The history of perfume between 1880 and 1945
The aim of this 3-year doctoral research project is to explain the role played by universal and international exhibitions in the birth and development of modern perfumery. The research will focus mainly on three events, two Universal Exhibitions (1889 and 1900) and one International Exhibition of Decorative Arts (1925). Both exhibitions were held in Paris.
This chronological period marks a veritable golden age for French perfumery, which is the focus of this study. Between industrial and scientific progress, the development of a new relationship with consumerism, and the appearance of new scents, perfumery at the turn of the 20th century stood out as one of the most promising areas of the new “French luxury”.
Master 2 student at the École du Louvre
Tristan HINSCHBERGER
Born in the Paris region in 1998, Tristan Hinschberger entered the École du Louvre in 2018 after two years of literary preparatory classes (hypokhâgne-khâgne) in Grenoble. After completing his undergraduate degree in History of Fashion and Costume, he continued his studies at the École du Louvre in the second year of his Master's programme, and write a dissertation on the subject of the Perfumery Pavilion at the 1925 International Decorative Arts Exhibition.
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