Who owns Montblanc Fragrances?
Montblanc Fragrances is made and sold by Inter Parfums (the United States, NASDAQ: IPAR) under licence, an arrangement in place since 2010; Inter Parfums does not own the name.[1] The Montblanc Fragrances name is owned by Montblanc.
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
- Montblanc-Simplo GmbH (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Montblanc Fragrances
Montblanc scent is not made by the pen maker. Inter Parfums has held the fragrance licence since 2010, extended twice and now running through 31 December 2030, and pays royalties on sales to the brand owner. Legend, launched in 2011, became its best-selling men's line and spawned Legend Night, Spirit, Red and Blue; Emblem followed in 2014, Explorer in 2019 and the women's Signature in 2020. At 15 per cent of net sales the brand is one of the licensee's three largest.
Trademark record for Montblanc Fragrances
The USPTO record for the Montblanc Fragrances mark lists Montblanc-Simplo GmbH as the owner of record (serial number 75168030). 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 Montblanc Fragrances
Where Montblanc 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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🇩🇪 Montblanc 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, Montblanc 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 Montblanc Fragrances?
Inter Parfums makes and sells Montblanc Fragrances under a licensing agreement that has been in place since 2010.
Does Inter Parfums own Montblanc Fragrances?
No. Inter Parfums holds a licence to make and sell Montblanc Fragrances, which is not the same as owning it.
Where did Montblanc Fragrances come from?
Montblanc 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: MONTBLANC, serial 75168030 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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