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 "id": "guerlain",
 "type": "House",
 "version": 1,
 "updated": "2026-10-08",
 "station": 12,
 "confidence": "B",
 "sources": [
  "BNF-GUERLAIN",
  "LOC-GUERLAIN",
  "LVMH-GUERLAIN",
  "LVMH-HEUREBLEUE",
  "OSMO-1",
  "PFAP-1925",
  "REG-GUERLAIN",
  "WD-1"
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 "name": {
  "value": "Guerlain",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "BNF-GUERLAIN",
  "where": "reports/plan-steps/houses/filed/BNF-GUERLAIN.txt:7",
  "quote": "Guerlain est désormais une marque de la branche Parfums et Cosmétiques de LVMH",
  "confidence": "A",
  "note": null
 },
 "record_names": [
  "Guerlain"
 ],
 "kind": "fragrance house",
 "founded": {
  "value": "1828",
  "precision": "year",
  "year": 1828,
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "LOC-GUERLAIN",
  "sources": [
   "BNF-GUERLAIN"
  ],
  "where": "reports/plan-steps/houses/filed/LOC-GUERLAIN.txt:7",
  "quote": "firm founded by Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain in 1828",
  "confidence": "A",
  "note": null
 },
 "founders": [
  {
   "name": "Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain",
   "perfumer": "pierre-francois-pascal-guerlain",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "LOC-GUERLAIN",
   "where": "reports/plan-steps/houses/filed/LOC-GUERLAIN.txt:7",
   "quote": "firm founded by Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain in 1828",
   "confidence": "A",
   "note": null
  }
 ],
 "places": [
  {
   "place": "Paris, 42 rue de Rivoli",
   "role": "founded in",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "LVMH-GUERLAIN",
   "where": "reports/plan-steps/houses/filed/LVMH-GUERLAIN.txt:7",
   "quote": "in the heart of Paris, at 42, rue de Rivoli",
   "confidence": "B",
   "note": null
  }
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 "notable": [
  {
   "what": "for the marriage of Napoleon III and the Empress Eugénie",
   "fragrance": "eau-de-cologne-imperiale",
   "year": 1853,
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "LVMH-GUERLAIN",
   "where": "reports/plan-steps/houses/filed/LVMH-GUERLAIN.txt:8",
   "quote": "in 1853, for the marriage of Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie, Pierre-François-Pascal created his Eau de Cologne Impériale",
   "confidence": "B",
   "note": null
  },
  {
   "what": "by Aimé Guerlain",
   "fragrance": "jicky",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "OSMO-1",
   "where": "docs/sources/OSMO-1-osmotheque-collection-2015.md:23",
   "quote": "Jicky GUERLAIN 1889 EXT Fougère Fougère Aimé Guerlain",
   "confidence": "A",
   "note": null
  },
  {
   "what": "by Jacques Guerlain, 1912",
   "fragrance": "lheure-bleue",
   "year": 1912,
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "LVMH-HEUREBLEUE",
   "where": "reports/plan-steps/houses/filed/LVMH-HEUREBLEUE.txt:7",
   "quote": "In 1912, Jacques Guerlain was captivated by the particular light he saw from the Pont-Neuf in Paris.",
   "confidence": "B",
   "note": null
  },
  {
   "what": "by Jacques Guerlain",
   "fragrance": "mitsouko",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "OSMO-1",
   "where": "docs/sources/OSMO-1-osmotheque-collection-2015.md:38",
   "quote": "Mitsouko GUERLAIN 1919 EXT Chypré Fruité Jacques Guerlain",
   "confidence": "A",
   "note": null
  },
  {
   "what": "in a Baccarat crystal bottle",
   "fragrance": "shalimar",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "LVMH-GUERLAIN",
   "where": "reports/plan-steps/houses/filed/LVMH-GUERLAIN.txt:9",
   "quote": "sealed in its luxurious Baccarat crystal bottle: Shalimar",
   "confidence": "B",
   "note": null
  },
  {
   "what": "presided over the Chambre syndicale de la parfumerie française, 1890–1896",
   "perfumer": "aime-guerlain",
   "year": 1890,
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "PFAP-1925",
   "where": "reports/plan-steps/houses/filed/PFAP-1925.txt:12",
   "quote": "A. Guerlain, de 1890 à 1896",
   "confidence": "B",
   "note": null
  }
 ],
 "lineage": [
  {
   "relation": "acquired by",
   "name": "the LVMH group (1994)",
   "year": 1994,
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "BNF-GUERLAIN",
   "where": "reports/plan-steps/houses/filed/BNF-GUERLAIN.txt:9",
   "quote": "Suite au rachat par le groupe LVMH en 1994",
   "confidence": "A",
   "note": null
  }
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 "status": {
  "value": "a brand of LVMH’s perfumes and cosmetics branch; an active company in Paris (French register)",
  "as_of": "2026-10-08",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "BNF-GUERLAIN",
  "sources": [
   "REG-GUERLAIN"
  ],
  "where": "reports/plan-steps/houses/filed/BNF-GUERLAIN.txt:7",
  "quote": "Guerlain est désormais une marque de la branche Parfums et Cosmétiques de LVMH",
  "confidence": "A",
  "note": null
 },
 "notice": "Radler Parfums is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Guerlain. Names and marks belong to their owners; this page is a historical note.",
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 ],
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 "copy": {
  "lede": "A Paris perfume house founded in 1828 by Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain, rue de Rivoli; the house of Jicky, L’Heure Bleue, Mitsouko and Shalimar among this site’s records, and part of LVMH since 1994.",
  "body": [
   "Its Eau de Cologne Impériale of 1853 was made for the marriage of Napoleon III. Aimé Guerlain urged the Paris perfumers to form their trade body in 1890 and chaired it until 1896, by the account of 1925."
  ]
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