He was schooled in Yalta and served as an officer of the Horse Artillery of the Imperial Guard during World War I.
He studied chemistry at Lille Catholic University and interned at the Parfums de Luzy, working under Claude Fraysse.
He created some thirty perfumes at Bourjois, most notably Mais Oui (1938), and assisted Beaux in the creation of another twenty at Chanel and Bourjois, including Soir de Paris (1928), Bois des Îles (1929), Cuir de Russie (1935) and Kobako (1936).
[2] During World War II, Weriguine was conscripted into the Service du travail obligatoire and sent to a chemical plant in Munich.
After the war, he resumed his work at Chanel and Bourjois, eventually seconding Henri Robert from 1954 to 1962.