Henri Robert is the second Chanel

Chanel

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 in-house perfumer after the departure of Ernest Beaux

Ernest Beaux

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, famed creator of Chanel No. 5

Chanel No. 5

Chanel No. 5 is the first perfume launched by Parisian couturier Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel. The French government reports that a bottle of Chanel No. 5 is sold every thirty seconds and generates sales of $100 million a year. It was developed by Russian-French chemist and perfumer Ernest Beaux...

. Robert was born in 1899 in Grasse

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 and began his career as a perfumer at with Chiris. Following that he joined Parfums d'Orsay and subsequently Coty

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. With the outbreak of World War II

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, Robert moved to New York City

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 and continued working for Coty there as a perfumer from 1940 to 1943. Henri Robert continued working at Chanel into his 80's before he died in 1987.

Henri Robert is the uncle of famed perfumer Guy Robert.

Works

• Le Muguet des Bois, (1936) Coty Inc.
• Glamour, (1953) Bourjois
• Ramage, (1951) Bourjois
• Pour Monsieur, (1955) Chanel
• Chanel No. 19
  Chanel No. 19
  Chanel No. 19 perfume was first marketed in 1971. The number 19 was chosen to commemorate Coco Chanel's birthday, 19 August. The perfume was launched a year before she died. The scent was created by Henri Robert....
  
  , (1970) Chanel
• Cristalle, (1974) Chanel