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Guerlain Fragrances

Guerlain is a legendary France perfume house with 175 years of outstanding business, passion and tradition. Guerlain has always used luxurious and rare materials for its perfumes, such as French vanilla or ylang-ylang from their own plantations in Comoro Islands. Beside that, Guerlain has been an innovator in use of synthetic materials: Jicky (1889) was the first perfume to which Aimé Guerlain added a synthetic component coumarone.

The Guerlain house was founded by Pierre-François Pascal Guerlain in 1828. Starting with common hygiene products, Guerlain was also creating perfumes for his customers and with the time he developed the business in a way that he became an official perfumer for several European royal courts.

After he died, his son Aimé Guerlain became the main perfumer. His famous perfume Jicky, created in 1889, became the first 'modern' perfume. It is also believed that it was he who created so called 'Guerlinade' – the base notes used for creation of several Guerlain perfumes.

His nephew Jacques Guerlain was the next nose of the Guerlain house. He created the well-known perfumes of the house, such as L'Heure Bleue (1912), Mitsouko (1919) and Shalimar (1925), which is one of the most beloved perfumes ever.

Jean Paul Guerlain is a grandson of Jacques Guerlain. He first assisted and then created his first 'on-his-own' perfume, famous vetiver (1959). His other well known creations are Habit Rouge, Chamade, Eau de Guerlain, Nahema.

The Guerlain perfume house was a family business until 1994, when it was bought off by Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy. In 2002 jean Paul Guerlain retires, but he still continues to work for the house. The main Guerlain boutique in Paris was thoroughly renovated and reopened in June 2005. The house at the magic address 68 Champs Elysées, now not only a boutique and the main office, but a museum as well, welcomes customers again.

Designer Guerlain has 127 perfumes in our fragrance base. Guerlain is an old perfume house. The earliest editions originate from 1860 and the newest ones from 2009. Guerlain fragrances are made in association with perfumers Daniela Roche-Andrier, Jacques Guerlain, Jean-Paul Guerlain, Marie Salamagne, Sylvaine Delacourte, Karine Dubreuil, Annick Menardo, Randa Hammami, Olivier Polge, Aime Guerlain, Pierre-Francois-Pascal Guerlain, Francis Kurkdjian, Christine Nagel, Thierry Wasser, Mathilde Laurent, Maurice Roucel, Beatrice Piquet, Sylvie Delacourte, Christophe Raynaud and Frank Voelkl.

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