Soir de Paris / Evening in Paris (new) (1991)
by Bourjois

The new version isn't as good as the vintage. I must qualify that right off. But, if you take it as it's own fragrance and not a poor imitation of the original, I quite like it. Then I am known for liking powdery scents and I'm absolutely crazy for violets.

14th May, 2011.

I have managed to obtain a bottle of this re-introduced and re-formulated Evening in Paris and a bottle of the original that my mother wore. This morning I am doing a comparison and as far as I'm concerned there absolutely is no similarity other then the name. The new version hurts my nose something awful, has so much silage you can smell me out in the street when I'm inside with the doors closed, doesn't have a very nice smell, and is starting to make me sneeze my head off. If you want to smell the real Evening in Paris your mother and grandmother used go find a vintage bottle. It has lasted amazingly well and smells lovely.

5th February, 2011.

I bought Soir De Paris,I love it. It reminds me of my grandmother back when I was little girl. There is another buy it is in english. Evening in paris.

24th May, 2010.

Too sweet, too horrible, too tragic. Loud and obnoxious. A sort of revolting, 'Tresor'-type fragrance. Overblown flowers and fruit. Yuk.

2nd February, 2010.

The fragrance now being sold as Soir de Paris, has nothing in common with the classic it once was. This one is harsh, sharp, not well rounded, smells almost chemically at times. If there is a natural substance in this scent, they have done a magnificent job obscuring it under all the synthetics.
It is worth seeking out the original formula, it is the complete opposite of this mess. It is rich, warm, floral; sweet yet not cloying, elegant but not too over the top. A real treat to experience.

24th April, 2009.

The new fragrance is a huge letdown. The original used to smell a little aldehydic, like cherries, roses, light woods and amber. If rubies were a flower, they would smell like (the original) Evening in Paris. The new fragrance is dull to the point of being unpleasant, tobacco-y and excessively powdery with NONE of the old "pearls and black cashmere" excitement. Could they not have had the decency to give it its own name – like Evening in Old Socks? Evening in Paris used to make me think of dressing up and going out to dinner during a summer’s evening rain storm, romantic and mysterious. Now it smells stuffy and ordinary and unimportant, with no magic in it AT ALL, like a run of the mill low-end drugstore perfume. For aficionados of the original Evening in Paris, I found another fragrance that seems a tiny bit like it It is Chanel 5 Eau Premier.

17th February, 2009.