Jicky Guerlain vintage eau de toilette spray from 1989
Very rare!
This is a pre-owned bottle; please see the photos — the buyer will receive the exact item pictured.
The bottle has a black and gold cap.
In 1889, Aimé Guerlain launched Jicky, avant-garde in its use of synthesis and complexity. It was classified straightaway as “the first modern perfume”. This complex creation was also the first unisex fragrance in perfumery. It marked a beginning of “emotive” perfumery, which no longer tried to copy the odour of flowers but instead aimed to stir the emotions.
Top notes
Bergamot, lemon, rosemary, mandarin orange
Middle notes
Lavender, tonka bean, orris, basil, jasmine
Base notes
Vanilla, benzoin, spices, leather, rosewood, sandalwood, amber
Jicky is a magical fragrance that blends sparkling top notes with warm and delicate base notes. At the time of its creation, women may have found Jicky puzzling, but men adopted it immediately. Today, this fresh and vigorous fragrance is the delight of women and men alike.
Why the name Jicky? From his student days, Aimé Guerlain kept the enamoured memory of a young woman named Jicky to whom he paid a beautiful homage with one of his most wonderful olfactory creations. By pure coincidence, the diminutive of his nephew Jacques was also Jicky.
Created especially for Guerlain loyalists, this modern sculpture doubles as a refillable spray case that reveals a glimpse of your perfume’s mystery and recalls the fine engraving of precious jewellery.
Oriental Fougère.
Contrasting, dynamic, surprising.
The spicy notes that blossom with the warmth of the oriental facet also play skillfully with the fresh and aromatic notes of lemon and lavender at its heart. Underneath this audacious structure, one detects woody and vanilla notes for greater vibration and character.
Jicky initiated the creation of “abstract perfumery” as opposed to “figurative perfumery”. With its interplay of unique facets, it was the first in the perfume world to have such a trail and tenacity. This forerunner of new modern olfactory creations is the founding father of the legendary Shalimar.
