Nina Ricci is owned by Puig (Spain, BME: PUIG), which acquired the brand in 1998.[1][2] Nina Ricci was founded in 1932 in Paris and was independent until 1998.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Puig Brands, S.A. Annual Report 2025, 27 February 2026. Last checked .
Nina Ricci is a Paris couture house founded in 1932, whose L'Air du Temps fragrance, launched in 1948 with a Lalique dove stopper, became one of the most enduring scents of the twentieth century. Puig acquired the house in 1998.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Puig controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in personal care & beauty.
Puig has more brands in fragrance on Brandtree than any other owner: 5 of 20.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| AERIN | Estée Lauder | 🇺🇸 United States |
| O Boticário | Grupo Boticário | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Eskulin | Kino Indonesia | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Creed | L'Oréal | 🇫🇷 France |
| Brut | Unilever | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Jafra | Betterware (BeFra) | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Chanel No. 5 | Chanel | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Twelve Plus | Osotspa | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
Puig is a publicly listed company headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, founded in 1914. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as BME: PUIG.
Puig was founded in Barcelona in 1914 by a Catalan perfumer and remains controlled by the third generation of the founding family, which retained voting control when the company listed in Madrid in 2024. It owns rather than licenses most of its fragrance houses, which is unusual in the industry.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 322 brands that began in France. 100 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Nina Ricci among them.
Puig acquired Nina Ricci, a Paris house founded in 1932 by an Italian-born couturier working in France. Its L'Air du Temps fragrance, launched in 1948 with a Lalique dove stopper, has been in production ever since. Only the year is documented here.
The parent company of Nina Ricci is Puig, a publicly listed company headquartered in Spain.
Nina Ricci originated in France in 1932, but it is owned today by Puig, which is headquartered in Spain. So Nina Ricci is a French-origin brand under Spanish ownership.
Puig completed its acquisition of Nina Ricci in 1998, after announcing the deal in 1998. The price was not disclosed.
Nina Ricci was an independent company from its founding in 1932 in Paris until Puig acquired it in 1998.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Nina Ricci is still owned by Puig. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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