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Guerlain

Guerlain (French pronunciation: [ɡɛʁlɛ̃]) is a French perfume, cosmetics, and skincare house which is among the oldest in the world. Many traditional Guerlain fragrances are characterized by a common olfactory accord known as the "Guerlinade".[1]

Company type

Subsidiary

Cosmetics

1828 (192 years ago)

Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain

Paris
,
France
  • Perfumes
  • Cosmetics
  • Skin care
  • Hair care

Increase €402.2 million (2012)

LVMH

guerlain.com

The house was founded in Paris in 1828 by the perfumer Pierre-François Pascal Guerlain. It was run by the Guerlain family until 1994, when it was bought by the French multinational company LVMH.


Its flagship store is 68, Avenue des Champs-Elysées in Paris.[2]

Collectif, Dictionnaire des parfums - 10e édition 1990–1991, Sermadiras, 1990

Stamelman, R: "Perfume – Joy, Scandal, Sin. A cultural history of fragrance from 1750 to the present day", Rizzoli, 2006

"Le roman des Guerlain Parfumeurs de Paris", Flammarion, 2017, 363 p. (lire en ligne)

Élisabeth de Feydeau

Pierre-Roland Saint-Dizier (scénario), Li-An (dessin), "Guerlain, Le prince des parfums, 1ère époque, Pierre-François-Pascal (1798/1864)", bande dessinée, Glénat, 2018

Laurence Benaïm, "Paris, capitale de Guerlain", Flammarion, 2021

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Official website

owner of Guerlain

Corporate webpage of LVMH