Paris Yves Saint Laurent for women

all i can recall about this one is immediate headache.. man, this is not for me by all the means in the world

I tested it today and everyone around me told me how awful I smelled. :(

classy . strong violets smell. very romantic.
buy the edp golden cap

Maybe I'm the only one that doesn't appreciate this beauty. I tested two times and my feeling is the same. Paris is old-fashioned, powdery not nice powdery but dirty powdery. I don't know what the ingredients come from, maybe the wood mixed with aldehyde. And where are roses and other flowers?

I absolutely LOVE Paris EDT. It is light and has a beautiful floral and soapy quality that lights up my heart. It is delicate and clean and beautiful. A real classic. Love how it develops. Great quality and great staying power.

I love wearing it. I love how it smells. I keep inhaling my wrists.

I actually smelled this on a friend recently and asked what she was wearing. I did not expect to hear Paris because I remembered it as being a heavy scent.
I previously owned the EDP, which I purchased on a trip to Paris in the early 80's. The EDP is much heavier IMO.

Now I discovered that I really love the EDT. It is perfect. Great for daytime.

Very romantic and floral, plus the EDT really lasts. If you want to really leave an impact on a lover, spray on your skin then layer with the body lotion, which has a softer fragrance but lasts just about until you wash it off. And you'll be soft as buttered silk.

Incredible floral bouquet.
So charming, elegant and romantic with all these unexpected notes of flowers and woodies.

That's the scent of a decade (also as Anais Anais) of classy and romantic women from all world.

In one word: masterpiece!

Yves Saint Laurent Paris EDT is surprising to me. I don't really know what I was expecting but it wasn't as nice as this.
I first had Paris on a card strip, it scented my bedroom for 9 days before finally fading. Impressive!
I went back for a skin test and had one squirt on my wrist which again lasted all day and even that one spray projected a couple of metres several hours later.
I was so impressed I bought a bottle and have been enjoying this huge floral bouquet all spring. Rose and violet dominate, and of the myriad other flowers involved here I struggle to pick out any except hyacinth. Its rather like being in a florist shop, not knowing which to pick, they're all so beautiful.
I got a very good deal on my bottle of Paris but I would have happily paid more. With the staying power it has my bottle will last years!

Very sophisticated, floral, and somewhat clean, here is another fragrance that smelles absolutely like the very best boutique soap money could ever buy. Paris is heavy on the rose and violets and lilies and general powdery floralcy; It's like sticking your nose in a massive bouquet of genetically enhanced, gargantuan flowers, each blossom the size of cabbage and possessing the fragrant potency of tiny tea roses and lily-of-the valley.

A reference floral and must-smell.

Elegant, sophisticated and beautiful, this fragrance is for grown ups who like to make a statement.
This perfume sings with the aroma of parma violets and roses and leaves a gorgeous powdery aroma which is intoxicating and addictive.
Lovely lovely fragrance, all perfumistas should have tried Paris at one time in their lives.

EXTREMELY ELEGANT AND VERY FEMININE PERFUME! Sophisticated roses in a woody shadow. This is a soft and comfort fragrance, perfume that radiates infinite femininity. Very notable, with kind of aristocratic elegance. Timeless scent!

Devoted to roses no matter if they are antique, botanical, (clever)-hybrid ones and so on but they always MUST be fragrant, that's all. I've always regarded the old and original version of 'Paris' as one the most gorgeous homage to the queen of the flowers of ever, not just to a type of rose but to the scent of roses in abstract. The '80 version, although thought for a 'large' market had all the peculiarities of a distinguished, refined and elitarian scent: the cost of the production at that time was huge. No matter if it comes from an age when the majority of perfumes were 'loud' and overwhelming, after all fragrances - like fashion - reflect always their time and only great fragrances can pass the exam and keep on talking to the newer generations even years later their birth. Few of them can be regarded as 'universal' only when they speak the language of quality, beauty and well crafted creations. 'Paris' was an outsider remarkable for its unicity and his malleability: great even in the hottest summer, perfect in spring and sublime also in winter. Uncommon sillage and great persistence on the skin while it could even last days on clothes.
This was 'Paris' in my memory but in my cupboard also as I've still preserved a bottle of the original wonder!

Soapy roses. Characteristic and likable, but I don't like it. There is a bit of a sharp chill in this fragrance that puts me off. Respect, though.

Very pretty light creamy floral!
mmmhmhhmmm, it makes me smile indeed:)
Powdery, comforting and spring-like kind of a scent.
Violet's roses and white flowers emanate such freshness.
Can't get enough of this wonderful perfume:)
Silage about 5 hours.

I rarely love a strong rosy rose paerfume,but I dont finde the rose smell itself,I just smell the childesh ice creamic candy(not caramel not vanilla,candy but not sugary).childesh,but between todays fad and trend of ROSE ROSE everywhere around,this one will find its role,it is trendy now,but try to finde its body creme or lotion to wear underneath,it wil complete the symphony,dont layer it with woody things,you can dust som dusting powder on top of the lotion to emphasize the powdery note(dont like to call it powdery,i would rather call it cologne,or baby skin like,or maybe little soaby).Sophia(the Nose) could retire after this piece(:

Oh, Paris is my favorite floral!
I always think I smell peach, rose, and violet, blends so perfectly with my chemistry, the accords morph and float just like they should.Paris is so romantic, so classic,always makes me feel like an ingenue. I think of Geena Davis in "Earth Girls are Easy', since her character poured her favorite perfume, "Paris'' all over her light bulb to ''sensualize her love trap'' but then the lamp caught on fire..giggle..

Very beautiful scent!
I won't review the notes but the mood of this treasure!

So romantique, you wish to fall in love immediately!
The epitome of spring scents.
Makes you happy and calm, like a cloud of roses!

It really can affect my mood in a very good way!

my beautiful rose
you travel with me
you give me hope
you give me beauty
you are my muse

I discovered an original black 1.6oz EDT box circa 1983 on e-bay. It is quite different from the familiar formula on todays market. This was truely the biggest and best rose perfume ever made. In its time, I only detected it from afar. Indeed by 1985, it was everywhere. The traffic jam of perfume from that era shall never be forgotten or matched.

Paris however was different. Its pays tribute to Apres l'Ondee and was like Nahema containing a profusion of rose damascenones so boldly. This is YSL running along side Guerlain equally. It is Sophia Grojsman's magnum opus. It is the definitive French rose perfume. Its production cost had to be astronomical at the time and it gradually weakend to the current formula.

This original bottle relys little on the supporting cast of violet and mimosa. The rose dominates the composition for hours and then the natural, rich sandalwood and oakmoss hold it up even further. They are no longer in the pink box.

This isnt sexy like Opium, bold like Rive Gauche or mysterious like Y. As great as they are, Paris explores love. This is the gentle, blushing, innocent love that happens once in a lifetime. One drop on your pulse is profound. It gets under your skin and into your heart. Its mood enhancing and hypnotic. I can almost taste the rose.

Paris is a timeless 20th century giant that was really only around for about 5 year in its pure strength. No wonder it was on display in the Louvre! It was a work of art. Often imitated, even by YSL itself, but never as great as those original bottles. Time is passing-get a bottle today before its too late!

All about Rose . A beautiful floral fragrance with a great longevity , about 10 hours on my skin , and I have the EDT .
You need to be a romantic girl , or woman to love this perfume . Paris ? Yes , indeed . Romantic , like the city .

Rose, Rose, Rose and that's what I love about this one. Dry sweet and sharp at the same time, almost like champagne made of roses. Dark and vintage a very winter fragrance. I think I want another bottle of this been a few years since I smelled itl

I absolutely adore this one. It's hard to say why, as this is my mother's signature perfume and her all time favorite. Its crisp, sophisticated and comforts me whenever I feel down. But I could never imagine wearing it. Not because I consider it as an older women's scent (my mom is in her 60ies) It absolutely isn't! Its fine, floral and delicately powdery. At least on my mother. She has rather dry skin.
It will forever be what my mum smells like...

I think it's very similar to insolance edp; sweet viloet( sweet but non sugary), some fruits... Rose scent also but violet is much more domestic in this fragrance

Any ROSE lovers are better to stock up on this one before it's reformulated and ruined, as I expect from L'Oreal's YSL now.
Grab this must have classic while you can.

This is a classic perfume that I used to wear when I was 14. It was beautiful then and is still a masterpiece, beautiful sillage. Have revisted this recently and found the same amazing flowery start but it then turned to powder, which I didnt quite like. So, I gave it away to my mum and she fills the house with it. My kids say they like this perfume because it makes the house smell nice.

This reminds me of Devon Violets that my Grandmother used to purchase for me when I was a child, I wore this fragrance in my youth when it was first launched on to the market and I loved the sweetness I fear that this fragrance has been whipped to death and copied over and over so that it no longer sits well with other fine fragrances. Ideal for 16-25 year olds.

this peerfume used to be my mother's perfume..
it smells so great and beautifull.. when i was 12, i also sprayed it on my clothes when my mother going to work (so she didn't know if i wear her perfume :D) after my mother going home, we had dinner and she said that she smells a teenager girl who wants to be a lady..
im in love with this perfume, too bad it is not in the indonesia market anymore..

Strong Aldehydic Rose. a Luxurious feel, an instant Classic. slightly more on the Mature feminine side. Like the inside of an expensive purse. I have fond memories of my Mother wearing this in europe... Walking around the city, cobblestone roads, it Penetrates and projects in dry cold Winter air.
And... the dry down is Amazing, like an ultra Musty sweet Honey Rose. A YSL classic.

I can't stop collecting stuff, First i bought Opium for women for collecting purpose and i thought that i like it but i didn't and now i got a limited collector's edition of paris (comes in a black bottle with golden fireworks prints)
i personally love paris but it is defenitely a real women scent

I love this perfume. I fell in love with it back in the eighties when I was a teenager and I smell it on other girls (couldn't afford one).

I still love.

It is definitely a rosy scent but it is strong and sophisticated. Its overpowering without being too strong it remains feminine. Though usually such perfumes are spring and summer perfumes, I like to wear this in the colder months, it smells just right. It has a nostalgic feel to it which I love.

Two perfumes make me think of Paris (the city) on a soft rainy (sizzling more than pouring) day Paris and Champs-Elysees.

I used Paris in 1985, after my first visit to Paris :) I tested it again and was very surprised that I still love it! (Usually I cannot stand my 80s perfumes any more)
It is a delightful bouquet of fresh roses!
Lasts long on my skin.
I am going to buy this again, in spring.

Very intensive powdery rose and violet, hiacynth plus lily of the valley at the opening. Too sweet for me. It's nice, but not for my mood. After the opening, when the rose get silent it reminds Revlon "Charlie Blue". Longevity is 9 hours on my skin.

I just rooted through my mini collection and found a small bottle still in the box.
This was my signature perfume in the 80s, and all of Paris smelled like it because everyone was wearing it.
My sample seemed a bit old at first, but now I keep getting whiffs of it, and I'm falling in love again. The rose is still as dominant as it was so many years ago, but with the bergamot and violet balancing it out.
I thought it might smell outdated, but it's as fresh today as it was 30 years ago. I am going to have to buy a new bottle and start wearing this again!

I cannot understate how powerful this is or that it will either agree with your chemistry or ( as in my case ) will not . Use very very sparingly and you may find it tolarable but don`t overdo.

This is not something that I`d scour the globe to recommend to others.

A mature floral perfume which projects massively and lasts a long time...

0-5 mins- Mature, distinctive perfume which is not too my personal taste. I find this very synthetic and chemical and a very pungent floral. I recognise the smell.

5 min - 5 hours - Same scent - 6-10 foot projection. I was complimented on how nice my perfume was. I can see that many will like this and think it a classic. It is not nice or sexy to me personally, however. Projection is amazing

5 - 8 hours -2 foot projection. Same scent. Little bit of soapiness but nothing to worry about

8 hours -bathtime and heavy scrub

8-12 hours- still on my skin and intense but no projeciton. Had I not bathed then this probably would have projected for 12 hours at least

If you like the scent then this could be fantastic for you

Through the eyes of Yves Saint Laurent Paris is the city from the movies about love seen in the childhood. Eiffel Tower, fountains and lawns, cafes and kissing couples everywhere. The scent is immodest, strong and pompous! It feels lil bit dated, because nowadays majority prefer something clean and faceless. Paris is very 80th, without modesty and paleness. I love this bouquet of honey sweet roses! Paris can make you put on your best dress and go for a walk.

Paris is really a fantastic scent. Floral, without a shadow (currently very abused) citrus. In short:le parfum pour une femme - trés chic.

I haven't worn this for a long time but it used to be one of my favorite florals. It's a classic floral. Feminine and elegant. Best for cooler weather or evenings though because it's not really light enough for Summer days IMO. Added bonus: I was stopped in the street a couple of times by men who told me I smelled great! It's a bit of a 1980s fragrance, not as complex as more modern scents.

This is one of the first fragrances I fell in love with.Like a gigantic rose bouquet!It's a bit ladylike but remains a classic even for the younger.

Super 80's. Something draws me to it. Reminds me of Jacques Demy's "Les Demoiselles de Rochefort" film...could picture Catherine Deneuve wearing it.

After getting tired of this perfume, feeling a little too young for it, I gave it to my 78 year old grandmother. The woman loves this stuff. She feels like a queen. She's even afraid to use it so that it wouldn't ran out, the poor thing.

She wears this on 'special occasions', which aren't many I must say. I try to convince her to wear it a bit more. She likes it a lot. The rose really suits her age.

If you want a rose scent more appropriate for younger women, go for Parisienne. It's almost the same but a bit less aging.

Don't get me wrong. I loved this for about the whole 4 months, but I wanted to feel younger and fresher again.

I smelled this again after so many years. I used to love it about 20 years ago. I was very young but loved perfumes and Paris was my first grownup lady scent. It was dreamy, rosey but not heavy, like a rose heaven with complimentary flowers and a beautiful sandalwood soft base. EdT was my favourite as I found EdP too powdery and sweet/oily.
Even flankers like the Eau de Primtemps were great and unfortunately LE.
Now, what happened I don't know. Was it reformulated and made more synthetical? If yes, why???? why so many great fragrances need to go through this process?
Paris was both intense and gentle. Now it's a chemical ball thrown to your nose.

Think "Paris" as an elaborated mixture of vanilla, violet and rose (even if vanilla seems not be on the ingredients list), very pleasant and sexy but in a romantic way!
I have no idea how it smells after the reformulation but I remember it was so lovely any woman of any age could wear it all day and feel desirable and beautiful!
There is a happy balance and an inviting romanticism in its composition and a soft luminosity which is not like Paris at all, but anyway..
Needless to say I like the perfume more than the city itself; this is a fragrance that you'll buy more than once!

UPDATE
An advice: Go for the parfum version.

One of the few perfumes that is 80’s in style, size and exuberance but can still be worn today without irony. It’s a cartoon-like rose with candied violet. A bit shrieky up top, but fortunately by the heartnotes the rose grows citric and astringent, lending a sweet/tart quality to the accord. Paris has a crystalline quality similar to Guerlain’s Nahema, but is far less dense and juicy than Nahema. Paris gains a woody, musky quality in drydown, but remains true to the artifice and exaggeration of its era and is proudly an 80’s Huge Floral.

Now I have tried Paris Eau de Parfum - with the golden top on the cap. What at wonderful scent. Wow. Not like the Eau de Toilette. This one is so deep, soft, fresh, sexy and superwomanish. I don't like The EdT-version, I think that one is heavy and overwhelming. This one is bright, a little bit more sweet than the EdT. If you find it - buy it!

Nu har jag provat Paris Eau de Parfum. Guldtopp på korken, guldgult innehåll. Vilken underbar doft. Jag är helt såld. Denna är inte alls som Eau de Toilette-versionen, den tycker jag är lite tung och övermäktig, men denna.. djup, mjuk, fräsch, sexig och superkvinnlig, liten aningens sötare än EdT'n. Hittar du den - köp den!

This used to be my regular scent when it first came out in the 1980s. I couldn't get enough of it. But I did get a little bored with it a decade later and returned to other timeless YSL favourites like Rive Gauche and, of course, the eternal "Y". But I might well return to "Paris" because on some days it's nice to feel enveloped by a giant rose because this is basically what Paris is: a heady rose which makes you feel drunk on rose syrup. But the dry down is truly wonderful -- leaving a faint trail of roses amid the sumptuous sandalwood. Certainly one of the best rose fragrances, ever!
However, the video featured here appears to be a car-ad. You have to wait a long time before she reaches for the bottle of Paris. Oh, and those alloy-wheel earrings are just so Sue Ellen in Dallas. I guess that's the kind of 80's woman, big-shouldered baby-pink jacket that this ad is aimed at.

As if the success of Opium wasnt enough, YSL launched Paris. It obviously became a hit for floral lovers! It ushered in the era of big hair, tall pumps and shoulder pads. Pink, ultra feminine and making a statement, all heads turned as you entered the room!

Sophia Grojsman was the nose behind it. It was presented as a modern tribute to the "city of lights". I find it very traditional with violet, hyacith, hawthorn and of course massive NEON 80s rose notes. Damascenones packed a punch-almost funerary. Fortunately, there are no aldeydes! It always had a liquoring appeal. It goes well with a cold glass of chablis. Mimosa?

The base is iris and sandalwood creating a powdery soft refrain from the large floral bouquet it supported. Its legacy has faded somewhat in todays market. It produced several flankers and finally Parisienne. Nothing could ever match its original character or Grand Scale.

This is my mother's favorite perfume, She loves it
to me it is the most romantic perfume i have ever smelt it is amazing i think any young lovely beautiful and classy woman would wear this, It is so romantic so it is great for a wife who wear this for her husband it is strong floral powdery start with bargamot and end up with a very soft powdery smell <3

EDP
This is a BIG Pastel Pink Technicolor Rose, full volume and ebullient, a candied Violet and cool Geranium play best supporting roles in this blockbuster production. This perfume is larger than life and gregarious, absolutely Romantic and a little sexy but very very feminine, this would be extremely hard for a man to pull off. It has a tendency to take on a life of its own and wearing this is guaranteed to turn heads so be sparing in application as just one more spray can turn this from heavenly to monstrous.

This is a perfume that I think merits two different reviews...one for the vintage, pre-reformulation version, and one for the new, post-reformulation disaster.

Honestly they are like two different perfumes to me.

So...to start with...the new stuff...post-reformulation.

Well, to put it bluntly...it's really, really bad.

I felt like I was drowning in a heavy mist of heavy handed florals and thick musk.

It has a weird chemically note that smelled like trash cans filled with rotting flowers mixed with hospital disinfectant mixed with pencil shavings that made me nauseous too.

It's unrecognizable from the 80's/90's version that I remember smelling as a kid.

My Mom still has a bottle of the original vintage though, and spraying that is a world away from the new stuff.

It's light and delicate, with a sweet fizziness that reminds me of champagne.

The bergamot in the opening gives it a clean, sharp feel that then subsides into a plethora of beautiful florals, before drying down into a subtle, slightly woody musk.

Paris was a beautiful, sophisticated and timeless scent that has unfortunately been destroyed by reformulation.

If you can get hold of the vintage then it's worth it...but I wouldn't waste money on the new one.

Original Paris 8/10

Reformulation 1/10

FRENCH ROSES, LUXURY SOAP AND SWEET CHAMPAGNE: I love Paris and I´m fond of "YSL Paris". (Good old Yves was a genius.) I love the joie de vivre and the romantic spirit of it. The lasting power is overwhelming!

I will keep it close to my soul forever.

Roses, violets, woods, booze, powder, and the aura of every French man and woman's perfume wafting on a breeze across the tables of an outdoor cafe. This fragrance is truly remarkable in its strength and artfulness, and stands alone as one of the few contemporary feminine perfumes to successfully straddle old-world and modern styles. Definitely something headache-sufferers should be cautious with, as it boasts incredible sillage and longevity. Still, Paris is full of light and sound, and I do believe it's a terrific product from Yves Saint Laurent.

I believe that this perfume has had some of it's original notes replaced with some synthetic ones... it can be the only explanation as to why it smells so stuffy and so very different now than when it did back in the 80's to late 90's.... it was one of my all-time favorite scents back then, I even wore it on my wedding day.
But today sadly, it is a different Paris that graces our shelves, a mere shell of it's former self. I wish they (YSL) would make it the way they used to. (darn those perfume regulations!)

"Paris" is a classic fragrance, sweet, floral, with the promise of laughter, love, and fun. I feel it was created for a joyous girl who embraces life and loves to travel. So I bought it. However, I found that every time I tried to wear it, "Paris" enveloped me in a cloud of something faintly unpleasant and artificial, not unlike the scent of a cheap household cleaner mixed with a bar of rose soap. Paris smelled the same on my skin hours later, and the long-awaited expensive scent of warm and fragrant blooms just never "developed" on my skin; I tried! But "Paris" ended up instead smelling on me like a dried bunch of dusty old flowers doused in cheap disinfectant which was so disappointing. The soap and the talcum powder were delicious but the actual fragrance "Paris" itself - be it EDT or EDP - just did not work on my skin. Très dommage! Once I wore it to go out for a concert, and my male friend disliked it so much that I had to wash it off again LOL. He said it was too "sweet and unnatural" and the smell reminded him of disinfectant used in the toilets of an expensive hotel!! I was shocked.On my colleague "Paris" smelled expensive and divine on my cousin but regretably it was not for me. I ended up liking the lovely pendant shaped bottle more than the actual perfume itself! "Paris": to sum it up, it was a one-sided love affair that ended badly (for me!)

My mom was a perfume lover ( I think I'm a perfume lover because of her) anyways, she got this on a trip to paris like 22 years ago and used it for may year after that, its very girly but not in a sticky sweet way, I love the sweet rose and musk , just great .

I had a bottle of Paris in my 20's and really enjoyed wearing it.

It's bright, fresh and very feminine. I would get lots of compliments when I wore this and was even followed once while I was out shopping by a man who came up to me to ask me what perfume I was wearing because he thought it was lovely (either that or it was just an excuse to try and chat me up!!). Sadly, my bottle went AWOL on my travels in America when I lived there for awhile and I haven't smelled this perfume since!

Despite it being an 80's fragrance (I think 80's anyway!), Paris never smelled dated to me and always had a timeless feel to it. The same can't be said for YSL Opium which is the almost Satanic antithesis of this perfume!

It might be time for me to get myself another bottle of Paris!

It really annoys me that this smells divine in the bottle, on a tester and on friends but not on me! On my skin the lovely violet becomes cloying and sickly and obscures all the other notes. So sad that it doesn't suit me!

once again, as with every perfume that isn't a maudlin formula repeated by the dozens, this scent works really well on some of us and smells like, or is perceived as, insecticide on others.

well, i happen to be one of the fortunate ones, in more than one way. not only does it smell really good on me, i was given over a dozen bottles of extrait some years ago. delish. each one in its own little rose coloured box, with its own fat rhinestone cap. they are keeping company with about twenty bottles of tocade someone else gave me before that and together they make beautiful music.

if one were to describe paris in other than fragrance terms, what would one say? not elegant in the way bal a versailles is, but then that is one-of-a-kind. not "rich" in the manner of 1000 or joy. not "the soul of a flower" in the manner of fracas or bellodgia.

no. paris, to me, is a slightly ditzy, very happy, offbeat youngish woman who gaily trips through le tout paris and whose joie de vivre is admired by the inexperienced young and the more sedate members of society, whose memories are triggered by her flighty pleasantness.

This reminds me of the Hollywood glamor times of the 40's- 50's, which in my opinion is a very good thing. Great lasting power and I can mostly smell rose, lilies and violet. Lovely perfume, very elegant and a true YSL classic <3

There are so many reviews here,so I will be short without going into any poetic descriptions.
Amazingly, in the drydown Paris reminds me of Joy by Patou. The longest lasting YSL im my collection ( I have EDP. Gorgeous and luxurious floral classic!
I tried its flankers but they are just too weak and watered down to my nose. But layering them with the original will be fun!
Absolutely love it!

A Tale of the Parisian Sisters Y.S.L Paris & Dior Diorissimo both French and exudes Glamor yet very
different like Night and Day; Paris is a bold
gregarious Sister nothing is quiet about her everything
from the notes Of Paris is big The opening packs a punch
from the Sweetish mimose bright greens Roses hyacinths
to the fiery Sandalwood finishing she'll demands your
attention and wont let go; She also has a lot of personas She's a hot clubber on the dancefloor seducing
all the guys amid her path A top corporate raider who
has everyone under her thumb Or a Diva who needs to be
a center of attention.

Diorissimo a reserved sister of Paris prim & proper
and modesty is her aura Simple and Elegant she doesn't
need a thousand floral notes not Hot deep woody incense to be notice just a few fresh Lilies green
notes and bergamot Her Persona include being a Ballerina plus a housewife and mother she rather work
behind the scenes then being center stage;
If Y.S.L Paris is the fiery part of Parisian Elegance
so Diorissimo is the Ice.

Paris makes you feel surrounded by a bouquet of fresh, sweet, delicate roses and violets straight from the garden. Violet is the dominant scent, so if you don't care for violet fragrances, you might not like Paris. In fact, Paris reminds me of violet candies and violet chewing gum! Paris is very sweet like that violet candy; it is innocent and playful, youthful, joyous, charming, feminine and romantic. Although when I was young I adored the original Paris, now at age 46 it's too sweet and cloying for me. I can see how it could be headache inducing in some. Recently I tried a Paris flanker - Jardins Romantiques - which is softer, greener and more refreshing to my nose. I absolutely love it! I traded my old original Paris for Jardins Romantiques, which is now in my top 5 favorite fragrances, and a scent I use almost daily. I'm looking forward to trying all the other Paris flankers as well.

P.S.: Check out the 1986 video of the Yves Saint Laurent ad on this page, with the pretty young lady in the huge shoulder-padded pastel pink power suit - tres chic and so '80's! You can see they marketed this to a young, hip crowd, with the electric guitar in the soundtrack. I love how at the end she's deliriously happy, showing off to the admiring guys by dabbing herself with the perfume, with her head thrown back, laughing!

I loved this perfume in my late teens and early 20s. But after a while I started developing sinus headaches when wearing it. Looking at the list of notes, I think it must be the mid notes of violet and the base notes of iris that made me want to scrub it off before it was ready to evaporate. Pity, a joyous scent.

(This review is for Eau de Toilette)

PARIS is a grand floral composition exploding with joy and happiness. It is full of life and light, dancing and singing in celebration of spring and romance. I yet to find another composition that capture the essence of Paris the way this fragrance does. It is flamboyant, romantic, lighthearted and fun. This fragrance has the power of transporting me to Paris in early summer as I imagine strolling down the streets of my favorite city while holding a gorgeous bouquet of roses. It brings smile on my face and unconsciously I start humming the happy tune.

The opening is bright and green with a touch of bergamot, mimosa and hyacinth. The rose appears soon accentuated slightly by tart cassia and geranium. However, the geranium is not overpowering, so the whole composition remains strong but light and airy. The heart notes are gorgeous bouquet of roses, lilies and violets wrapped with powdery but very chic orris (iris). The dry down is very sensual powdery musk with a bit of amber and oakmoss.

This fragrance is a complex floral but the rose note is prominent right from the start. The rose is incredibly romantic in this fragrance. I definitely recommend this gorgeous fragrance for floral and rose lovers. The sillage and longevity is great considering that this is EDT.

Paris is the fragrance that once saved my sanity.

Paris arrived on the scene in 1983 when I was living in Santa Fe, about to be married and trying very hard not to let my miserable job at the telephone company make me insane. I answered one call after another with hardly a moment to breathe in between --hundreds per day-- from impatient people who assumed all phone company employees were total idiots. Never before nor since have I been so unhappy at work. My refuge was the outrageous outfits I wore (allowed because we met no customers face-to-face) and the fragrance I chose each day.

Where does Paris come in? Right here: no matter how rude the customers, no matter how disrespectful the supervisors were toward us (management vs union), when I wore Paris I could close my eyes for a few seconds, inhale deeply and imagine myself far away in exotic Paris. Violets and roses calmed me and the light, watery song of Paris kept me sane. My edp can still take me there, no matter the season, no matter the stress level.

I congratulate Ms. Grojsman for rejecting the current popularity of fruity-tooty and foody/gourmand fragrances. She understands the essence of femininity and in this age of so-called "unisex" perfumes, I find her disinterest in creating fragrances for men oddly reassuring. Her refusal to reformulate is similarly refreshing; good to know Paris will always smell like Paris.

The Paris I have is the Fleur de Parfum version... the bottle shape is similar, but the color is not. Mine is yellow, vintage looking. The cap is golden, with a rose etched on the top. I got it in a swap, and I'm happy to own it.
For some unexplained reason, it makes me think of my grandmother; not that she had it; but there is something about it, that says, to me, "classy, old lady".
It's not a stinker by any means, but it's a strong, old, almost wilted, powdery rose, mixed with violets and a dusty old book smell.
Although heavy, there is a transparency in it, like rose petals pressed inside the pages of a book...
Definitely the Bulgarian rose type, not the Middle Eastern kind.
Yet it's far away from being oily , on the contrary, the dryness of sandalwood dominates, if you can ignore the soapy notes. I refuse to smell soap in it, because I usually run away from soapy scents, and I really want to love this one.
I am a rose lover and I collect rose scents, and Paris is a legend.
But I must admit, Paris is one of the most "uncontemporary" rose scents I own, because I don't want to say it's old-fashioned, elegant, timeless, very distant, beautiful to sniff but very difficult to wear.
When I do wear it, I feel like a movie star from a black and white movie.

Paris is so beautiful, abundant, rich and vivid scent. It smells even better to me, when I try to forget the fashion of the times when it was created. I so much despise the fashion of 80-ties. It is too monstrous and the overdone shiny, plastic ugliness of almost anything done in 80-ties makes me sick. But thanks to this headless sense for abundance some wonderful perfumes were created. All we have to do now is to learn how to see them through the current prism.

this one is up there with Giorgio as a totally recognisable, 80's scent. It's fun, fresh and very wearable in comparison to the current sugar water stuff. More young women should pick this one up as a fun scent instead of the celeb brands. I find it too sweet and bright but enjoy smelling it on someone else! I remember a lovely friend of mine, Denise, wore this in the 80's and I think of her as soon as I sniff it!

I love YSL Paris. It was given to me as a Christmas gift by an employer and I was skeptical. How did she know I would like this? Scents are so personal... but ever the adventurer who likes to try different fragrances, I wore this. It was love at first scent.

Paris is a garden of roses. Not hybrid roses, but old fashioned aromatic cabbage roses. Warm, fresh, not overly sweet, brightened with a touch of cassis and bergamot, and tempered with mosses and woods. It's bright and vibrant and reminds me of a sunny day strolling along the Champs Elysées.

Since the day I was given it as a gift, it is now one of the staples of my perfume wardrobe. I've worn it in all seasons, for all occasions.

MMMMMM...Paris! The perfumed city, the City of Love , the City of Lights. When I was growing up, I was told the french are rude, smelly (either musky/dirty or too perfumed) and that they hated Americans. It just goes to show how wrong influences can be when you are young and impressionable. Every one I have ever met from Paris, has been wonderful! Kind, considerate and full of life! And they all smelled divine! This fragrance is also like that...

Always, when I was growing up Mother wore only Chanel No5 EDC-in the rechargeable black square sprayer (with gold collar and the interlocked capital "C's" on the top). To me, THAT was French perfume. This scent has the same type of quality-heavy flowers, but not overly intense; it's musky, but not "stinky" and rich but not haughty or arrogant. It is absolutely beautiful!!

The opening here is not all that "80s powerhouse" or aldehydieous. It begins with light springtime flowers (hawthorn, hyacinth, mimosa) and some delightful greens and just enough bitterness to accent the floral sweetness. The carnation adds a bit of dryness, but it doesn't flatten the other blossoms. The heart is more summery in my opinion-roses in full bloom, jasmine scented nights, milky lilies and warm subtle ylang-with the fuller sexier flowers and the greeness of muguet, linden and orris; it reminds one of trees in bloom, grass growing and all the earth bursting forth in heavenly aromatic perfumes. The drydown has the typical oakmossy feel, and musk for sure; yet the luxurious woods and the creamy iris and heliotrope keep it from being too oriental or too chypre. It is like spring, into summer, followed my autumn...all in the course of one wearing. AMAZING...

Sillage: very good
Longevity: excellent
Overall: 4.25/5

I seriously doubt that this is what Paris (capital of France) actually smells like...but then again; it does smell romantic, lovely and very old world. Elegant, charming and very very riche. This scent brings to mind the old tune: "I love Paris in the Springtime..." *hums happily*

To me the essence of this fragrance is the explosion of roses that wraps you up all day and gently lulls you to sleep. I tread lightly and dreamily when I wear this fragrance as to do more would be to break its beautiful spell.I love the musk and cedar in the base notes that give it the mystery and sensuality that matures it into more than just a pretty rose to a rose with secrets.

I love this fragrance as my mum used to wear it when I was little. It smelt so gorgeous on her!! My husband bought me a bottle before we were married and I used to use it quite regularly for a while but found it a bit overpowering on me. Now I am that little bit more grown-up I think i'll give it another go especially after reading all the lovely reviews.

My mother used to wear that perfume when she was young, she still does occasionally. One day I discovered that she had left a close to empty bottle of Paris in the living room. I decided to try it out. When I first smelled my wrists I was almost convinced that I had been knocked unconcious by goblins and that they had dumped me in an English garden.

This perfume is extremely floral and I can detect a note of rose which resembles to the ones that Mum cultivates in our garden. After a while it started to smell like flowers that had been plucked and dropped in the grass. I like the fact that this perfume smells very floral without being artificial or overpowering.

It is the smell of a beautiful garden in a bottle.

What a beautiful fragrance, my sister used to wear this...and i love it so much on her, a femenine classy tipe of fragrance timeless wich is a so hard to acquire quality.

This one is a masterpiece by sophia Grojsman. It smells like a fragrance of its time no matter one wore it back in the 80s, 90s or wear in 2000 it smells always like a newly launched perfume and very opulent. I loved it when my aunt used to wear it in the 90s and then she gifted me her packed back up bottle and I just adored it and I still do.

Growing up I couldn't stand this fragrance, I found the roses and violets rather overwhelming and nauseating. It always used to bring out my allergies.

I tried this again recently and for some reason I found myself grwoing to love it.

This isn't one of those versatile fragrances which you can wear all the time - It seems that there needs to be a certain time and place to be wearing Paris.
I find that Paris has its own magic when worn on a rain-drenched day during Spring.

Gorgeous... but not to be worn 24/7.

I had the EDT of this back in the '80s and I loved it. The combination of roses and violets was intoxicating, and I loved the black-and-pink packaging. Fast forward 25 years or so, and I can definitely detect the reformulation of this scent. It still smells very clean to me, but either the rose used to be more multi-dimensional or the hyacinth note was stronger, adding more richness to the fragrance. Also, now, I notice an almost PVC-plasticky note in there somewhere. Make no mistake--it's still very recognizable as Paris and it bears the Sophia Grosjman stamp...it's just changed, and I'm not sure if I'm totally OK with that.

Beautiful daytime fragrance in spring or winter, may be a worn in summer at night. Powdery roses that scream "I am what I am, love me or leave me"!

When I bought this perfume, I was looking for something different and something that would cheer me up after a painful break-up... I remember sniffing shelves after shelves of perfumes and thinking how unoriginal and boring everything was- and then I stumbled across this little gem of a bottle!

It was love at first sniff. There is no other fragrance more positive than this one! It's like a symphony played in a major accord! Happy, happy, happy!

I almost wore out my 50ml bottle, but ended up giving the rest of it to my mom, because the scent had become overwhelming. I still love it, but for the moment I find it too powerful. But it was a great energy boost whenever I needed one!

P.S. I just spritzed a little on my wrists - for old times' sake - and OMG I still find it beautiful! It smells like sweet flowers in full bloom in the sunshine, like a promise of honey :)

This fragrance is truly Paris in the bottle. Each city has its smell and YSL managed to catch and put the smell of this romantic city into the bottle.
It is so strange, but when I stepped out of the plane at the end of July, CDG Paris airport smelled like YSL Paris EDT! This fragrance is about roses, blooming near Notre Dame in summertime, there's a distant note of the cigarette smoke mixed with a smell of morning cappuccino and fresh sweet bread rolls, watery smell of Seine river, and everything is sinking in roses!
I am so in love with Paris!..

I can only wear Paris EDP - strangely the EDT gives me a headache. I think the EDP softens more on my skin and I get the soft mix of rose and violet - sillage is very good. Haven't worn this for a while but feel the need to give it another go - like it more in cooler weather - bit heady for hot summer days.

In the early 90s' I had a manager who was a heavy smoker and seemed to use this perfume exclusively. She keeps a bottle of Paris in the office. She was loud, agressive and the most intelligent woman I ever met. I feared and admired her at the same time. The combination of Paris & the cigarette smoke on her clothes created a rather unpleasant scent that I can never forget. I really didn't like the scent. Perhaps today if I smell this scent on someone else, I might have a different opinion!

i remember the week this was launched. both the 'high end' stores were brimming with bustling staff carrying baskets of fake pink and red roses.....DROWNED IN PARIS PERFUME!!!and women were buying bottles as if it were a once in a lifetime experience,lol

fortunately, Paris arrived and has continued to remain.
a beautiful , girly brew of a perfume,intoxicating ,youthful and full of joie de vie..just as the man ,yves wished. RIP mr. saint laurent

Paris EDP is what happens when violets and roses make babies!!!

There is nothing shy or retiring about this scent, to me it is all about joyful, youthful exuberence and big, big flowers. It is sunshine & lollipops. It is a fat little labrador puppy running with abandon across the lawn. It is magnificant.

Just a word of warning though, you only need one squirt, probably right between the boobs so it wafts up peacefully. And don't try to stick your nose directly on it until drydown, it is so strong that it felt like it was reaching up my nose & wriggling around in my brain.

I love this. Wore it as a teen and bought it two years ago when I realized how much I still loved it! For some reason--this reminds me of a "tea" scent. It is different-my man hated it on me though-was using as (*gasp*) a room freshener-when my best gf snatched it out of my hand. It says a lot SHE loves it too--Cashmere is her other favorite.

This smells just like my rose garden early in the morning after the sprinklers have been on and the sun is warming everything up, I could not care less what decade it came from. It smells wonderful and for my chemistry it is perfect.

This is a rather 'cold' fragrance that inhibits the scent of dew laden roses and sheer violets. There's an underlying 'green' note that prevents Paris from smelling too sweet.
The smell reminds me of walking along a rain drenched footpath in a cosmopolitan city under a dark sky.
But for some reason, I find this a little cloying - I'm always sneezing when I try this on.

Hi,
I love Paris, I fell in love with it since 1993 soon after my wedding. I was on my way back to Sofia Bulgaria and I bought a 100mls bottle, since then I have been addicted to it. Its cool and last whole day.

I love rose (I'm a Stella McCartney freak), but I don't like this one. My late mom used to wear this in the 80's before she converted to Clinique's Aromatics. Parisienne to me is a toned down version of this and I'm happy to wear that but not this... there is just something about it - maybe too sweet? Makes me feel ill. Reminds me of my mom of course and probably in my mind I've added a hint of sadness to this one.

paris paris paris...

it is a big huge bouquet of pink roses. Freshly picked with a hint of green notes.

Paris got me in first sniff...

yes, it smells classic, but not old. it is timeless instead.

unlike most rose fragrances, Paris is not too hand soap-y. it lasts long too!

another pleasant surprise for myself: it doesnt change to typical striking sour drydown i tend to get with roses.

and ladies: guys loves this one! trust me.

this one is really good, for me one of the most beautifull florals ever created.. so rosy, so classic. a must have for everyone who loves a really well made floral... a must have for the rose lovers....

All YSL Beauty and Fragance products are of great quality; they are also very expensive, but never disappoint. I usually hate perfumes that smell clearly of roses, the classic rose scent that we call classic not because it is excellent but because it is found almost everywhere with very few variations. "Paris" is not the usual but the excellent: roses and feminity idealized and triumphant. It inspires me such a powerful joy. I love it.

My mom and aunt used to wear this one. It brings back great memories but I have haven't smelled it in a while. It's a nice fragrance long lasting but a bit synthetic IMO.

This is one of those "big" 80's perfumes that you love or hate. If you love them YSL did them better than anyone. It's bold, unmistakable and the florals are clear and true. What makes it special is the sandalwood base. It warms the flowers and cuts the sweetness of the violets. If you want heads to turn when you walk by you may want to investigate this perfume.

Gosh..I remember Paris very well. It was my very 1st 'grown-up' perfume back when i was about 9 or 10. It was an xmas present from my brother and his girlfriend. Whenever i went to visit my brother i always used to use his girlfriends 'paris'. I loved it.When i smell it now it brings back happy childhood memories. A very heady aromatic floral bouquet of a scent, and, to my nose the Hyacinth and Lily really stood out above the other floral notes. Its nice to see from the other reviews that this perfume is still highly thought of and regarded as it is an unmistakable scent that lasts throughout the day. x

Sweet as bonbons. But it also smells like a big bunch of fresh roses added a bit of lily of the valley and violets. In spite of the bonbons it's a very nice and classic floral scent - very sophisticated and very YSL.
It dries down to a powdery rose scent.

In 3 words: ROMANTIC - SOPHISTICATED - SWEET

SHERAPOP your review is a blast and, yes, this IS Dallas!

Paris is on my mind; yesterday I was working with roses and, instead of smelling roses, I was smelling PARIS. Yes, Paris has reached the point of (in)famacy such that it IS the rose, the perfume interpretation of it anyway. Stella McCartney and Bvlgari do a stellar job of reinterpretting it, but Paris, like a beloved great-aunt, is to my mind THE great rose in perfumery.

That said, I find Paris to be wonderfully enjoyable, in MODERATION. Spray more than 3x, and you're transported to the permed-hair shoulder-padded 80s, but with a light hand, there's none of that. Although the opening smells obnoxiously boozy and green, spray lightly and the rose heart is dewy and velvety, with startling splashes of color.

If she were a painter, Sophia Grojsman would share a pallete with Edgar Degas and work only on sundrenched Sunday afternoons. She would nap in the sunlight filtered through the studio window, play Debussy in the background. And then she would create Paris.

Paris doesn't work for me, however much I adore it, simply because I cannot abide violets. If there is one floral easily detectable under the rose, it is violet, so tinged with regret, I will cast my sight toward the summertime flankers.

Yves Saint Laurent PARIS is a *very* floral fragrance--a huge flower garden dominated by roses of all colors and sizes. It's all a bit overwhelming: I feel as though I'm wearing a huge corsage. Or maybe twelve.

The flowers do smell nice and fresh and as genuine as they would be at a rose competition--perhaps at a state fair--but I feel uncomfortable in this scent. It's really not me. And I must say that it does not cohere in any way with my concept of Paris.

PARIS seems more along the lines of what Monica Lewinsky may have worn to go with her blue dress. Yes, as others have said: big hair, shoulder pads... Hmmm...earlier images, too, of Joan Crawford in MILDRED PIERCE keep popping up in my mind, along with one of my favorite movie lines of all time: "No wire hangers!!!!"

Perhaps a better name for this fragrance would have been DALLAS.

This is one loud rose fragrance that I do enjoy greatly.

As a child I always preferred the scent of the Black Madonna rose to any other rose in my Mother's garden. It had such a rich, distinctive smell that has been so well emulated through Paris.

This fragrance opens with rich, (and in some ways harsh) rose, gernanium, green notes and what seems to be aldehydes. There is a definite soapy/powdery quality throughout the composition which I find rather alluring.

Just looking at the adverts, I can't say that Paris is particularly sexy or seductive. I'd say forget the sexual aspect and focus on the romantic and classic feel of the scent. This is romantic, candle-lit dinners in a restaurant with a view of the Eiffel Tower, not a clothes-tearing, extremely urgent romp, beneath red satin sheets in a sleazy motel.

I also find this scent to be quite fresh, almost something that I could imagine wearing during the heat of Summer, despite the scent being quite strong. For me, Paris sparkles with vitality and commands attention.

The lasting strength is absolutely amazing. Even showering doesn't completely rid oneself of this potent fragrance.

To some this will seem out-dated, far too strong and 'nightmarish', however I do have hope that some will appreciate this fragrance like I have.

one of my unique floral that i love!rose violet santal wood and a capiteux fragrance.meaning richness and volupty!love it feminine grandiose magnifique!bravo ysl for that perfume that celebrate woman and feminity!

Wow, I guess this is mostly a love-or-hate scent. Frankly, I thought it was fine, though not something in my character style. I didn't get the slap in the face by the gigantic circus-clown-rose people are talking about, nor did I get assaulted by detergent-like citrus notes. What I did get was an onset of lush, pale rose, very gentle and fairly true to life, with an underscoring of faintest powdery notes. As it warmed on the skin, I could detect what I read to be lily notes, and a watery feeling. Not aquatic, like the 'cool' fragrances we have these days, but more like a very fresh bud in clear water with green leaves. Very pretty, overall. I did use only a small spritz, so perhaps in large doses this is overwhelming, but that could be said of any perfume. Moderation is key.

I bought it when I was pregnant some 23 years ago...and everybody told me I stunk. So I'm not sure if it was my hormones....but I thought it was great!

Nope..tried it yesterday and it IS nasty!

My signature scent. It's rosy, yes, a bit powdery, very feminine and classic. I spray it on in the morning and still smell it the next morning, and this smell makes me spray it on that day as well, and the next day, too. it just goes so well with my skin that I can't be bored of it, although it seems to be very simple. But people are asking me to wear it when I change my scent for a day or too, just to give way for my other favourites. I think it's a great creation and nowadays when not as popular as it has been in the 80's, it can be a real signature.

A big and stinky rose. It just can't possibly get bigger and stinkier than this. A classic I'm gonna keep in my vanity drawer - far away from people's noses and once in a while get guilty pleasure sneaky sniffs.

UPDATE: I now have a couple of bottles of vintage EDT, hmmmm.... This smells different - incredibly tender pink and green ribbons. Voila! Now I can actually pull it out of my drawer.

I like this one. On first sniff it seems very simple-- sort of like a rose single note. However, you can distinctly smell the citrusy top notes, which then fade away to an array of floral notes-- notably violet, rose, and lilies-- until the slightly powdery, oakmossy dry down. It's a classic, and a good staple for a floral lover. This one is light, but not too "fresh," and unoffensive. Good for every day wear, especially in the spring. This is also a good fragrance for a woman of almost any age. I appreciated it as a teenager and I know older women also enjoy this scent.

Roses are red, Violets are blue...

A little too floral for my liking but I remember the girls in highschool (only 2 years ago) were rather fond of this.

I can imagine myself wearing this in my 30's. But not now.

Grace in a bottle! I met Paris EdT (EdP is too powdery) in 1989 when I was young and it will always remember those years full of hopes! I wore in my first teenage trips abroad as a Foreign Languages student and it always reminds me of the sense of freedom I felt far from home strict atmosphere.
I know it's one of '80s staples, but it's just a classic rose scent with a lovely delicate yet tenacious woody basenote. I smell mimosa and violets too, but they are so well blended together that Paris ends up being a beautiful bunch of roses and flowers you would put your face in. It's an enchanted garden full of flowers and sun in warm spring. I wouldn't call it a sexy scent, nonetheless it's utterly feminine and romantic, very elegant when used with sense on right chemistry. I noticed that more older ladies than young ones wear it.
For me it's the perfume of happiness, the essence of grace, happiness and freedom to travel.
The only disadvantage with Paris is that it has become such a classic and acquired taste it's not very original anymore.

This was the first perfume I really fell in love with... you could say, this was the one that started it all! It was being worn by a close family friend who was staying in our home, and I was so intrigued by the beautiful, complex floral notes - it was so feminine, yet not like any of the other "grandmother-ly" florals that I had experienced up until that point. I love the strong rose notes, I think that really softens it... in any event, this one has been around so long for a reason, it is truly an iconic classic fragrance, perfect for a woman of any age. Love!

I fell in love with this fragrance, coz the beautiful floral scent just carried me away. I know it's an old perfume, but it's endless, and Irreplacable just like Chanel. If U want a scent to last at day, this strong perfume will really hit the spot.

What a gorgeous, timeless classic this is! Instantly recognizable, yet never boring. Contrary to public belief it is neither sweet, nor girly, and it certainly isn't dated. It's a grown-up woman's scent: elegant, refined and joyful. It's almost like a declaration of spring.
The edt is a bit "greener" and gets slightly powdery. I, however, prefer the edp - a rich and heavenly nectar to indulge in for hours on end.

I remember this fragrance back when I was a little girl. I first smelled it on my aunt and after the years I fell in love with it. It's a very classy and clean perfume, just as the French women are. It has a light, flowery smell that is never overwhelming.

Oh Paris! You beautiful fragrance... Somewhere in my past holds the memory of this delicious scent - perhaps on one of my friends' mothers, or my school teachers... (I am too young to have remembered this as a teenager, being only born in 1986).

It took me a while to warm up to this Yves Saint Laurent scent. I used to be accustomed to floral fragrances ALWAYS being sweet, so when I met this one it just didn't make sense. Now I understand it... It's so very floral, with a rose heart - but it manages to be attractive and not sweet. Yes, it's punchy and a bit loud, but it's also complex and deeply seductive!

This was one of both my grandmother and aunt's signature scents, along with Rive Gauche. I can't tell you how I felt when I smelled this - reminded me instantly of my grandmother. I'm usually not one for rose scents, but this is so delicious. Definitely going to purchase this as soon as I can.

Somehow I missed the whole 80's Big Hair, Big Shoulders, Big Perfume thing -- I guess there is finally some justification for not having been fashionable in my high school years. In any case, I tried Paris for the first time today and found it entirely pleasant. It was not nearly as powdery on me as Bvlgari Pour Femme (which is more subtle, certainly, but contains a half-hour of Mildew Smell somewhere in the heart, on me at least). It was not nearly as loud as I expected it to be, having read some reviews of the original formulation of Paris. I suspect that I've got the reformulated version, because it had pleasant but not overwhelming sillage and lasted about 4 1/2 hours (the EdP).

Rose is definitely at the center of this fragrance, but I definitely get the violet too, as well as some other, less defined floral scents. Very pleasant. Because I prefer my roses to be light and sheer, though, I'm going to look for one of the limited editions, which seem to have the lightness I like in a rose scent.

What this perfume lacks in subtlety, it gains in lightheartedness.

Extremely powdery floral. It's like a more subtle version of Bvlgari Pour Femme, which I love. I liked the scent a lot but I'm more taken with the Pour Femme. The major difference is the lack of carnation in this scent, which some may love.

Give them both a try back to back when purchasing if this is your style of perfume. Another note, while I like this scent, I can't stand it's pink bottled counter part. It captures the more green aspects of a rose.

I think that Paris was way ahead of it`s time, and adamant 80-s somehow never came to my mind when I met it. It is lush and beautiful, very feminine - and has a certain freshness to it, like a drop of cold dew, a green stroke - to soften the sweetness.I remember it being a mood lifter,and I would like to re-try it on myself.

Never felt the roses in this one, I always considered this to be a really dreadful fragrance to the point of nausea.
It just goes so unbearable and sharp on my skin. So glad I never purchased this one!

In the 80's Paris was my sister signature scent for the night (Anais Anais was her daily scent). It's one of the most feminine fragrance I know and I bought it recently. This smell remind me those years and the time we were together.

I owe Paris an apology. I tried it the year it came out, found it brassy, and avoided it for decades, along with that “never-in-million-years” fragrance, Poison. Maybe it was just guilt by association (Paris and Poison were ubiquitous in the 80’s), because when I mustered up my courage and gave Paris a second try recently I was surprised to find it rather elegant. I suppose this says more about me than about Paris: it took me a while to warm up to unmitigated florals and still feel like a bit of an impostor when I wear them. Paris has nice staying power, but it is not loud: lots of flowers, yes, but never sweet-- in fact, rather dry. Always clean, but not in a crisp, hygienic way. I do not get the rose upon rose blast others have mentioned, and would not recommend Paris you need a serious rose fix. There is a moment on the way to drydown when Paris threatens to go powdery and soapy, but then the woodsy, musky notes take over. The depth, sparkle, and complexity that were apparent on first spritz persist, but now in a different, very up-to-date key. On certain days I do detect that detergent-y vibe soirdelune mentions. I would suggest sampling a few times before buying.

A grown up fragrance, classic but not dated. The bottle may be perfect.

I apologize to Paris for confusing it with Poison for all these years, and in fairness, will retest the latter when I am feeling brave.

Ouf! I think a lady needs to be very dignified and beautiful to wear this without it being tiresome. Roses and violets are not exactly a novel combination, something is needed for lift and spark. The bergamot is lost from start to finish, and the sandalwood merely adds to the sense of sameness. This is is all too Edwardian for me; it makes me think of dowagers shopping for hats on the Champs Elysees, except that unlike a dowager this thing doesn't have the grace to subside. In the grand tradition of perfumes I don't like, this one has a longevity so pronounced it's utterly macabre. It stays on my skin for days.

This is a lovely rose"ish" fragrance.
It has wonderful staying power.Notes of flowers combined with the rose ,amber and sandalwood makes it delicious and feminine.Is wonderful for a night out or may be a night of seduction.

This is one of the perfumes that give me headaches... when I first smelled it I had that "eeew!" sensation and the smell persisted in my nostrils for a long while. It's SO concentrated, awfully sweet and long lasting, and you can feel the smell even after shower. I even sprayed it over a fluffy vest, and I can remember that even after washing that vest, the smell of Paris was still there! :O

It reminds me of old french ladies...
Even my friend who LOVES "old-lady perfumes" hated it...

I wear YSL Paris a lot and really enjoy it. It's so flowery and clean smelling but with a little twist of something different. I think it's bottle design and box represent it beautifully.
It's the only scent I've found so far that is this girly without being too sweet or rosey.

In my opinion, its a fragrance to combine with festive spirit :D when i used this, my mom always asked to me: what is smelling like wine? :D its your perfume? :D
its like a nice-cheerful-colored flowers bouquet.
Very suitable for special outside parties ... with a cute dress, attractive lipstick ;) jejeje

This time I decided not to judge perfume by its packaging, but I would be right if I would. I see it was launched in 80's, but for me it is the smell of early 90's. Perhaps it was unique in its' time, but now I just know I smelled many like this one in my teens on my mother or her friends, perhaps some of them even had it. Very strong, sweet and sour at the same, too flowery. I wouldn't buy it even as the present to my mom, because I hope she's over it or the similar scents, and it doesn't speak to me personaly

Sound, piquant, rose smell. These roses in this are cheerful, flirting, civilize - as from city park, not from country garden. Smell is very elegant. It is necessary to have shoes on heels for it, fine dress and careful haircut.

Both this and anaise anaise (don't know if tats how it is spelt?)I used to wear many years ago. I haven't tried it lately (any of them)
But i know they both have cherished memories for me.
Light delicate and young.

Beautiful fragrance. It starts with a few sharp notes (80s style), but dries down in a perfect rose - violet harmony. It also has an outstanding sillage. I agree with caribou about the romantic quality of the perfume.

Very romantic light and flowery. I wear it now and then and only need a little as more than that can be overpowering. A very beautiful, classy and timeless scent.

Paris is always good on other people.If You wear it,you may not understand it at first, By the time it will stuck in your minde, I dont know why I can remember and immagine it when I just see the bottle,IS this happen to anyone?

Oh, god, clings like detergent on me. Gave mine to a friend who ended up spraying it in her shoes ... the perfume made them smell much worse! A great shame -- I love a floral and a good rose is to die for! But this is a rose scent that packs an almighty 80s punch.

Maybe the best rosescent ever, lovely and rich, but not annoyingly sweet. Feminine, happy and chic Yves saint Laurent classic.

I use it for formal & special occasions. Classic and aristocratic.

Extravagantly romantic rose, violets and more, in a fresh multicolor bouquet. In the EDT, sheerer and more green. In the EDP, technicolor splendor! This was my wedding fragrance; it always brings me joy.