Who owns Karl Lagerfeld Fragrances?
Karl Lagerfeld Fragrances is made and sold by Inter Parfums (the United States, NASDAQ: IPAR) under licence, an arrangement in place since 2012; Inter Parfums does not own the name.[1] The Karl Lagerfeld Fragrances name is owned by Karl Lagerfeld B.V.
Evidence: Inter Parfums, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-10, SEC EDGAR, 10 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Licensed to
- Inter Parfums, Inc. verified
- Since
- Headquarters
- 🇺🇸 United States, New York
- Origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Luxury goods › Luxury beauty & fragrance
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: IPAR
- Trademark registrant
- KL NORTH AMERICA B.V. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Karl Lagerfeld Fragrances
Karl Lagerfeld fragrances are made by Inter Parfums under a twenty-year worldwide licence signed with Karl Lagerfeld B.V. in 2012 and expiring on 31 October 2032. The designer, who died in 2019, created the first scent bearing his name in 1978, and the fashion house retains the trademark. Under the licence the portfolio has grown to include Les Parfums Matières, the Karl Cities collection with entries for New York, Paris, Hamburg, Tokyo and Vienna, and the blockbuster Rouge, plus Ikonik, whose bottle is modelled on Lagerfeld himself.
Trademark record for Karl Lagerfeld Fragrances
The USPTO record for the Karl Lagerfeld Fragrances mark lists KL NORTH AMERICA B.V. as the owner of record (serial number 73460516). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Karl Lagerfeld Fragrances
Where Karl Lagerfeld Fragrances sits in Inter Parfums
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Inter Parfums
Inter Parfums controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
- Goutal Paris
- Lanvin (fragrances) (1889)
- Off-White (fragrances) (2012)
- Rochas (1925)
- Solférino (2025)
Other brands in luxury goods, and who owns them
The 108 brands in luxury goods on Brandtree belong to 34 owners. The largest is LVMH, with 13; Inter Parfums has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Berluti | LVMH | 🇫🇷 France |
| A. Lange & Söhne | Richemont | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Alexander McQueen | Kering | 🇫🇷 France |
| CaratLane | Titan | 🇮🇳 India |
| Blancpain | Swatch Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Concord | Movado Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Pandora | Pandora | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| ARTA by PNJ | PNJ | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
About the owner: Inter Parfums
Inter Parfums is a publicly listed company headquartered in New York, United States, founded in 1982.
Inter Parfums has been in the prestige fragrance business since 1982 and answers the question of who is behind a designer perfume more often than the designer does. It develops, produces and distributes fragrances for about two dozen fashion, jewellery and lifestyle names, most of them under licence from the brand owner rather than owned outright, and it owns no factories: it acts as a general contractor and has third-party fillers assemble the finished goods. European brands run through Interparfums SA in Paris, a separately listed company 72 per cent owned by the New York parent, and 28 per cent of whose shares trade on Euronext. Its four largest brands in 2025 were Jimmy Choo at 17 per cent of net sales, Coach and Montblanc at 15 per cent each and GUESS at 12 per cent.
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🇩🇪 Karl Lagerfeld Fragrances and other German brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 243 brands that began in Germany. 90 of them (37%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Karl Lagerfeld Fragrances among them.
- A. Lange & Söhne — Richemont 🇨🇭
- Adidas — Adidas 🇩🇪
- BOSS — Hugo Boss 🇩🇪
- Birkenstock — Birkenstock 🇩🇪
- Braun Büffel — Bonia Corporation 🇲🇾
- Fielmann — Fielmann Group 🇩🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who makes Karl Lagerfeld Fragrances?
Inter Parfums makes and sells Karl Lagerfeld Fragrances under a licensing agreement that has been in place since 2012.
Does Inter Parfums own Karl Lagerfeld Fragrances?
No. Inter Parfums holds a licence to make and sell Karl Lagerfeld Fragrances, which is not the same as owning it.
Where did Karl Lagerfeld Fragrances come from?
Karl Lagerfeld Fragrances originated in Germany.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Inter Parfums, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-10 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 10 March 2026; retrieved 27 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: LAGERFELD, serial 73460516 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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