Ernest Beaux

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Name

Ernest Beaux

documented

Ernest Beaux

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

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confidence A

Born

1881-11-25

documented

P569 date of birth: 1881-11-25 (precision: day; 1 reference on Wikidata)

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

confidence B

Died

1961-06-09

documented

P570 date of death: 1961-06-09 (precision: day; 1 reference on Wikidata)

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confidence B

Place of birth

Moscow

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P19 place of birth: Moscow

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confidence B

Training

not on record

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Documented works

• Chanel No. 5 (Chanel, 1921)
  documented

  N°5 CHANEL 1921 EXT Floral Aldéhydé Ernest Beaux

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

  confidence A

Houses

• Chanel (the house of the documented work(s), as the Osmothèque lists it)
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  N°5 CHANEL 1921 EXT Floral Aldéhydé Ernest Beaux

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

  confidence A

Wikidata

Q1356245

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Ernest Beaux

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confidence A

In history

• The launch of Chanel No. 5: Chanel, 1921

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
2. 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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