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Guerlain Jicky EDT

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Guerlain Jicky is a classic Guerlain scent that is unique, original and uncompromising -- a scent from history that is still compelling and modern.   Originally created by Aime Guerlain in 1889, one story is it was named after a girl he was in love with.  That may or may not be true, but his nephew, Jacques Guerlain had a nickname  - Jicky. This certainly had some bearing on the name choice.  It was one of the first perfumes to use synthetics. This is another of the Guerlain fragrances where I can find great reviews forever about it, and I will put in a good number below and link them, but this is a fragrance that has stood up to all of the changes in fragrance for 130 years. And we STILL are in love with it.

Some versions of Jicky have a much more skanky piece to them. This may surprise you, given how classic it is, but fragrance back in the day almost always had a smutty undertone to them. Soft and beautiful or lively and bracing on the top, but knickers on the drydown.

Notes of lavender, bergamot, lemon, mandarin, orris, rose, vetiver, patchouli, vanilla, amber and musk.

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Reviews of Guerlain Jicky

From March, Lee, Bryan and Patty at Perfume Posse, as we compared and contrasted YSL Body Kouros and Guerlain Jicky EDT - "Jicky, beloved by all people of taste, including me and Sean Connery (yes, I am shamelessly biased) was my gateway drug. It’s a great summer fragrance — it makes me think of sucking lemons through one of those old-fashioned sassafras candy straws (did anyone else do that?). It’s also the only Guerlain EDT worth owning, in my opinion. It’s sort of ginger-ale/champagne-ish, with a great citrus opening, only it’s citrus through the fun-house mirror, and it’s a little herby, and then! just when you thought you had a grip, the dirty bits sneak in on their teeny, quiet little feet and embrace you. And then it’s too late. You’re in love."

"It, quite simply, is another perfect version of a perfect perfume."

"I remember when I first tried this, which was after March went on-and-on-and-on-and-on-and-on about Zeeekkkkkeeeeee and how dirty it was.  Spritzing my arm while extended away from me as far as it could go, I was thinking I’d be smelling Cat Butt in Heat. but instead I get this wonderful, beautiful sparkly citrus. WTF, right?  It went a long way into the drydown utnil I caught Miss Tabby sitting on my shoulder smirking and twitching her tail."

"That is my problem with this edt.  I miss the skank too much.  I love the sweet/balmy/sunny blast at the beginning, but if something has lavender in it, then it better be foiled by something deep or dark.  Here, it used to.  The edt strips away the sexyness that is the parfum.  That is not to say I do not like Jicky edt; I simply prefer the extrait…..well, who doesn’t??  This is still a gorgeous fragrance that I need to remember more often."  

From Kafkaesque - "There are only two lavender fragrances in the world that I love, and it’s taken me a long, long time to reach even that point. So, it should tell you something when this lavender-phobe says that the note in Jicky is lovely. It’s refined, elegant, and consistently makes me think of silver light... Yet, Jicky feels as though everything has been carefully calibrated to be as seamless and as smooth as quicksilver. Again and again, I think of Debussy’s “Clair de Lune” piano piece, and of the lightness of the moon in a twilight sky tinged with lavender purple and with whispers of darker shadows at the periphery. Tonka vanilla surrounds the silvery orb like a creamy halo, but the key is that light which symbolizes lavender purified to the point where it feels as clear as a musical note trembling in the air.

From I Make Scents - "The use of aroma chemicals such as coumarin and vanillin gives Jicky a special sweet vanilla character. The animalic overtone of civet is also there, like a creamy ganache. Jicky settles into this warm animalic powder with an aromatic backdrop of lavender and herbs for most of its duration."

From Temptalia - "Any and all of Guerlain’s classic fragrances are worthy of the life-changer moniker but Jicky is the one that speaks to me. Jicky is not straight-forward or easy to love. I have returned to this fragrance again and again, and each time I feel simultaneously puzzled, pleased, frustrated, and seduced. But I love Jicky in all its beautiful strangeness. Worn at the right moment, there is nothing like it."

 

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  • Rachel - 22nd Oct 2022

    5
    Love!

    This is so beautifully balanced between sweet, citrus, and aromatic! I’m very interested in trying the EDP version now

  • Pam Yaecker - 13th Dec 2020

    4
    Jicky

    It is quite nice but it smells like Shalimar that is missing something. I don't know how else to describe it.

6 Reviews

  • Rachel - 22nd Oct 2022

    5
    Love!

    This is so beautifully balanced between sweet, citrus, and aromatic! I’m very interested in trying the EDP version now

  • Pam Yaecker - 13th Dec 2020

    4
    Jicky

    It is quite nice but it smells like Shalimar that is missing something. I don't know how else to describe it.

  • Audrey - 20th Sep 2017

    4
    Intriguing and a little off-putting

    This is such a strange scent, but I can't stop wearing it and smelling it. I'd call myself obsessed, I guess. The scent is a little funky at first -- maybe that's the skankiness I see referred to elsewhere? It's somehow compelling and off-putting at the same time. That fades fairly quickly, though, and is replaced with something much more subtle and classic. I think I might love it.

  • Mary Ann - 25th Jan 2016

    4
    Jicky

    Jicky begins with lavender and citrus notes that are really beautiful. I find it refreshing and classy at the same time. For me this would be more of a summer scent. I am only giving 4 stars because it is not "me". Lovely, but not exactly my style.

  • Female Guest - 18th May 2013

    2
    Oops

    An "Oops" for me. It's a man's cologne. Know is has a great history, but just not a feminie scent to me. It reminds me of the older men in my life.

  • Miss Heliotrope - 24th Sep 2012

    4
    Beautiful & elegant

    A lovely scent that always brightens and improves the day - floral without being about specific flowers. Classic & stylish without being girly, yet feminine if you want that - Rather weak formulation though, so either wear a lot or buy the stronger formulation.