Pierre Bardou-Job (17 August 1826 – 24 February 1892) was a French industrialist, manufacturer of JOB cigarette papers, and art collector.

The use of cigarettes, where tobacco is rolled in thin paper, was imported to France from Spain by French soldiers of the army of occupation, particularly after the 1823 expedition of the Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis.

His eldest son Joseph (1823–84) learned the art of making cigarette papers from a manufacturer in La Seu d'Urgell.

[2] The small operation was based on the upper floors of a house rented by Jean Bardou on the rue du Bastion St Dominique, at first using paper from another manufacturer.

[3] His brother Joseph Bardou had formed a separate company making "le Nil" cigarette papers, with a laughing elephant as its logo.

Careful attention to marketing included development of premium or luxury papers, with attractive boxes designed for ladies.

[1] Pierre had a glass skylight installed in his "Hôtel de l’Industrie du Papier a Cigarette" factory for illumination.

Around 1872–75 the Moulasse paper plant was opened on the Salat, a tributary of the Ariège, registered under the names of Pierre Bardou and Leon Pauilhac.

[1] Pierre and his brother Joseph both employed excellent graphic artists, including Jane Atché of Toulouse and the Czech Alphonse Mucha, to create advertising material.

[1] Jules Pams commissioned the architect Leopold Carlier to transform the mansion on rue St Sauveur, which Jeanne had inherited, into a lavishly decorated example of Belle Epoque taste.

Although there were some labor disputes, the company was generally paternalistic and gave good working conditions, in the spirit of Pierre Bardou-Job.