‘According to the legend, the perfume was named after a girl Aimé Guerlain was in love with when he was a student in England, and then it was said that the perfume was named after his uncle Jacques Guerlain’s nickname – Jicky.
It is more likely, though, that Aimé, a gay man, was hiding his love for someone else named Jacques and someone at Guerlain created the story of a long lost female love to hide his sexuality and to protect the reputation of Guerlain during the late 1800s, which is not unreasonable given the time period.’ – GuerlainPerfumes (Blogspot)
‘This was one of the first perfumes created with the addition of synthetic materials (the first was Fougere Royale by Houbigant, 1882)’ – GuerlainPerfumes (Blogspot)
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