[1] Lancôme is part of L'Oréal which is its parent company and offers skin care, fragrances, and makeup.

Founded in 1935 by Guillaume d'Ornano and his business partner Armand Petitjean in France, as a fragrance house.

The name "Lancôme" was inspired by the forest of Lancosme which lies in the Indre valley in the heart of France in the region of Brenne [fr] - the name was chosen by Guillaume's wife Elisabeth d'Ornano.

[2] Lancôme launched its first five fragrances in 1935 at the World's Fair in Brussels: Tendre Nuit, Bocages, Conquete, Kypre and Tropiques.

Lancôme fragrances are made in association with perfumers: Alain Astori, Annick Menardo, Daniela Roche-Andrier, Christian Biecher, Jacques Cavallier, Calice Becker, Pauline Zanoni, Maurice Roucel, Thierry Wasser, Christine Nagel, Armand Petitjean, Gerard Goupy, Olivier Cresp, Harry Fremont, Alberto Morillas, Dominique Ropion, Olivier Polge, Francis Kurkdjian, Robert Gonnon, Nathalie Lorson, Sophia Grojsman, and Alienor Massenet.

[4] The cancellation was due to a boycott campaign launched by the Communist Party-controlled Global Times, which denigrated the Cantopop star for supposedly advocating Hong Kong and Tibet independence.