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Jean-Paul Guerlain’s Racist Slur

Company distances itself from the perfumer.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Guerlain sought to distance itself from perfumer Jean-Paul Guerlain on Tuesday after the 73-year-old used a racial slur during an interview on French television last week. The company asserted that Guerlain’s comments were “intolerable” and went against the “culture, values, and ethics practiced by the enterprise, which promotes the diversity of talents of all origins.” In its statement, the company stressed that Jean-Paul Guerlain, the fourth and last generation in a family of no...

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