A Perfume Timeline Through Its Milestones
Last updated: May 8, 2022
Scroll horizontally to see the perfumes, brands, and perfumers.
| Year | Milestone | Perfume | Brand | Perfumer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1843 | The first perfume to use vetiver (in Japanese) | KusKus | Bourbon French Parfums | August Doussan |
| 1882 | The first to use synthetic fragrance materials The first to use coumarin The first-ever fougère (in Japanese) | Fougère Royale | Houbigant | Paul Parquet |
| 1889 | The first-ever oriental fougère | Jicky | Guerlain | Aimé Guerlain |
| 1889 | The first to use aldehydes | Rêve D’Or | L.T. Piver | Pierre Armingeat |
| 1906 | The first to use cassie (in Japanese) | Après l’Ondée | Guerlain | Jacques Guerlain |
| 1921 | Popularized perfumes with aldehydes (in Japanese) The first to use vetiver in a women’s perfume | N°5 | Chanel | Ernest Beaux |
| 1925 | The first to use ethyl vanillin The first-ever oriental (in Japanese) | Shalimar | Guerlain | Jacques Guerlain |
| 1926 | The first woody fragrance for women ① | Bois des Îles | Chanel | Ernest Beaux |
| 1942 | The first to recreate the scent of lily of the valley (in Japanese) synthetically | Muguet des Bois | Coty | Henri Robert |
| 1947 | Popularized perfumes with galbanum | Vent Vert | Balmain | Germaine Cellier |
| 1956 | Popularized lily-of-the-valley perfumes | Diorissimo | Dior | Edmond Roudnitska (in Japanese) |
| 1966 | The first to use Hedione (in Japanese) | Eau Sauvage | Dior | Edmond Roudnitska |
| 1969 | The first to use blackcurrant (in Japanese) | Chamade | Guerlain | Jean-Paul Guerlain |
| 1972 | The first to use osmanthus | 1000 (Mille) | Jean Patou | Jean Kerléo |
| 1975 | The first to use Iso E Super (in Japanese) | Halston Woman | Halston | Carlos Benaïm |
| 1978 | The first to use blackberry | Mûre et Musc | L’Artisan | Jean Laporte |
| 1987 | The first to use Cashmeran (in Japanese) | LouLou | Cacharel | Guy Robert |
| 1988 | The first to use Calone | New West | Aramis | Yves Tanguy |
| 1988 | Popularized Iso E Super | Fahrenheit | Dior | Jean-Louis Sieuzac |
| 1992 | The first watery fragrance | L’Eau d’Issey | Issey Miyake | Jacques Cavallier |
| 1992 | The first modern gourmand (in Japanese) | Angel | Thierry Mugler | Olivier Cresp |
| 1992 | The first woody fragrance for women ② | Féminité du Bois | Serge Lutens | Pierre Bourdon (in Japanese) & Christopher Sheldrake |
| 1993 | The first tea (in Japanese) fragrance | Eau Parfumée au Thé Vert | Bulgari | Jean-Claude Ellena (in Japanese) |
| 1994 | The first fig (in Japanese) fragrance | Premier Figuier | L’Artisan | Olivia Giacobetti (in Japanese) |
| 1994 | Popularized perfumes with Cashmeran | Cashmere Mist | Donna Karan | Nicholas Calderone |
| 1994 | The first to use magnolia | Tocade | Rochas | Maurice Roucel |
| 1994 | The first iris (in Japanese) soliflore | Iris Silver Mist | Serge Lutens | Maurice Roucel |
| 1995 | The first to use pink pepper | Pleasures | Estée Lauder | Alberto Morillas |
| 2002 | Sparked the oud (in Japanese) boom | M7 | Yves Saint Laurent | Alberto Morillas & Jacques Cavallier |


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