Armand's story
The story
Passionate about roses, he made the flower Lancôme's signature ingredient from 1935, later launching Magie and Trésor in the early 1950s. Lancôme joined L'Oréal in 1964, and Petitjean died in 1969.
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Armand Petitjean, born May 20, 1884, into a family of distillers, was initiated into perfumery by François Coty, for whom he worked before founding Lancôme with Guillaume d'Ornano in 1935, presenting five inaugural fragrances at that year's Brussels Universal Expo.
- Earliest in our catalog
- Conquête, 1935
- In our catalog
- 6 fragrances
The career
Their best-known launches in our catalog, by how many people have rated them.1935–1957, in bottles
1935ConquêteLancôme
1935KypreLancôme
1936Peut-être (1937)Lancôme
1946MarrakechLancôme
1950MagieLancôme
1957EnvolLancômeLaunches per year, 1935–1957Peak: 2 in 1935
19351957
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