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The Maison Molinard was founded in 1849 in Grasse, Provence, in the south of France, centre of Europe's perfume industry. It has remained an entirely family-run business to this day, and is also one of the oldest of its kind after Parfumerie Galimard established in 1747. At that time, Molinard produced floral waters and Eau de Cologne, which was sold in its "little shop" in the Grasse town centre. In 1860 the firm began creating new single floral fragrances from Jasmi, Rose, Mimosa and 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 Gustave Eiffel and perfumery is still based there today. Molinard's first customers were wealthy foreigners from England and Russia that came to french riviera and also bought Molinard's eau de Cologne and other floral fragrances. In 1920, the famous bottle-designer Viard created a number of outstanding glass flacon designs for company perfumes. 1921 the firm launched the first solid perfume, Concréta, a fragranced natural flower wax used directly as a perfume. The company also hired renowned glassmaker René Lalique to design and produce a number of magnificent bottles for Molinard that are classic 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 *http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/09/travel/savoring-south-of-france/index.html 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Molinard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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