François Coty
Subtitle: fragrance, power, money
By: by Roulhac B. Toledano and Elizabeth Z. Coty.
Contributors: Coty, Elizabeth Z.
Publisher: Pelican Pub. Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Gretna, La
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9781589806399
Subjects: Coty, François, -- 1874-1934; Businesspeople -- France -- Biography; Industrialists -- France -- Biography; Politicians -- France -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: France's first billionaire; title: Corsica : 1874-98; title: Paris, 1899-1902 : la belle epoque; title: The nose and grasse; title: Les visionnaires; title: La cité des parfums; title: Perfuming the globe; title: The Corsican initiative; title: The billionaire collects; title: Napoleon of the press 1922-1934; title: Prince of politics : 1910-1934; title: Fortune fades : 1929-1933; title: 1929 catastrophe : divorce and yvonne remarries; title: Miracle man meets his maker : 1934; title: Cotnareanu at the helm : 1934-1940; title: Henriette's havoc; title: Flight to where : figs and furs : 1940-1945; title: Coty Inc., New York : Winnie Awards : 1940-1945; title: Return to liberated Paris : 1945-1960; title: Down down down : 1962-1965.