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Jicky Guerlain 1889 Eau de Toilette

8.0 / 10 194 Ratings

A popular perfume by Guerlain for women, released in 1889. The scent is floral-spicy. It was last marketed by LVMH.
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Main accords

Floral

Spicy

Powdery

Animal

Citrus

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Bergamot

Lemon

Rosemary

Mandarin orange

Heart Notes

Lavender

Basil

Orris root

Patchouli

Rose

Jasmine

Vetiver

Base Notes

Civet

Benzoin

Tonka bean Vanilla

Vanilla

Ambergris

Frankincense

Sandalwood Spices

Spices

Leather

Rosewood

Perfumer

Aimé Guerlain

Ratings

Scent

8.0194 Ratings

Longevity

7.2165 Ratings

Sillage

6.6164 Ratings

Bottle

8.2149 Ratings

Value for money

7.544 Ratings

Submitted by Ronin, last update on 06/23/2025.

Variant of the fragrance concentration

This is a variant of the perfume Jicky (Extrait) by Guerlain, which differs in concentration.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Jicky Eau de Parfum

Jicky Extrait

Mouchoir de Monsieur

Paradisii

Shalimar Philtre de Parfum

Lavandes

Reviews

8 in-depth fragrance descriptions

03/24/2021

DoctorIon
6 Reviews

DoctorIon

Helpful Review 3

A female perfume for men?

Anyone who loves "Egoiste" (Chanel) can not help but love "Jicky". They are two perfumes with a common spirit.
The aggressive explosion of real lavender at the beginning acts as a vehicle of a warm spicy hug of cinnamon with oriental shades from all the usual suspects of the time: vanilla, sandalwood, benzoin (supports the former) while civet, with its unquestionable "dirty" trace, signs a seemingly simple scent of contrasts that you trust.
Its good character carries a madness. Its feminine intuition loves men. Its versatile temperament prefers the intelligent.
"Jicky", is not a feminine perfume that will be worn by a man who wants to impress. It will be worn by a man who wants to be loved!

08/31/2021

10
Pricing 10
Bottle 6
Sillage 7
Longevity 7
Scent

Kurai
388 Reviews

Kurai

3

Wearable museum piece

I mean, this is a classic through and through and it still manages to score well in terms of versatility. I find that it interacts extremely well with skin and it has a clear but non-intrusive presence. Therefore it is wearable on pretty much any occasion.

The opening is quite an experience. Sweet-sour lemon candy powder is how I'd describe it. Utterly old-fashioned compared to modern fresh-citrus openings. But I'm a fan of dramatic entrances, so this is perfectly fine with me. Then the scent continues with a number of classical elements that manage to set a lively mood; slighty tangy maybe and totally dandy - again, big fan!

Even when the candy-like aspect settles down and a lavender-coumarin accord kicks in, the sweet powdery feel persists. The whole is carried by a mild Orien.. err.. ambery vanillin base and spiced up with a lovely civet note.

Although I can imagine that this does not appeal to the younger audience, this 'museum piece' is still more than relevant. Above all, a lesson in proper use of civet.

03/31/2025

10
Pricing 10
Bottle 5
Sillage 6
Longevity 10
Scent

Chrysoptera
105 Reviews

Chrysoptera

3

Bewitched, bothered, and bewildered

Jicky beckons with one of the most stunning openings I've ever experienced: Invigorating lemon, bergamot, and rosemary, perfectly blended. Feminine, outgoing, not too sweet but all too fleeting. Then sweet powdery incense and rose emerge. The powdery incense continues into the drydown as the slightly raunchy scents of salty sea air and fur are revealed, deliciously animalic and absolutely feral. Finally Jicky subsides into something gorgeous and intimate, like your lover's warm pillow in the morning sunlight. Like Shalimar and Mitsouko, Jicky conjures up vague childhood memories for me. Yet she remains utterly wearable. Her audacity is modern. This is what I always hope the next incensy amber I try will be.

06/17/2022

6
Pricing 6
Bottle 6
Sillage 6
Longevity 9.5
Scent

Anamandy
107 Reviews

Anamandy

2

Love at First Sniff

As soon as I smelled this I fell in love. Beautifully aromatic, herbal, zesty, airy and refined, and with a vanilla to die for. The only downside is I wish it were just a little bit stronger and longer lasting. Still, I find it refreshing and invigorating, and so full of sunshine and happiness that I don't mind reapplying when needed. For me this magic elixir is like an antidepressant in a bottle whose scent makes me feel very upbeat and happy. And what could be better than that! I absolutely adore this fantastic scent.

12/01/2018

9
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 10
Scent

Yatagan
96 Reviews

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Yatagan

Top Review 93

I'm flying

It is completely superfluous to add another comment to this page, because almost everything has been said and if not here, then on the Eau de Parfums or Extraits page. Jicky is one of the oldest fragrances, perhaps the first modern fragrance with synthetic ingredients, sometimes declared as a women's fragrance and sometimes as a men's fragrance, dazzling like hardly any other fragrance, perhaps fallen out of time or timeless. I don't know.

For lavender lovers, and it is only for them that I am writing this comment, however, that the fragrance is a special revelation. While lavender in the coumarin context is usually much more herbaceous and greener, in its pure form as a genuine lavender fresh floral-herbaceous and in contrast with sweet raw materials (vanilla / vanillin in Caron Pour Un Homme) has a tension arch, only in Jicky this contrast of lavender, wafer-thin Fougère accents and animal notes (Zibet) can be found. Really only Jicky (apart from the close relationship with Mouchoir de Monsieur) smells like this. In addition, there is a nostalgically dusty powderiness, while the lavender is complemented by citric notes in the overtones. It is actually idle to describe all this, because almost everyone knows the scent. However, one should not really suspect that this results in such an idiosyncratic overall sound when reading the ingredients.
Besides, you probably won't like Jicky at the first test. I even hewed: You can't like it at all. There is, for example, the strict, the tense, the backward-looking nostalgic, which must lead to irritation.
However, if you take the fragrance perspective and acknowledge that the concept goes back to the late 19th century (1889), it becomes clear that lavender, coumarin and vanillin lead back to the future. I confess that sometimes when I wear the scent I think I'm flying

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