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| 1946 Joseph and Estée Lauder founded Estée Lauder in New York City with four products: Creme Pack, Cleansing Oil, All Purpose Creme and Skin Lotion. |
1948 The first department store account is established with Saks Fifth Avenue, New York City. |
1953 Estée Lauder introduces Youth-Dew, a history-making idea. The first bath oil to double as a perfume. |
1957 Estée Lauder introduces Re-Nutriv, still the gold standard in skin care. |
1960 Estée Lauder and Evelyn Lauder attend a charity ball at which Mrs. Estée Lauder received The Neiman Marcus Award for Distinguished Service in the Field of Fashion. Estée Lauder International operations begin. First account is Harrods in London. |
1964 Aramis Inc. is established to bring men a new sense of style in fragrance and grooming. |
1967 Mrs. Estée Lauder is named one of ten Outstanding Women in Business in the United States by business and financial editors. |
1968 Mrs. Estée Lauder receives the Spirit of Achievement Award given by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. Clinique Laboratories, Inc. is founded. |
1976 Clinique becomes the first women's cosmetic company to introduce a separate men's line: Skin Supplies for Men. |
1978 Estée Lauder introduces White Linen as a fresh, clean fragrance with a contemporary spirit. |
1979 Prescriptives is founded. Estée Lauder products become available for sale in perfumeries in Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev. |
1982 Estée Lauder introduces Night Repair Cellular Recovery Complex. |
1985 Mrs. Estée Lauder's autobiography, Estée: A Success Story, is published. Aramis introduces Lab Series for Men, a leading men's treatment line worldwide. Estée Lauder introduces Beautiful fragrance. |
1989 Mrs. Estée Lauder receives the Cosmetic Executive Women's President's Award honoring her for excellence. Estée Lauder opens a Cosmetic Beauty Boutique in Budapest - its first freestanding store in the world. Estée Lauder opens its first freestanding perfumery in Moscow. |
1990 Origins is founded. |
1991 Estée Lauder introduces Advanced Night Repair Protective Recovery Complex. |
1993 Clinique introduces Long Last Lipstick and starts an industry trend. Origins opens its first freestanding store in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Origins International debuts in the KaDeWe department store in Berlin, Germany. Origins opens a freestanding store in SoHo, New York City. Origins launches at Magasin Du Nord in Copenhagen, Denmark. Mrs. Estée Lauder receives The Neiman Marcus Award for Distinguished Service in the Field of Fashion for the second time, making her the first person ever to be twice honored with this award. Clinique introduces Turnaround Cream. Estée Lauder introduces Fruition Triple Reactivating Complex. Estée Lauder and Clinique launch in Shanghai, China at Isetan. |
1994 Mrs. Estée Lauder is honored by the American Society of Perfumers with their first Living Legend Award. Youth-Dew receives the Fragrance Foundation's Fifi Award for Perennial Success, celebrating forty years of popularity. Estée Lauder opens its first freestanding store in Prague, Czech Republic. The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. acquires a majority interest in M.A.C. |
1995 Aramis launches "tommy," the first fragrance under license from Tommy Hilfiger. This marks the Company's first licensing venture. Estée Lauder pleasures launches in the United States and captures three major awards at the Fragrance Foundation's Fifi Award Ceremony, among them Fragrance Star of the Year and Best Women's Fragrance Package.
Estée Lauder International, Inc. assumes responsibility for distribution of M.A.C. in markets in Europe, Asia and elsewhere outside the United States and Canada. The Estée Lauder Boutique opens in Kiev, Ukraine. Estée Lauder opens its first freestanding store in the United States at the Forum Shops at Caesars in Las Vegas. The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. acquires Crème de la Mer, a revolutionary treatment in select distribution. Estée Lauder International launches Vérité, unique skin care for sensitive skin. The U.S. launch follows. The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. acquires Bobbi Brown essentials. Origins launches in the U.K. and Japan. Shares of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. commence trading on the NYSE. M.A.C. launches in Hong Kong. |
1996 The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. establishes a joint venture, called Palladio Fragrances International, with Herbert Frommen, a designer of successful European fragrances. Clinique launches its Web site on the Internet, http://www.clinique.com. Clinique opens its first U.S. freestanding store at the Pittsburgh International Airport. |
