Patricia de Nicolai comes from a family of perfumers, Guerlain, and earns a living working in an osmotic perfume museum, in addition to being the first perfume designer to receive the Medal of Honor (The Legion d'Honor) in 2008 and is the only perfume connoisseur to own her own perfume company. The fragrances of the house of Nicolai are distinguished by preserving the art of French perfumery and giving the perfumer complete creative freedom.