Reviews of Champs-Elysées (1904)
by Guerlain

I found this frag way too ordinary, old fashioned and STRONGLY perfumey. I first sniffed it on a tissue and didn't like it. Then I tested it on my wrist and still didn't like it. Something (but I don't know what) in it offends my nose.... The only plus is it's staying power; it lasted well over 12 hours on me.

Bubbling, sweet opening, then... very, very average, TOO sweet and stuck-in-the-back-of-your-throat cloying floral - and although it's definitely a Guerlain, it's my least favourite. The scent lasts for ages too, which is unfortunate if you don't like it.

It's just okay. Classic and refined also can be boring and unadventourus. To me its just a "perfrume" smell with nothing special. I gave mine away to someone who liked it better than I did.

This is one of the very few Guerlains that I cannot wear. Yes, I agree that it is a joyful scent, very bubbly and a definite mood lifter upon the first spray, but it turns bleh on me. So 'meh', not for me.

Oh my Lord...How can so many people think this is "light and bubbly..." or Champagne-like.

Creamy it is. And very sweet. And very sickly. All I get is awefully sweet and sickly Buddleia and Mimosa, both plants of which are serious pest-species in most countries outside south-west Europe, especially here in Australia.

I live, as I have mentioned in at least one other review, that I live in a nice, clean, well-kept, middle-class suburb called Forest Lake. Around the lake are planted native specimen and ornamental exotic gardens, for public leisure purposes.

But every year, early spring, when the migratory birds stop of to wet their feet, so to speak, they carry along with them, in their guano, Buddleia and Mimosa seeds, which spring up, flower, and by mid to late spring, fill there air with a noxious pollen-sweetness. It takes an entire month for the community watch and up-keep committee to rid the lakeside of the noxious things.

Not at all reconcilable with my tastes. And nor my mother's, as I discovered one eventfull birthday where my father, who insists on buying sickly sweet toilet cleaner perfumes for, threw it back at him:

"I TOLD YOU - NO MORE SICKLY SWEET TOILET CLEANER - the thought was there, darling, but you know I can't stand these perfumes...why not just buy me a bottle of Shalimar, or Rochas or Chanel Non. 5...or even a $15 bottle of Je Riviens from the Chemist would be lovely...I don't want to walk around with a migraine-headache all day, smelling like a spinster tramp...sorry...You do the same thing every year..."

I'd agree with Tropical... This scent is just so heavy and cloying on me -- it lasts - and lasts and lasts and just gave me a headache by the end of the day...

Unfortunately, though I love most Guerlains, this one is not for me. On my skin all one gets is an overpowering, heavy floral scent. The lasting power is incredible, more's the pity for me. Washing with soap and water and then scrubbing with moist towelettes still couldn't get rid of the smell.