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The Musée du Parfum (French pronunciation: [myze dy paʁfœ̃]), also known as the Fragonard Musée du Parfum ([fʁaɡɔnaʁ myze dy paʁfœ̃]), is a French private museum of perfume located at 9 rue Scribe, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.
The museum, developed over two years. [6] A 5-year partnership had been inked with the International Flavors & Fragrances, the museum had the support of Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo, of the Fédération des Entreprises de la Beauté and of the Syndicat Français de la Parfumerie. [1] The museum closed on 6 July 2018.
The museum was created in 1993 by the Fragonard perfume company within a former theater, the Théâtre des Capucines, dating to 1889. It exhibits 19th-century copper distilling apparatus, alembics, flasks, pots-pourris, and perfume roasters, as well as the animals and plants that provide raw materials for perfumes. A collection of perfume ...
Grasse has had a prospering perfume industry since the end of the 18th century. Grasse is the centre of the French perfume industry and is known as the world's perfume capital (la capitale mondiale des parfums). Many "noses" (or, in French, "les nez" (plural)/"le nez" (singular)) are trained or have spent time in Grasse to distinguish over ...
As a legal deposit archive, the Osmothèque receives a supply of all new perfumes produced in France and much of the world, in addition to those obtained through its program for content acquisitions. [13] The role of chief archivist is currently filled by Patricia de Nicolaï, having assumed the presidency of the Osmothèque from Jean Kerléo ...
This is a list of the most-visited museums in France in 2023, as reported as of January 14, 2024. It is based on statistics from the French Ministry of Culture, the press service of the Île-de-France region. and "Le Figaro" (January 6, 2024), and the list of the Club-Innovation & Culture published on 6 January 2024.
This list also includes suburban museums within the "Grand Paris" area, such as the Air and Space Museum. The sixteen museums of the City of Paris are annotated with "VP", as well as six other ones also accommodated in municipal premises and the Musées de France (fr) listed by the ministry of culture are annotated with "MF".
Baccarat (French:) is a French luxury house and manufacturer of fine crystal located in Baccarat, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. The company owns two museums: the Musée Baccarat in Baccarat, and the Musée Baccarat in Paris on the Place des États-Unis. [1] Groupe du Louvre was the majority shareholder of the company until 2005. [2]