title: [Cosmetic innovations in the Guerlain patents deposited in the XIXth century].
abstract: The XIXth century was the century of the development of hygiene, cosmetics industry, chemistry and modern pharmacy. After the French revolution, a new legislation establishes a law of recognition of the property of the inventors on their inventions. This paper describes the content of patents and certificates deposited in the XIXth century at the INPI, french national institute of the industrial property, by the creators of Guerlain, a luxury brand of perfumes and cosmetics. This paper allows to discover the variety of the inventions which recovers whitening lotion, soaps, ingenious devices and new perfume substances.
authors: Frédéric
authors: F
authors: Bonté
authors: Elisabeth
authors: E
authors: Sirot
mesh_terms: D003358:Cosmetics / Q000266:history*; D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D062069:Inventions / Q000266:history*; D010330:Patents as Topic / Q000266:history*; D014099:Toothbrushing / Q000266:history / Q000295:instrumentation
chemical_list: D003358:Cosmetics