The launch of L'Origan: Coty, 1905

A dated launch: the year, the house and the perfumer are the conservatory’s; the fragrance record holds the rest of what is documented.

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Date

1905 (year)

documented

Origan (L') 1° Édition COTY 1905 EXT Ambré Fleuri Épicé François Coty

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

the Osmothèque’s year (the Wikidata inception statement was not used: its only reference is a source the house does not use)

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

Coty launches L'Origan, by François Coty.

documented

Origan (L') 1° Édition COTY 1905 EXT Ambré Fleuri Épicé François Coty

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

• François Coty (perfumer)
  documented

  Origan (L') 1° Édition COTY 1905 EXT Ambré Fleuri Épicé François Coty

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

  confidence A

Perfumers

• François Coty

Fragrances

• L'Origan

Teaching accords

• An amber (the perfumer’s, not the resin)

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)

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this record as data: /data/event/lorigan-launch-1905.json · version 3 · updated 2026-09-30 · confidence A