Jicky
{{short description|Guerlain perfume}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox fragrance
| name = Jicky
| image = Guerlain - Jicky (1889).jpg
| image_size = 250px
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| caption =
| endorsed_by = Guerlain
| category = Amber (Oriental) Fougère
| designed_for = Unisex
| notes =
| top_note = {{hlist|Bergamot|Lavender}}
| heart_note = {{hlist|Jasmine|Rose}}
| base_note = {{hlist|Vanilla||Tonka Bean|Resins}}
| released = {{Start date and age|1889}}
| label = Guerlain
| perfumer = Aimé Guerlain
| concentration = Parfum, Eau de Parfum
| tagline =
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| successor =
| url = [https://www.guerlain.com/uk/en-uk/p/les-legendaires-jicky---eau-de-parfum-P014315.html Jicky]
}}
Jicky is a perfume originally created by Aimé Guerlain in 1889 for French perfume and cosmetics house Guerlain. Introduced in 1889, it is the oldest continuously produced perfume in the world.{{cite book |last1=Turin |first1=Luca |last2=Sanchez |first2=Tania |year=2008 |title=Perfumes: The A-Z Guide |location=London |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-670-01865-9}}
History
Jicky was one of the first perfumes created with the addition of synthetic materials,{{Cite web |title=Jicky |url=http://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Guerlain/Jicky-103.html |website=Fragrantica |language=en-US |access-date=21 November 2014}} and was the first abstract perfume in history, meaning it is not based on a single note.{{Cite web |title=Jicky |url=http://www.basenotes.net/ID26120870.html |website=Base Notes |access-date=21 November 2014}} Its perfume notes include: spice, lemon, lavender, wood and vanilla. Its stopper is shaped like a champagne cork.{{Cite web |title=Jicky |url=http://www.neimanmarcus.com/Guerlain-Jicky-Parfum/prod45510053/p.prod |website=Neiman Marcus |language=en-US |access-date=21 November 2014}}
Jicky was the nickname of Aimé Guerlain's nephew, Jacques Guerlain, and according to legend, was also the pet name of Aimé's girlfriend from his time studying in England.{{Cite web |title=Jicky by Guerlain |url=http://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Guerlain/Jicky-103.html |website=Fragrantica |language=en-US |access-date=November 23, 2022}}
Jicky was featured in the exhibition, The Art of Scent 1889–2012, curated by Chandler Burr at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York.{{Cite web |title=the art of scent |url=https://chandlerburr.com/the-art-of-scent/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=chandler burr |language=en-US}} This exhibition tracks the evolution and major innovations in scent design, since the dawn of the synthetic aroma compound in the late nineteenth century.{{Cite web |title=The Art of Scent: 1889 - 2012 |url=https://madmuseum.org/exhibition/art-scent |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Museum of Art and Design |language=en}} Each of the scents in the exhibition is aligned to a historical art movements, with Jicky aligned with romanticism to reflect the emerging bourgeois French society.{{Cite journal |last=Spayde |first=J |date=2020 |title='The Craft of Scent' |journal=American Craft |volume=80 |issue=4 |pages=34–41 |via=ebscohost}}
See also
- Mitsouko, created by perfumer Jacques Guerlain in 1919
- Shalimar, the flagship fragrance of perfume house Guerlain, created by Jacques Guerlain in 1921