FougèreAimé Guerlain
The son of Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain, who founded the house in 1828, Aimé Guerlain became its perfumer after his father's death in 1864. In 1889 he created Jicky, regarded as the first modern perfume because it combined synthetic materials with natural extracts. His nephew Jacques Guerlain succeeded him.
The House of Guerlain
Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain founded the house in 1828, opening a perfume shop in Paris at 42 rue de Rivoli. He composed his perfumes with the help of his two sons, Aimé and Gabriel, and left them the house on his death in 1864. Gabriel took charge of the business and Aimé of creation, becoming the house perfumer.
Jicky
In 1889, the year of the World's Fair and the Eiffel Tower, he created Jicky, widely hailed as the first modern perfume. It was the first to be called a perfume rather than an eau de Cologne, and one of the first to combine synthetic materials with natural extracts, opening a new palette to perfumers.
Its name is said to come from the nickname Aimé gave his nephew Jacques, or from a young woman he loved while studying in England. Guerlain describes it as a perfume that plays on the ambiguity between masculine and feminine, and still sells it today, in a formula that has evolved since the original.
The Family Line
His nephew Jacques Guerlain, Gabriel's son, became the house's third perfumer and the author of many of its classics. Aimé Guerlain is also credited with Eau de Cologne du Coq, one of the house's colognes still on sale.
Creations by Aimé Guerlain
Fougère
Citrus