Georges V. Matchabelli, Georgian-American businessman, created Prince Matchabelli perfume (died 1935)

Georges V. Matchabelli

Prince Georges Vasili Matchabelli was a Georgian perfumer. A nobleman and diplomat, he emigrated to the United States after the 1921 Soviet invasion of Georgia.

Prince Matchabelli

American perfume line

Prince Matchabelli is a perfume line, first designed by Prince Georges V. Matchabelli who was an amateur chemist. Matchabelli was born in Georgia within the Russian Empire but when the Czarists fell Georgia seceded. From 1918 until 1921 Georgia was an independent country and…