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jean-paul guerlain — perfumer · Sillage

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jean-paul guerlain

Perfumer

jean-paul guerlain

Composer of 51 perfumes across the library.

Credits51 perfumes

Houses1

Avg rating4.5 / 5

Reviews58.0k

SignatureFloral

Houses worked for

Guerlain51

Signature families

Floral21%
Gourmand13%
Spicy9%

Timeline

Releases

Guerlain Chant d'Aromes

Habit Rouge Eau de Cologne

Habit Rouge Eau de Parfum

Catalog · 51

All compositions

van·flo·amb·woo

Guerlain · 1991

Samsara Guerlain 1991 Eau de Toilette

Lemon and bergamot lift a creamy ylang-peach opening — citrus that reads as garnish, not subject.

mos·lav·cit·sof

Guerlain · 1992

Héritage Guerlain 1992 Eau de Parfum

Héritage Eau de Parfum is the richer version of Guerlain's 1992 aromatic fougère, adding density to an already layered composition.

Habit Rouge Eau de Toilette

Guerlain

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Chamade Extract

Nahéma Extract

Jardins de Bagatelle

Derby (Vintage)

Samsara Extrait

Samsara Eau de Toilette

Samsara Eau de Parfum

Samsara Guerlain 1991 Eau de Toilette

Héritage Guerlain 1992 Eau de Parfum

Heritage Eau de Toilette

Heritage Eau de Parfum

Champs Elysees Extract

Aqua Allegoria Herba Fresca

Aqua Allegoria Pamplelune

Metallica (Metalys)

Philtre d'Amour

Aqua Allegoria Flora Nerolia

Aroma Allegoria Aromaparfum Apaisant

Habit Rouge Guerlain 2003 Eau de Parfum

Aqua Allegoria Foliflora

Vetiver Frozen Fragrance

Vetiver Eau Glacee

Vetiver Pour Elle

Aqua Allegoria Mentafollia

Plus Que Jamais

Aqua Allegoria Orange Magnifica

Aqua Allegoria Tutti Kiwi

Spiritueuse Double Vanille

Aqua Allegoria Angelique Lilas

Les Secrets de Sophie

Arsène Lupin Arsène Lupin Dandy

Arsene Lupin Dandy

Arsene Lupin Voyou Eau de Parfum

Le Bolshoi 2011 Edition Limitee

Le Bolshoi Saison 2012 La Traviata

Épices Volées

2003 · edp

van·lea·oud·cit

Guerlain · 2003

Habit Rouge Guerlain 2003 Eau de Parfum

Habit Rouge's 2003 EDP deepens the 1965 original's citrus-oriental structure with a heavier base: leather and oud join vanilla and patchouli, giving the familiar citrus opening a darker foundation to land on.

smo·woo·bal·sof

Guerlain · 2010

Arsène Lupin Arsène Lupin Dandy

Arsène Lupin Dandy belongs to Guerlain's L'Art & La Matière tier — niche concentration, smaller bottles, denser texture.

whi·flo·woo·swe

Mahora Extrait de Parfum

Orange arrives first, bright and slightly candied, but is almost instantly swallowed by a tidal wave of tuberose that dominates the heart with its creamy, rubber-sweet intensity.

amb·gre·flo·bal

Guerlain · 1969

Chamade Extract

Bergamot lifts the opening with a cool, green-edged brightness, rose and jasmine surfacing almost immediately.

cit·amb·woo·war

Guerlain · 1965

Habit Rouge Eau de Cologne

A burst of citrus from lime, lemon, and bergamot opens with a sharp, refreshing brightness that is quickly tempered by herbal basil.

woo·flo·iri·van

Guerlain · 1989

Samsara Extrait

Samsara Extrait is the concentration that settles the argument: Jean-Paul Guerlain's 1989 sandalwood-jasmine opus in its fullest, most unhurried form.

mos·lea·ear·pat

Guerlain · 1985

Derby (Vintage)

Mint arrives first — clean and cooling, with lemon and bergamot providing a bright, barbershop-adjacent freshness.

flo·pow·sof·woo

Guerlain · 2005

Plus Que Jamais

Neroli and ylang-ylang open bright and creamy, the bergamot adding a citrus lift that keeps the white florals from turning syrupy.

van·flo·fre·pow

Guerlain · 1996

Champs Elysees Extract

A bright, fruit-led opening — peach and black currant with a green-anise edge — hands off to a powdery floral heart where mimosa, violet and lily-of-the-valley do most of the work.

woo·lav·ros·mos

Guerlain · 1992

Heritage Eau de Toilette

Héritage opens with a bright spray of citrus and lavender that quickly softens into something warmer and more textured.

cit·fre·aro·woo

Guerlain · 2004

Vetiver Frozen Fragrance

Lime and bergamot open with a sharp citrus burst that quickly settles into a crisp aromatic freshness.

flo·ros·van·woo

Guerlain · 1979

Nahéma Extract

The opening is rose — direct and dense, with a richness that suggests concentration rather than transparency.

rum·pow·sof·smo

Guerlain · 2007

Spiritueuse Double Vanille

Spiritueuse Double Vanille opens with resinous smoke—frankincense and incense swirl around bergamot and pink pepper, creating an ecclesiastical warmth rather than the expected pastry sweetness.

lav·woo·cit·pat

Guerlain · 1992

Heritage Eau de Parfum

Héritage opens with a clean sweep of lavender and citrus that feels almost pharmaceutical in its brightness, yet warmed immediately by peppery spice.

van·amb·war·swe

Guerlain · 2000

Metallica (Metalys)

Grapefruit and bergamot front a wash of orange and citrus zest, kept lively for a stretch before the heart turns floral.

vio·whi·cit·van

Guerlain · 2009

Les Secrets de Sophie

Petitgrain and neroli open crisp, green-bitter, edged with bergamot’s bright sparkle, framing an immediate cool-ozone effect.

yel·aro·woo·cit

L'Âme d'Un Héros

Sage dominates the opening, releasing a camphoraceous green bite that cuts through the bright bergamot and lemon oils, creating an aromatic-citrus accord that smells like crushed leaves on a wet stone.

mos·ros·pat·amb

Guerlain · 1975

Parure

Parure — jewels in French — was Guerlain's 1975 chypre, opening with a characteristically Guerlain confusion of the fruity and the sophisticated: plum and peach above bergamot, with a crack of black pepper to sharpen the contrast.

cit·fre·aro·woo

Guerlain · 2004

Vetiver Eau Glacee

Lime rushes forward first, its sour-sweet citrus edge cut with the bitter oils of bergamot and a softer orange flesh.

lea·mos·aro·fre

Guerlain · 1998

Coriolan

Coriolan is Guerlain's late-1990s aromatic leather — a masculin that names itself after Shakespeare's Roman general and delivers accordingly.

flo·cit·pat·whi

Guerlain · 2000

Philtre d'Amour

Lemon and bergamot open the composition with a clean, classic citrus lift.

van·mos·amb·cit

Guerlain · 1965

Habit Rouge Eau de Parfum

Habit Rouge arrived in 1965 as something without precedent: a warm, citrus-led oriental designed for men at a time when masculine fragrance meant either fougère or fern.

aro·fre·gre·fre

Guerlain · 1974

Eau de

Eau de Guerlain opens with a sharp herbal brightness—basil and mint cut through citrus in a way that feels more garden than breakfast table.

woo·swe·flo·van

Guerlain · 1989

Samsara Eau de Toilette

The sandalwood arrives first and never quite leaves—creamy, almost buttery, with a warmth that borders on incense without tipping into smoke.

ear·swe·whi·aro

Guerlain · 2004

Vetiver Pour Elle

Vetiver Pour Elle reframes the house's masculine-coded vetiver as a feminine floral-woody.

flo·ros·gre·woo

Guerlain · 1969

Chamade

Chamade opens with a brightness that feels almost translucent—bergamot lifting pale roses and jasmine into something radiant rather than opulent.

ros·flo·van·fru

Guerlain · 1979

Nahema

Guerlain's 1979 release remains one of the more unflinching rose statements in the classical canon.

yel·flo·swe·pow

Guerlain · 2002

Aroma Allegoria Aromaparfum Apaisant

Freesia opens with a clean, slightly tart brightness that keeps things airy from the start.

ear·mos·lea·cit

Guerlain · 2000

Vetiver

Guerlain's Vetiver opens with a citrus-and-spice brightness—bergamot and nutmeg lending warmth to what could be a simple cologne start.

woo·pat·smo·amb

Guerlain · 2010

Arsene Lupin Dandy

Arsène Lupin Dandy is a tight composition, more sketch than tableau.

woo·cin·van·pat

Guerlain · 1965

Habit Rouge Eau de Toilette

Habit Rouge opens with a brilliant citrus volley—bergamot and lime sharpened by green basil—that quickly gives way to its true character: a warm, spiced oriental built on sandalwood and cinnamon.

ros·pat·aro·war

Guerlain · 2010

Arsene Lupin Voyou Eau de Parfum

Lemon and bergamot open clean and dry.

whi·woo·flo·tub

Guerlain · 2006

Mayotte

Neroli opens the fragrance with a citrusy-floral brightness, and it continues into the heart alongside tuberose, jasmine, and ylang-ylang.

Guerlain · 1962

Guerlain Chant d'Aromes

Chant d'Arômes opens with a dusky gardenia softened by plum, immediately signaling Guerlain's hand—there's a vintage powder-and-cream texture that feels unhurried, almost somnolent.

gre·cit·her·aro

Guerlain · 1999

Aqua Allegoria Herba Fresca

The opening is a clean citrus snap—crisp lemon that doesn't linger as sweetness but dissolves quickly into green.

tub·flo·van·woo

Guerlain · 2000

Mahora

Mahora arrives as a sunblind wall of tuberose — not the powdery iris-adjacent version but the indolic, almost rubbery facet that can make tuberose devotees dizzy.

woo·iri·pow·flo

Guerlain · 1989

Samsara Eau de Parfum

A meditation on sandalwood rendered in the grand Guerlain manner, Samsara opens with a soft citrus brightness quickly overtaken by ylang-ylang's creamy, almost narcotic richness.

tub·flo·ros·whi

Guerlain · 1983

Jardins de Bagatelle

Jardins de Bagatelle takes its name from Paris's celebrated rose garden, and the composition honors that source with thorough commitment.

cit·fru·aro·fre

Guerlain · 1999

Aqua Allegoria Pamplelune

Pamplelune opens with a jolt of bright, tart grapefruit that feels more like biting into the whole fruit—pith and all—than sipping juice.

hon·whi·cit·lav

Guerlain · 1994

Petit

Lavender and bergamot lead with a soft herbal-citrus clarity that is clean without being sharp.

amb·fre·sof·swe

Guerlain · 2007

Aqua Allegoria Angelique Lilas

Jean-Paul Guerlain opens this Aqua Allegoria with a warm spiced-citrus accord: orange and jasmine provide brightness, pink pepper adding its characteristic dry prickle.

flo·pow·cit·amb

Guerlain · 2003

Aqua Allegoria Foliflora

Neroli and bergamot open with bright, clean citrus that feels airy rather than sharp.

whi·cit·pow·amb

Guerlain · 2012

Le Bolshoi Saison 2012 La Traviata

Petitgrain and neroli open with a sharp, green-tinged citrus brightness that feels almost waxy, slicing through the bergamot’s softer citrus oil.

gre·her·whi·fre

Guerlain · 2004

Aqua Allegoria Mentafollia

The opening snap of grapefruit here feels more like crushed mint leaf than citrus—green, sharp, almost medicinal in its clarity.

flo·whi·fre·sof

Guerlain · 2000

Aqua Allegoria Flora Nerolia

Aqua Allegoria Flora Nerolia is Jean-Paul Guerlain's 2000 reading of orange blossom — built sparse the way the Aqua Allegoria line is meant to be, no gourmand or musk padding under the florals.

alm·cit·swe·whi

Guerlain · 2005

Aqua Allegoria Orange Magnifica

Orange and bergamot open with a clean, bright citrus burst that reads more polished than candied.

whi·cit·vio·pow

Guerlain · 2011

Le Bolshoi 2011 Edition Limitee

Petitgrain and neroli create an aromatic citrus opening with a green, slightly bitter edge.

bal·war·aro·her

Guerlain · 2021

Épices Volées

Lemon and bergamot open with brightness that fades quickly, making room for a spiced, herbal heart.

fru·cit·aro·gre

Guerlain · 2005

Aqua Allegoria Tutti Kiwi

A small, light composition: lemon up top, sandalwood underneath, and very little in between.