Musée du Parfum

This article is about the Fragonard museum. Not to be confused with the Grand Musée du Parfum.

The Musée du Parfum (French pronunciation: [myze dy paʁfœ̃]), also known as the Fragonard Musée du Parfum ([fʁaɡɔnaʁ myze dy paʁfœ̃]), is a French private museum of perfume located at 9 rue Scribe, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.^[1]

Musée du Parfum

History and exhibits

Fragonard Parfumeur established the museum in 1983, within a Napoleon III town-house built in 1860.^[2] Its rooms contain period furnishings and perfume exhibits, including antique perfume bottles, containers, toiletry sets, and stills for steam distillation of perfume extracts.^[3] 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.^[1]

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

1. "Fragonard Perfume Museum - Paris". europeforvisitors.com. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
2. "Le Musée du Parfum, un musée parisien à découvrir". www.linternaute.com (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-28.
3. 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

• Musée du Parfum

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