Thomas Jacob Hilfiger is the designer behind the Tommy Hilfiger clothing and fragrance lines. Born and raised in Elmira, New York, Tommy Hilfiger started in the fashion industry as a retailer. He opened his first boutique called The People's Place in his hometown, for which he designed clothing under the name Jacob Alan. The People's Place expanded to a small chain of stores before folding in the mid-1970s, prompting Hilfiger's move to New York City and full-time work as a designer. He founded the Tommy Hilfiger corporation in 1984, and introduced his first line of menswear. Tommy Girl by Tommy Hilfiger is a Floral Fruity fragrance for women. Tommy Girl was launched in 1996. The nose behind this fragrance is Calice Becker. Top notes are black currant, camelia, mandarin orange and apple tree blossom; middle notes are honeysuckle, lily, violet, mint, grapefruit, lemon and rose; base notes are magnolia, leather, sandalwood, jasmine and cedar.