The 1980s.

Takeover of the production company Gehrlicher Pharmazeutische Extrakte GmbH, Eurasburg (founded 1964)↗ harraspharma.de

Acquired by Hervé Lesieur↗ cosmeticsbusiness.com

Acquired by Mårten Johansson (current CEO), who runs it with Dag Jensen and brother Anders Johansson.↗ nordicfeel.com

Acquired by Nobel Consumer Goods (after minority stake in 1988)↗ cosmeticsandskin.com

Company changed owner.↗ web.archive.org

Acquired full control of Rydelle-Lion from S.C. Johnson.↗ company-histories.com

Beecham merged into SmithKline Beecham↗ en.wikipedia.org

Kao Corporation acquired Goldwell AG, bringing the future-Kerasilk line into Kao ownership (Kerasilk was launched within Goldwell in 2013).↗ en.wikipedia.org

Acquired by L'Oréal Group (majority stake).↗ cosmeticsbusiness.com

Creation of Laboratoires Avène (Eau Thermale Avène dermo-cosmetics brand).↗ en.wikipedia.org

Acquired by The Limited (later L Brands)↗ en.wikipedia.org

L'Oréal acquired full ownership of Helena Rubinstein Incorporated↗ en.wikipedia.org

Management buyout led by Barry Shipp and Joseph Armando; company renamed Quintessence Inc.↗ wwd.com

Beecham transferred Juvena ownership to management (MBO)↗ brandslex.de

Eastman Kodak acquired Sterling Drug and with it Schülke↗ de.wikipedia.org

Not acquired; ownership moved to a foundation: descendants of Cesra's founder renounced their shares and assigned future earnings to the newly founded Redel Stiftung, which today owns 100 % of Cesra ('Denn Cesra gehört zu 100 % der Redel Stiftung – einer gemeinnützigen Organisation, die weltweit Menschen in Not unterstützt.' – ilon.de/ueber-ilon/)↗ cesra.com

Richemont consolidates control of Cartier by acquiring the shares it did not already own; Cartier becomes flagship maison of Compagnie Financière Richemont SA.↗ skyjems.ca

EuroItalia s.r.l. acquired the Naj-Oleari Beauty makeup license↗ euroitalia.it

Acquired by Groupe SEB (France) for approximately US$170 million↗ groupeseb.com

Acquired the Andrew Jergens Company (U.S.), maker of the Jergens skincare brand.↗ kao.com

Acquired by LVMH↗ en.wikipedia.org

The Mentholatum Company acquired by Rohto Pharmaceutical Co. (Japan).↗ en.wikipedia.org

Brand site states Abtei has belonged to Omega Pharma since 1987 (CONFLICTS with de.wikipedia; 1987 is Omega Pharma's own founding year - see audit.conflicts and escalations.md)↗ abtei.ch

Acquired Paco Rabanne (fashion and accessories)↗ puig.com

Unilever acquired Chesebrough-Pond's (including Cutex)↗ cosmeticsandskin.com

Acquired ChemLawn for $376 million; sold to ServiceMaster in 1992 for $103 million↗ en.wikipedia.org

Household branded products sold to Reckitt Benckiser for $250 million (as stated by German Wikipedia)↗ de.wikipedia.org

Eli Lilly sold the company to Fabergé for $657 million↗ en.wikipedia.org

Acquired by American International Industries (AII)↗ blog.fendrihan.com

Sold to Dickson Concepts, a Hong Kong retailer; now a wholly owned subsidiary of Dickson Concepts.↗ en.wikipedia.org

Formation of LVMH through the merger of Louis Vuitton with Moët Hennessy.↗ en.wikipedia.org

Acquired by Puig (Paco Rabanne's Fashion House)↗ en.wikipedia.org

Acquired by Unilever ($3.1 billion, $72.50/share all-cash). Date disputed (1986 vs 1987).↗ en.wikipedia.org

Acquired by Jacques Bogart fragrance group.↗ en.wikipedia.org

Acquired by Shiseido↗ gcimagazine.com

Acquired Balenciaga (Couture and Perfumes).↗ en.wikipedia.org

Acquired by Peter and Thomas Ek (bought the company from Joffe).↗ obhnordica.se

Acquired by the Schwabe group (Dr. Willmar Schwabe).↗ apotheke-adhoc.de

LVMH bought the rights to Loewe's international distribution.↗ en.wikipedia.org

Pino Silvestre brand rights repurchased by Massimo Vidal under his new company Mavive S.p.A.↗ mavive.com

Acquired by Revlon↗ en.wikipedia.org

Acquired Chesebrough-Ponds Inc., bringing the Vaseline and Pond's skincare brands into the portfolio.↗ en.wikipedia.org

Gisela Schütz Naturheilmittelversand acquired AURICA GmbH, a regional retail-focused competitor; the businesses merged into AURICA Naturheilmittel und Naturwaren GmbH by 1990.↗ web.archive.org

Acquired by Procter & Gamble (via Richardson-Vicks acquisition)↗ en.wikipedia.org

Coach Leatherware sold to Sara Lee Corporation for $30 million↗ en.wikipedia.org

Acquired by Arturo Licenziati (German Wikipedia calls it a management buy-out)↗ it.wikipedia.org

BAT sold cosmetics division (including Juvena) to Beecham↗ brandslex.de

Acquired Kershaw Knives (Oregon, USA).↗ smkw.com

Acquired by Laboratoires Vendôme for 100,000 francs.↗ fr.wikipedia.org

Company taken over by Wolfgang Epping (ownership change to the Epping family; not a corporate acquisition)↗ hagina-cosmetic.de

Obermeyer & Co. (Pigmentan) of Hanau taken over and products integrated into distribution; acquirer not explicitly named (page is published by the site operator Halajot / trademark holder Pigmentan Jürgen Langnickel)↗ pigmentan.de

Revlon is sold to MacAndrews & Forbes.↗ revloncorp.com

Procter & Gamble acquires Richardson-Vicks, taking ownership of Sassoon brand rights↗ en.wikipedia.org

Thiers-Issard itself acquired by Gilles Reynewaeter (became SNETI Thiers-Issard)↗ en.wikipedia.org

Acquired by the Schwabe Group (Dr. Schwabe Deutschland Holding).↗ de.wikipedia.org

Sold to Wasserstein Perella & Co.↗ en.wikipedia.org

Acquired (with its maker Arzneimittelfabrik Spitzner) by the Dr. Willmar Schwabe / Schwabe group; the former subsidiary Spitzner was later sold or merged into the parent company.↗ de.wikipedia.org

Acquired by / became part of the Kelémata group (Turin, Italy)↗ fr.wikipedia.org

Richardson-Vicks Inc. (RVI) acquired by Procter & Gamble, bringing Olay under P&G↗ en.wikipedia.org

Richardson-Vicks acquired Pantene from Hoffmann-La Roche; Procter & Gamble then purchased Richardson-Vicks the same year, gaining control of Pantene.↗ en.wikipedia.org

Revlon acquired by Ronald Perelman's MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings (leveraged buyout)↗ revloncorp.com

S.C. Johnson & Son acquired the brand.↗ en.wikipedia.org

Bernard Arnault acquired Dior for 'one symbolic franc'↗ en.wikipedia.org

Schering-Plough sold global/non-North-American rights to European Home Products (later SSL International) — start of the US 'Dr. Scholl's' vs international 'Scholl' split↗ en.wikipedia.org

Acquired Lystads (pest elimination)↗ en.wikipedia.org

Couture house purchased by Bernard Tapie↗ en.wikipedia.org

Acquired by German perfume house Mülhens (Cologne)↗ en.wikipedia.org

Acquired by State-O-Maine (NY apparel company), which renamed itself Nautica in 1994↗ en.wikipedia.org

Sold to Beecham Group↗ en.wikipedia.org

L'Oréal acquired part of the company (Japanese and Latin American divisions) from Albi International↗ en.wikipedia.org

Ralph Lauren fragrance license sold to Cosmair (L'Oréal's American subdivision); Warner/Lauren Ltd produced 1978-1984.↗ fragrantica.com

Founding of Pierre Fabre Dermatologie (PFD), the group's dermatology division.↗ en.wikipedia.org

Acquired by Gap Inc.↗ en.wikipedia.org

Acquired by Alberto-Culver (USA) from Hagemeyer for US$6 million.↗ nl.wikipedia.org

Fujisawa Pharmaceutical acquired first shares in (historic) Klinge Pharma; 100% subsidiary from January 2002↗ chemie.de

Brand acquired by Morise Cabasso after founder's death; remains Cabasso family-owned today with no outside funding↗ beautyindependent.com

Richardson-Vicks purchased Vidal Sassoon Inc. and Sassoon's Santa Monica hairdressing school↗ en.wikipedia.org

Acquired by American International Industries (Zvi Ryzman)↗ wwd.com

Groupe Bogart signed Ted Lapidus perfume license (transferred from L'Oréal)↗ groupe-bogart.com

L'Oréal sold its stake to Japanese company Itokin.↗ en.wikipedia.org

Vidal Sassoon sold rights to his name and image to Richardson-Vicks↗ beautymatter.com

Acquired by Les Wexner / Limited Stores (later Limited Brands, renamed L Brands in 2013)↗ en.wikipedia.org

Beecham Group acquired the Williams brands from Nabisco (reported $100M deal)↗ newenglandhistoricalsociety.com

Bolton acquired a stake in Italian personal-care group Manetti & Roberts (Neutro Roberts' parent).↗ encyclopedia.com

Cardin acquired Maxim's↗ en.wikipedia.org

On 1 January 1981 the founder transferred the business to new owners (per city archive). Web-search snippets add that the Theißen family leased the name and secret recipe and Michael Theißen became owner — low confidence, not independently fetched.↗ bad-kreuznach.de

Wilkinson Sword sold its share in Wilkinson Sword Middle East to the Soliman family.↗ lordshave.net

Beiersdorf AG acquired 75% of the shares of BODE (Baktolan's originating company); renamed BODE Chemie.↗ bode-chemie.com

Sold to an unnamed American group.↗ legalionparfums.com

Acquired by German company Muelhens.↗ fr.wikipedia.org

Vidal (including Pino Silvestre) acquired by Henkel↗ mavive.com

Acquired by Wella AG (became subsidiary)↗ tondeonorthamerica.com

Acquired by Laboratoires Pierre Fabre↗ dermstore.com

Helen of Troy Corporation begins manufacturing and marketing Sassoon hair-care products↗ en.wikipedia.org