Guerlain founded, 1828

The date and the founder are Wikidata’s. Three of the family’s perfumers are on record here: Pierre-François-Pascal, Aimé and Jacques Guerlain.

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Date

1828 (year)

documented

P571 inception: 1828-01-01 (precision: year; 1 reference on Wikidata)

WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) · read 2026-09-30

confidence B

Label

documented (a source states it)

house label

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

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confidence B

Kind

house

house classification

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

the house’s grouping of events for the timeline

confidence B

What happened

Guerlain, the house, dated to 1828, was founded by Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain.

documented

P112 founded by: Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain

WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) · read 2026-09-30

confidence B

Place

not on record

not on record

no place on record for this event

People

• Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain (founder)
  documented

  P112 founded by: Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain

  WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) · read 2026-09-30

  confidence B

Perfumers

• Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain

Sources

1. WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation): the items named on each record (each statement read with its references), read 2026-09-30. www.wikidata.org · read 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0

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