One of France's foremost parfumiers has been found guilty of making racist comments by a court in Paris.
Jean-Paul Guerlain was fined 6,000 euros ($8,000; £5,000) after the remarks were broadcast in 2010.
Asked how he created the Samsara scent, Guerlain replied using a racial slur, the French term "negre", and implied that black people were lazy.
He apologised to France's black community during the trial, describing his remarks as "imbecilic".
Guerlain, who is 75, took over the family's perfume house from his grandfather in 1959.
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