L'Oréal S.A. (French pronunciation: [lɔʁeal]) is a French personal care company headquartered in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine[2] with a registered office in Paris.[3] It is the world's largest cosmetics company and has developed activities in the field concentrating on hair color, skin care, sun protection, make-up, perfume, and hair care.[4]In the early 20th century, Eugène Paul Louis Schueller (1881–1957), a
young French chemist, developed a hair dye formula called Oréale. Schueller formulated and manufactured his own products, which he then decided to sell to Parisian hairdressers.
On 31 July 1919, Schueller registered his company,[5] the Société Française de Teintures Inoffensives pour Cheveux (Safe Hair Dye Company of France). The guiding principles of the company, which eventually became L'Oréal, were research and innovation in the field of beauty. In 1920, the company employed three chemists; the team continued to grow with 100 by the year 1950, and 1,000 by the year 1984; as recently as 2021, there was an estimated total of 85,252 worldwide.[6] [Wikipedia]
