Jacomo
Quiet Parisian classics, kept in print.
Jacomo Paris began in 1961 when James Kaplan, an American, and Gérard Courtin, a French former pianist, opened a leather boutique on Fifth Avenue in New York. The Paris atelier followed in 1970, and Courtin moved to Grasse to develop the perfumery side of the business in collaboration with local houses. The name itself is a portmanteau — Ja for James, co for Courtin, mo for melody. Jacomo's signature works belong to the late 1970s and 1980s: Silences (1978), an austere green floral by Jean-Louis Sieuzac, and Jacomo de Jacomo (1980), a dry leathery masculine that still has a quiet following. The brand sits in the accessible-prestige space and is currently licensed under the Vabel Group, which has continued to issue new flankers while keeping the heritage fragrances in production.
DNA over time
Each column is an era. Each colored band shows that family’s share of accord weight across every perfume the house released in that window. Bigger band = the house leaned harder on that family.
