# Jicky

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{{short description|Guerlain perfume}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox fragrance
| name          = Jicky
| image         = Guerlain - Jicky (1889).jpg
| image_size    = 250px
| image_alt     = 
| caption       = 
| endorsed_by   = [Guerlain](/source/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](/source/Guerlain)
| perfumer      = Aimé Guerlain
| concentration = [Parfum](/source/Perfume), [Eau de Parfum](/source/Perfume)
| tagline       = 
| flankers      = 
| predecessor   = 
| successor     = 
| url           = [https://www.guerlain.com/uk/en-uk/p/les-legendaires-jicky---eau-de-parfum-P014315.html Jicky]
}}
'''Jicky''' is a [perfume](/source/perfume) originally created by Aimé Guerlain in 1889 for French perfume and cosmetics house [Guerlain](/source/Guerlain). Introduced in 1889, it is the oldest continuously produced perfume in the world.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== History ==
Jicky was one of the first perfumes created with the addition of [synthetic materials](/source/aroma_compounds),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jicky |url=http://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Guerlain/Jicky-103.html |website=Fragrantica |language=en-US |access-date=21 November 2014}}</ref> and was the first abstract perfume in [history](/source/History_of_perfume), meaning it is not based on a single [note](/source/Note_(perfumery)).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jicky |url=http://www.basenotes.net/ID26120870.html |website=Base Notes |access-date=21 November 2014}}</ref> Its [perfume note](/source/perfume_note)s include: [spice](/source/spice), [lemon](/source/lemon),  [lavender](/source/lavender), [wood](/source/wood) and [vanilla](/source/ethylvanillin). Its stopper is shaped like a [champagne](/source/champagne) [cork](/source/Cork_(plug)).<ref>{{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 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031845/http://www.neimanmarcus.com/Guerlain-Jicky-Parfum/prod45510053/p.prod |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

Jicky was featured in the exhibition, The Art of Scent 1889–2012, curated by [Chandler Burr](/source/Chandler_Burr) at the [Museum of Arts and Design](/source/Museum_of_Arts_and_Design), New York.<ref>{{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}}</ref> This exhibition tracks the evolution and major innovations in scent design, since the dawn of the synthetic aroma compound in the late nineteenth century.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Each of the scents in the exhibition is aligned to a historical art movements, with Jicky aligned with [romanticism](/source/romanticism) to reflect the emerging [bourgeois French society.](/source/Bourgeoisie)<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [Mitsouko](/source/Mitsouko_(perfume)), created by [perfumer](/source/perfumer) [Jacques Guerlain](/source/Jacques_Guerlain) in 1919
* [Shalimar](/source/Shalimar_(perfume)), the flagship fragrance of perfume house Guerlain, created by [Jacques Guerlain](/source/Jacques_Guerlain) in 1921

== References ==
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{{Perfume}}

Category:Perfumes
Category:Products introduced in 1889
Category:Culture of France
Category:Culture of Paris
Category:History of cosmetics
Category:19th-century perfumes

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