Paris ( CNN ) -- French perfume designer Jean-Paul Guerlain was fined 6,000 euros ( $ 8,000 ) Thursday by a Paris court for racist remarks he made during a French television interview . He was also ordered to pay 2,000 euros ( $ 2,665 ) to each of three French anti-racism groups that brought the case . Guerlain was found guilty before Judge Anne Marie Sauteraud of making a racial insult , under a law dating back more than a century . Guerlain -- who is no longer connected with the company that bears his name -- uttered a racial slur twice during an October 2010 interview on France 2 about his career and the making of the Samsara perfume . The racial epithet was used as he was describing how he was inspired to create the perfume while trying to impress a woman . `` One day I told her -- and I still called her Madame -- 'What would seduce you if one was to make a perfume for you ? ' and she told me , ' I love jasmine , rose and sandalwood , ' '' Guerlain recalled . `` And for once I started working like a ( racial epithet ) . I do n't know if ( racial epithet ) ever worked that hard , '' he said . He subsequently apologized for the remarks , which prompted protests outside the Guerlain boutique in Paris . Guerlain , which is now part of the empire of luxury goods giant LVMH , was a family firm for five generations , was founded in Paris in 1828 by Pierre Francois Pascal Guerlain . Jean-Paul Guerlain , born in 1937 , is now retired . CNN 's Anna Prichard contributed to this report .
NEW : Guerlain is told to pay $ 8,000 to each of three anti-racism groups that brought the case . Jean-Paul Guerlain is also fined $ 2,665 by a court in Paris for making a racist remark . He used a racial French twice during a slur television interview in Thursday . He is no longer connected with the company that bears his name .