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Guerlain

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.

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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.

The record

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Name
Guerlain
documented

Guerlain est désormais une marque de la branche Parfums et Cosmétiques de LVMH

BNF-GUERLAIN · Bibliothèque nationale de France · read 2026-10-08

confidence A

Kind
fragrance house
house classification

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

the grouping on /houses: what the firm was chiefly known for in the sources read

confidence B

Founded
1828 (year)
documented

firm founded by Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain in 1828

LOC-GUERLAIN · Library of Congress · read 2026-10-08
BNF-GUERLAIN · Bibliothèque nationale de France · read 2026-10-08

confidence A

Founders
Places
  • Paris, 42 rue de Rivoli (founded in)
    documented

    in the heart of Paris, at 42, rue de Rivoli

    LVMH-GUERLAIN · LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton · read 2026-10-08

    confidence B

Documented work
  • Eau de Cologne Impériale · for the marriage of Napoleon III and the Empress Eugénie
    documented

    in 1853, for the marriage of Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie, Pierre-François-Pascal created his Eau de Cologne Impériale

    LVMH-GUERLAIN · LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton · read 2026-10-08

    confidence B

  • Jicky · by Aimé Guerlain
    documented

    Jicky GUERLAIN 1889 EXT Fougère Fougère Aimé Guerlain

    OSMO-1 · Osmothèque, Conservatoire international des parfums · read 2026-09-30

    confidence A

  • L'Heure Bleue · by Jacques Guerlain, 1912
    documented

    In 1912, Jacques Guerlain was captivated by the particular light he saw from the Pont-Neuf in Paris.

    LVMH-HEUREBLEUE · LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton · read 2026-10-08

    confidence B

  • Mitsouko · by Jacques Guerlain
    documented

    Mitsouko GUERLAIN 1919 EXT Chypré Fruité Jacques Guerlain

    OSMO-1 · Osmothèque, Conservatoire international des parfums · read 2026-09-30

    confidence A

  • Shalimar · in a Baccarat crystal bottle
    documented

    sealed in its luxurious Baccarat crystal bottle: Shalimar

    LVMH-GUERLAIN · LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton · read 2026-10-08

    confidence B

  • Aimé Guerlain · presided over the Chambre syndicale de la parfumerie française, 1890–1896
    documented

    A. Guerlain, de 1890 à 1896

    PFAP-1925 · La parfumerie française et l’art dans la présentation · read 2026-10-08

    confidence B

What it became
  • acquired by the LVMH group (1994)
    documented

    Suite au rachat par le groupe LVMH en 1994

    BNF-GUERLAIN · Bibliothèque nationale de France · read 2026-10-08

    confidence A

Today
a brand of LVMH’s perfumes and cosmetics branch; an active company in Paris (French register) (checked 2026-10-08)
documented

Guerlain est désormais une marque de la branche Parfums et Cosmétiques de LVMH

BNF-GUERLAIN · Bibliothèque nationale de France · read 2026-10-08
REG-GUERLAIN · Insee and DINUM · read 2026-10-08

confidence A

Wikidata
Q1553251
documented

"qid": "Q1553251"

WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) · read 2026-09-30

the Wikidata item read for this house (its English label: Guerlain)

confidence A

In history

Sources

  1. BNF-GUERLAIN · Bibliothèque nationale de France. Authority record ark:/12148/cb120704438: Guerlain. catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb120704438 · read 2026-10-08 · Licence Ouverte de l'État (Etalab) — BnF descriptive and authority metadata
  2. LOC-GUERLAIN · Library of Congress. Name Authority File n88652821: Guerlain (Firm). id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88652821 · read 2026-10-08 · no licence stated (Library of Congress authority record) (quoted, not reproduced)
  3. LVMH-GUERLAIN · LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. “Guerlain - LVMH (Maison page)”, the company’s own account. www.lvmh.com/en/our-maisons/perfumes-cosmetics/g… · read 2026-10-08 · no licence stated (all rights reserved; consultation and personal use only) (quoted, not reproduced)
  4. LVMH-HEUREBLEUE · LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. “Guerlain revisits an icon: L’Heure Bleue - LVMH (news)”, the company’s own account. www.lvmh.com/en/news-lvmh/guerlain-revisits-an-i… · read 2026-10-08 · no licence stated (all rights reserved; consultation and personal use only) (quoted, not reproduced)
  5. OSMO-1 · Osmothèque, Conservatoire international des parfums. Collection Osmothèque, juin 2015 (PDF list: name, house, launch year, concentration, family, sub-family, perfumers). www.osmotheque.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Col… · read 2026-09-30 · no reuse licence stated; short quotes and single facts only, under fair use (quoted, not reproduced)
  6. PFAP-1925 · La parfumerie française et l’art dans la présentation. Paris: La Revue des marques de la parfumerie et de la savonnerie, 1925 (the houses’ own notices, with essays on the trade). Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de santé (Paris) copy, Internet Archive item BIUSante_pharma_res008536. archive.org/details/BIUSante_pharma_res008536 · read 2026-10-08 · Licence ouverte / Open licence Etalab (the rights statement of the BIU Santé digitisation, as the Internet Archive item states it)
  7. REG-GUERLAIN · Insee and DINUM. The Sirene company register, read through the Annuaire des Entreprises API (recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr): GUERLAIN, SIREN 582022265. recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr/search?q=58202… · read 2026-10-08 · Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab), as stated on the API page at data.gouv.fr
  8. WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation): the items named on each record (each statement read with its references), read 2026-09-30. www.wikidata.org · read 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0

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