Jacques Guerlain - Knowledge

1461:, built in 1947. There Guerlain created in private; only his assistant, who carried heavy loads, was permitted entry. Self-critical and perfectionistic, he worked slowly and intermittently on each perfume, perfecting several at once over the course of time. Through much of his career, he measured his ingredients according to volume, weighing only solid materials. When creating he smelled little, instead preferring to take home all manner of trials to be considered later. His perfumed smelling strips he would arrange atop the mantelpiece in the sitting room, noting their evolution throughout the day. 942: 380: 233: 1541: 791: 507:. By then, he was forty-one and the father of three children. While serving he sustained an injury to the head, leaving him blind in one eye, and so returned home. Unable to drive, his wife drove for him. Unable to ride, he abandoned the hunt, instead watching horses from his box at the racetrack. His weekends were spent with his family and dogs on his parents’ estate, the Vallée Coterel, a 275:(1895). In 1897 he assumed joint ownership of his family's company, shared with his brother, Pierre, and father. For two years, Jacques and Pierre exchanged the responsibilities of manager and chief perfumer, until Jacques assumed the latter role in 1899. During this period, Jacques composed several perfumes, including 1642:

Among the many perfumes composed by Guerlain, it is perhaps natural that some are easily mistakable; these are frequently subtle variations of the house's signature 'Guerlinade' rapidly devised for a specific event or celebrity. Yet Guerlain's best creations, often improvements upon the work of his

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René Bacharach describes a lesson learned when visiting the Guerlain factory as a young perfumer; upon presenting one of his best perfumes to Jean-Pierre Guerlain, the latter politely agreed to ask the opinion of his uncle, Jacques Guerlain:

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Guerlain never starts with a blank sheet of paper, but with a blurred filigree of everything they ever built. Then they stretch it this way and that, removing old and adding new features as taste evolves, before bringing it all into soft

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family. One of the most prolific and influential perfumers of the 20th century, over eighty of Guerlain's perfumes remain known, though certain estimates suggest he composed some four hundred. Among his greatest fragrances are

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and was the culmination of four years’ work. Guerlain was fifty years old. Shalimar would become the archetypal ‘oriental’ of perfumery, remaining the house's bestseller well into the 21st century. In the words of perfumer

1577:, autodidactic perfumers who revolutionised early 20th century perfumery, Jacques Guerlain distinguished himself by his shrewd discernment and wary conventionalism, no doubt informed by the weight of family heritage. 1184:, a neighbor with whom Guerlain shared a passion for the performing arts. Together they contributed to a lobby group protecting the interests of the fragrance industry, holding meetings at Guerlain’s offices on the 640: 482:

Jacques Guerlain once said that he had a premonition of the calamity that was about to happen. ‘I couldn’t put it in words,’ he told me. ‘I felt something so intense, I could only express it in a perfume.'

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Reports from the Mediterranean and European Theaters of Operations Received from the Allied Military Government. 1943-1946. A3380. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC. Microfiche.

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I have never had the honour of meeting Jacques Guerlain in person, but he taught me that day, without knowing it, the best of lessons, when Jean-Pierre Guerlain added, 'My uncle said, "It doesn’t smell."'

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in most of his formulae, sometimes in mere trace quantities - imperceptible in and of itself though lending to the overall texture of the perfume. His base notes often consisted of strong artificial

837:. The company’s factory in Bécon-les-Bruyères was destroyed by bombing the following year. Then, as the war drew to a close, Guerlain’s situation worsened when rumours spread of his apparent 393:, released in 1911, referenced a concubine in a sultan's harem, another Oriental subject. Though Guerlain never visited Asia, his fascination with the East led him to collect Oriental art; 605:

To everyone’s surprise, the Japanese crushed – they didn’t just defeat, they crushed – the Russian fleet. The Japanese navy had been created by the British, and most of my compatriots saw

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He continued to work during the last eighteen years of his life, though created little. Increasingly he retreated to his estate in Les Mesnuls, attending to his flowerbeds, orchards and

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Guerlain, Jean-Paul. ‘Plaidoyer pour le parfum, ou letter ouverte aux parfumeurs d’aujourd’hui.’ Archives of the Société Française des Parfumeurs, Versailles. 1980. pg. 11

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Temerson, Henri. Biographies Des Principales Personnalités Françaises Décédées Au Cours De L'année 1963. Paris: Chez L'auteur (boite Postale 144 Paris Xiie), 1968. Print.

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Temerson, Henri. Biographies Des Principales Personnalités Françaises Décédées Au Cours De L'année 1963. Paris: Chez L'auteur (boite Postale 144 Paris Xiie), 1968. Print.

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and when the creation was finished, he chose a bottle – as a painter would choose a frame – and he put the new perfume on sale in the boutique without any further ado.

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Guerlain spoke little of his work and creative process; indeed he was painfully taciturn. When pressed for words of wisdom, Guerlain was known to reply simply:

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even when at least inventive, has always been to reinterpret the fashionable and do it slightly better. Jacques Guerlain famously followed up every one of

208:, Guerlain avoided public attention, never once granting an interview. As a result, relatively little is known of his creative process or personal life. 520: 3336: 3301: 1659:

saying, 'I don’t know if I should repeat my uncle's words. I warned you he's severe.' I begged him to reveal an opinion that interested me greatly.

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contemporaries, are considered unmistakable, even from the model by which they were inspired, unique in their refinement, structure and diffusion.

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Guerlain worked in two laboratories, the first in Bécon-les-Bruyères and complete with gardens, destroyed by bombing in 1943, and the second in

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Irles, Sophie. "Séance thématique - Vie de la collection, les nouveaux trésors de l'Osmothèque". Osmothèque. April 30, 2014. Web. May 7, 2014.

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Guerlain, Jean-Jacques. "Une industrie bien française : La parfumerie." Centre universitaire méditerranéen de Nice, Nice. 1954. Lecture.

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Guerlain, Jean-Jacques. "Une industrie bien française : La parfumerie." Centre universitaire méditerranéen de Nice, Nice. 1954. Lecture.

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Guerlain, Jean-Jacques. "Une industrie bien française : La parfumerie." Centre universitaire méditerranéen de Nice, Nice. 1954. Lecture.

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Guerlain, Jean-Jacques. "Une industrie bien française : La parfumerie." Centre universitaire méditerranéen de Nice, Nice. 1954. Lecture.

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Guerlain, Jean-Jacques. "Une industrie bien française : La parfumerie." Centre universitaire méditerranéen de Nice, Nice. 1954. Lecture.

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Fumaroli, Sébastien. "Daniel et Florence Guerlain : la passion du dessin." Grande Galerie - Le Journal du Louvre 2013: 84-85. Print.

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distinguishes it as a fruity chypre. This confusion is often due to the disappearance of the original model, in the latter's case Coty's

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Reclusive by nature, Guerlain maintained relations with few of his confreres. Contrary to many of his contemporaries, such as Beaux and

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His creative process varied greatly according to the work in question; certain of his formulae are relatively short, including that of

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and violet. Due to affordable synthetics, this accord was popular in mainstream perfumery, though Guerlain's treatment, incorporating

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You sell this product at a shameful price; it smells of almost nothing, but my clients stop liking my perfumes when I put none in.

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Guerlain, though never much of a pioneer, was not without his innovations. Throughout the 1930s, his use of green notes, such as

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Bourgeois, Bernard. "Les Fixateurs Animaux." Société des Amis de l'Osmothèque, Galerie de Nicolaï, Paris. May 14, 2013. Lecture.

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As to further influences, Guerlain was an avid devotee of the arts, lending his patronage to the Society of the Friends of the

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1. Atlas, Michèle, and Alain Monniot. Guerlain: Les Flacons À Parfum Depuis 1828. Toulouse: Éditions Milan, 1997. Print.

941: 626:, has also been interpreted as representing the new post-war woman, contrasted against her pre-war past as rendered in 2172:"Nouvelle manière de parfumer les encres d’imprimerie par M. Jacque Guerlain." Revue de la Papeterie 1894: 588. Print. 1090: 829:, he cultivated fruits and vegetables that he sent to his factory workers. In 1942 Guerlain returned with the perfume 3260: 3045:

Atlas, Michèle, and Alain Monniot. Guerlain: Les Flacons À Parfum Depuis 1828. Toulouse: Éditions Milan, 1997. Print.

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Atlas, Michèle, and Alain Monniot. Guerlain: Les Flacons À Parfum Depuis 1828. Toulouse: Éditions Milan, 1997. Print.

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Atlas, Michèle, and Alain Monniot. Guerlain: Les Flacons À Parfum Depuis 1828. Toulouse: Éditions Milan, 1997. Print.

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Atlas, Michèle, and Alain Monniot. Guerlain: Les Flacons À Parfum Depuis 1828. Toulouse: Éditions Milan, 1997. Print.

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Dominguès, Thomas, Alexis Toublanc. Episode 12 – Patte(s) Guerlain. Saga Guerlain. AuParfum.com. 3 Sept. 2014. Web.

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Dominguès, Thomas, Alexis Toublanc. Episode 12 – Patte(s) Guerlain. Saga Guerlain. AuParfum.com. 3 Sept. 2014. Web.

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European Masters of the Eighteenth Century: Winter Exhibition 1954-5. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1954. Print.

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European Masters of the Eighteenth Century: Winter Exhibition 1954-5. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1954. Print.

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Guerlain archives (villa and factory). Musée municipal d'art et d'histoire de Colombes, Colombes. 17 April 2014.

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on 2 May 1963 at the age of 88. Though he was not a practising Catholic, his funeral was held at the Church of

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Jacques Guerlain, the second child of Gabriel and Clarisse Guerlain, was born in 1874 in the family villa in

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Davy, Sir Humphry. The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy. London: Smith, Elder & Company, 1897. Print.

1360: 1150: 725:. That year, Jacques Guerlain's father, Gabriel, by whose side he had long worked, died at the age of 92 in 414: 515:. There in 1916 his mother, Clarisse, died at the age of 68. Guerlain released one perfume during the war, 2937:

Thomsen, Ulrik. "Jacques Guerlain: the untold stories." Monsieur Guerlain. 7 Jun. 2014. Web. 4 Jan. 2015.

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Thomsen, Ulrik. "Jacques Guerlain: the untold stories." Monsieur Guerlain. 7 Jun. 2014. Web. 4 Jan. 2015.

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Thomsen, Ulrik. "Jacques Guerlain: the untold stories." Monsieur Guerlain. 7 Jun. 2014. Web. 4 Jan. 2015.

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Thomsen, Ulrik. "Jacques Guerlain: the untold stories." Monsieur Guerlain. 7 Jun. 2014. Web. 4 Jan. 2015.

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Thomsen, Ulrik. "Jacques Guerlain: the untold stories." Monsieur Guerlain. 7 Jun. 2014. Web. 4 Jan. 2015.

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Thomsen, Ulrik. "Jacques Guerlain: the untold stories." Monsieur Guerlain. 7 Jun. 2014. Web. 4 Jan. 2015.

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Thomsen, Ulrik. "Jacques Guerlain: the untold stories." Monsieur Guerlain. 7 Jun. 2014. Web. 4 Jan. 2015.

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Thomsen, Ulrik. "Jacques Guerlain: the untold stories." Monsieur Guerlain. 7 Jun. 2014. Web. 4 Jan. 2015.

1609: 566: 311:(created in perfumery via synthesis), a common accord in Guerlain's oeuvre. This was followed by a pair, 2838:

Van Gogh Museum: a decade of collecting : Acquisitions 1997-2006. Amsterdam: Waanders, 2006. Print.

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Van Gogh Museum: a decade of collecting : Acquisitions 1997-2006. Amsterdam: Waanders, 2006. Print.

1403: 1169:. He was a devoted reader of crime fiction, though this is not reflected in the naming of his perfumes. 529: 379: 204:(1925). Though his work earned him universal renown, a considerable fortune and honours such as that of 3234:

Nicolaï, Patricia de. "François Coty, Jacques Guerlain." Osmothèque, Versailles. Oct 12, 2013. Lecture.

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Feydeau, Élisabeth de. Les Parfums: Histoire, Anthologie, Dictionnaire. Paris: R. Laffont, 2011. Print.

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Nicolaï, Patricia de. "François Coty, Jacques Guerlain." Osmothèque, Versailles. Oct 12, 2013. Lecture.

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Sotheby’s: Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale - 06 Nov 2013. New York: Sotheby’s, 2013. Print.

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Nicolaï, Patricia de. "François Coty, Jacques Guerlain." Osmothèque, Versailles. Oct 12, 2013. Lecture.

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Feydeau, Élisabeth de. Les Parfums: Histoire, Anthologie, Dictionnaire. Paris: R. Laffont, 2011. Print.

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Feydeau, Élisabeth de. Les Parfums: Histoire, Anthologie, Dictionnaire. Paris: R. Laffont, 2011. Print.

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Feydeau, Élisabeth de. Les Parfums: Histoire, Anthologie, Dictionnaire. Paris: R. Laffont, 2011. Print.

652: 888:, is a conventional floral in tribute to his gardens, though it bears a resemblance to Henri Alméras’ 3291: 3286: 1256: 1252: 1185: 1173: 1004: 713: 496:. It was sold in a turtle-shaped bottle allegedly referencing the boutique's tortoiselike architect, 2271:

Beaux, Ernest. "Souvenirs d’un parfumeur." Industrie de la Parfumerie 1.7 Oct. 1946: 228-231. Print.

1429: 1419: 1208:, building upon the latter’s ambery, herbal signature accord, termed 'Guerlinade'. Turin continues: 3117:

Edwards, Michael. Perfume Legends: French Feminine Fragrances. Levallois: HM Éditions, 1996. Print.

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Edwards, Michael. Perfume Legends: French Feminine Fragrances. Levallois: HM Éditions, 1996. Print.

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Edwards, Michael. Perfume Legends: French Feminine Fragrances. Levallois: HM Éditions, 1996. Print.

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Edwards, Michael. Perfume Legends: French Feminine Fragrances. Levallois: HM Éditions, 1996. Print.

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Edwards, Michael. Perfume Legends: French Feminine Fragrances. Levallois: HM Éditions, 1996. Print.

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Edwards, Michael. Perfume Legends: French Feminine Fragrances. Levallois: HM Éditions, 1996. Print.

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Edwards, Michael. Perfume Legends: French Feminine Fragrances. Levallois: HM Éditions, 1996. Print.

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Edwards, Michael. Perfume Legends: French Feminine Fragrances. Levallois: HM Éditions, 1996. Print.

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Jacques Guerlain emblematised taste, refinement, education, ambiance and a love of dogs and horses,

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Acquisitions: Art Gallery of New South Wales. Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1967. Print.

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Le Guérer, Annick, and Louarn Michel. Si Le Parfum M'était Conté. Paris: Garde-Temps, 2009. Print.

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Billot, Marcel. "La chronique du parfumeur." Parfumerie, Cosmétique, Savons May 1967: 201. Print.

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Roubert, Vincent. "Le Parfum des Souvenirs." Industrie de la Parfumerie May 1947: 151-155. Print.

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Sotheby’s: Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale – 23 Jun 2011. London: Sotheby’s, 2011. Print.

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40. Baillio, Joseph. The Wild Kingdom of Antoine-Louis Barye. New York: Wildenstein, 1994. Print.

2046: 2026: 2016: 1956: 1867: 1590: 1424: 1316: 999: 946: 885: 635: 600: 582: 546: 471: 435: 200: 134: 1558: 1411: 1204:, Guerlain favoured a rich, sweetish palette developed from that of his uncle and predecessor, 1034: 1003:(1925); Guerlain likely admired Coty (his exact contemporary), especially for his use of novel 3243:

Bacharach, René. "Une heure avec Guerlain." Industrie de la Parfumerie Sept. 1948: 292. Print.

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Bacharach, René. "Une heure avec Guerlain." Industrie de la Parfumerie Sept. 1948: 292. Print.

1181: 1138: 782: 570: 410: 256: 2487:"Shalimar, la première senteur orientale" Journal des Femmes. Dec 19, 2005. Web. May 7, 2014. 895:

In 1956 Guerlain reluctantly agreed to be photographed in his laboratory and country home by

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on the subject of various essential oils. Meanwhile, he composed his earliest works such as

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Billot, Marcel. "La chronique du parfumeur." Parfumerie, Cosmétique, Savons. 7.4 Apr. 1964.

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For a modern generation, several of Guerlain's perfumes have become models of their genre;

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Guerlain's faithful muse, it is said, was his wife, Andrée, affectionately nicknamed Lili.

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Généalogies Guerlain. 2011. Association Artistique de la Banque de France, Paris. Print.

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Généalogies Guerlain. 2011. Association Artistique de la Banque de France, Paris. Print.

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and would remain with the bank as either a member or advisor for the next twenty years.

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a genius who knew to be of his time while living nonetheless in keeping with tradition.

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Weissert, Olga Grimm. "Eine besondere Spezialität" Handelsblatt Nov. 12, 2011. Print.

2031: 1965: 1487: 1372: 1244: 1180:", to quote Jean-Jacques Guerlain. He did, however, enjoy a friendship with perfumer 1166: 1122: 1118: 734: 644: 610: 524: 443: 344:. Their first child, Jean-Jacques, was born the following year, as Guerlain finished 329: 308: 212: 3180:

Turin, Luca, and Tania Sanchez. Perfumes: The Guide. New York: Viking, 2008. Print.

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Turin, Luca, and Tania Sanchez. Perfumes: The Guide. New York: Viking, 2008. Print.

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Turin, Luca, and Tania Sanchez. Perfumes: The Guide. New York: Viking, 2008. Print.

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Turin, Luca, and Tania Sanchez. Perfumes: The Guide. New York: Viking, 2008. Print.

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there is in there, we could have barely made a sorbet. Guerlain, he, made a marvel!

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Guerlain, Jean-Paul. La route de mes parfums. Paris: Le Cherche Midi, 2010. Print.

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Guerlain, Jean-Paul. La route de mes parfums. Paris: Le Cherche Midi, 2010. Print.

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Guerlain, Jean-Paul. La route de mes parfums. Paris: Le Cherche Midi, 2010. Print.

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Turin, Luca. "Duftnote: Guerlain’s Biogenetic Law." NZZ Folio Oct. 1, 2006. Print.

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Guerlain, Jean-Paul. La route de mes parfums. Paris: Le Cherche Midi, 2010. Print.

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One always creates perfumes for the woman with whom one lives and whom one loves.

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with whom he signed an exclusivity agreement for certain novel molecules used in

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Rosenberg, Pierre. Fragonard. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988. Print.

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Thierry Wasser: Jacques Guerlain. Videos Patrimoine. Guerlain. 4 Jan. 2015. Web.

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china featured in his ever-expanding collection decorating his apartment by the

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the greatest example of the blending of aroma chemicals with natural products.

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Buisson, Ferdinand. Dictionnaire de pédagogie. Paris: Hachette, 1911. Print.

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two days later. He was buried alongside his son, Pierre, and father in the

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Pierre, Marcel, Jean-Jacques and Jacques Guerlain at the Vallée Coterel,

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Turin, Luca. "Idylle." Style, The Sunday Times November 22, 2009. Print.

2289:"Très importante fontaine de table…" Galerie J. Kugel. Web. May 7, 2014. 910:, released in 1962, that Jacques Guerlain found himself incapacitated. " 2577:"Historique." Haras de la Reboursière et de Montaigu. Web. May 7, 2014. 2541:"Historique." Haras de la Reboursière et de Montaigu. Web. May 7, 2014. 2036: 1336: 1284: 1276: 1260: 1029:(1921). Guerlain and Beaux respected one another mutually; referencing 700:

floral. In 1932 Guerlain became a member of the audit committee of the

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Weriguine, Constantin. Souvenirs et Parfums. Paris: Plon, 1965. Print.

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Van Riesen Burgh, Bernard II. Commode. Decorative Arts, Louvre, Paris.

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Weakened by a fall that fractured his femur, Jacques Guerlain died in

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Guerlain archives. Obituary: "Une grande figure disparait." May 1963.

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As an independent perfumer, Guerlain enjoyed total creative freedom.

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at 22 Rue Murillo. An aesthete of diverse tastes, Guerlain purchased

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Guerlain continued to push boundaries, the following year releasing

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Colnaghi: Old Master Paintings 2007. London: Colnaghi, 2007. Print.

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7. Passy Cemetery (Paris), Guerlain family mausoleum. Apr. 2, 2014.

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Many of his major works are archived in their original form at the

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Certain materials are ubiquitous in Guerlain’s work: high quality

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Shiftan, Ernest. "Review of the History of Perfumes." circa 1973.

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International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts

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My grandfather would often tell me the story of how the might of

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Passy Cemetery (Paris), Guerlain family mausoleum. Apr. 2, 2014.

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Passy Cemetery (Paris), Guerlain family mausoleum. Apr. 2, 2014.

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Passy Cemetery (Paris), Guerlain family mausoleum. Apr. 2, 2014.

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Passy Cemetery (Paris), Guerlain family mausoleum. Apr. 2, 2014.

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to create a distinctive leather accord. He was also a friend of

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Arif, Omer. "Hommage à Ernest Beaux." March 17, 1977. Lecture.

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Beaux, Gilberte. Une femme libre. Paris: Fayard, 2006. Print.

2424:"Guerlain." Architectural Digest. Vol. 56, Issues 7-9 . 1999. 1447:

Jacques Guerlain worked like a portrait painter at his easel,

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On the eve of the outbreak of World War I, Guerlain released

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Dove, Roja. The Essence of Perfume. London: Black Dog, 2008

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Monet, Claude. The Magpie. Painting. Musée d'Orsay, Paris.

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Monet, Claude. The Magpie. Painting. Musée d'Orsay, Paris.

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Robert, Guy. Les Sens Du Parfum. Paris: OEM, 2000. Print.

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Robert, Guy. Les Sens Du Parfum. Paris: OEM, 2000. Print.

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Robert, Guy. Les Sens Du Parfum. Paris: OEM, 2000. Print.

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Robert, Guy. Les Sens Du Parfum. Paris: OEM, 2000. Print.

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Robert, Guy. Les Sens Du Parfum. Paris: OEM, 2000. Print.

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Robert, Guy. Les Sens Du Parfum. Paris: OEM, 2000. Print.

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Guerlain. Air France Revue. Year 20, No. 21. 1956. Print.

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Robert, Guy. Les Sens Du Parfum. Paris: OEM, 2000. Print.

1490:, provided by Justin Dupont, into a flask of his uncle's 729:. Guerlain inherited the country estate and his father's 295:

in 1900, Jacques Guerlain presented the leathery floral

3081:

Fellous, Colette. Guerlain. Paris: Denoël, 1987. Print.

3054:

Fellous, Colette. Guerlain. Paris: Denoël, 1987. Print.

2244:

Fellous, Colette. Guerlain. Paris: Denoël, 1987. Print.

372:, was considered exemplary by many, including perfumer 1561:, former president of the French Society of Perfumers. 1496:(1889), thereby striking upon the initial concept for 3162: