The house
Molinard was founded in 1849 in Grasse (France), making it one of the oldest continuously operating perfume houses on the Osmetheca platform. Founded in the heart of the French perfumery industry, Molinard built its identity around Grasse raw materials and classical French construction techniques. The house is located in a dedicated museum-space in Grasse that traces the history of perfume.
Habanita (1921) is Molinard's most historically significant fragrance and one of the earliest known examples of a fragrance built around a tobacco accord. Composed by Henri Bénard, it established a blueprint for dark, smoky, amber-tobacco orientals that would influence the category for decades. The fragrance has been reformulated over time but remains in the Molinard catalog.
On Osmetheca, Molinard is represented by one fragrance: Habanita (1921), composed by Henri Bénard, a dark oriental tobacco amber that stands as one of the earliest examples of tobacco in modern fine fragrance.
Perfumes on Osmetheca
The following Molinard fragrances are documented with full profiles on Osmetheca. Each entry includes launch year, perfumer attribution and olfactive family.
| Year | Perfume | Perfumer | Olfactive family |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Habanita | Henri Bénard | Oriental tobacco amber |