Jean Patou

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By the house’s own account the bottles of its perfumes were made with Baccarat.

The record

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Name

Jean Patou

documented

Jean Patou forme internationale

BNF-PATOU · 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

1914 (year)

documented

Jean Patou founded his eponymous house in 1914.

PATOU-HISTORY · Patou · read 2026-10-08
BNF-PATOU · Bibliothèque nationale de France · read 2026-10-08

confidence A

Founders

• Jean Patou
  documented

  Jean Patou founded his eponymous house in 1914.

  PATOU-HISTORY · Patou · read 2026-10-08

  confidence B

Places

• Paris, rue Saint-Florentin (works)
  documented

  His shop on rue Saint-Florentin in Paris

  PATOU-HISTORY · Patou · read 2026-10-08

  confidence B

Documented work

• Joy · by Henri Alméras (shown privately in 1931, in public in 1935, by the Osmothèque’s list)
  documented

  1931 (Privé) 1935 Joy JEAN PATOU EXT Floral Bouquet Floral Henri Alméras (Public)

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

  confidence A

• bottles made with Baccarat, by its own account
  documented

  in collaboration with Baccarat and Van Cleef who designed the bottles

  PATOU-HISTORY · Patou · read 2026-10-08

  confidence B

What it became

• acquired by the LVMH group (2018)
  documented

  Jean Patou was acquired in 2018 by the LVMH group

  PATOU-HISTORY · Patou · read 2026-10-08

  confidence B

Today

part of the LVMH group since 2018, by its own account (checked 2026-10-08)

documented

Jean Patou was acquired in 2018 by the LVMH group

PATOU-HISTORY · Patou · read 2026-10-08

confidence B

Wikidata

Q3173864

documented

"qid": "Q3173864"

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

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

confidence A

Sources

1. BNF-PATOU · Bibliothèque nationale de France. Authority record ark:/12148/cb121493024: Jean Patou. catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb121493024 · read 2026-10-08 · Licence Ouverte de l'État (Etalab) — BnF descriptive and authority metadata
2. 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)
3. PATOU-HISTORY · Patou. “The Story of the Maison — Patou”, the company’s own account. patou.com/pages/history-jean-patou · read 2026-10-08 · no licence stated (quoted, not reproduced)
4. 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/patou.json · version 1 · updated 2026-10-08 · confidence B