Paul Parquet

Paul Parquet (* 1862 ; † 1916 ) was an influential French perfumer and co-owner of Houbigant .

Life

Paul Parquet joined the Houbigant perfumery in 1880 as a co-owner and was the “nose” behind its great initial success. Among other things, the perfumes come from him

Fougère Royal (1882)
Le Parfum Ideal (1896)
Violet Pourpre (1907)
Coeur de Jeannette (1912)

Until his replacement by Robert Bienaimé, the creator of Quelques Fleurs (1912), Parquet was the chief perfumer of the Houbigant house.

meaning

With the use of coumarin in Fougère Royal ( French : royal fern ), in accord with lavender , citrus and wood notes, Parquet revolutionized perfumery by being the first to use synthetic fragrances in his compositions. Since ferns have no odor, Fougère Royal was also the first fragrance to break with the imitation of natural scents and introduce fantasy notes. Fougère Royal thus marked the beginning of modern perfumery and was often imitated until it disappeared from the market in the late 1960s. So it became the prototype of an entire fragrance family, the so-called Fougère perfumes.

Famous quote

“If God had given ferns a scent, they would smell like Fougère Royal ”, Paul Parquet.

Individual evidence

^ Nigel Groom, The New Perfume Handbook , 2nd ed., Blackie Academic & Professional, London, 1997, ISBN 0-7514-0403-9 , p. 248.
↑ Patricia de Nicolai, A Smelling Trip into the Past: The Influence of Synthetic Materials on the History of Perfumery . In Current Topics in Flavor and Fragrance Research , Philip Kraft and Karl AD Swift (eds.), Verlag Helvetica Chimica Acta, Zurich, and WILEY-VCH Verlag, Weinheim, 2008, ISBN 978-3-906390-49-9 , p. 305-314.

personal data
SURNAME	Parquet, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French perfumer and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH	1862
DATE OF DEATH	1916

[1] Nigel Groom, The New Perfume Handbook , 2nd ed., Blackie Academic & Professional, London, 1997, ISBN 0-7514-0403-9 , p. 248.

[2] Patricia de Nicolai, A Smelling Trip into the Past: The Influence of Synthetic Materials on the History of Perfumery . In Current Topics in Flavor and Fragrance Research , Philip Kraft and Karl AD Swift (eds.), Verlag Helvetica Chimica Acta, Zurich, and WILEY-VCH Verlag, Weinheim, 2008, ISBN 978-3-906390-49-9 , p. 305-314.