes made in France that are French Perfumes
Coty Perfumes and Parfums International and the Celebrity French Perfumes
Yes, most famous fashion designers have their perfumes made by French perfume company like Coty perfumes. Coty perfumes makes name brand perfumes for many well known names and these licensed perfumes can be divided into three groups. The first group of name brand perfumes that are made by French perfumer Coty would be other French owned companies that contract Coty to formulate, bottle and box their famous perfumes, the second group are famous fashion designer perfumes and the third group are famous celebrity name brand perfumes. For a complete list of Coty French perfumes visit the Coty Perfumes link in the left index.
A partical list of perfume brand names of perfumes developed and manufactured by Coty are as follows: French Chopard de Paris with perfumes Chopard Madness, Casmir perfume, Chopard Pure Wish perfume and two of these perfumes have been honored with FiFi perfume awards; French fashion designer Pierre Cardin perfumes and colognes that include one of the world’s most popular men’s colognes Pierre Cardin; Chloe perfume by Karl Lagerfeld for the Famous French cosmetic and fashion house and CHLOE perfume was originally licensed by Karl Lagerfeld while he worked for Chloe.
Fashionable French Perfumes
Coty also makes French made perfumes for numerous fashion designer labels and their designer perfumes, fragrances and colognes are formulated and made by perfumer Coty perfumes in France and these perfume brand names include: French made Calvin Klein perfumes and colognes, Kate Moss perfumes and colognes, French made perfumes for Jil Sanders, French made perfume for Marc Jacobs famous perfume, French made Kenneth Cole perfumes, fragrances and colognes, French made Nautica designer perfumes and colognes, fashion designer Vera Wang French made perfumes and British fashion designer’s Davidoff of London and Vivienne Westwood as well as German designer Jette Joop and Italian designer Cerruti.
Paris, Perfumes and the Hollywood Connection
Coty Perfumes also makes several important celebrity perfumes, fragrances and colognes and these world known celebrity perfumes brand names are: JLo perfumes and JLo colognes licensed by Jennifer Lopez; French made Celine Dion perfumes and colognes are made by Coty in France; Hollywood actresses Berry Halle and Sarah Jessica Parker as well as Isabella Rossellini also have their “celebrity” designer perfumes and colognes made in France by Coty and this is the reason these perfumes and colognes are such good quality and have become so successful.
Coty also makes French perfumes for corporations that include: Lamborghini, the Play Boy Club perfumes and colognes, Baby Phat the hip hop perfumes and colognes, Chupa Chups perfume and Baby Phat fragrances. Other well know names made in France by Coty include popular men’s colognes including: Stetson cologne and Aspen cologne for men, Addidas Colognes as well as the famous Coty “Jovan” and “Jovan Musk” French perfume for men.
Parfums International the French perfume maker has offices on Champs Elysees near the history Guerlain perfume showroom. The name brand perfumes made by this French perfumer include French made Elizabeth Taylor perfumes and colognes and they are the ones who formulated and make the Internationally famous French made White Diamonds Perfume by Elizabeth Taylor as well as French made Passion men’s perfume by Elizabeth Taylor, both White Diamonds and Passion have received International fragrance awards.
Famous French Perfumes of Paris
The surviving Royalty of today, like Princess Diana was French perfumes and Princess Diana’s favorite French perfume was L’Air Du Temps by Paris fashion designer Nina Ricci, who was born in Turin, Italy and moved to Paris when she was young. Nina Ricci is also blessed by another award winning perfume scent with Les Belles perfume by Nina Ricci. The list of important and well known French perfumes grows and grows as we look at other famous Paris perfumer makers who manufacture for other corporate brand names. The list is extensive and starts with the perfumes branded by famous jewelry makers like: Cartier Paris, Chopard Paris and Boucheron de Paris. And it should be noted that several of these brand name novelty perfumes have also been recognized with honor awards from professional fragrance organizations and there award winners include: Panther Perfume, Cartier Musk perfume for Women, Cartier So Pretty perfume and Cartier Musk for Men, French Chopard perfumes Casmir and Chopard Pure Wish perfume, French Boucheron perfume, Jaipur Perfume by Boucheron and Trouble perfume by Boucheron, and Mouboussin with Mouboussin perfume that a signature perfume of extraordinary quality. Another famous jeweler is Van Cleef & Arpels that has French made perfumes “First Perfume” and Miss Arpels perfume.
The list of Paris and French made designer brand names includes the famous French perfumes of Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent perfumes, Coco Chanel, Nina Ricci, Jean Paul Gautier, Annick Goutal de Paris perfumes, French designer Claude Montana, Paris based Italian born designer Loris Azzaro perfumes and colognes, Hermes Paris, Herve Ledger fashion designer, Facconable a famous French label now owned by Nordstrom’s, Louis Vuitton (and you should know that Cartier Paris is owned by Louis Vuitton), Lanvin Paris perfume Arpege, Lalique French perfumes and perfume bottle maker, French perfumes by MontBlanc famous for accessories, pens & watches, French Lacoste the sport clothing designer and Paris based Emmanuel Ungaro as well as Paris perfumer’s Caron de Paris famous for Rose perfumes and Lady Caron a classic French perfume. Guerlain Perfumes on Champs Elysees with a remarkable history of famous perfumes like Shalimar perfume, Mahore, L’Heure Blue perfume, Mitsouko, Samsara perfume, perfumes for women and Habit Rouge for men. In addition to Louis Vuitton the French leather and the fashion house of Hermes also brands a line of famous perfumes and colognes.
However, there are many more perfumes that are made in Parma, Italy that is only a few hours drive from Grasse, France. To read about Italian made perfumes please visit our web page for Italian Designer Perfumes. As we can see from the above list of French made perfumes, the perfume manufacturing of today is controlled by a small group of perfume makers.
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