Citizen Queen Juliette Has A Gun for women

I'm not sure I get any of the main accords at all. On me, Citizen Queen is pure (and strong, long-lasting) sweetness. It smells like the perfume Marie Antoinette would have worn had it already been invented in her lifetime. It's too sweet, perhaps, but that makes it interesting.

It's defiantly a doozy, on my skin baby powder,leather and a soft floral and I like it but the Australian summer ain't doing it any favors it's more a winter fragrance the kind that wafts out from under a heavy coat,it would have probably made it in my top ten with a touch less powdery feel
Compliments I got
My mother: that smells nice
My cousin : mmm ur perfume smells good
My brother : good god woman why did u put so much perfume on geez it's nice but wohhh (I only used one dab )
My cousin who sniffed it out of the bottle : that smells like insect repellent that can't possibly b the same perfume u had on
So verdict
It can b very strong yet soft
6/10

Don't be fooled by that leather glove pic in the main accord notes. The people who voted that leather was the main note, must've had splinters in the windmills of their minds. This is a powdery floral musk, and it most defintely reminds me of another perfume I've tried and disliked, and it's been bugging me all day. But nevertheless...it doesnt matter. The facts are: sillage is good, it follows you well. Many people will like this, it's not horrid. It's a little baby powder-like. pleasant enough. It's a safe non-threatening floral. The real main accord of this perfume is iris, 2nd would be musk. But for me..this is yet another so-called "leather perfume" disappointment.

UPDATE: I finally figured out the perfume it reminds me of. It's almost a dead ringer for Lovely - Sarah Jessica Parker. If you like that or Narisco Rodriguez, you'll like Citizen Queen. I just don't. C'est la vie!

An overwhelming flowers when sprayed, but after an hour you can feel something gentle, which reminds me Narcisso Rodrigues or some Angel Schlesser scents.

i have now and iam happy!citizen queen its powdery creamy floral frag smell a deep rose,violet skin ,soft musk ,clean smell too everithing its perfect very long lastin litlebit sweet but not "that"sweet 1absolut vorth the money its expensive but i must have frag elegant ,and amazed me!

o best smell ever!very long lasting frag i must buy but i dont know were exist!

I agree with iill1986! For me this is the best fragrance I ever smelled! This is my favorite too.

i believe this is like 3rd time luck, after miss charming and lady vengenace, this one came the 3rd in a row and it is the most sophisticated of all of them, it has longevity, it smells different then anything esle and its modern and addictive.i suppose their bestseller :)

10 / 10 From all points of view! I strongly recommend it!

This my first niche perfume- is disposed towards me very near.
It's an exceptionally subtle, elegant, infinitely clear, natural fragrance. Rosy, feminine, a little bit powdered fineness.
My signature scent- for me the best one :-)

sillage: 10/10
longevity: 10/10

On my skin, CITIZEN QUEEN opens rather unpleasantly, with a somewhat stinky, rank quality similar to what I imagine would be the scent of a person who went camping for a few days with no access to running water and decided to "freshen up" with some talcum powder and breath mints.

The drydown of this perfume smells quite nice, smooth and almost ambery, and the unpleasant animalic quality has dissipated (along with the hygienic deodorant masking aids). My impression from the other reviewers' comments is that this is one of those compositions where skin chemistry places a big role.

Not for me, but might be great (and apparently it is...) on the right person.

omg I have this and queen latifa's 'queen of hearts' and they are nearly identical.. doing side by side test.... while initially queen of hearts has a bit of dark blackery hint... the dry downs are very similar, will report back (this is a little upsetting considering queens is far cheaper hoping to find a big difference here)

One difference I notice is the cinnamon thta's in queen of hearts that's not in citizen queen.. also the aldaydes in citizen queen compared to the smokey inscence of queen latifa's

The Silage of Citizen queen is far better, I'm hoping longevity is better as well, will report back

And there is a citrus note in queen latifas that's very minimal... that I find similar to Citizen queen, thereis a slight difference in flowers perhaps one gives off a bit of a citrus smell

LOL.. just watched the video, and I have to say it's definently one of my favorite perfume commercials x)

ok went to sleep, woke up the 'Citizen Queen' I can still smell at this point in only somewht resembles narciso rodriguez for her, gorgeous really can still smell just lighter, but definently still quite there, The other, Queen Latifas 'Queen of herts seems to be long gone' I'd say without a doubt that Juliette Has a Guns 'Citizen Queen lasts a good 8-10 hours on my skin which is unheard of for any edp on my skin. Usually I need pure perfume to pull that off. Also I am no supernose, but I swear the ingreedients or notes in C.Q. are far higher than LAtifas .... while latifas is still lovely I am more likely to use that for more casual staying home or for work if I wanted to save my C. Q.

update: I dont want to confuse anyone. Citizen Queen and Queen of hearts are far from a match, but they definently have similarities.. If you cant afford Citizen Queen, I do believe that Queen of hearts is definently a nice and much cheaper alternative. But in a sense you get what you pay for, although Queen of hearts you do get a bit more for your money

---Update ---
I know I've been doing alot of comparing to Queen Latifa's but really what this is, is a modern interpratation of the Classic Chanel 19

this perfume reminds me about: YSL Rive Gauche which i was wearing in the 70`es when i was young but i must admit that this Juliette is more complete with its fruitnotes...really an amazing perfume

Amazing scent!!!

I never thought I'd love a perfume with prominent aldehydes... but this is different. It's classic yet modern, multifaceted and yet so smooth. Really great fragrance for winter, and it has great staying power.
I also have to tell you, I work as a casino dealer and the other night one of the poker players complimented me and said I smelled so good when I was wearing this and asked me what it was. That's never happened before!

I find Citizen Queen to be one of the most revolting odors (not just perfumes) by which I’ve ever been assaulted. There’s something so torturously discordant about the way that the labdanum and leather interact that it feels like a long metallic knitting needle being shoved up my nose—making me delirious, dizzy, and nauseous. If there were an olfactory equivalent to fingernails on a chalkboard, this would be it. Now, please excuse me while I go puke.

A very beautiful and classic scent,a chypre with aldehydes that reminds very much of chanel no 5 and other scents in that school,the oldfashioned school of perfumes.
Its unevidedable to not draw paralelles to them,but dont get me wrong - if those can smell a bit old lady like and be quite hard to wear,this isnt like that!
They took the classical ingerdients,and made the formula light and with a discrete twist of bubblegum hardly there to notice - that makes it a young and fresh scent as well as classical!
Aldehydes and rose is most prominent.

On me: Aldehydes, Johnson's Baby Shampoo Original, powdery iris,dusty rose, creamy, leathery & spicy amber. Feels very retro and ladylike to me. My comfort scent during rainy days, I love it! The whiff of this fume sometimes does remind me of Kenzo Amour from its creaminess aspect. Sillage wise :huge Staying Power: Very Good

The black and white video starts very nicely with a urban dark lady out of the underground. It describes well the idea of mistery that CQ conveys to my nose.But the end of the video ruins the poetry. Sensual gestures don't fit with the image of a strong, bold lady. As well as the rich leather of the opening doesn't fit with the cheap detergent of the background. Bad result for a good initial idea. What a pity.
Many reviewers said the staying power is good. On me no more than 5 minutes.

Didnt work on my skin (all you could smell was leather) but on my mother it smells divine!!!! The rose combined with the leather morph into a more wearable 'Flowerbomb'-type sweet scent. Its so unique.. something you have to try out and spritz on your skin at least once.

May not have worked on me but props to Juliette Has A Gun as the perfumes are all very unique and packaged beautifully!!!!!!!

First fragrance I've picked up from my Juliette Has a Gun discovery kit.

It is somehow true what Romano Ricci says about its third creation: "impossile to describe". It is, almost.
Citizen Queen is one of those scents you only have to feel, without trying to dissection its phases or detecting notes and similarities: what you get is a really sophisticated and feminine aura from the beginning to the end, with a prominent leather note continuosly evolving and developing into powdery floral nuances and ambery hints. Maybe there's also a bit of pine resin, rose incense and honey here and there... and echoes of precious soaps on the background.
Sillage and longevity are excellent: this is not what I would define an extremely strong or aggressive scent, but its projection is noticeable all the time and I can smell it after 12 hours on me.

- The more I smell my wrists, the more I'm carried to images of a XIX Century young noble woman in her room.. she wears a velvet dress, a pair of purple gloves and an iris perfume, and she's reading a book. Alone with herself, serene and radiant -

Citizen Queen definitely provides the wearer with a mysterious and unique elegance, with a touch of seriousness. I've tried to connect this scent to something dark, intimidating or even dangerous (as suggested by the ad)... but this is not what I personally get from this scent. For sure I would recommend it to introspective and artistic personalities, maybe with a slight gothic mood and style.

She is not a gloomy Queen at all, but neither a sunny lady. She is simply what she is.

This is perhaps the most interesting fragrance from this house. The rose immediately merges with the leather, and it offers just the right touch of sweetness. As the fragrance develops, it gradually becomes softer. The rose is dusty, with a slight nuance of smokiness accompanying it. I am not sure whether incense is listed officially, but it seems that I smell some. This is a fairly dry, moderately dark fragrance, which would be more suitable for the evening hours.

I have been looking for a rose fragrance, and the rose is certainly here, but it is not occupying the center stage. Instead, Citizen Queen is keen on telling another story. The name is an oxymoron, of course, but if this is a queen, well, she might have just come back from hunting, having ridden her favorite horse. Perhaps there was a picnic, and she was sitting close to a smoky fire, as the hints of the smoke and her leather saddle mingled with her rose perfume. On the other hand, “Citizen Queen” may easily represent the idea that any woman could be powerful in her own right.

However one chooses to interpret the name of the fragrance, the wearer of Citizen Queen will likely make a daring statement. I admit it is too powerful for me, especially now in the warmer weather. I will have to try it again as a winter fragrance.

I found this too strong and masculine on me. I didn't find rose in it much. There is more rose in "Miss Charming", I think. Citizen Queen is too musty for me.

WHAT is going on in that video??...seriously..the juice is divine..i find it hard to differentiate between all JHG perfumes though, they all seem to smell quite alike to me..lovely but similar

This is my idea of a ladylike perfume. A powdery rose but as it develops the soapiness becomes a little much for me. Too much rose for me to consider wearing this.

A rather sickly powdery rose fragrance, which can be rather cloying. On the plus side, it's very long-lasting.

It's so amazing when it's sat down on my skin

My friend Yamba1 sent me a generous decant of this to try. (Thank you!) I loved all the notes in it, except immortal flower, which I have had trouble with before. This note unfortunately made it unwearable for me, pity as I was really looking forward to trying it. Apart from that jarring note this seemed to be a well put together fragrance; perhaps it should have been classified a chypre floral though.

I purchased the JHAG samples earlier this year. As it was (and still is) my new years resolution to slow down my collecting and purchase only fragrances I absolutely LOVE, I was fairly sure the JHAG sample pack would be just a pleasant exploration of the house, nothing more. Citizen Queen was one of the first I tried in the pack, and my initial reaction was OK but nothing special. It was only upon second testing when after generous application in the morning, the true beauty of CQ came to light. This was a hot, humid summer day, and the perfume stayed with me til late in the day.
I have not experienced the powder or Chanel No 5 vibe that others have documented. Rather, this is predominately a rose drenched in amber. Throughout the day, the leather and labdanum come through, to achieve a soft animalic sexy yet romantic feel.
I immediately bought a FB...I definitely love this!
It gives me so much joy at the moment and when I wear it I feel confident,sexy and in control.

Perfection!

PS Forgot to mention- the black velvet box is just stunning!

Very retro. Powder and hairspray. This brings to my mind ladies with very tall hair. Whether ladies of the 60s with their lacquered beehives, or myself in the 80s trying to perfect my gravity defying goth hairdo.Chanel no 5, as mentioned by another reviewer here, sprang to my mind too. This scent speaks of sophistication.
This is the 4th of the JHAS samples I have tried and to me, it smells the most synthetic so far. No rose evident like with the other three. I like it!
Update: Erm, I've changed my mind, liked the top notes but not really me this one... not a keeper...

Is Citizen Queen suitable for a 15 year old teen?

rose leather and powder, amazing fragrance..easily can be a signature scent..soft and classy..I feel like I am wearing it like a cloth or a soft blanket all over me..I feel like it is not the perfume but "me" smelling..it was a blind buy according to the reviews and yes shoot straight, this is my dream perfume..

I didn't enjoy this.
It opened weirdly with smell which resembled for me Johnson&Johnson baby shampoo with loads of chamomille? I know it's not listed, but somehow I got that at the opening, there were no rose or anything else, after a while iris appeared, but it was very distant the same as leather which only appears on my skin for some minutes and then fades away leaving me with powdery iris and some burnt note which is just not working good on me.

I have orderd the sample kit from Julliette coz I whas intriged by the scent descriptions and made me wanna try them.
CQ smells after aplying on skin a bit like number5 from Chanel. The same chypre. But when it settels it getting warmer and I start to smell the leather and the powdery iris. I really like this one. Its a nice and warm scent that gives a cozy feeling

Citizen Queen starts powdery, a little bit cold and distant, modern dewy rosy chypre, with intoxicating vibe in a less loud, but strong and elegant. Weird enough, it reminds me of Shalimar, not exactly the smell, but the kind of delicate grace and elegance. If Shalimar and Citizen Queen were the same species, then Shalimar must be the golden version standing against velvet background, and Citizen Queen is blue, with some dim mysterious grey smoky colour on the background.

I enjoy the top notes a lot, however, Citizen Queen warms up quickly to something less intriguing, more powdery, flatter, and warmer. At this stage, it’s more like a modern oriental with a pinch of baby powder and a little bit of sensual musk. If it could stay like this, I would be much happier. The disappointing thing to me is, Citizen Queen goes flatter and warmer, I find it a little bit too beige/brown/warm skin/expensive handbag. However, it’s quite a good soft leather smell for those who don’t like the ‘real’ leather type of leathery notes that much.

Later on, Citizen Queen dries down to something warmer, and sweeter with a little bit iris cold powder to balance it out. I love this stage a lot, the dry down is so far the best powdery smell I’ve every smelt from a perfume, it’s well balanced, and I feel comfortable, confident and happy when smelling it (in comparison with Kenzo Flowder, KF’s powder smell has something cold and sad in it; Harajuku Lovers’ Baby, Baby has a little bit something too transparent and a little bit sweet synthetic in it).

I love the opening and the ending of Citizen Queen a lot, however, the middle notes are too flat to match the other two lovely phase. Good news is the middle stage doesn’t last too long, at most 1.5hours on me. I still recommend anyone, who’s interested in powdery comfy and still elegant and sexy perfume, give CQ a try!

This is the first perfume that I’ve tried from this line, and so far I’m favorably impressed. CQ starts out as a moderately aggressive mixed aldehydic floral with notes of lily of the valley and rose, but quickly mellows out into a powdery rose with musky undertones and a hint of sandalwood. It really doesn't seem leathery to me, not animalic leather anyway, but I can see how some might perceive the powdery iris note that way. This is a beautiful, warm, extremely sensual fragrance that provides a subtle but pervasive sillage throughout the day. It’s one of those perfumes that are easy to wear because they feel like a natural part of me, not something foreign that’s been added on. A definite thumbs up!

Very sexy indeed, I like this one very much. Tried it on skin and the beginning was lots of aldehydes and some roses, but 30 min after smelled like hot hot skin, like a skin natural aroma after half an hour in the summer sun, on the beach,.... makes me imagine things:)))+ soft caressing suede leather, so smooth I could eat myself:)
Elegant and sexy in same time. FBW !!!
Wore this yesterday and today and work colleagues( girls) complimented me, sensual and fresh in the same time, nice, ha???!!!

Baby powder. And nothing else. It's not to say it isn't nice or charming in its own way but the powder note was so strong on me I didn't pick up any other notes. I guess this is what the shadow of Agent Provocateur smells like so maybe this is a good second choice if you can't take the strength of AP.

Citizen Queen is a stunning rose fragrance with a grand aura of the softest leather and powdery iris notes. CQ lacks the rose's usual sourness in the topnotes. Instead I find it dark, with the same mote of melancholy that I also find in Paco Rabannes Calandre (although the similarities ends just there).

Citizen Queen is the fragrant image of a beautiful woman around the 1910-20's, dabbing her warm body with rose body powder before settling in her silk sheet made four poster bed.

An utterly sensual fragrance with a great sillage and longevity.

(Second Review)
I'm creating a second review because I've now worn this more often and can be a bit more descriptive.

This scent is a garden of soft, powdery iris. The garden is tended by a woman wearing sheepskin gloves, which have been left in the sun too often and have taken on the faint scent of tanned leather.

It's morning in the garden, so the gloves are covered in dew and emanate an earthy, ambery sweetness. Rose is present, but it is too early for her to make much of a presence. Resinous, woody labdanum reinforces the amber and leather notes, securing this fragrance as a scent you could easily wear to feel close to nature, close to beauty, close to your sensuality.

I'm very interested in testing this series of Juliette has a gun and by now I only fell for Lady Vengeance. This Citizen Queen is very nice-smelling, but to be honest it smells like an upscaled concentrated version of Baby Shampoo Johnson's the yellow one. I couldn' pick up a single note, because it's all blended up in a single smell. I'll try this again anyway.
The bottle is stunning. I can imagine Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt pouring expensive baby shampoo from a silver bottle on their team of children's heads and rubbing in a tub made of fine marble.

This wraps around me the most pleasant way.This is soft and feminine, almost romantic. Lolita Lempica is too sweet for me, this might be just perfect. Enjoyable.

this fragrance is absolutely amazing!
It is charming, sexy, comforting and different. worth every penny!

This perfume is a masterpiece. Very refined creation.
SSSSS -soapy, spicy, sexy, subtle, sensual.

Very beautiful romantic perfume- it reminds me more sensual Rumeur. It has also inviting creaminess that gives something tender as well. I will try it on my skin next time, it's very beautiful.
Not loudly sexy in my opinion, but mysterious and romantic.

In the beginning this reminded me of lolita lempicka, but not so much after being on my skin. A very Soft musk, and so far Juliette has a gun amazes me, this is I can do! It's a soft spoken rose/iris/leather scent. Definatley worth trying. Simple yet a bit sexy at the same time. Could wear this to work too.

This is the first of the Juliette Has a Gun fragrances I've tried. I dabbed it on from a sample vial at work - and had I known how animalic it was, I wouldn't have tried it at work!!

It does start with aldehydes (may be the "metallic/acid" notes Juliette describes below), but very quickly moves to what I swear is violets, even though that's not a note listed here. From there, I smell a deep, translucent rose, and a powdery-calm iris. And then I smell skin - naked woman skin! This may be the leather note, but it doesn't smell like the leather notes I have encountered before. It simply smells like warm, naked skin that has not been bathed in a few days. I don't smell sweat or dirty underwear; it is a "clean skin" scent. Later, the amber and labdanum continue to warm the scent. Through all of this, the rose continues to hold sway in a transparent way.

I am a bit puzzled by the chypre designation. Citizen Queen doesn't remind me of other chypres at all - if anything, it reminds me of florientals like Ormonde Jayne Ta'if and Czech and Speake's Dark Rose.

If you'll read my profile, you'll note that I usually avoid animalic, or "skanky" scents. I'll break that rule for this one: it's beautiful, sensual, and makes me feel very sexy.