Parfums Caron  Parfums Caron is a French perfume house founded in 1904 by Ernest Daltroff. Over the course of the years, many Caron Perfumes were created. In 2019, the brand belongs to Luxembourg based Cattleya. Caron was founded in 1904 by Ernest Daltroff (1867-1941) who chose a short name, easy to remember in several languages while still being associated with France. The house is first located at 10 rue de la Paix in Paris. In 1906, Ernest Daltroff met Félicie Wanpouille (1874-1967), a young milliner who also worked on rue de la Paix, she introduced him to her clients, and soon became his business partner and muse. He created the perfumes, she created the bottles. Perfumes and powders were distributed in France through a network of exclusive Parisian department stores, then as early as 1923 Caron entered the American market. The house's first famous perfume, "Narcisse Noir" (1911), reached Hollywood. In the 1950s, on the set of "Sunset Boulevard", Gloria Swanson pronounces the name of the perfume. First created in powder form, the perfume "N'Aimez Que Moi" was launched in 1917, designed for young women waiting for the return of their beloved who had gone to war. In 1919, World War I is over, women discovered the pleasure of smoking tobacco. Caron invented the perfume "Tabac Blond". In 1932, after the exploits of the first female pilots, Ernest Daltroff launched "En Avion". As women discover sport and speed, Ernest Daltroff created a light and dynamic fragrance that reflected the new lifestyle. In 1933, he launched Fleurs de Rocaille, which represents the modern femininity of the 1930s. In 1934, at a time when men mainly used colognes, Ernest Daltroff, who was always convinced that a man should wear perfume, boldly launched a masculine fragrance "Pour un homme". After World War II, in 1954, Félicie Wanpouille launched a new explosive spicy oriental perfume "Poivre " . The production of Caron fragrance bottles was at times entrusted to workshops such as Baccarat or Daum . The house is also known for its loose powders scented with Bulgarian Rose, the "Pompon Poudre". Caron is one of the oldest French perfume houses still exclusively dedicated to perfume.