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Chanel

The Paris house Gabrielle Chanel began as a hat boutique at 21 rue Cambon in 1910; its perfume company was formed in 1924, three years after N°5, and bought the couture house in 1954.

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Name
Chanel
documented

Maison de couture fondée par Coco Chanel rue Cambon, Paris 1er.

BNF-CHANEL · Bibliothèque nationale de France · read 2026-10-08

confidence A

Kind
fragrance house
house classification

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

the grouping on /houses: what the firm was chiefly known for in the sources read

confidence B

Founded
1910 (year)
documented

opens a hat boutique at 21 rue Cambon under the name Chanel Modes

CHANEL-1910 · Chanel · read 2026-10-08
LOC-CHANEL · Library of Congress · read 2026-10-08

the house’s timeline, under the heading 1910

confidence A

Founders
  • Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel
    documented

    Maison de couture fondée par Coco Chanel rue Cambon, Paris 1er.

    BNF-CHANEL · Bibliothèque nationale de France · read 2026-10-08

    confidence A

Places
  • Paris, 21 rue Cambon (founded in)
    documented

    opens a hat boutique at 21 rue Cambon

    CHANEL-1910 · Chanel · read 2026-10-08

    confidence B

Documented work
  • Chanel No. 5 · by Ernest Beaux, launched in 1921
    documented

    1921 LAUNCH OF CHANEL N°5 PERFUME

    CHANEL-1920 · Chanel · read 2026-10-08

    confidence B

  • Ernest Beaux · made with Gabrielle Chanel
    documented

    was born out of Gabrielle Chanel’s partnership with perfumer Ernest Beaux

    CHANEL-1920 · Chanel · read 2026-10-08

    confidence B

What it became
  • became the Société des Parfums Chanel, created in 1924 for its perfumes and cosmetics
    documented

    company is created in 1924 to produce and sell perfumes and cosmetics

    CHANEL-1920 · Chanel · read 2026-10-08

    confidence B

  • became Chanel SA (1954), when the perfume company bought the couture house
    documented

    Chanel SA est créé en 1954 suite au rachat de la maison de couture Chanel par les Parfums Chanel

    BNF-CHANEL · Bibliothèque nationale de France · read 2026-10-08

    confidence A

Today
its perfumes and beauty company is active, with its head office at Neuilly-sur-Seine (French register) (checked 2026-10-08)
documented

etat_administratif: A

REG-CHANEL-PB · Insee and DINUM · read 2026-10-08

confidence A

Wikidata
Q218115
documented

"qid": "Q218115"

WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) · read 2026-09-30

the Wikidata item read for this house (its English label: Chanel)

confidence A

Sources

  1. BNF-CHANEL · Bibliothèque nationale de France. Authority record ark:/12148/cb12966367s: Chanel. catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12966367s · read 2026-10-08 · Licence Ouverte de l'État (Etalab) — BnF descriptive and authority metadata
  2. CHANEL-1910 · Chanel. “1910s | CHANEL (The House of CHANEL timeline)”, the company’s own account. www.chanel.com/us/about-chanel/the-house-of-chan… · read 2026-10-08 · no licence stated (quoted, not reproduced)
  3. CHANEL-1920 · Chanel. “1920s | CHANEL (The House of CHANEL timeline)”, the company’s own account. www.chanel.com/us/about-chanel/the-house-of-chan… · read 2026-10-08 · no licence stated (quoted, not reproduced)
  4. LOC-CHANEL · Library of Congress. Name Authority File nb2004302060: Chanel (Firm). id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2004302060 · read 2026-10-08 · no licence stated (Library of Congress authority record) (quoted, not reproduced)
  5. REG-CHANEL-PB · Insee and DINUM. The Sirene company register, read through the Annuaire des Entreprises API (recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr): CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE, SIREN 478417710. recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr/search?q=47841… · read 2026-10-08 · Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab), as stated on the API page at data.gouv.fr
  6. WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation): the items named on each record (each statement read with its references), read 2026-09-30. www.wikidata.org · read 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0

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this record as data: /data/house/chanel.json · version 1 · updated 2026-10-08 · confidence B