Reviews of Jean Pascal
by Jean Pascal

A rather traditional fougère-style scent that doesn't seem to have any coumarin notes in the pyramid. Still, it is a bit herbal and mutedly floral with some spicy aspect that also seems not to be listed in the pyramid. The base is very classic for men's fragrances: amber, moss, musk, and unspecified woods. The woody note seems to have a bit of a leather cast to it, so it may be birch. It seems to be a real eau de toilette strength, and so not extremely long-lasting, but it doesn't do too badly in that way either. Its chief appeal is that it's kind of stereotypically masculine in a gentler, more refined sort of old-school way. Definitely male, but not a big, bold 80s-style power scent, Its drydown is really quite satisfying. I give it high marks. It's a pity it isn't better known, but it comes from a South American company, though the nose, I believe, is from Geneva, la Suisse romande (French-speaking Switzerland). Et voilà!

After reading this thread, I have decided that, before I write I a review, I will not read either the "official notes", or more importantly, the opinions of others. It's obvious here that reviewers are not just considering the impressions of others, but are actually lifting ideas/terms/phrases from them.

This frag strikes me as a lemon leather with a deep floral heart. Imagine Boss Spirit and Duc de Vervins in bed together. Top notes are compelling, even from afar. What I perceived as lemon may in fact be the mixture of bergamot and pineapple. The heart is rather strong and flat, and as mentioned above, very vintage in feel. The top notes persist throguh the heart. The base contains good fixatives, likely birch and civet?

masculine , very masculine,spice ficilitated by spicey pineapples. has enough power to get it done with one spray maybe an half spray.well blended.

Maisonstinky's site review of Jean Pascal Edt states that the following notes appear:

Top Notes:
bergamot, pineapple, herbal essence

Middle Notes:
lavender, jasmine

Basenotes:
musk, wood, amber, moss

This one starts out sweet and spicy and evolves rapidly into an arrestingly smooth and muted floral of considerable depth. The finish shows a background of the floral notes but now interwoven with an earthy, musky framework. Longevity is about 5-6 hours on me but it lingers faintly for as many hours more. Nice.

Altogether a classy fragrance I feel quite comfortable in, and one I can be reasonably sure no one else would be wearing to an upscale cocktail party.

I smell civet, musk, lavender, various herbs, moss. Musty and biting and dry. Imagine Homme de Gres style of dryness. Now, take away all the lemon and woods and add in Ungaro II. There. A close approximation of Jean Pascal. The civet note I smell isn't as agreesive as say, Kouros nor is it as refined and urbane as Ungaro II. This is a well made scent but I'd rather have other like it for the price.

Really like this scent, yes, but it's pretty hard to track down and -- for the price -- I'll get its American cousins much cheaper. This one smells just like a hybrid of Liz Taylor's Passion for Men and Aramis Devin, really it does. It's a very pleasant hybrid, yes, but that's exactly what I'm getting. There's a slightly sweeter, spicier edge here than in either of the two aforementioned frags, yes, but only marginally so. Good stuff? You bet. But worth the hunt and the price? I dunno -- can get both Passion for Men and Devin pretty reasonably stateside.

It’s a good thing that I had two different samples of this. I found it was almost like having two different fragrances. The first one seemed to be a traditional lavender / musk / moss quite heavy in something that seemed like a way-too-prominent civet—and not much else to it. It was old and boring and not too well made. The second one, in an actual Jean Pascal sample tube, I found to have a spicy and fiery sub-element to it with highlights of pineapple—both sub-elements done well and presented as a very attractive combination. The ‘civet’ note was much less obvious, and the whole fragrance was understated and kept somewhat close to the skin. Obviously there was something wrong with the first sample, and I liked the second one better.
I find this scent to be something of a enigma—I have a difficult time categorizing it or even understanding it. It has so many characteristics of the old fashioned men’s cologne, but it also presents some things that seem truly new and edgy. I think the newer elements of the fragrance would have worked better over pyramid accords that weren’t so heavy and opaque.

I was not able to find the notes pyramid for this fragrance, but I will try to describe this the best as I can, especially since that I consider this to be Jean Pascals' best release yet.

Upon initial application, a sharp, lemony, bright, slightly minty citrus accord is experienced - it is quite uplifting, and sets the stage for the good things to come. The middle notes (10 minutes later) introduce a spicy and slightly herbal mix to the proceedings - at this point, Jean Pascal is a fresh, uplifting spicy concotion of a fragrance, recalling a walk in park on a cool springs day with slight whiffs of the spice market nearby. The drydown brings about a musky almost animalic component which stays mostly in the background, but rounds off a great performance by a very well-balanced fragrance. Longevity is good, and sillage is decent.

Jean Pascal isnt a groundbreaking offering - but what it does, it does very well. While Quimbaya goes slightly overboard with the spices, Jean Pascal contains a smorgasboard of great notes with no note overpowering the other, resulting in a slickly produced fragrance.

I instinctively hated this at first sniff. It's all the things I hate about vintage scents - sour, sharp, musty, dry, with no detectable notes.
When sniffing it some more I realized there's more to it than that though. It has a spicy, peppery, fiery note I quite enjoy and a hint of creamy sweetness. It also has a hint of contemporary ozone/aquatic men's cologne mixed in, but only a hint, only just enough to actually make it better (I usually don't like that at all). But best of all, it also has a hint of dirty, almost foody/meaty musk like Muscs Koublai Khan.
It's pretty much like a good, interesting scent hiding under a bad, conventional scent. It's such a clash of styles and notes it almost makes it interesting and smell-worthy just because of that. Like someone took a classic vintage cologne, a generic, modern men's cologne and one or two innovative and beautiful niche fragrances and mixed them all together, perhaps with a double dose of the vintage cologne since my overall impresson is vintage-y sour and sharp.