Four centuries of history, and an address to begin with: rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, in 1775, when Jean-François Houbigant opened shop. The house then signed fragrances that made history — Fougère Royale (1882), Quelques Fleurs (1912), Chantilly (1941) — and counted among its clients Queen Victoria, Czar Alexander III and Czarina Maria Fyodorovna. Its perfumers are known and claimed: Paul Parquet, joint owner from 1880, then Robert Bienaimé from 1912 to 1935, Paul Schving and Marcel Billot. Few houses can line up such continuity.
