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Roure-Bertrand Fils
A Grasse house of natural raw materials whose archives go back to 1820, founded by Claude Roure; it worked in the Capucins quarter, was bought by Roche in 1964 and joined to Givaudan, and its Grasse site closed in 1998.
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Louis Roure’s concretes were shown at Vienna in 1873. Germaine Cellier worked in its Neuilly composition laboratory from 1930, and Jean Carles began the perfumery school at Grasse in 1946.
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- Name
- Roure-Bertrand Fils
documented
Les archives de la « Maison Roure-Bertrand Fils » remontent à 1820.
PFAP-1925 · La parfumerie française et l’art dans la présentation · read 2026-10-08
confidence B
- 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
- 1820 (year)
documented
la société Roure-Bertrand, fabrique de produits aromatiques à Grasse, fondée en 1820
HLS-GIVAUDAN · Jean de Senarclens · read 2026-10-08
PFAP-1925 · La parfumerie française et l’art dans la présentation · read 2026-10-08
POP-ROURE · Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (the study of the Grasse perfume… · read 2026-10-08confidence A
- Founders
- Claude Roure (1778–1860)
documented
Le fondateur de la Maison, Claude Roure (1778-1860), avait installé un modeste laboratoire
PFAP-1925 · La parfumerie française et l’art dans la présentation · read 2026-10-08
the house’s own notice of 1925; the Inventaire notice says the firm was “apparently” founded by Claude Roure early in the 19th century
confidence B
- Claude Roure (1778–1860)
- Places
- Grasse, a laboratory below the old college, then the Capucins quarter (founded in)
documented
d’abord au-dessous de l’ancien collège de Grasse, et ensuite au bas de la rampe des Capucins
PFAP-1925 · La parfumerie française et l’art dans la présentation · read 2026-10-08
confidence B
- Neuilly, a composition laboratory (by 1930) (works)
documented
Roure’s composition laboratory in Neuilly in 1930
GIV-PIONEERS · Givaudan · read 2026-10-08
confidence B
- Grasse, a laboratory below the old college, then the Capucins quarter (founded in)
- Documented work
- Louis Roure’s method for the “essences concrètes”, shown at Vienna in 1873
documented
devised a method for the preparation of the so called essences concretes
GILD1913 · E · read 2026-10-08
confidence B
- Germaine Cellier · worked in the firm’s composition laboratory from 1930
documented
hired to work in Roure’s composition laboratory in Neuilly in 1930
GIV-PIONEERS · Givaudan · read 2026-10-08
said of Germaine Cellier (Givaudan’s own history)
confidence B
- Jean Carles · began the perfumery school at Grasse in 1946
documented
This story began in Grasse in 1946 with Jean Carles
GIV-SCHOOL80 · Givaudan · read 2026-10-08
the same release speaks of “uniting the creative culture of Roure” with Givaudan’s
confidence B
- Louis Roure’s method for the “essences concrètes”, shown at Vienna in 1873
- What it became
- renamed Société Anonyme des Etablissements Roure-Bertrand Fils (1924)
documented
les héritiers de Louis-Maximin Roure ont fondé en 1924 une Société anonyme
PFAP-1925 · La parfumerie française et l’art dans la présentation · read 2026-10-08
confidence B
- merged into Givaudan, as Givaudan-Roure (Roche bought Roure in 1964)
documented
qui acquiert en 1964 la société Roure-Bertrand
HLS-GIVAUDAN · Jean de Senarclens · read 2026-10-08
confidence A
- renamed Société Anonyme des Etablissements Roure-Bertrand Fils (1924)
- Today
- closed: the Grasse site shut in 1998 and the Roure-Bertrand trading name ended (checked 2026-10-08)
documented
après la fermeture du site en 1998 et la disparition de l'entité commerciale Roure-Bertrand
POP-ROURE · Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (the study of the Grasse perfume… · read 2026-10-08
confidence A
- Where the sources disagree
- When Givaudan and Roure were joined: the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland dates the name Givaudan-Roure SA from 1991; Givaudan’s own history says 1992. (HLS-GIVAUDAN, GIV-EXPANSION)
Sources
- 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)
- 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)
- GIV-PIONEERS · Givaudan. “Givaudan's pioneers: Tracing our collective DNA”, 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)
- GIV-SCHOOL80 · Givaudan. “Perfumery School 80th anniversary (media release, 16 Sep 2026)”, the company’s own account. www.givaudan.com/media/media-releases/2026/perfu… · read 2026-10-08 · all rights reserved (© Givaudan); no reuse licence (quoted, not reproduced)
- HLS-GIVAUDAN · Jean de Senarclens. “Givaudan”. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse (DHS), online edition. hls-dhs-dss.ch/fr/articles/041914/2007-07-30/ · read 2026-10-08 · CC BY-SA (the Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse’s own notice for its articles)
- PFAP-1925 · La parfumerie française et l’art dans la présentation. Paris: La Revue des marques de la parfumerie et de la savonnerie, 1925 (the houses’ own notices, with essays on the trade). Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de santé (Paris) copy, Internet Archive item BIUSante_pharma_res008536. archive.org/details/BIUSante_pharma_res008536 · read 2026-10-08 · Licence ouverte / Open licence Etalab (the rights statement of the BIU Santé digitisation, as the Internet Archive item states it)
- POP-ROURE · Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (the study of the Grasse perfume factories, 2008). “bâtiment conventuel, puis parfumerie Roure-Bertrand (notice Mérimée IA06001641)”. Ministère de la Culture, POP (Plateforme ouverte du patrimoine). pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/IA06001641 · 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
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