AC Milan

AC Milan, formally Associazione Calcio Milan S.p.A., is an Italian association football club based in Milan, Lombardy. It was founded in 1899 by the English expatriate Herbert Kilpin and is one of the most decorated clubs in Italian and European football [1]. Within a beauty catalogue the name appears not as a cosmetics house but through a licensed men's fragrance and grooming line — an eau de toilette, deodorant and shower gel sold under the club's name by European retailers [4].

The club remains active. It is majority-owned by the American investment firm RedBird Capital Partners, and the licensed grooming products continue to be stocked by mainstream retailers [3].

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The club was established in Milan on 16 December 1899 by Herbert Kilpin, originally under the name Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club, with its first base at the Fiaschetteria Toscana on Via Berchet [1]. Its founding accounts differ slightly on the date: the club's own history gives 16 December 1899, while Wikipedia records 18 December 1899 [1][3]. The year itself, 1899, is not in dispute.

The red-and-black colours that define the club trace to Kilpin himself, who is quoted as declaring the team would play in colours "red like fire and black to invoke fear in our opponents" [1]. The phrasing gave rise to the club's enduring nicknames, I Rossoneri ("the red and blacks") and Il Diavolo ("the devil").

Milan won its first Italian championship in 1901, beating Genoa 3–0 at Ponte Carrega. The club later became one of Europe's leading sides, winning its first European Cup in 1963 at Wembley under president Andrea Rizzoli [1]. In 2007 it won the FIFA Club World Cup, and in the 2021/22 season it secured its 19th Scudetto, finishing on 86 points under coach Stefano Pioli [1].

Across its history the club has accumulated 19 Serie A titles, eight Supercoppa Italiana wins and a series of European and intercontinental honours [2].

AC Milan is owned by RedBird Capital Partners, which holds a 99.93% stake according to Wikipedia [3]. The club is a corporate entity, Associazione Calcio Milan S.p.A., rather than a consumer-goods company, and its beauty-related products exist only through a name-licensing arrangement.

The club's relevance to a beauty catalogue rests entirely on a licensed grooming and fragrance range carrying the AC Milan name. Retailer listings show an AC Milan eau de toilette in a 100 ml size, a 150 ml deodorant spray and a shower gel, the latter sometimes bundled into gift sets alongside club merchandise such as an official scarf [4]. The eau de toilette has been sold through mass-market retailers, including Superdrug, which lists it under men's fragrance [5].

This is a brand-licensing sideline rather than a cosmetics business: the products use the club's name and red-and-black identity, and no manufacturer or licensor for the current line could be confirmed from a primary source. The football club itself does not present as a beauty or personal-care company.

The club is active. As of 2025 it continues to compete as a leading Italian football club, with a recent Supercoppa Italiana win in the 2024/25 season, and the licensed fragrance and grooming products remain on sale at European retailers.