JIVAGO

What JIVAGO does

JIVAGO is a privately held fragrance manufacturing company headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. The company was founded in 1994 and operates as a for-profit, private entity with a headcount of 101–250 employees. Its website domain (ilanajivago.com) indicates the brand is operated under the founder's personal name, consistent with a founder-led, eponymous luxury/niche fragrance house. The company is led by Ilana V. Jivago, who serves as both Founder and CEO, implying founder-controlled governance and creative direction.

The company's core activity is the manufacturing of fragrances, which in this category typically encompasses perfume formulation, bottling, and distribution under proprietary brands. No specific product lines, SKUs, scent families, proprietary formulas, or platform architecture are disclosed in the available source data; the website content captured consists only of a verification/loader page with no substantive product, technology, or catalog information. Consequently, the underlying technical components — e.g., in-house compounding capability, packaging operations, or supply-chain structure — cannot be characterized from the inputs.

The business model is similarly underspecified: no pricing tiers, channel mix (wholesale, DTC, e-commerce, retail), customer segments, or revenue mechanics are disclosed. The firm is not a technology or software business — it is a physical-goods manufacturer in the consumer beauty/fragrance vertical. With no disclosed distribution partners, named retailers, or revenue figures, the go-to-market mechanics and customer base cannot be triangulated from the source data.

Name

JIVAGO

Website

https://ilanajivago.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

JIVAGO is a privately held, Beverly Hills-based fragrance manufacturing company founded in 1994, operating with 101–250 employees under founder and CEO Ilana V. Jivago in the eponymous-brand segment of the consumer fragrance industry.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Designer Fragrances

SIC

Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations (2844), Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics (2840)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Fragrances (Perfume, Cologne, Body Sprays) (CRADANAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Niche & Artisan Fragrance (CRABADAH), Fine Fragrance (Women’s/Men’s/Unisex) (CRABADAA)

Keywords

• Fragrance manufacturing
• Designer perfumes
• Luxury fragrances
• Scented products
• Beauty products

Headquarters

HQ city

Beverly Hills

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

JIVAGO is a fragrance manufacturing company that designs, produces, and sells fragrances under its own brand. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Beverly Hills, California, the company operates with 101-250 employees to manufacture its fragrance product line.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• JIVAGO Fragrances Branded designer fragrances manufactured and sold by JIVAGO, targeted at individual consumers seeking scented products from a Beverly Hills-based fragrance house.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Direct peers

• Creed: Heritage luxury fragrance house founded in 1760, comparable to JIVAGO as a niche/legacy perfume brand targeting ultra-premium consumers with signature scents and brand-heritage-driven pricing.
• Byredo: Modern niche fragrance and lifestyle house operating in the same premium/artisan perfume category as JIVAGO, with comparable signature scents and direct-to-consumer distribution.
• Le Labo: Niche artisanal fragrance brand under Estée Lauder, selling hand-blended perfumes with strong brand identity — directly comparable to JIVAGO's luxury/artisan positioning.
• Amouage: Omani luxury fragrance house producing artisanal signature perfumes for a global premium market; directly comparable to JIVAGO's high-end niche fragrance business model.
• Xerjoff: Italian niche luxury fragrance house with artisan positioning and ultra-premium pricing, closely mirroring JIVAGO's fine/artisan perfume category and target customer profile.
• Maison Francis Kurkdjian: Paris-based niche perfumery house (now under LVMH) creating high-end signature fragrances; comparable to JIVAGO as a perfumer-founded luxury niche brand.
• Clive Christian: British heritage luxury perfume house with founder-led creative direction and ultra-premium pricing; parallels JIVAGO's niche/heritage positioning and signature-bottle identity.
• Memo Paris: Paris-based niche fragrance brand focused on travel-inspired signature scents, operating in the same luxury artisanal perfume segment as JIVAGO.

Broad incumbents

• Tom Ford Beauty: Designer-luxury fragrance and cosmetics line by Estée Lauder Companies; overlaps with JIVAGO in premium fragrance but operates at much larger scale across a broader beauty portfolio.
• Jo Malone London: Premium fragrance and scented lifestyle brand under Estée Lauder; overlaps with JIVAGO in fine fragrance and gifting channels but operates at significantly larger scale and distribution.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/IlanaJivago
• Facebookfacebook.com/Jivagofragrances
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jivago

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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