May 23, 2005 by in Perfume Reviews
Guerlain Jicky : Fragrance Review (New and Vintage)
Created in 1889, Guerlain Jicky is at once a timeless classic and a remarkably modern fragrance. One story is that Aimé Guerlain created it in honour of his English girlfriend; however, another version is that it was dedicated to his nephew Jacques Guerlain, whose nickname was Jicky. Jicky is considered to be the first fragrance to combine natural and synthetic essences.
Although it is undeniably an important starting point of modern perfumery, Fougère Royale by Houbigant (1882) was the first perfume to use a man made material: coumarin, an almond redolent ingredient derived from tonka beans. Jicky went out step further by combining coumarin and vanillin, another synthetic essence.
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