- Adidas perfumes and colognes:
Country:United States
Main activity:Sport Fashion
Brand website:link
Parent company:Coty
Adidas is a German athletic shoe and apparel brand founded in 1948 by Adolph "Adi" Dassler. The company’s name is a blend of "Adi" and "Dassler," though it is also widely known by the playful backronym "All Day I Dream About Sport."
The company’s distinctive three-bar logo, which appears on most of its apparel and merchandise, was originally used by a Finnish sportswear company called Karhu Sports. Adidas purchased the logo from Karhu in 1951.
Adolph Dassler’s interest in athletic footwear began after his return from World War I. Together with his brother Rudolf, he started manufacturing shoes in their mother’s laundry room. The shoes were first worn at an Olympic event in 1928 and were the first athletic shoes to feature studs and spikes. Women’s 800-meter runner Lina Radke-Batschauer became the first athlete to win a gold medal wearing them. In 1936, the Dassler brothers transported shoe samples to the Berlin Olympics, where they convinced American sprinter Jesse Owens to try them. This marked one of the earliest athletic sponsorships of an African-American athlete. Owens’ four gold medals at the 1936 Games significantly boosted the company’s reputation, leading athletes worldwide to seek out Dassler Brothers shoes.
The Dassler brothers had a falling out after World War II. Adolph and Rudolf dissolved the Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory and went their separate ways, each establishing rival shoe companies. Rudolf founded Puma, also based in Herzogenaurach, while Adolph Dassler registered Adidas as a company in 1949.
Over the years, Adidas’ reputation as a leading shoe manufacturer grew as the company equipped winning athletes and teams in historic victories—such as Germany’s 1954 World Cup win over Hungary, known as the "Miracle of Bern." This match marked the first time players wore football boots with removable studs. Adidas expanded beyond track and field and football to produce shoes for tennis, golf, boxing (including boots for Muhammad Ali), and other sports. It even created an early "shower shoe" at the request of athletes who wanted a rubber slip-on for the locker room. Some of its most iconic styles—the Samba, the Adilette, and the Superstar—have remained in production for over 40 years.
Adidas began producing athletic apparel in 1960 and added sports equipment such as footballs to its range in 1963. Since 1970, the official match ball at all major football tournaments has been an Adidas-branded ball.
Founder Adolph Dassler died in 1978, but the company continued under the leadership of his wife Käthe and son Horst. Horst passed away unexpectedly in 1987. Adidas AG officially became a corporation in 1989 and was acquired that same year by French businessman Bernard Tapie. It was later sold to Robert Louis-Dreyfus in 1993. Under Louis-Dreyfus’s leadership, Adidas expanded through the acquisition and divestment of multiple sports brands. In 2006, Adidas acquired the Reebok brand. Today, Adidas AG markets products under the Adidas, Reebok, TaylorMade-adidas Golf, and Rockport brands.
In 1985, Adidas partnered with Coty to produce a line of fragrances. These have been particularly successful in the men’s market, and today Adidas fragrances and body care products are sold in more than 82 countries. Both men’s and women’s fragrances often feature sporty names and bottle designs.
Designer Adidas has 90 perfumes in our fragrance database. The earliest edition was created in 1990, and the newest in 2025. Adidas fragrances have been developed in collaboration with perfumers Ursula Wandel, Alain Astori, Jean-Pierre Mary, Martine Pallix, Nathalie Lorson, Jean-Pierre Bethouart, Jacques Huclier, Philippe Bousseton, Benoist Lapouza, Quest, Sabine De Tscharner, Harry Fremont, Philippe Roques, Maurice Roucel, Ilias Ermenidis, Fabrice Pellegrin, Emilie Coppermann, Gabriela Chelariu, Marypierre Julien, Frank Voelkl, Olivier Pescheux, Hernan Fígoli, and Carine Boin.
