The launch of Fougère Royale: Houbigant, 1882 or 1884

The two dates on file disagree: two reviews give 1882, the Osmothèque 1884. The composition the reviews name (coumarin, oak moss, geranium, bergamot) is the teaching fougère accord.

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Date

1882 or 1884 (range)

documented

Fougère Royale HOUBIGANT 1884 Fougère Fougère Paul Parquet

OSMO-1 · Osmothèque, Conservatoire international des parfums · read 2026-09-30
ISO-2 · Stepanyuk and Kirschning (2019). Synthetic terpenoids in the world of fragrances: Iso E Super® is the showcase · read 2026-09-30
KLE-1 · Kleoff et al. (2022). Synthesis of odorants in flow and their applications in perfumery · read 2026-09-30

two reviews give 1882 (ISO-2, KLE-1); the Osmothèque’s list and its collection page give 1884 (OSMO-1, OSMO-2): both are shown

confidence A

Label

documented (a source states it)

house label

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

one of the four labels the site gives a reconstruction, chosen from what the cited source itself says

confidence B

Kind

launch

house classification

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

the house’s grouping of events for the timeline

confidence B

What happened

Houbigant launches Fougère Royale, by Paul Parquet.

documented

Fougère Royale HOUBIGANT 1884 Fougère Fougère Paul Parquet

OSMO-1 · Osmothèque, Conservatoire international des parfums · read 2026-09-30

confidence A

Place

not on record

not on record

no place on record for this event

People

• Paul Parquet (perfumer)
  documented

  Fougère Royale HOUBIGANT 1884 Fougère Fougère Paul Parquet

  OSMO-1 · Osmothèque, Conservatoire international des parfums · read 2026-09-30

  confidence A

Where the sources disagree

• Launch year: 1882 in two reviews (ISO-2, KLE-1); 1884 in the Osmothèque’s list and on its collection page (OSMO-1, OSMO-2). (ISO-2, KLE-1, OSMO-1, OSMO-2)

Molecules

• Coumarin

Materials

• oakmoss absolute (oak moss extract)
• bergamot essential oil (olio essenziale di bergamotto)

Perfumers

• Paul Parquet

Fragrances

• Fougère Royale

Teaching accords

• The fougère skeleton

Sources

1. OSMO-1 · Osmothèque, Conservatoire international des parfums. Collection Osmothèque, juin 2015 (PDF list: name, house, launch year, concentration, family, sub-family, perfumers). www.osmotheque.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Col… · read 2026-09-30 · no reuse licence stated; short quotes and single facts only, under fair use (quoted, not reproduced)
2. ISO-2 · Stepanyuk A, Kirschning A. Synthetic terpenoids in the world of fragrances: Iso E Super® is the showcase. Beilstein J Org Chem. 2019;15:2590–2602. doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.15.252 · read 2026-09-30 · CC BY 4.0
3. KLE-1 · Kleoff M, Kiler P, Heretsch P. Synthesis of odorants in flow and their applications in perfumery. Beilstein J Org Chem. 2022;18:754–768. doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.18.76 · read 2026-09-30 · CC BY 4.0
4. OSMO-2 · Osmothèque, Conservatoire international des parfums. La collection (web page). www.osmotheque.fr/la-collection/ · read 2026-09-30 · no reuse licence stated; short quotes and single facts only, under fair use (quoted, not reproduced)

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