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== Commercialisation ==
In 1892, Belgian chemist Louis Schmidt rediscovered the recipe, and decided to create a liqueur based upon it.<ref name="history">{{cite web |title=Mandarine Napoleon - History |url=https://www.mandarinenapoleon.com/history/ |website=Mandarine Napoleon |date=23 May 2018 |access-date=23 September 2023 |ref=history}}</ref> First marketed as ''Mandarine Napoléon: Grande Liqueur Impériale'', it was predominantly distributed in France before seeing worldwide distribution later in the 20th Century.<ref name="difford's" /> The Schmidt distillery closed after the [[Second World War]] and ownership of the drink passed to Fourcroy SA, coincidentally named after the drink's original creator
Mandarine Napoléon is produced at the Distillerie de Biercée in [[Biercée]], Belgium.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mandarine Napoleon - Distillery Tour |url=https://www.mandarinenapoleon.com/distillery-tour/ |website=Mandarine Napoleon |date=23 May 2018 |access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref> The brand, formerly owned by ETS Fourcroy SA, was purchased by [[DeKuyper]] in September 2009.<ref name="history" />
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