headquarters paris france area served worldwide products perfumes website www.lubin.eu parfums lubin is one of the oldest perfume houses in the world list of oldest companies . 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 fran ois 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 terror that was the immediate aftermath of the french revolution of 1789 . the fragrance won over the imperial court and was worn by the likes of jos phine and pauline bonaparte . when the bourbons were restored lubin dedicated his fragrances to queen marie amelie . eventually lubin s perfumes were worn by all the crowned heads of europe and were imported to america in 1830 . lubin was still a major perfumery in the 1940s but abandoned high end perfume making in the 1980s . a financial reorganization took place at the house of lubin in 2001 . its wares and antique documents can be found displayed in mus es de grasse s international perfume museum in grasse france . edward lubin an american physician and businessman who is a descendant and limited partner was a long time holdout against public sale of parfum lubin . olivia giacobetti is the current fragrance designer . references edit morris edwin 1999 . scents of time the story of perfume from ancient egypt to the 21st century . isbn 3 7913 2217 6 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title parfums lubin & oldid 719316328 categories perfume housescosmetics companies of francemanufacturing companies based in pariscompanies established in 1798 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 8 may 2016 at 23 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view