Molinard
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The Maison Molinard was founded in 1849 in
Violet in discreet, elegant bottles made of Baccarat
crystal.
In 1900, the company moved into an old perfume factory, where the distillery structure was designed by
perfumery
is still based there today.
Molinard's first customers were wealthy foreigners from England and Russia that came to the French riviera and also bought Molinard's eau de Cologne
and other floral fragrances.
In 1920, the famous bottle-designer Julien Viard (1883-1938) created a number of outstanding glass flacon designs for company perfumes. 1921 the firm launched one of the first solid perfume, Concréta, a fragranced natural flower wax used directly as a perfume.
During 1920s and 1930s
Art-Deco interwar period the company also hired renowned glassmaker René Lalique of Lalique
to design and produce a number of magnificent bottles for Molinard that are sought after collectors items today.
References
- http://www.molinard.com/en/histoire.html
- http://www.grasse.fr/spip.php?rubrique395
- http://www.grasse.fr/spip.php?page=espace_pro_presta&id_rubrique=486&id_article=773
- http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/europe/france/provence-and-the-french-riviera/grasse/25975/parfumerie-molinard/attraction-detail.html[permanent dead link]
- http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/09/travel/savoring-south-of-france/index.html
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