Soir de Paris (Evening in Paris) by Bourjois

RobLyn

My great-grandmother always wore the original version of this, it is a scent that always brings back fond childhood memories. For many years I had a throw pillow from her house, I keep it stored in plastic bag to keep the scent. For years I would take it out and smell it and remember that wonderful, colorful lady from my early childhood who always made me feel special and beautiful.

Sargas

This is a review of the vintage cologne, dated early 1940's. The scent starts off like most classic perfumes, with a burst of citrus and a high concentration of what seems like aldehydes. Then it quickly transitions to the heart notes. I smelled a lot of Iris, Jasmine, Lily of the Valley, and a soft rose somewhere in there. Though powdery, this perfume not a pure baby powder scent. It's an unoffensive powder, with a unique note that somehow makes it stand out. It might be the Heliotrope. When it finally transitioned to it's base notes, much of the heart notes were still there. However, I could smell a hint of musk and a slight sweetness due to vanilla. It was a beautiful fragrance to experience.

The sillage is amazing for a cologne. I put two drops underneath each ear yesterday night around 9:00, layered with a small coat of talcum powder. The next day, I rubbed my wrists underneath each ear, and I can still smell it on my wrist at noon!

As a 17 year old girl I am suprised how much I like this fragrance. It does not smell old fashioned once it hits the heart and base. It's a very classic fragrance, but women of any age can wear it. The fragrance is sensual but not provocative. When you catch a whiff, it draws you in with it's soft femininity as if saying, "Come hither, but be a gentleman if you do." Evening in Paris will never lose its style, elegance, and appeal.

krmarich

This review is about both versions of this famous scent. I was a small boy who remembers his grandmother, who used to bathe in this stuff. It was inexpensive and elegant simultaneously. On her dresser, the bottles were simple and mysterious to my little eyes. Granny was a very fashionable lady, and EIP was her signature. She told me she had bought her first bottle in the 1920s! Naturally, I had to get a bottle of the revival formula. It is similar, yet not the same. It resembles the Jazz era classic, yet is upgraded for modern wearers. I spay a drop on my pillow and it reminds me of my grandmother...

a bit vintage

I so rememeber this because apparently the previous owners of the victorian I grew up in dumped their trash in the backyard. My brother & I loved to dig up treausures from out backyard, and I found several EIP bottles, some still w/ fragrance in them! I remember it to be a bit powdery and it had a familiar floral that I liked (sort of violet-ish). My favorite bottle was a bullet shaped bottle w/ a tassle.

tessture

Evening in Paris started out alot like a Chanel fragrance, very French and aldehydic, but it faded fast to a nasty Jasmine-Lily of the Valley scent that always smells like rotting white flowers on me. Then it dried down finally to a faint, pleasant, sandalwood vanilla musk. When I washed it off, it left a faint taint like vintage dusting powder. It smells strangely like a mock of itself: I 'French' scent that everybody wore because it was affordable. Well worth visiting for the vintage-vacation alone. Not sure it's worth a full bottle, however. The true vintage of this, if you can find some that hasn't turned, is very layered, rich and ringing with formal elegance. It dries down a bit powdery, too, however, though it still hints at a beautiful made-up face, with lipstick and powder, furs and perfumes.