Jean Paul Gaultier Classique (1993)
by Jean Paul Gaultier

Absolutely gorgeous. I would wear it more often, but everyone else seems to be wearing it too.

A very confident fragrance. Not too feminine. A floriental for summer evenings. It's nutty, creamy, slightly heavy, and alluring. One of my favorites.

Rose, anise, orange and all this with a fruity undertone of ripe peaches - a rich and satisfying opening reminiscent of visits to an old-fashioned pâtisserie. The fruitiness continues into the drydown, with imoressions of prunes and ginger mingling with a pleasant floral sidekick - mainly iris-based.

A rather nice scent so far, which loses in richbess and originality in the base, where On my skin it mainly emanates generic expressions of vanilla and white musk - a finale that is a tad disappointing after such a good start.

As far as the performance goes, I get strong sillage, good projection and seven hours of longevity. Good, in other words.

This scent for cooler spring days is letting me down towards the end, but otherwise it is overall deserving of a positive score, albeit just by the skin of its teeth. It is richer than many other scents and -
ignoring the end phase - lacks any major thinness, wateriness or superficiality. 3/5

A rich floriental with a star anise edge, this is sexy yet ladylike, new and yet old fashioned. Classique is a heavy scent, rather formal and evocative of the days when ladies wore the rigid foundation garments and garters represented on the bottle. But wait, this is not your grandmother's scent, womanly though it is--this is Gaultier at his best, with a wink and a nod to the past but with a kinky boot firmly planted in the here and now. You can tell that his heart and soul went into this one. Probably a love it or hate it scent, I think that it is much less polarizing than Le Male. Classique has a wonderful, musky dry down that is really beautiful and reminds me of many of the great French classics. Like Le Male, this has brilliant packaging and marketing and seems to be going strong all these years and multiple flankers later!

Salutation.

CLASSIQUE by JPG is A Seductive Intoxicating fusion of Oriental ingredients combined with a Sensuous, Magnetic floral.You know a Perfume is Amazing when after 17 years it still darling. Unforgettable,Exquisite, Sweet,Classic,Romantic,Soft Floral, Feminine and Absolutely French Style.

It is a Oriental floral fragrance meant to Express the Emotion of Love at first sight.Pretty Spicy with a Rose hint in the Top notes,Soft Floral in the Middle and Lovely Vanilla in the End That Result is the kind of perfume that makes a Lady feel Like a Seductress.

It leaves people always wanting to Know what fragrance you are Wearing.Sweet without being Girly.Surely LADYLIKE in a Subtle Way.Appropriate for Evening wear and Special occasions in AUTUMN/WINTER.one of Those Fragrances when your bottle is Empty you will be buying another one.

Sillage?Nice.

Longevity?Another Great part this one as it is Superb On my skin.

Thank You JPG.

8/10