2 Quotes & Sayings By Jean Patou
Jean Patou was born in Paris, France. His interest in perfumery began at the age of 15, when he started to work in his uncle's perfume shop, where he learned how to mix fragrances. He left school at the age of 17 to work with his father, a perfumer who had opened a small perfumery in Paris. There Jean started to experiment with many flavors and created his first perfume around the time he turned 20
In 1925 he was awarded the prize for "Young Creative Perfumer of the Year." He went on to design over 30 different perfume formulas, but only one was commercially successful: "La Patou" or "The Jean Patou."