South Korean painter, sculptor and philosopher Lee Ufan is the latest artist to accept Guerlain’s annual invitation to reimagine a signature fragrance bottle from the French perfumer’s archive.
You cannot talk about perfume and its history without talking about Guerlain. The house dates back to 1828, when Pierre-François Pascal Guerlain opened his first store at 42, rue de Rivoli in Paris.
In 1884, French perfumer Paul Parquet used coumarin in his perfume Fougere Royale. A few years later Aime Guerlain produced the fragrance Jicky using the same artificial compound, among other ...