Armand Petitjean, a student of the great Francois Coty, launched
Lancôme in 1935. His historical achievements included Nutrix cream (1936) with a formula unchanged to this day, and the Océane product line (1955) its formula contains very pure seawater enriched with algae and oligo-elements. The products are sold worldwide, but are personified by the "techniciennes", or women who graduate from the
Lancôme school and travel the world to carry
Lancôme’s message all over the world.
His passion for fragrances inspired
Armand Petitjean to take a spectacular step: in 1935, he launched
Lancome with five great fragrances. Audacious? Yes, but
Armand Petitjean was a product of the school of François Coty, the "father of 20th century luxury perfumes."
"Tropiques", "Te
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Armand Petitjean, a student of the great Francois Coty, launched
Lancôme in 1935. His historical achievements included Nutrix cream (1936) with a formula unchanged to this day, and the Océane product line (1955) its formula contains very pure seawater enriched with algae and oligo-elements. The products are sold worldwide, but are personified by the "techniciennes", or women who graduate from the
Lancôme school and travel the world to carry
Lancôme’s message all over the world.
His passion for fragrances inspired
Armand Petitjean to take a spectacular step: in 1935, he launched
Lancome with five great fragrances. Audacious? Yes, but
Armand Petitjean was a product of the school of François Coty, the "father of 20th century luxury perfumes."
"Tropiques", "Tendres Nuits", "Kypre", and "Bocages", rare perfumes which would be followed by so many others, among them the prestigious "Magie" of the nineteen-fifties. Nearly all the bottles were created by the great artist Georges Delhomme.
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