History

The company first became involved with the selling of perfumes when they sold perfumed gloves whey were awarded the title of "Parfumeur-Gantier" in 1769. Michel Adam established a small shop at 82 rue de Lombards, Paris between 1769 and 1774 and added A le Reine des Fleurs, to its name, which remained as it's subtitle.

Succeeded by family member, Paul Guillaume Dissey and Pierre-Guillaume Dissey, and later in 1813 by Louis-Toussaint Piver, whose name was adopted as the new company name in 1823. Alphonse Piver succeeded LT Piver .

Pierre-Guillaume Dissey, Louis Toussaint Piver

The company participated in all of the major exhibitions in the 19th & 20th centuries. Louis Sue and Andre Mare redesigned the Piver shop in the 1920s and Louis Sue designed Reve D'Or presentation.

The Pharmaceutical Era, 1924:

"LT Piver. It would take delicate scales to weigh the amount of face powder a woman brushes on her face on arising in the morning. But when you consider the house of LT Piver alone in their Paris factory put out eight to ten tons of face powder daily you may get some idea of the magnitude of face powdering. 

So much for face powders. In the Piver plant over 15,000,000 small bottles are used yearly for essences, toilet waters and vegetals. In addition one of their perfume cellars alone produces 6,000,000 quarts annually of lotions and cologne waters for bulk purposes, these being put up in pint and quart bottles.

The year 1924 marks the 150th anniversary of the house of LT Piver and it is ranked today as one of the largest perfumery houses in France, both in the quantity and variety of toilet goods produced. The five famous Piver odors are: Azurea, Le Trefle Incarnat, Floramye, Pompeia and Safranor. These odors all carry a complete line of powders, essences, toilet waters, soaps, etc. 

The house's seasonal novelties include a miniature set of these five odors which retail at 50 cents each, compacts in Azurea, Le Trefle Incarnat, Floramye and Pompeia odors, and additional talcs in these four odors. Chas. Baez is sole agent in the United States for LT Piver."

Piver was frequently a leader in new perfume designs and concepts. Some of his best known presentations included the most beautiful Alphonse Mucha inspired-Art Nouveau floral graphics for the Floramye, Azurea, and Safranor lines.

Many bottles were produced by Baccarat, namely the bottles for the following perfumes: Astris, Reve D'Or, and Volt.

Lalique produced the perfume bottle for Misti in 1912.

Reve D'Or was originally launched in 1889, a soft rich floral fragrance presented in a bottle designed by George Chevalier. Also presented in 1919 in a flacon by Cristalleries de Baccarat design #550. Re-launched in 1926. Also it is the re-branded fragrance Rocroy after 1927.

Pompeia was a line by LT Piver and included parfum extrait, cologne, lotion, brilliantine and powder.

LT Piver factory, c1910.

L.T. Piver show room at the Universal Exhibition of Bruxelles 1910. "Exposition universelle de Bruxelles 1910". Bulletin scientifique et industriel de la Maison Roure-Bertrand fils de Grasse. Grasse: impr. Imbert, 1910.