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The Pinaud brand was started by Edouard Pinaud, a French perfumer, who opened a small shop in Paris specialzing in fine fragrances, hair tonics, and grooming products in 1830. The fragrances grew in popularity and in the 1850s Pinaud began suppling perfumes to the royal court of Napolean III. After Pinaud's death in 1868, the company went through multiple ownership changes until it was taken over by Roger Goldet In the 1930s, who split the company into French and American affiliates. It was under Goldet that in the 1940s the American affiliate launched the Clubman line of talc and aftershave which quickly gained popularity and became staples of American barbershops in the 1950s. In 1986, the Clubman line was acquired by American International Industries (AII) and expanded to shaving cream, hair care, body powder, and beard products, while Pinaud remains an independent Perfumery in Paris.