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The first-ever French perfume brand Roger & Gallet ‘shop-in-shop’ in Bahrain has opened at Nasser Pharmacy in Manama.
The opening ceremony was recently held in the presence of Minister of Health Faeqa bint Saeed Al-Saleh, and French ambassador Bernard Régnauld-Fabre, along with L’Oréal Middle East and Nasser Pharmacy senior management, VIP guests and members of the media.
Dr Fadhel Al Arrayed, chairman of Nasser Pharmacy, said the company was ‘excited’ about partnering with the makers of an international, prestigious luxury product which boasts a heritage stretching back more than 150 years.
Roger & Gallet’s story began when Armand Roger and Charles Gallet, partners, brothers-in-law and entrepreneurs, created the first Boutique de Bonheur, a ‘boutique of happiness’ in the heart of Paris.
The company became the official supplier to the royal courts, and in 1932, the crème de la crème of Parisian society was beating a path to its door. Later, opera singer Maria Callas and Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe would also leave their signatures in the Visitor’s Book.
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