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Antoine Chiris

A Grasse house of natural raw materials, dated by its own history to 1768, in the former Capucins convent from 1868; its works closed, and its line runs on through Givaudan.

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It opened a workshop for natural perfumes in 1899 and, by Gildemeister and Hoffmann’s account, took up rose geranium in Algeria.

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Name
Antoine Chiris
documented

La maison Antoine Chiris, fondée en 1768, occupe en 1868 l'ancien couvent des Capucins

POP-CHIRIS-MH · Ministère de la Culture (historic-monument protection record) · read 2026-10-08

confidence A

Kind
producer of naturals
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
1768 (year)
documented

La maison Antoine Chiris, fondée en 1768

POP-CHIRIS-MH · Ministère de la Culture (historic-monument protection record) · read 2026-10-08
POP-CHIRIS · Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (the study of the Grasse perfume… · read 2026-10-08

the second Inventaire notice gives 1768 as the date of the firm’s official history

confidence A

Founders
  • Antoine Chiris
    documented

    There, in 1768, Antoine Chiris transformed his passion for perfume from an artisanal business

    GIV-ODYSSEY · Givaudan · read 2026-10-08

    “there” is Grasse, in the sentence before (Givaudan’s own history)

    confidence B

Places
Documented work
  • a workshop for natural perfumes, inaugurated in 1899
    documented

    l'usine est agrandie d'un atelier des parfums naturels, inauguré en 1899

    POP-CHIRIS-MH · Ministère de la Culture (historic-monument protection record) · read 2026-10-08

    confidence A

  • Léon Chiris bought Massignon’s solvent-extraction factory and patents
    documented

    signon sold his factory and his patents to Leon Chin

    GILD1913 · E · read 2026-10-08

    the sentence begins “Later Mas-signon sold…”; “Chin” is the OCR of Chiris

    confidence B

  • brought the cultivation of rose geranium to Algeria, with Monk
    documented

    was introduced into Algiers by Chiris and Monk

    GILD1900 · E · read 2026-10-08

    confidence B

What it became
  • part of Givaudan, through Quest International (2007)
    documented

    it added the branch of history that links our roots to the Chiris empire

    GIV-EXPANSION · Givaudan · read 2026-10-08

    confidence B

Today
closed: the town of Grasse bought the works, and the extraction hall is protected as a historic monument (checked 2026-10-08)
documented

L'usine a été acquise par la ville après sa fermeture.

POP-CHIRIS-MH · Ministère de la Culture (historic-monument protection record) · read 2026-10-08

confidence A

Wikidata
Q107262816
documented

"qid": "Q107262816"

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

the Wikidata item read for this house (its English label: Établissements Antoine Chiris)

confidence A

Sources

  1. GILD1900 · E. Gildemeister and Fr. Hoffmann; tr. Edward Kremers. “The Volatile Oils”. Milwaukee: Pharmaceutical Review Publishing Co., 1900 (Internet Archive, Harold B. Lee Library scan). archive.org/details/volatileoils00gild · read 2026-10-08 · no licence stated (the Internet Archive record gives no rights statement; published 1900) (quoted, not reproduced)
  2. GILD1913 · E. Gildemeister and Fr. Hoffmann; tr. Edward Kremers. “The Volatile Oils, 2nd ed., vol. 1”. New York: Wiley, 1913 (Internet Archive, University of Toronto scan). archive.org/details/volatileoils01gilduoft · read 2026-10-08 · not in copyright (the Internet Archive record’s copyright status)
  3. GIV-EXPANSION · Givaudan. “Givaudan's ongoing story of expansion”, the company’s own account. www.givaudan.com/our-company/rich-heritage/250-y… · read 2026-10-08 · all rights reserved (© Givaudan); no reuse licence (quoted, not reproduced)
  4. GIV-ODYSSEY · Givaudan. “250-year Odyssey”, the company’s own account. www.givaudan.com/our-company/rich-heritage/250-y… · read 2026-10-08 · all rights reserved (© Givaudan); no reuse licence (quoted, not reproduced)
  5. POP-CHIRIS · Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (the study of the Grasse perfume factories, 2008). “couvent de capucins, puis parfumerie Chiris (notice Mérimée IA06001637)”. Ministère de la Culture, POP (Plateforme ouverte du patrimoine). pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/IA06001637 · read 2026-10-08 · Licence Ouverte / etalab-2.0 (POP’s notice: “sauf mention contraire”); the notice is credited to the Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Inventaire général, and the Musée International de la Parfumerie
  6. POP-CHIRIS-MH · Ministère de la Culture (historic-monument protection record). “Anciennes parfumeries Chiris (notice Mérimée PA00080934, monument historique)”. POP (Plateforme ouverte du patrimoine). pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/PA00080934 · read 2026-10-08 · Licence Ouverte / etalab-2.0 (POP’s notice: “sauf mention contraire”)
  7. 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/chiris.json · version 1 · updated 2026-10-08 · confidence B