Jicky

@Addimacsmith this is not true. You only have to go to an oficial retailer or to Guerlain’s website and you will find, and so could buy, Jicky edp!!

Dear everyone, I have an almost full 100 ml vintage (bee bottle) EDP if anyone is interested and located in Europe. PM me if interested and please give an offer.

@Tiny, youe decant could have been a different variation of the scent. There are many flankers with different concentrations and reformulations. It's unfortunate the decant was mislabeled, bc that happens to me sometimes.

Challenging combo of fresh and skanky? Are you sure you are smelling Ralph? Ralph cool is what Ralph should have been. Cool was my signature until l couldn't find a fresh bottle.

I Totally agree with the user proposing to move Jicky and Mitsouko in the men's section to sell more!I whould add to the mens section Youth dew,Aromati Elixir,Ysatis,Stash by sjp,Paloma Picasso,Few chanels too....Vintage formula is the best.Animalic notes are not for everybody and nowadays are just syntetic...The fecal effect can happen also with very indolic fragrances on some skins.Jasmin contains a lot of indole,not just animalic notes.Also coriander gives a urine vibe...Modern Jicky is niche,masculine but still very classy.Definetly mature,deep,medicinal,herbal,lightly powdery.

I don't know what the deal is with this perfume. I purchased a decant about 5 years ago and found it to be a sweet, clean floral that I absolutely loved. My husband, seeing my enjoyment, saved and splurged on a full size bottle last year as a Christmas gift. I was so excited! And then, I smelled it. Oh my God. The utter heartbreak I felt as the bitterness hit my nose was indescribable. Burnt rosemary, something harshly synthetic, (likely the auldehydes) it was a nightmare both in the air and on my skin. It lasts interminably, even after scrubbing. On my skin it becomes even more acrid, and is, much to my sorrow, completely unwearable. I have tried layering it to soften it, but nothing I have tried so far has been even slightly successful. I honestly don't know what to do now. It breaks my heart that I am unable to wear such a princely gift, especially after my initial experience with the decant was so wonderful. Can anyone suggest something that might work?

I spoke to someone from Guerlain and they very plainly explained to me that Jicky as a whole is discontinued and is no more. They’re not reformulating, they’re not re bottling, they’re just discontinuing it altogether. I can’t explain how frustrating and heartbreaking this is to me. It is my most favorite fragrance in the world. I wore it on my wedding day. After all the legacy and history why would they do this? Such a shame

Oh, Jicky... So sweet and nostalgic. I have a vintage decant of this that i got from Surrender to Chance. I don't remember what year off hand. Jicky is a good gateway drug to animalic/funky notes since the herbal notes take the edge off such a beautiful one-of-a-kind HUMAN accord. I also find it to be quite marine, not sure why that didn't make the notes. It's purifying yet dirty, like the wet sands next to the sea. Warm and bracing at the same time. The "bodily" smell as I paraphrase here, is most likely civet, which I believe is unique to vintage perfumery. It is an animal material of anal origins, so to anyone picking up tonsil stone or peepeepoopoo, you're not wrong. From my experience, on certain days that note will definitely come out more. For me, those are my luteal days. Think of someone you love when Jicky smells difficult and it will put you in their arms. It instinctually reminds me of smelling my dad's breast when he is dressed up and is wearing some kind of scent. If there is no one you love, imagine you smell a tree, the ocean, a rock, sun-dried compost, food or bedding for a beloved pet, birdseed, or a blanket of dried pine needles and hay after rain now drying in the shade. Jicky is for lovers. I want to drink Jicky, and bathe in it. It's so comforting. It blends perfectly into itself. It is one of the most beautiful intimate scents. I am interested to try the current formulation but from what I understand a vintage bottle may be worth my while. In the meantime I will treasure and savor my vintage decant! At the risk of committing blasphemy, I suggest pairing it with Into the Stars lotion from BABW. The fruity almost gourmand spiciness complements the metallic, tannic feel of Jicky so well IMHO.

I am very confused why many people find this animalic & challenging. To my nose it’s a fresh & powdery scent with very slight indoles. Like all of the old Guerlain offerings it’s such a timeless piece that can be worn easily by both sexes.

I've heard great things about Jicky, so I bought a decant with a few other heavy hitters to try out. Immediate scent of green cologne spice. After 10 minutes I get a strong scent of moldy towel! Other reviewers have mentioned a weird smell or even fecal. This one is a no, and so nasty.

I feel like the reason why people don't like this fragrance is because most of the fragrances on the market are vanilla sugar bombs, aka the complete opposite of this fragrance. It’s “outdated” objectively, however that doesn’t mean it’s bad lol. It’s just not for everyone and that’s ok. I don’t see how people are getting a poop note?? That honestly proves my point that the majority of perfume users are subjected to loving sugary/fruity/floral heavy perfumes due to the over-saturation of such scent profiles on the market. All this to say, this fragrance is not objectively terrible, if it was then how could it have such a cool reputation? Like, Sharon Tate loved this perfume, there is absolutely no way this fragrance is objectively horrid I just can’t buy it.

This is an old perfume, from 1889, and one of the first to contain synthetic scents. Including that light, clear vanilla note of ethylvanillin that shows up later in Shalimar. It’s not a dark, rummy vanilla or a sugary-sweet vanilla; it’s yellow and singing. I’m not a fan of dried lavender. It smells too much like dust to me. And Jicky smells of dried lavender and ethylvanillin, very definitely and separately, with not much of anything else. Also, it only lasts about three hours on me. Like Shalimar, I can tell it’s good, but it’s not really that compelling for me. ETA: Jicky grew on me over time. It’s not just vanilla/lavender. There are some dry-citrusy notes that sometimes make it smell like an elegant men’s cologne; there are some dark forestry notes that keep it bitter and interesting; it’s a complete perfume, a global perfume, less like a personality than a world.

I have the 2021 formulation of Jicky. I resisted purchasing this because of the 'fecal', 'diaper', 'skank', 'halitosis', and 'poo' descriptors. I'm willing to accept a certain amount, but nothing that overpowers. Shalimar is wonderful and because this is a precursor, I took a chance. Thankfully, I love this version of Jicky. To my nose, I don't get any real animalic notes. The opening is very similar to Shalimar, but the mid is more like Guerlain Heritage to me, though a bit more powdery. Overall, a fresher, drier, less in your face version of Shalimar without being Shalimar. I do recommend it, if only to smell the Shalimar lineage.

I sprayed this perfume on myself when I was with my friends in Paris and they all told me I smell like toilet block

Sprayed this from a bottle at a friends house. SKANKY- I felt fecal matter seeping into my nostrils BEAST- I felt like being mauled by animals POO- reviews are true All in all, interesting scent because from a distance like the comment under me said, smells quite okay

On my skin, close up, it's an awful fecal smell. Poo , herbs, and baby powder. But from a distance, it's a completely different scent! I've not experienced a fragrance like this before. It's fascinating. I'm not sure if I can tolerate that heavy animalistic smell though.

The beginning is quite atrocious, with a very unpleasant animalic smell. You will have to wait quite a while for this to disappear and give way to an amber, vanilla and sensual scent. In the end, Jicky is not as bad as you might first think, but you have to be very patient (at least for those who don't like animal notes).

My wife and my daughter got me a bottle of the newest EdP for my 40th birtday upon my own request. I remember trying Jicky EdT and Mouchoir de Monsieur about ten years ago while on summer vacation in Italy and i found them to have a lot in common. Eventually i got the Mouchoir de Monsieur because i thought that Jicky was too sweet and reminded me of 'ginger biscuits'. I had one spritz of Jicky to the wrist for now and to me its a bolder take on Mouchoir de Monsieur wich i liked very much but cant find anymore. I still have a little bit of Mouchoir de Monsieur left in that old beebottle and sprayed some on yesterday in anticipation. I really enjoy Jicky so far, it has almost all of what i like about Mouchoir de Monsieur and some more. Edit: I dont get the blast that i expected from an EdP concentration. Its more like a very lovely cologne. And i was so looking forward to olfactorilly assault my fellow subway commuters. After stepping into the shower it bloomed like a mushroom cloud though. All lemons and herbs and the other good stuff, even what some might percieve as pissy phlegm and crevice came out. Looking forward to summer.

The longevity and strength of this perfume is so poor it’s quite sad. As someone else said this scent probably lasted much longer 20 years ago. I had to spray many times to get the feel of the fragrance, similar to my experience with Mitsouko. The mixture of lavender and rosemary remind me of a garden in a stately home. The amber, leather and spice notes remind me of antiques. It’s nostalgic. However we get to the dry down and the scent reminds me heavily of seasoned chicken. Which isn’t the feel I’m going for.

I tested this on in a reputable cosmetic store. It smelled so much like Estee Lauder youth dew (which I used to own but got rid of) on me which is strange becuase they do not have same ingredients. It is a lovely fragrance but I would not think Id be wearing it much.

What is "old lady" smell, anyway? Maybe it's the aromatic trail that follows women that still wear their signature scents from the 70s and 80s? So be it! After foolishly getting a bottle of fake jicky on ebay (duh) and kicky myself for not paying attention - I finally got my bottle of genuine Guerlain jicky eau de parfum. Lol, the fake jicky was from a company that was not Guerlain, was in Montana and not France and it smelled nothing like a high-end fragrance! I didn't read the details! My bad. Anyways, I waited awhile to try my coveted jicky because I was busy frolicking in Guerlain vanilla heaven and wanted no interruption. But a few weeks later I took my plunge and wow. Fresh citrusy/lavender/green was my first impression. Then it settled. And it amazed me. I remember many years ago asking an older lady about musk/civet perfumes - because I could never smell them. She mentioned jicky and khus khus. I tried khus khus and that was a big spicy urinal cake "no" for me. This was why I was afraid to try jicky. I have tried straight raw civet tincture, alyssa ashley civet, jovan civet, and every musk in creation. Strait musks and civets like jovan are warm, clean and sunny. Civet paste is dirty (but didn't bother me). And, as I got older, I COULD finally smell them! And I loved them! Until they went synthetic... But jicky.... It started citusy fresh and flowery green and then settled after a while into a lovely dirty civet. A dirty fecal civet that I could not take my nose away from! I do not get any synthetic notes from jicky like I do with modern perfumes advertised as musk or civet heavy. Jicky...I then smell little remembrances of shalimar. And vanilla! And then that flowery citrus again but with sandalwood. It's like a symphony. A symphony I can smell. Today's creations do not have this depth. I guess that's why they call them notes. I am still enjoying the notes and may comment more on this lovely creation later. I bet it was even better back when it was first created. So, jicky. I love it. I think the "old lady" smell is not an old lady smell at all. And jicky is definitely unisex by today's standards as well as the day it was formulated. It is all the sweet and secret memories of a young woman - or a young man - who are now older and wiser. And they are not done yet. They might be older, but they are better - head-turners even now. I realize any scent can be easily loved or hated just because of one's own body chemistry and the way it reacts with any fragrances or any chemicals. Our noses do pick up on things we don't even realize. Something that smells great on your friend stinks on you and so on. After reading the reviews of my favorite perfumes, I have come to recognize here on fragrantica who the writers are that may indeed have similar body chemistry to mine - because they react the same to most perfumes as I do. I appreciate these reviewers (or commenters) because now I know if they like a certain fragrance, then so will I. Now if I can just stop reading these reviews and suggestions before I go broke buying perfumes, I'll be fine and hopefully i can still be in fragrance ecstacy. I appreciate you writers! The ones who give their heartfelt comments right here, like I do! Thank you fellow wrist-sniffers!

While this does open with an alarming blast of old lady smell. Once it calms down there is something very sweet and nostalgic and Victorian about it for sure, in a very pleasant way. I work in antiques, and it reminds me very much of whenever I work with other scented beauty products contemporary to its era, though while those have long since expired, Jicky is probably the closest I could ever come to smelling those products when they were still new, which is alone worth the 6 dollars I paid for a decant.

I didn't really believe in wearing fragrances by season until I tried Jicky. As a sort of novice to the game I assumed that because it smelled so flirty, bright, and floral it might be good for date night in February–bzzt! Wrong! I was underwhelmed. But one or two sprays of this before a rain-fresh spring day in San Francisco a month later had my head in a spin. It's actually lovely and complex. I do prefer Shalimar to this but that's just because it's more my kind of scent; for the purpose it serves, Jicky is "that girl." My friend's cat is named after this perfume and I feel bad for ever doubting her namesake.

Nowhere near as 'old' and dated smelling as I was expecting. At first it smells like herby, fresh baby powder! Hints of lavender and rosemary make it aromatic, the bergamot makes it fresh and the leathery sandalwood base is gorgeous. I don't know why (probably the age and the name) but I thought I would hate this, however its really nice, perfectly wearable today, extremely impressive its stood the test of time so well.

In the pantheon of classic fragrances, there are those that stand the test of time not just by name, but through the alchemy of scent that transports one to faraway times and places. Jicky by Guerlain is such a fragrance – a true artefact of olfactory elegance hailing from the golden age of perfumery. I believe Jicky to be, quite arguably, one of the most exquisite perfumes to grace my collection. Upon application, it is as though one is enveloped in the very essence of refined French glamour; it's a time capsule to the Belle Époque in a bottle.

Crafting a comprehensive discourse on Jicky proves to be a formidable task. The challenge lies in articulating insights that haven’t already been expressed. It’s not merely about sequentially dissecting the fragrance’s opening, heart, and dry-down, as this conventional approach fails to honor what I perceive as a paragon – perhaps the pinnacle – of contemporary perfumery. Jicky transcends the boundaries of mere scent; it is an enchanting phenomenon, to borrow Dante’s words, «unfathomable to those who don’t taste it». This olfactory experience unfolds as a journey through time, yet its destination is introspective, devoid of conventional landmarks. Given my limited expertise, I am not inclined to casually discuss art or designate masterpieces. However, Jicky undeniably hovers on the precipice of such accolades. Yet, let us not misconstrue it as a solitary and insurmountable monolith, imposing its essence on every olfactory encounter. Quite the opposite: it serves as the catalyst, igniting the doors to countless universes that spring forth from its essence. Once Jicky graces our senses, it permeates within each of us, unlocking a myriad of revelations. Consider it not merely as a perfume but rather a stargate to uncharted realms, unafraid to reveal the unexplored frontiers it beckons us to traverse.

I really thought I’d love this when I first sniffed it. It opens up super warm, like Shalimar without the sweetness. However, as it dried it settled into an overbearing citrus smell that is purely like a sanitised public toilet to me. It’s unpleasant and that citrus lingers for quite a while before returning to the initial scent that appealed to me.

I tried this one at the airport the other day. I was reminded of Third Man by Caron in terms of scent. And also a touch of Pour un Homme de Caron. Third man has that understated raunchy civet quality, and Pour un Homme has the lavender vanilla. I think if I spraqyed them both on top of each other I might get a very close Jicky fragrance. Anyways, I think this can kinda be worn as a guy actually. I sprayed it on my wrist to try it. It does not smell obviously feminine, but it does lean and begin to be more feminine as the minutes go on, but still it is not dramatically obvious. It is on the feminine side though, so for me I might like to try Muchoir du Monsieur, but have yet to see that one. Think for Kiels original musk, and that is somewhat how it smells feminine vs masculine. That one also leans feminine, but is kinda unisex. but again it does have a feminine scent to it. Jicky is like that. By the way, I feel also that Kiehls has civet in it, it also has that dirt rauch kinda smell in it. I would possibly buy this if a women, if they like that somewhat skanky dirty unassuming sort of civet with lavender vanilla fragrance. It is not a sweet fragrance, but there is a touch of it. I think there was a touch of spicy and a touch of floral powderyness as it developed into the later stages. I thought it was a pretty nice fragrance really, but may not be as feminine as women may prefer.

Tried the vintage. Mom liked it. I think it's better than Shalimar, maybe a little more subtle? Still has that "vintage" flair to it, though.

I can definitely see the similarities to Shalimar in Jicky and I can see the back pinnings to what would later be the oriental fragrance family in the perfume world, especially from the amber, vanilla, spices, benzoin and wood in the base. But the aromatic and green qualities from the rosemary, lavender and basil are what I smell most prominently in this perfume, followed by the citruses. I smell some wafts of jasmine here and there, but it's only very subtle. I consider this to be a slightly masculine leaning unisex fragrance, so it wouldn't really be my sort of perfume personally. I also found it has fairly strong sillage (which made me slightly light headed) and it lasted about 9 ½ hours on my skin. I appreciate this perfume though for the history behind it and the old world 19th century charms it exudes to me. It's very French and makes me think of the Belle Epoque! This is why I'd give this fragrance a 4/10. It's just not really how I would choose to smell personally.