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Jean
Amic

The Roure heir who scented an era

Jean Amic was a French perfumer born in 1935 in Paris, a direct descendant of the founder of Roure, the fragrance house established in 1820, and son of perfumer Louis Amic.

House
Roure Bertrand Dupont
Earliest in our catalog
Opium Parfum, 1977
In our catalog
5 fragrances
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Known forOpium (1977)Opium ParfumOpium Collector's Edition 2013
Jean's story

The story

After studying mathematics in the United States and spending years in Algeria, he joined Roure in 1962 and managed the Roure-Dupont center in New York from 1964 to 1970, becoming head of Roure in 1970 until its 1991 merger with Givaudan, after which he led the merged company's creative division until his retirement in 2000. He created some of the twentieth century's defining fragrances, including Yves Saint Laurent's Rive Gauche and Opium, Christian Dior's Poison, Calvin Klein's Obsession, and Cacharel's Loulou.

The career

1977–2014, in bottles

Their best-known launches in our catalog, by how many people have rated them.
1977Opium (1977)Yves Saint Laurent1977Opium ParfumYves Saint Laurent2008Opium Collector Edition 2008Yves Saint Laurent2013Opium Collector's Edition 2013Yves Saint Laurent
Launches per year, 1977–2014Peak: 2 in 1977
19772014
In their own words

How Jean works

Signature

Bold, iconic 1970s and 80s compositions built on strong sales instinct and a keen nose, defining an entire era of designer perfumery.

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Four to smell first

See all 5 fragrances →Ranked by how many people have rated them
01Yves Saint Laurent · 1977Opium (1977)8,548 ratings · ★ 3.9702Yves Saint Laurent · 1977Opium Parfum995 ratings · ★ 4.5403Yves Saint Laurent · 2013Opium Collector's Edition 201386 ratings · ★ 4.2704Yves Saint Laurent · 2008Opium Collector Edition 200867 ratings · ★ 3.96
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Francis Kurkdjian
The composer of light

Francis Kurkdjian

Radiant luminosity and ethereal transparency. Kurkdjian's fragrances glow — they possess an inner light that makes them feel both airy and profound. His palette favors ambroxan, saffron, and delicate florals, composed with a musician's instinct for harmony.

234 creations

Jacques Polge
The architect of Chanel

Jacques Polge

Refined elegance and measured sophistication. Polge's compositions for Chanel embodied the house's aesthetic — never too much, never too little, always precisely right. His fragrances have the quiet authority of impeccable tailoring.

76 creations

Olivier Creed
The dynasty continues

Olivier Creed

Noble materials and classical structure. Creed fragrances are built around the finest natural ingredients — ambergris, royal water, hand-selected musks — composed in the traditional infusion method that has defined the house for centuries.

54 creations

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