Paris (1983)
by Yves Saint Laurent

One of the few scents that stays on my skin and doesn't turn to sugar. Scent stays true all day. It's very strong and I must spray it on a tissue first, and then dab my skin with it. When I wear this, people stop me and ask what I'm wearing -- it smells so good.

I love the floral scent and the roses, roses, roses! Very, very fresh. The EDT is light but has real lasting power almost like an EDP. It gets compliments from both men and women; I have never tried the EDP. Flowery but deeper and not too young girl-y--it's womanly. The unusual bottle is faceted and lovely, and the unusual pink/rose cap conttrasts with the stark black. I think I will keep returning to this again and again. I think of the intellectual writer George Sand (a woman), known for wearing her top hat, trousers and frock coat, but wearing a blood-red rose in her hair when she posed for Delacroix.

Yes Goldaline, it has been reformlated and is not the girl it once was. You can still get this beautiful vintage powerhouse on ebay (black stripe on box rather then all pink box) which is how I got my wonderful true 80s classic. I love it!

I bought Paris EDT in 1983, the very week it was launched in Harrods in London. I took a chance because I couldn't really smell it as I had a streaming cold. As I'd loved Opium; Rive Gauche, and Yves, I thought the chances were I'd like Paris, too. And I did. I wore it constantly for 3 years. I particularly liked the rose/violet mix, which I found uplifiting. I got lots of compliments on the fragrance, (but I also knew a couple of people who hated it on me.)

But has Paris been reformulated? Feeling nostalgic, I tried it again recently in a department store, and it smelt much sweeter than I remembered. It reminded me a little of Red Dior, which I can't stand. Or perhaps it's just my chemistry that's changed? It's a great fragrance, though, in a class of its own.

I used to wear back in my misspent youth and loved it although, to be honest, back then the bigger and more flowery a scent the better as far as I was concerned. I still like it - on others - but despite getting a nostalgic kick when I smell it have learned since then that it really didn't suit me.

On me it smells rosy and woodsy, a very clean and feminine smell. I think this fragrance suits very well to women over 40, it's quite mature and classy.