Parfums Lubin

Its early history is linked to the high society of the Napoleonic era, and its products became the imprimatur of haute couture, and indicators of fashion and social hierarchy.

Pierre François Lubin founded the company in 1798 when he began supplying scented ribbons, rice powderballs and masks to "Les Merveilleuses", socially exulted women who frequented Thermidorian drawing rooms of Napoleonic France; and the "Incroyables", members of the subculture that mixed fashion and propaganda which emerged following the Reign of Terror that was the immediate aftermath of the French Revolution of 1789.

He gained the support of Laurent Prot, son of Paul Jr, the last family president of the House.

Lubin perfumes are now produced in small quantities in the Loire valley, and distributed through a network of several hundred high-end retailers in about 30 countries.

Its wares and antique documents can be found displayed in Musée international de la Parfumerie in Grasse, France.