Classique by Jean Paul Gaultier

ojosverdes

I tried this one a while back and I wasn't impressed. This one too strong for my liking,very perfumey more for a mature woman. This is headache inducing, not a day scent IMO.

Nicole79

Now that i tested Classic, i'm more than sure that i felt this perfume before. It is indeed very unique and strong....
It's the kind of fragrance that I could find quite" disturbing" after a while, love - hate scent!!!
It doesn't smell "old", it is bold and modern for me. It is not easy to weare thou...u need to be in the "right mood " for it !!!
A must try...

lialu

Lovely, for some time. After a few hours it sadly goes a bit stale/sour on my skin. Love it on others, better in cold weather on me. Another scent that you can't mistake. Like THAT, and of course the bottle. :-) Gaultier is cool. I come back to JPG now and then.

ananda

At first I was delighted with the sparkling, almost electric notes of mandarin and star anise. Good. As it developed, it started resembling Thierry Mugler Alien, in all of its floral exuberance. Ok, I was still kind of liking it. But wait, there's still more to come... It blooms and blossoms and it grows, and blooms and blossoms and grows and each second there's a little bit more of everything and it just doesn't stop growing! Goodness!... Classique becomes so overpoweringly floral, you can barely smell anything else.

I was horrified, since I'm easily attacked by headaches with strong florals. I was expecting something not SO loud and not SO gaudy! You know, the bottle is quite beautiful and the name "Classique" naturally evokes elegance, refinement, discreet sexyness... The truth is, this perfume can easily become vulgar if worn improperly.

All I could think about was scrubbing it off, but I decided to see how far it would go. However, the day went by, and Classique was still all over me, so i had to wash it. And that was because I sprayed it one single time, from a reasonable distance... I just kept wondering "How can that be an EDT?!"

And you know what? I would find it really nice if it weren't SO LOUD in every single tone. I'm sorry because I know so many people love it, and I hate reading bad reviews on the perfumes I like. But this one is the kind of scent for me to appreciate on other people, from a good, good, good distance!

Dark Curls

i decided to wear this out one evening to meet up with a girlfriend for dinner, and I must admit I was bored with it! I loved it at 1st when I ordered a tester bottle unsniffed to try and have it, but that evening it just smelled over-powering, and SWEET. I felt boring in it. :-/ I may wear it again sometime just to see if it was a fluke but idk.

eilismaireg

This is one I thought I'd like when it came out initially but I've never bought it. The exciting bottle and glamourous advertising are very different from the slightly prim, boring perfume- you may as well by le jardin or lace

solemavri

I love this perfume. I was fallen in love when I tried the cream, and then I tried the perfume. It's one of my favorites.

claudia_23

to me is sweet and powdery y smell roses on top and then it becomes to sweet that gives me headache. is a strong perfume with an unique combination but is not my type..... i think this could be suitable on an old fashion cassy dress. is very warm suitable for winter and it has a good lasting power.

frenkuzumu

I do not what disturbs me in this perfume. Something miscalculted with this parfume, I just feel like I ate too much dessert and needed to drink water!
I can't believe, am I the only one who do not adore this!

guest_Chanteusse Noir

My husband bought me my first bottle of JPG in '93 and it has been my favourite. I get a lot of compliments whenever I wear it. It is one of the few fragrances I don't have to layer. Sweet and sexy:D. Definitely fit for the confident woman who's up for a close encounter:D Merci,JPG!!!

Lady Love

Jean Paul Gaultier is soo out of this world as his fragrances.. You can love him or hate him but everyone know he will give us perfumes so different from what we usually smell..

Intense, Femenine, provocative for girls with sooo much personality and self confidence..

I remember seeing an advertisement image of this perfume, with a beautiful siren calling a shipwrecked sexy sailor.. and i think this is the power of classique..

neve

Pure raw femininity, melted, concentrated and enclosed in an appropriate bottle. Amazing stuff. Decadent, old fashioned elegance meet a modern, impudent taste. Perfect and unforgettable from the first to the last note.

narada

SEXY smell . NO. 1 of my perfume . Everytime i spray it people compliment me that i have good smell and classy
: D

Majah90

Love this fragrance!! Smells so elegant and classy :) A must have

Dark Curls

I am head over heels with this fragrance. I am 28 and only now discovering. I had ordered a bottle without ever smelling it, confident it would smell good based on the name, notes, and reviews. It smells sooooo sexy I love it!!! Of course the bottle is an icon. I got the EDP and have no regrets whatsoever!

Malegria

Is there a tuberose in it? I felt a whole bunch of delicious, saucy tuberose with a crispy edge! I think a found a perfect one for me.

Soph

I want this one so bad! I smelt it once on this friend of mine and I fell in love. Its so sexy and sassy and I could smell my friend a mile away. Its so hard for me to find here in Australia because everywhere I go its sold out!

viveka

I prefer EdT version than EdP, it's far more "classique" and extravagant than second softer version.
I totally felt in love with Classique one year ago, earlier it was too strong and sensual for me, i couldn't handle it on me. But now yes. I found 100% expression of pure demonic vamp :)
Not for "grey mices", Classique suits powerful, domination woman with sexual attraction, this smell can kill somebody not prepared for its strongness.
I love first burst of orange and intoxicating sensual of base. I also love little touch of retro.
Mmmmm.
Dangerous Power of Seductive.

Mellyhelly

I revisited this fragrance after a few years. I didn't like it at first because it smelt of rose&alcohol at the beginning and it seemed to me like a perfume my aunt with little taste would wear together with her floral old fashion dresses. I didn't bother to wait for the drydown. I used to smell this one on many women years ago and it bored me like teh usual scent of the moment. I recently got a sample of the original version in EdP and I had to change my mind. Well, I'm older, but Classique doesn't smell old to me anymore. I smell a strong rose and fruits opening, no pear detected as specific note. It quickly fades to a beautiful rich floral with a spicy edge, mostly ginger, it gently tingles my nose. Then the drydown is a beautiful, rich, longlasting vanilla surrounded by flowers and a little sweet amber.
It's strong. Some days it can be too much, but it's nonetheless a very classy and feminine fragrance! It makes you feel like a woman, better worn with a good make-up and feminine clothes.
It's quite an original scent, still it smells more of a timeless strong floral you can't really say it's from '80s or '90s. This is a good sign IMO.
Strange enough the bottle and all the sexy mess around is less appealing than the fragrance itself. I like one of the ad and the bottles are nice, but the juice is the most important and again this is a sign of good quality stuff.

notme

Seductive, sweet, strong, very long stying power, for femmes fatale who can and want to dominate and reduce to silence. It's a really strong scent.

zvoncica

Long time ago, while I was in high school I had a friend smelling different, strong, bold and unusual. That perfume didnt resemble to anything else I have smelled till then, and I could always sense her nearness simply based on scent.

The perfume is JPG Classique, off course.

Nowdays when I have the chance I try it on my skin and search for that memorable scent, significant among others, bold, strong and unusual. And I can`t find it. On me Classique smells rusty, overspicy, edgy and screaming.
But that`s just me.

Classique is imperative and provocative. And it seeks a woman with analogues attitude.

guest_szasz

This is an utterly boring pear juice sprinkled with cough syrup.

This seductive?-You make me laugh in an ironic way! Mature?-only if you think that drinking pear juice is a mature thing. Feminine? oh dear lord, nooo! it's even bad to use as a perfume for to scent the clothes of a little baby. Cause, afterall, you don't want a baby to smell like sharp cough syrup and pear juice, don't you? There are better and more interesting perfumes even for that!

Does the damn bottle manage to hypnotize you all?


From my point of view, it's utterly boring, cheap and pointless. And the most stuipid pear composition. Maybe they tought that if they'd make a pretty bottle that would appeal the branch of stupid teenage girls, that idolize Madonna (from wich this bottle is inspired),or so, they'd sell it well. Trick works!

MinogueParfums

I just tried the EDP today, and it was sensational!

The first spray smells like a bed of roses, not roses like Kate by Kate Moss, but roses freshly picked from Italy.
The scent becomes this sweet and very sensual scent that really describes a classic perfume that is unforgettable and endless. It must be the vanilla, sweet, glamorous, yet classy.
I don't see why people shouldn't try this, but I know people has different taste. But hear me when I say, if you love all vintage perfumes that has been around for a long time, Classique will last forever!
Thank you Monsieur Gaultier.

poppy_vanderbilt

about 11 years ago i got a box of mini JPG perfumes...i loved the gorgeous little bottles and kept them out on my vanity...i had only smelled 2 or 3 of them and thought they were all very lovely but enjoyed the esthetics of the bottles more...i had them for 3 years before i opened up classique and when i did it was pure olfactory pleasure...i can't remember when i had smelled a perfume so full of life...it's a smell i could imagine lingering on the collar of Catherine Deneuve's Rain coat hanging in her closet...and i love the comparison of chanel#5 that another reviewer wrote on here because to me classique smells exactly like what i had always hoped chanel#5 smelled like but didn't....absolutely a classic.

morgataria

the perfume that gives me most compliments.I have the edp.

Adriana_87

I have this in edp,the one with flowers on the dress,i prefer the edp because its deeper and kinda softer that suits younger women better.This frag is an alltime masterpiece,timeless and feminin.All you need to feel good and beautiful.I never get tired of this smell..

suway

Jean Paul Gaultier this is my all time fav. i love it

sevanya

I can find words to describe my admiration of this fragrance, it's very special for me. Although it was released in 1993 and can seem to some people "old" it doesn't lose its actuality now. For me it's very special. I prefer EDT.

ArkangeL

****

I bought this... just because. I shop at random for others. I figure out who I'm giving what to, later. I'm with the majority vote. Mature, refined and romantic. Sweet, in an uplifting manner. Nice.

(4 Stars)

ArtELLE

Very nice, mature fragrance. Smells so elegant and classy. And Gautier...he is a great artist. So full of imagination and so daring!

guest_

this is such a womanly fragrance, its so sexy and feminine, there is nothing like this elsewhere and i always feel great when i wear it, and the bottle looks so sophisticated in my handbag x its quite a strong smell but it does calm down and it smells just beautiful....its my fave

MoietToi

I already own a bottle of Gaultiers MaDame and I love it so much. So decided to try another Gaultier scent and I decided to try Classique. At first when I sprayed a blast of powdery,rosy sweetness emerged from the bottle. But a few minuets later it became much less sweet and more elegant and classy. I think this scent is a little too mature for me but I would love to wear it once I get older :) .

BluDreamer7806

This is one sexy, heady fragrance. It's absolutely beautiful and smells yummy. The bottle alone is excitingly appealing, exuding sexiness. The citrus of the orange blossom, madarin, and rose of the top notes mesh wonderfully together with the amber, musk, and vanilla of the base notes. I smell most of these notes in this fragrance. Ladies, you can't go wrong with this scent. It's long lasting and your man will love it.

Eau de moi

Very unique indeed. Just tried it again after 3 years and now this perfume fits me. It has classe, it has originality, it is really Gaultier.

KasiaS

What I really appreciate in Gaultier is that he is an artist and seems not to forget the value of originality.
Classique is the best example: strong, classy, sexy, appealing and chique, but also a bit uneasy and perverse.
A scent worth a real femme fatale. Makes me somehow think about Marquis de Sade, too :) I love it!

MinogueParfums

I would like to say Happy Birthday to Jean Paul Gaultier today, and I'd like to say thank you for making the best perfume since '93.

Trvevil

This one definitely deserves to have the name Classique. It smells sharp, strong and a bit old fashioned but not 'old'. Today is warm day and sun is cruelly shining I thought I'd be dead in a bus, but as I smelled this on my wrist it was kinda refreshing and nice. At first it's very strong and very soapy on me. Like some classic floral soap. It has huge sillage too. Next it's becoming less soapy, it becomes more ginger with iris accompanied with orchid. This fragrance reminds me (in my fantasy only) of a woman who lives in 1930s and she wears elegant clothes and attends theater (where you can see 'heavy' wood furniture, and all romantic things you can see in old fashioned theaters and operas for example and some flats as well,- ugh, I dream to live in a dark old fashioned flat in old part of capital city :D )This fragrance for me embodies and blends all this thoughts together (I don't know how exactly buildings were in 1930s), but for sure it makes you think of things you think is romantic. The bottle is unique one for sure, but I'm not liking it that much. Lasting power of this fragrance is very good and sillage too is very good.
The dry-down is ambery and a bit dusty and is after some 5 hours.

sky76sky

Ahhh, memories! I bought it as a teenager for the bottle & the edgey, deep & sensual scent...but it never suited my skin. All the elements I loved were there: warm, sexy vanilla, musk & amber, playful rose, orange & pear....& then some inviting others: ginger & star anise. It smelled so decadent on others...but on my skin there was a staleness, almost a hint of bad breathe! I used it all up, but will not buy it again - strictly for others, but what an iconic piece of packaging!

Chatnoir

Such a cool, edgy bottle, such a so-so fragrance. "Classique" starts out floral and stuffy... and it stays that way. I noticed very little in the way of development, except that about four hours later, all you can still smell is the vanilla.

luz

Everything is amazing about this perfume: the blend, the trail (sillage). It smells spicy and soapy... the combination between orange blossom, ginger, ylang ylang and vanilla is really nice. The bottle and the name represent perfectly what this scent means.

Lunohodik

I smelled it for the first time about 10 years ago and ever since its a love-hate story.
I heard it for the first time when my stylist used to have it, I was about 18 and used very light permumes, she was a gorgeous grown up woman, who liked mink coats and glamourous clothes. On her I loved it, it smelled like sunshine to me. Very bright and I think very "summer" scent regardless that its sweet.
I bought it but couldn't wear it at all. So I gave it to my mom, and it became her signature scent ever since. Sometimes I love it sometimes I even hate it, when it seems to stuffy and overly sweet. In general Its a good perfule, but I wish it were more complex though.

Trinity

Oh my God! I think I just died and went straight to heaven!

This fragrance (EdP) is gorgeous! Absolutely beautiful, feminine, warm and sexy…..simply glorious! A masterpiece! Got this one today….bought it "unsniffed"…could slap myself now, for not ordering it earlier!!!

JPG Classique is not for young girls…..it is made for women 25 and up because it is serious stuff…..no playing around, rather making the rules and men have to follow…(and I guess they will)! ….hmmm…..I like that! :-) :-) :-)

Definitely a "Must have"!

Yana

My favourite for a special occasion. I have edt, it's more floral at the beginning and vanila-powdered at the end, very long lasting on me. Love it!

perfumes_addict

absolutely gorgeous!!! i get compliments every time i use it. men seem to be sooooo attracted to it ;)

Spring25

I like this one. It is light and strongly powdered, floral and citrusy, relaxing and uplifting all at once. The EDP seemed to have good lasting power on me. I layered it with the body lotion which was nice and light. Good fall scent. The design of the bottle is really cool too. I heard it was a similar to an old classic called Shocking.

krabby

I love this one. Too bad it gives my sister headaches. I'm just lucky because i'm on my second bottle and i didnt buy none... the former owner hated the scent so she gave them to me. I can't thank her enough:)

guest_amarilla

I love to layer it with the body lotion.
It lingers on you forever!
Men love it, very seductive.

Leo

Rose...rose...and rose...

No more...
Nice enough, but unfortunately it is not luxurious enough..

snobuni77

This is a very sweet seductive scent.It was also a bit syrupy on my skin.I got a mini of the pure parfume & it does last pretty long. I did also get compliments on it ;)

It isn't a scent I would normally go for as it hasn't any vanilla(that I can smell) & it isn't really spicy or too floral but it works with me really well.The sweetness it contains is unlike any I have come across(thusfar at least)& it makes me feel very feminine & sugar coated.The mandarin & pear are dominant on me & they make me feel like a sugar coated sexy mama =)

Malegria

Dear Montie M, what a marvelous review!It describes the fragrance so well!I tested it in the mall a couple of months ago,admired it for a day...would like o have it in my collection.It is like a key to feeling sexy and liberated.

Montie_M

Are you kidding me? There is no even a single drop of classic (aka old) in it. Truly haute couture, this one is bold, daring, sexy, and definitely ‘eatable’…umm, I mean, when a man sniffs you, big probability is that he wanna eat you straight away. Oh, well, I confess, not all of men, I am dramatizing a li’l bit :-) Back to business, if you feel extremely sexy (or pretend to be), then wear this one, a max of 3 drops will do. More, please harvest complains from your surrounding as this definitely harsh to unprepared victims.
Spraying it once, the top note bursts, giving the exalted feeling of cutting a sweet Californian mandarin orange (like you ever found one anyway) followed by heavy tuberose, jasmine & ylang-ylang. The dry down is vanilla and amber (mixed with a trace of ylang-ylang). Skip the ginger, iris and cinnamon. It never developed. Hint: find the EDP, fresher & fruitier than the EDT.

WardrobeMistress

This really didn't work on me. Far too sickly and sugary. Reminiscent of the bottom of a jar of old fashioned candy. I gave this away, it was that unpleasant to wear.

dutch mickie

always works on about every man. romantic, feminine, sensual, somewhat innocent but with the tendency towards naughty and sexually willing. so, all the ingredients are there. for myself though I search for a scent with a little more strength and spice. I prefer gaultier2

Sensuos

I finally got my own Classique (EDP)! The only thig I can say is that I simply LOVE IT! I am wearing it for two days and I can fell it constantly, even at night when I go to bed ...!
When I fist spray it I feel the sweetness of the rose, orange blossom and mandarin orange but after it dries down in a couple of minutes I feel I am surrounded by some sweet yet powdery notes of iris, ginger, musk and vanilla (which is not too powerfull) ...
I can only say it is my all times favorite! I love it!

honeypoppyseed

Oh and the commercial is a trip! Exactly like the fragrance, I love it.

honeypoppyseed

This, Coco by Chanel, Paloma, these are such chic fragrances. They are so classic, yet modern, they really apeal to women in all the major cities of the world, and I can only think of the most divine sophisticated women wearing them. Classique is a top all of these fragrances (well Coco is pretty up there as well) because I can remember it from when I was very VERY young on my mother vanity, and sprinkling (or what I thought was sprinkling) it all over and hoping to has some of her appeal rub off on me.

I adore this fragrance, and as par with my usual comment, I do has age appropriations for this fragrance as well: No younger than 25, and employed in someway or another. A woman who wears this must be experienced otherwise she will disappoint.

Ayse

I bought this perfume about 4 yrs ago (protected it from the sun). I didnt use it for a long time, recently tried it again and absolutly love it. It smells expensive unlike some perfumes. Its a shame coz my boyfriend still hates it...

sapphire73

One of my favourite all time perfumes. It's feminine, musky and vanilly (if that's a word!) Pure woman!

leababe10

hello
this is one of my favourites. warm and seductive.
i love overpowering purfumes. so this one is for me.

gyftedgrammy

I cannot say enough good things about this fragrance. A girlfriend gave me this as a gift for my birthday about 8 years ago. Knocked my socks off. It is heady, alluring and addictive. I have to wear strong scents but this one doesn't smack you in the face with it's presence; as a matter of fact, the more of it I apply, the more frequent the compliments. I layer the EDP with the body cream and shower gel. If the words sexy, sassy and irresistible make you uncomfortable, proceed with caution!

Jasper

Very warm and sexy. This is the mother of all oriental-floral.(Designer's fragrance, that is.) I understand now why lots of lady outhere can't live without it. Sweet top, almost too sweet for my taste. if you dislike sickly sweet perfume, you can choke before the middle notes appear. After the intoxicating opening, there is the true "Classique" revealed. The oriental floral notes are a work of arts, smells very faminine and elegant. And the dry down....oh so addictive and sensual. Absolute plasure!

Aalia

This perfume transforms its potent prescence, into an aura around the wearer.The scent is warm and smooth in a comforting way, and at the same time challenging and a bit forceful. However, The perfume is never obnoxious, it stays with the wearer, close to the skin, providing a second sense of beauty. The floral notes combine well, the top and middle notes have good fixation, and the drydown is not flat or monotone! I would prefer a stronger ginger note, however,that is my personal taste. I think It makes a great gift perfume, but, it is not a 'safe' gift perfume!I firmly disagree with any 'Madonna " references. Again, JPG has created a unique, multi-fasceted scent, of high quality craftmanship.

guest_

i have to say that EDP is sensational ¡¡¡ deeply seductive and luxurious. This one, can put on you a delicious sensuous charm :) :) :)

golden

This is a strange one cause i think it depeneds who is wearing it? an italian friend of mine used to wear this and i think it suited her.Soft and classy.On the other hand an older lady , which i smelt it on smelt of cats pee.

model_wannabe

i like it a lot, sweet and powdery, even musky a bit. it's very simialar to Organza - Givenchy, only better :D

azuriiita

Powdery, sweet and sexy :D
Glamorous... To witty and sense of fashion women :D
This scent make think about lounge party :D

cdawnn1

I smell vanilla, amber, and a powdery finish. It also has a bit of a smokiness to it I would recommend this to people that like warm fragrances, like myself. It's definitely unique, which makes me drawn to this scent. My boyfriend calls this a "better version of Chanel no. 5." (he doesn't like no.5.). I can see where he is coming from with that comment, because it is powdery like no.5., but it has something extra to it, making it really sexy. I'd recommend!

Leukothea

EDT is a version that suits me more, found that out thanks to Sandrina :)) A must have!

nezzabel

one of favourites!
Definitely sexy, powerful and long lasting!
Perfect for autumn/winter.
It's seductive, classy and makes me feel "in control"!
I just adore it!

guest_lorena

this is my favorite perfume, its unique, sweet , elegant, romantic,it lasts well on fabrics and on skin of course. I dont use it everyday, only for special occations. I use Carolina Herrera, CH everyday

grati

yes, Jean rules; there's no perfume like this one...it's everything but serious:)

Sensuos

I must have this one ...
I tried it once and I can't get it out of my "nouse"!
It is feminine, sexy, elegant, powerfull ... delightful!
I feel it a little bit creamy!

Gina76

I love Gaultier Classic because it loves me. It is indeed sexy and teasing your sensual senses. The Edt fragrance in combination with the cream on a rainy august evening "face à face" event makes your total aura unresistable.

Marianne

I adore this one...especially the top is gorgeous! It makes me feel comfortable and warm...for me a typical winter scent.

argeada

One of my favorites as well! If a lady wants to be remembered, this is the best signature she should leave behind. I wonder, if I was about to choose one perfume only, would that dirty self-confident smile I have whenever I have this one on me, even for a moment be diminished?

takemyhusbandplz

Believe it or not I like Classique EDP layered with a very small amount of Dolce & Gabbana pour Femme lotion! Yummy. I haven't looked up the actual notes to this EDP, but to me it smells like victorian rose, amber, orchids, vanilla, and maybe carnations on a sandelwood base.?! It definiately has a warm, slightly sweet and very slightly powdery base.

It is what I would call an intimately sexy scent. It lies close to the skin and smells great on fabric. The lasting power is just incredible. Classique EDP lasts well over 11 hours on my skin. When I wear Classique I cannot stop smelling my wrists!

I think nearly every age group could pull Classique off. Tho, I'd imagine Classique on one helluva sexy granny!

guest_Zoe M

The name means everything in this perfume. Like the name it's very classique, so french, girly, perfect for a romantic date.

sandrina_bambina

This is one of my favourite fragrance ever. Very seductive and unique.L`eau d`toilette is a bit better than eau de perfume on my skin.Gaultier rules:):