When I asked Philippe Guerlain if Jicky was made for women or men, he looked at me and said, ‘Probably for men, but by about 1900 it became clear that men weren’t buying it, so we put it in a new bottle shaped like a champagne cork for women.’ However, about 10 years ago Guerlain asked me to change the gender classification again.

— Fragrance expert Michael Edwards, author of Perfume Legends, on Jicky's gender status. Read more at Why perfumes are moving beyond gender at Financial Review.