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Parfums Christian Dior

The perfume house of the couturier Christian Dior, founded on 13 March 1947; the house of Miss Dior, Diorissimo and Eau Sauvage, and a Maison of LVMH today.

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By LVMH’s account, growers around Grasse set aside May rose and jasmine for some of its perfumes.

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Name
Parfums Christian Dior
documented

nom_complet: PARFUMS CHRISTIAN DIOR

REG-PCD · Insee and DINUM · 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
13 March 1947
documented

Naissance : 1947-03-13

BNF-PCD · Bibliothèque nationale de France · read 2026-10-08
LVMH-PCD · LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton · read 2026-10-08

confidence A

Founders
  • the couturier Christian Dior
    documented

    Dior perfumes still represent all the passions of the couturier who founded the label.

    DIOR-PERFUMER · Parfums Christian Dior · read 2026-10-08

    confidence B

Places
  • Paris, 33 avenue Hoche (head office) (headquarters)
    documented

    headquarters_address: 33 avenue Hoche, 75008 Paris - France

    LVMH-PCD · LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton · read 2026-10-08

    confidence B

  • around Grasse, growers who set aside their May rose and jasmine harvests for the house (works)
    documented

    Partnerships have been established in the area with devoted growers, whose May Rose and Grandiflorum Jasmine harvests are exclusively set aside for some of the House’s fragrances.

    LVMH-PCD · LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton · read 2026-10-08

    confidence B

Documented work
  • Miss Dior · by Paul Vacher and Jean Carles
    documented

    Miss Dior (1947) DIOR 1947 EDT Chypré Vert Paul Vacher Jean Carles

    OSMO-1 · Osmothèque, Conservatoire international des parfums · read 2026-09-30

    confidence A

  • Diorissimo · by Edmond Roudnitska
    documented

    Diorissimo DIOR 1956 EDT Floral Solinote Muguet Edmond Roudnitska

    OSMO-1 · Osmothèque, Conservatoire international des parfums · read 2026-09-30

    confidence A

  • Eau Sauvage · by Edmond Roudnitska
    documented

    Eau Sauvage DIOR 1966 EDT Hespéridé Fleuri Chypré Edmond Roudnitska

    OSMO-1 · Osmothèque, Conservatoire international des parfums · read 2026-09-30

    confidence A

What it became
  • became with a New York company, Christian Dior Perfumes New York, from 1948
    documented

    En 1948 est créé Christian Dior perfumes New York.

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

    confidence A

Today
a Maison of LVMH, and an active company in Paris (French register) (checked 2026-10-08)
documented

Parfums Christian Dior - LVMH

LVMH-PCD · LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton · read 2026-10-08
REG-PCD · Insee and DINUM · read 2026-10-08

confidence A

Wikidata
Q3365053
documented

"qid": "Q3365053"

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

the Wikidata item read for this house (its English label: Parfums Christian Dior)

confidence A

Sources

  1. BNF-PCD · Bibliothèque nationale de France. Authority record ark:/12148/cb142748805: Christian Dior parfums. catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb142748805 · read 2026-10-08 · Licence Ouverte de l'État (Etalab) — BnF descriptive and authority metadata
  2. DIOR-PERFUMER · Parfums Christian Dior. “Christian Dior, Couturier-perfumer — DIOR”, the company’s own account. www.dior.com/en_us/beauty/fragrance/christian-di… · read 2026-10-08 · no licence stated (quoted, not reproduced)
  3. LVMH-PCD · LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. “Parfums Christian Dior - LVMH (Maison page)”, the company’s own account. www.lvmh.com/en/our-maisons/perfumes-cosmetics/p… · read 2026-10-08 · no licence stated (all rights reserved; consultation and personal use only) (quoted, not reproduced)
  4. OSMO-1 · Osmothèque, Conservatoire international des parfums. Collection Osmothèque, juin 2015 (PDF list: name, house, launch year, concentration, family, sub-family, perfumers). www.osmotheque.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Col… · read 2026-09-30 · no reuse licence stated; short quotes and single facts only, under fair use (quoted, not reproduced)
  5. REG-PCD · Insee and DINUM. The Sirene company register, read through the Annuaire des Entreprises API (recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr): PARFUMS CHRISTIAN DIOR, SIREN 552065187. recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr/search?q=55206… · 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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