Fashion and perfumery company Puig on Friday posted a net profit of 153.8 million euros ($171 million) in the first half, down 26% from a year ago, while its sales grew 10% from a year earlier, in its first results as a listed company.

The Barcelona-based company, responsible for the Paco Rabanne, Carolina Herrera and Jean Paul Gaultier perfume brands, posted net revenues of 2.17 billion euros (2.41 billion dollars) through June.

This is the first time the company, which also owns makeup and skin care brands such as Charlotte Tilbury and Dr. Barbara Sturm, has reported first-half results.

Puig was listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange in May.

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(Reporting by Corina Pons; editing by Charlie Devereux; Spanish edition by Benjamín Mejías Valencia)