Musée Du Parfum
The Musée du Parfum, also known as the Fragonard Musée du Parfum, is a French private museum of perfume located at 9 rue Scribe, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.
History and exhibits
Fragonard Parfumeur established the museum in 1983, within a Napoleon III town-house built in 1860. Its rooms contain period furnishings and perfume exhibits, including antique perfume bottles, containers, toiletry sets, and stills for steam distillation of perfume extracts. Displays show how perfumes are made today and present the history of perfume manufacturing and packaging. A perfume organ on display has tiers of ingredient bottles arranged around a balance used to mix fragrances.
In 2014, the Fragonard company acquired ownership of the real estate site located at the address of the Square de l'Opéra.
See also
- Théâtre-Musée des Capucines, another Fragonard perfume museum in Paris
- List of museums in Paris
References
- ^ "Fragonard Perfume Museum - Paris". europeforvisitors.com. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ^ "Le Musée du Parfum, un musée parisien à découvrir". www.linternaute.com (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ^ Parisbreakfasts (2008-05-21). "paris breakfasts: Le musee du parfum Fragonard". paris breakfasts. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
External links
Media related to Musée du Parfum (Paris) at Wikimedia Commons
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