I picked this scent when was 13. Kids were bullying me because I was frumpy and short, and they made fun of my baby face and everything. This fragrance acted as my Superman disguise; it was like my shining armour. I disguised myself as a man because it was a manly man's scent and it never failed me.

So from 13 to 61, I wore that because it’s been a part of my success. It is me and it protected me. Speaking from experience, wearing a fragrance can be uplifting. It can be a way to be someone other than who you are. I think beauty – makeup and skincare – is a way to boost your self-esteem.

— Perfumer Thierry Wasser on Guerlain Habit Rouge. Read more in To Master Perfumer Thierry Wasser, Scent Is An Armour at L'Officiel Singapore.

And this is what’s cool about being at Guerlain: that you have the know-how of manufacturing and I know my fragrances as well as I know Jean-Paul’s, as I know Jacques’… even Pierre-François Pascal Guerlain’s, because the oldest formula I manufacture today is from 1853, Eau de Cologne Imperiale de Guerlain. So I have to know it. I have to know Jicky as well as I know Oud Cherry because I manufacture it. And that’s absolutely unique in the world.

— Perfumer Thierry Wasser, quoted in Guerlain’s Thierry Wasser on scents, sustainability, and L’Art & La Matière at Vogue Singapore.