Houbigant, the perfume house, dated 1775

Both facts are Wikidata’s (a second inception, 2010, is a later company). The house is the one the Osmothèque lists for Fougère Royale.

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Date

1775 (year)

documented

P571 inception: 1775-01-01 (precision: year; 1 reference on Wikidata)

WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) · read 2026-09-30

Wikidata also carries a second inception, 2010 (a later company of the name): the 1775 statement is the house’s

confidence B

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

house

house classification

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

the house’s grouping of events for the timeline

confidence B

What happened

Houbigant, founded by Jean-François Houbigant, is dated to 1775 by Wikidata.

documented

P112 founded by: Jean-François Houbigant

WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) · read 2026-09-30

confidence B

Place

not on record

not on record

no place on record for this event

People

• Jean-François Houbigant (founder)
  documented

  P112 founded by: Jean-François Houbigant

  WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) · read 2026-09-30

  confidence B

Where the sources disagree

• Wikidata has two inception dates for Houbigant, 1775 and 2010; the second belongs to a later company of the name. (WD-1)

Sources

1. WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation): the items named on each record (each statement read with its references), read 2026-09-30. www.wikidata.org · read 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0

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