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According to their website, Molinard is a family-run perfume house in Grasse, France, now in its fifth generation of leadership, with roots the company traces back more than 175 years and an industrial history beginning in 1900 when Albert Sittler opened the Bastide Molinard alongside alchemist Hyacinthe Molinard. The company states that every stage, from fragrance formulation to bottling, takes place at its own production site in Grasse, and that finished bottles are filled, assembled and packaged by hand, work carried out in partnership with Esatitude, an organisation supporting workers with mental disabilities. Its historic estate, La Bastide, once housed distillation using copper alembics inside a metal structure attributed to Gustave Eiffel, plus a soap workshop dating to the 1920s and a 1930s perfumer's laboratory; the site is now open to visitors as a museum. Current offerings span fine fragrances (including the 1921 Habanita and several themed collections), home scents, hand and body creams, shaving cream, shower gels, traditional soaps, and bespoke perfume-creation workshops held in Grasse, Cannes, Nice and Paris.

• Fine perfumes across several lines: Habanita (created 1921), Personal Collection, Private Collection, Icons Collection, and the Materials Collection (Fresh/Elements/Prestige)
• Home fragrance products: scented candles and room diffusers in scents such as osmanthus, basil tea and a Mediterranean accord
• Body and skin care: hand and body creams, a shaving cream line (Rasoline), and shower gels
• Traditional soaps sold as bars, round palets, and boxed sets
• Bespoke perfume-creation workshops ("Ateliers de Création") held at locations in Grasse, Cannes, Nice and Paris
• In-house production in Grasse covering every step from fragrance formulation to bottling on their own site
• Bottles hand-filled, assembled and packaged in partnership with Esatitude, an organisation employing workers with mental disabilities
• Historic La Bastide estate, preserved as a museum, featuring a distillery with copper alembics in a metal structure attributed to Gustave Eiffel, a 1920s soap workshop, and a 1930s perfumer's laboratory

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