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A hundred-year profile

Guerlain

Guerlain peaked in the 1930s.

LVMH lineage · est. 1889 · Shalimar, Mitsouko, L'Heure Bleue, Jicky
11.6%Peak, the 1930s
1Placements
1934 to 1934Span
100.0%Earned share
Open in the brand lens Compare against a rival
Share of voice by decade0%10%20%1920s1930s1940s1950s
All voiceAdvertising

Quality-weighted share among the tracked houses, read from Photoplay, Screenland, and Modern Screen. Descriptive, not causal.

Out-voiced by

No house clearly overtook it in the sampled decades.

Earned versus paid

Paid 0Earned 1

Written about more than it advertised, the mark of a prestige house.

The evidence

A sample of the placements behind the figures above. Every point traces to a real page.

YearOutletChannelWhat appeared
1934Screenlandeditorialwill like the Shalimar; if in December, Christmas Night!

Other houses

Data via the Muse Parlor historical SOV API. How this is built →