Henri Robert

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Not to be confused with Robert Henri.

Henri Robert (1899, Grasse – 1987) is a French perfumer and chemist,[1] he is best known for his role as Chief Perfumer at Les Parfums Chanel from 1953 to 1978.[2]

Early life and career

Robert's father, Joseph Robert, was the Chief Perfumer at Chiris, who gave François Coty some of his first lessons,[3] and developed the solvent extraction process that revolutionised how the perfumery industry produced raw materials.[3] By 1919 the younger Robert was also working at Chiris alongside perfumers Vincent Roubert, Ernest Beaux and Henri Alméras.[4]

He later joined

Coty. In 1936 he created Muguet de Bois in tribute to François Coty, taking inspiration from Coty's custom of presenting his employees with bunches of lily of the valley, taken from the grounds of his country home, every May first.[8] After the outbreak of World War II, Robert moved to New York City
and continued to work as a Perfumer at Coty from 1940 to 1943.

In 1943 Henri Robert Inc. merged with the Albert Verley Company Inc., and Mr. Robert worked there for an unknown number of years before departing to Chanel.

Robert took over as Chief Perfumer at Les Parfums Chanel in 1952 after the retirement of

No. 19 (1970) and Cristalle EDT (1974).[10]

Family

Henri Robert was the uncle of perfumer Guy Robert (1926-2012)[11] and great-uncle of perfumer François Robert.[12]

Notable perfume creations

  • 1925 – Le Dandy, Parfums D'Orsay
  • 1936 – Le Muguet des Bois, Coty
  • 1951 – Ramage, Bourjois
  • 1953 – Glamour, Bourjois
  • 1955 – Pour Monsieur, Chanel
  • 1970 –
    No. 19
    , Chanel
  • 1974 – Cristalle, Chanel

References

  1. ^ "Robert, Henri". Museu del perfum (in French). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Olivier Polge replaces his father, Jacques, as the Chanel inhouse perfumer". Luxury Activist. February 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b Edwards, Michael (23 August 2012). "Guy Robert: A Tribute". The Perfume Magazine. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Vincet Roubert, biography". Perfume Projects. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  5. ISBN 9780470072981
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  6. ^ "Le Dandy by D'Orsay c1925". D'Orsay Perfumes. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  7. ISBN 9780751404036
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  8. ISBN 0684181959
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  9. ISBN 9781422366349
    .
  10. ^ Henri Robert, Lightyears, Inc., 2005, retrieved October 4, 2008
  11. ISBN 978-0-8050-8037-7
  12. ^ "Perfumers ~ L to S". Now Smell This. Retrieved 29 December 2015.


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