Houses & Producers

Fragrance houses 13

Firms that composed and sold finished perfumes under their own names.

Founded before 1800

• Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella founded 15 October 1612 · FlorenceThe pharmacy of the Dominican convent of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, opened to the public on 15 October 1612 and a private company since 1871; it still works in the Via della Scala.Today a joint-stock company under the coordination and control of Italmobiliare S.p.A., by its own corporate data (checked 2026-10-08)
• Johann Maria Farina gegenüber dem Jülichs-Platz founded 1709 · CologneA Cologne house of eau de Cologne dated to 1709, where the brothers Johann Baptist and Johann Maria Farina traded; it still makes its eau de Cologne in the city and is still in the family.Today still trading in Cologne and still in the family, by its own account (checked 2026-10-08)
• Houbigant founded 1775 · ParisA Paris perfumer dated to 1775, when Jean-François Houbigant opened a shop in the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré; the house of Paul Parquet’s Fougère Royale, still trading as Parfums Houbigant Paris.Today trading as Parfums Houbigant Paris (its own site) (checked 2026-10-08)

Founded 1800–1899

• Guerlain founded 1828 · ParisA Paris perfume house founded in 1828 by Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain, rue de Rivoli; the house of Jicky, L’Heure Bleue, Mitsouko and Shalimar among this site’s records, and part of LVMH since 1994.Today a brand of LVMH’s perfumes and cosmetics branch; an active company in Paris (French register) (checked 2026-10-08)
• Roger & Gallet founded 1862 · ParisA Paris perfume house founded in 1862 by Charles Armand Roger and Charles Martial Gallet, who bought the eau de Cologne business of Jean Marie Farina; owned by L’Oréal from 2008 and sold to the holding Impala in 2020.Today sold by L’Oréal to the French holding Impala in June 2020, the latest change of owner a source records (checked 2026-10-08)
• Lanvin founded 1889 · ParisA Paris couture house founded by Jeanne Lanvin in 1889, with a perfume branch from 1924; the house of Arpège, whose perfumes have been made by Interparfums since 2004.Today Lanvin perfumes are made by Interparfums; the couture house is an active company in Paris (French register) (checked 2026-10-08)

Founded 1900–1949

• Coty founded 1904 · ParisA Paris perfume house founded by François Coty, dated to 1904 by the BnF; the house of L’Origan and Le Chypre, trading today as Coty Inc.Today trading as Coty Inc. (its own site) (checked 2026-10-08)
• Parfums Caron founded 1904 · ParisA Paris perfume house founded in 1904 by the perfumer Ernest Daltroff, at 10 rue de la Paix; the house of Narcisse Noir, Tabac Blond and Pour un Homme, and an active company today.Today an active company in Paris (French register) (checked 2026-10-08)
• Chanel founded 1910 · ParisThe 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.Today its perfumes and beauty company is active, with its head office at Neuilly-sur-Seine (French register) (checked 2026-10-08)
• Jean Patou founded 1914 · ParisA Paris couture house founded by Jean Patou in 1914, rue Saint-Florentin; the house of Joy, and part of LVMH since 2018.Today part of the LVMH group since 2018, by its own account (checked 2026-10-08)
• Pierre Balmain founded 1945 · ParisA Paris couture house founded by Pierre Balmain in 1945, rue François Ier; the house of Germaine Cellier’s Vent Vert, and an active company today.Today an active company in Paris (French register) (checked 2026-10-08)
• The Estée Lauder Companies founded 1946 · New York CityA New York cosmetics and perfume company founded by Estée and Joseph Lauder in 1946; the house of Cinnabar among this site’s records, listed on the New York Stock Exchange since 1995.Today a public company on the New York Stock Exchange since 1995, by its own account (checked 2026-10-08)
• Parfums Christian Dior founded 13 March 1947 · ParisThe 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.Today a Maison of LVMH, and an active company in Paris (French register) (checked 2026-10-08)

Producers of naturals 8

Firms that distilled and extracted raw materials from flowers, leaves, woods and resins, and sold them to the perfume houses; one of them a state works.

Founded before 1800

• Antoine Chiris founded 1768 · GrasseA 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.Today closed: the town of Grasse bought the works, and the extraction hall is protected as a historic monument (checked 2026-10-08)
• Lautier Fils founded 1795 · the countryside of GrasseA Grasse house of natural raw materials that dated itself to 1795; by 1925 it also distilled lavender in the Drôme and the Basses-Alpes. Florasynth bought it in 1981 and closed its Grasse works in the late 1990s.Today closed: absorbed into Florasynth, which shut its Grasse works in the late 1990s (checked 2026-10-08)

Founded 1800–1899

• Charabot founded 1817 · GrasseA Grasse house of natural raw materials founded in 1817 as Hugues Aîné, renamed after the chemist Eugène Charabot became a partner, and part of Robertet since 2007.Today part of Robertet since 2007 (checked 2026-10-08)
• Roure-Bertrand Fils founded 1820 · GrasseA 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.Today closed: the Grasse site shut in 1998 and the Roure-Bertrand trading name ended (checked 2026-10-08)
• Robertet founded about 1850 · GrasseA Grasse house of natural raw materials, founded about 1850 by François Chauve and named Robertet & Cie when Paul Robertet bought it in 1875; an active company in Grasse today.Today an active company with its head office in Grasse (French register), quoted on Euronext Paris (checked 2026-10-08)
• Payan Bertrand founded 1854 · GrasseA Grasse house of natural raw materials founded as Honoré Payan in 1854 and named Payan et Bertrand from 1886; an active company in Grasse today.Today an active company with its head office in Grasse (French register) (checked 2026-10-08)
• Mane founded 1871 · Le Bar-sur-LoupA house of natural raw materials and fragrances founded by Victor Mane in 1871, with its head office at Le Bar-sur-Loup from 1907; an active company there today.Today an active company with its head office at Le Bar-sur-Loup (French register) (checked 2026-10-08)

Founded 1900–1949

• Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited founded May 1916 · BangaloreThe state sandalwood-oil works of the Mysore government, started in May 1916 as the Government Sandalwood Oil Factory and run today as Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited, a Government of Karnataka enterprise.Today a Government of Karnataka enterprise, applicant of the sandalwood-oil Geographical Indication (registry read 2026-10-08) (checked 2026-10-08)

Aroma-chemical companies 7

Firms that made odorants by chemistry and, in time, composed fragrances for other companies’ brands.

Founded 1800–1899

• Schimmel & Co. founded 1829 · LeipzigA Leipzig house of essential oils and synthetics, founded in 1829 as Spahn & Büttner; its works moved to Miltitz in 1901, and it published a report on the oil trade from 1877.Today acquired in 1993 by Bell Flavors & Fragrances, whose own history tells it (checked 2026-10-08)
• Haarmann & Reimer founded 1874 · HolzmindenThe Holzminden firm built on Wilhelm Haarmann and Ferdinand Tiemann’s vanillin from coniferin, patented in 1874; it made the ionones from 1893 and became part of Symrise in 2003.Today no longer a company of its own: part of Symrise since 2003 (checked 2026-10-08)
• Firmenich founded 1895 · GenevaA Geneva maker of synthetic perfumes and flavours, founded in 1895 by the chemist Philippe Chuit and Martin Naef as Chuit & Naef, named Firmenich from 1934 and part of dsm-firmenich since 2023.Today part of dsm-firmenich, listed on Euronext Amsterdam and, since May 2026, on the SIX Swiss Exchange (checked 2026-10-08)
• Givaudan founded 1895 · ZurichA maker of synthetic odorants founded by the chemist Léon Givaudan in Zurich in 1895, at Vernier beside Geneva from 1899, and listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange today.Today a listed company: its shares trade on the SIX Swiss Exchange (checked 2026-10-08)

Founded 1900–1949

• Dragoco founded 1919A fragrance and flavour firm founded in 1919 by Carl-Wilhelm Gerberding and August Bellmer, merged with Haarmann & Reimer in 2003 to form Symrise.Today no longer a company of its own: part of Symrise since 2003 (checked 2026-10-08)

Founded 1950 and after

• International Flavors & Fragrances founded 1958 · New YorkA flavour and fragrance company formed in 1958 when the Dutch firm Polak & Schwarz merged with van Ameringen-Haebler; listed on the New York Stock Exchange today.Today a listed company: its common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker IFF), per its annual report for 2025 (checked 2026-10-08)
• Symrise founded 2003 · HolzmindenA flavour and fragrance company formed in 2003 by the merger of Haarmann & Reimer and Dragoco, with its head office at Holzminden, and listed in Frankfurt since 2006.Today a listed company: on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since its flotation in December 2006 (the company’s own account) (checked 2026-10-08)

Glassmakers 4

Glass and crystal works whose perfume bottles are in museum collections, or that the houses’ own histories name.

Founded before 1800

• Cristalleries de Saint-Louis founded 1586 · Saint-Louis-lès-BitcheA crystal works at Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche in Moselle that traces itself to the Müntzthal glassworks of 1586, made royal in 1767; part of the Hermès group since 1995.Today part of the Hermès group, by its own account; an active company (French register) (checked 2026-10-08)
• Cristalleries de Baccarat founded 1764 · BaccaratA crystal works in the Lorraine village of Baccarat, dated to 1764; among its perfume bottles are Guerlain’s for L’Heure Bleue (1912) and Shalimar.Today an active company with its head office at Baccarat (French register) (checked 2026-10-08)

Founded 1800–1899

• Lalique founded 1885 · ParisThe glass house of René Lalique, a Paris jeweller from 1885 who made perfume bottles for François Coty from 1907, glass at Combs-la-Ville from 1908 and at Wingen-sur-Moder from 1921.Today an active company with its head office in Paris (French register) (checked 2026-10-08)

Founded 1900–1949

• Tiffany Studios founded 1902 · CoronaLouis Comfort Tiffany’s glass and metal works at Corona, New York, dated 1902–1932 by the museums that hold its work, among them a Favrile-glass perfume bottle.Today closed: the museums date the firm 1902–1932 (checked 2026-10-08)

Growers’ cooperatives 1

Growers who distil their own flowers together, where they are grown.

Founded 1950 and after

• Gülbirlik founded 1954 · IspartaThe union of rose growers’ cooperatives of Isparta in Türkiye, founded in 1954; it distils its members’ flowers into rose oil, rose concrete and rose water.Today an active union of six member cooperatives and 3,278 grower-members, with four rose-oil plants (the Ministry’s report for 2017) (checked 2026-10-08)