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michael2206 – :
One of my favourite perfumes, it’s just so beautiful and elegant I absolutely love it. I love rose scents and this is one of the best.
DorneDoxseedo – :
This perfume definitely left some impression. It was an absolute nightmare! Tried it on paper first and though it smelled nice and crisp so decided to try on my wrist. Well, for the first 10-20 minutes it smelled ok, strong sweet concoction, then it changed and for the next 2 hours it smelled like a crystallised urine, I kid you not! And that’s not even the end. After that it changed to a subtle odour of a mummified corps, at which point I had access to washing facilities and tried to rub it off, although it only took the edge off, my wrist still stunk. Pretty traumatic experience this was, guess my chemistry and this perfume are mortal enemies for life 😀
sorcesoor – :
Powder, roses, violets and iris. I adore this old lady in my collection. This almost has a scent like rose hips. Light, fluffy, floral and powdery. I have loves Paris from The first time we Met when I was a child. Paris puts an instant smile on my face and makes me think of summer. The rose in her i amazing, unique like none other. Longevity and silage is moderate and inoffensive. Feminine, light and classical in every way. Paris will always have a place in my perfume collection.
3xBAR – :
Absolutely gorgeous. This is recognizable scent because it’s so unique. I love love love this.
I didn’t care it much before, even though I liked it a little bit, but again; it’s so unique and different, that it took a little while to used to it.
I sniffed it once in a while, and thought it was strong and somehow herbal, and peppery, absolutely not in a bad way, only that it was (and still is) my impression of it.
I don’t know, maybe the cedar makes it feel like that (herbal); the woody note.
It’s sweet but somehow fresh.
But I only have Pure Parfum, round shaped, very beautiful little bottle with diamond in the cap.
it’s very long lasting, like others have mention.
ps. It’s a little bit spicy like the old time perfumes Fleurs de Rocaille or L’Air du Temps, although they smell different.
mvictor – :
This is a light and vivid fragrance. Sun-drenched whites, greens and yellows mixing together in the mid-day warmth. It floods the space around it and makes me feel both wide awake and relaxed. It is bright and carefree but grounded.
The dry down is soft with defined edges, like the feel of air-dried linen. There is a scratchiness but not uncomfortably so. It is sweet and floral, with a spiciness in the direction of cloves. If it were a dessert, it would be Lebkuchen with a soft, sweet lemony rose-petal icing.
This does smell like Paris to me. I am taken right back to the city, mid-day, sun beaming down with a warm, floral fragrance wafting through the air from the nearby park.
spammer44 – :
The most beautiful floral my nose came upon! I love it because I get mostly lime blossom, violet, iris, hiacynth, ylang and geranium in a perfect fresh green bitter-sweet light powdery warm gorgeousness! (Edp)
711 – :
i have not much perfume collection. This one was bought online blindly after reading much reviews that it smells of roses. i’d bought a big bottle and eventhough i hated it, i managed to finish up 95% of it. It smelled very old too me. An old Paris… it’s suitable for really mature ladies; like my boss at work. she wores this and i immediately recognised the smell. I don’t like roses anymore
stas74 – :
“Paris” by Yves Saint Laurent is a classically French way to do “fresh”: Rainy day florals and a languid, romantic, boudoir intimacy.
The rose-violet combo in “Paris” aches of some elusive, collective nostalgia over more dainty beauty trends of the past and conjures up a super feminine world of parasols, porcelain dolls and rose garden tea parties.
Yet this very femme floral combo only wafts in and out in this mostly green composition; it’s like a gust of air blowing out from the door of a woman’s lacy things and beauty shop boutique, stocked with aromatic powders and oils into a drizzly, urban street.
The almost cartoonishly sweet intimacy imparted by the rose and violet is only a hint of what “Paris” is about. There’s wet stone walls with their acrid-yet-sweet mineral scent in there, a hint of moss soaking on an old plaque near an old, wooden bench. The wood is smooth and sweet, oiled and cool.
“Paris” captures that classically French fragrance dynamic of being able to project wistfulness, an almost aching sentimentality and sense of the personal, while also managing to feel pretty modern and strident, at the same time. If “Paris” was meant to capture all the ideals and conflicts of the place itself, it’s a great success as a fragrance concept.
“Paris” is a good choice for those who often have a hard time choosing between billowy, classic French florals and streamlined, urban Japanese “Zen” scents. “Paris” is a successful marriage of the two fragrance aesthetics.
clashjacH – :
This is a gorgeous spicy rose that smells like it might have been Charlotte Bronte’s favorite perfume. It has an ethereal aura and an old soul . I can not imagine anyone not finding this to be impressive in every aspect .
There is nothing “modern” smelling about it to me . However, I find it a classic that is very versatile for multiple occasions and seasons . You can’t go wrong with this rose , and I have tried other rose frags that were a let down. This is the most memorable rose I have found and I love wearing it .
KAMBAS – :
Very classy elegant perfume. It smells like powdery lilacs and hyacinth. It’s old school but not to the point of nursery home. It can still be worn today.
undelagange – :
I remember my sisters wore this when i was so young. It smelled so elegant and classy, but not my type.
nvs234Unlogrere – :
iris, hyacinth, violet, with rose, light heliotrope, hawethorn, and a bouquet of seemingly contradictory flowers. It is green and powdery, delicate and sharp, sweet and sour.
Overall love the bitter powdery florals
Oratterie – :
Almond scented rose and violet. What an interesting and intenese scent….
I want to loVe it so bad but it turned stuffy and moldy smell on my skin after one hour. Too sad!
CatyZem – :
Sharp floral herbal. Has the fingerprints of Sophia Grojsman – Beautiful, Exclamation, and especially Eternity – all over it. The opening in particular reminds me of Eternity; they both have a similar dry, angular floral feel with fizzy aldehydes. Opens with pungent herbs surrounding a rose heart until it turns down the volume into a familiar soapy, powdery floral chypre; even though it’s supposed to be a rose centered fragrance I get pretty much equal parts of the other flowers, especially the syrupy violet. It’s pretty much a perfect rose chypre although it *can* come off somewhat dated. Also, like many 80’s powerhouses Paris has a HUGE presence. Still, this is a classic for good reason, and one I will probably be adding to my collection. Vigorously feminine.
anar5666 – :
How to use rose in perfumery and not only get away with it but making it a masterpiece.
serg26 – :
The formula has changed a lot since the 80s and 90s, as mom used to wear this when we were kids.
It still smells nice, but there is a hint of…how shall I put this delicately, well, a slight hint of piss. Sorry, my nose detects unusual scents.
inetsupport – :
This is dressy, gorgeous.and very distinctive, but for many years I could only admire it from afar. The forward, ebullient rose/violet/peach combo with its powder-puff finale just felt like it belonged on someone in a silk power suit, high heels, and elegant updo. And as a social worker who favors leggings, I did not seem to be the target audience. (Maybe I was swayed by all those ‘80s/‘90s Paris ads with the beautiful models in couture.)
However, I kept a bottle of the eau de toilette around to dab on every so often, and as my perfume collection grew (including many vintage florals), Paris no longer seemed so intimidating. I now really enjoy it and don’t care if I’m in my PJ’s when I spray it on! Try it if you like flowery scents. Although it hails from 1983 and is therefore “big” in its sillage, it is impeccably clean from start to finish. It’s just extremely pretty and really does represent the joy and romance of the city itself!
OAS47 – :
This perfume has a big floral personality with rose, lily, heliotrope and iris. If only my nose could handle all those bold floral notes! It is a magnificent blend of florals and woody notes – very strong on me and lasts for ages. I personally dont have the body chemistry or the nose for this gorgeous scent even though I appreciate it very much. If you lean toward rose, get a sample by all means! Fantastic classy fragrance.
Kordevoj – :
YSL Paris EDT
How can you describe your first love, your reference point to all other perfumes, your olfactory home that just happens to be one of the great classics of the last thirty plus years? But how can you not describe it because of all of the above?
I’m a floral lover and a rose lover, so obviously Paris is just my cup of tea. But I have tried and liked e.g. Stella, Bvlgari and Chloe rose scents and none of them has left an impression like Paris. I’ve also enjoyed more “natural” options such as The Body Shop’s Tea Rose, several of Guerlains Aqua Allegoria and L’Occitane’s rose variations and Fragonard’s May Rose. These last “naturals” have come close, but I would not count them quite in the same category as YSL’s Paris which I find to be a more complete scent, more of a “perfume” than just “a water for refreshing oneself”.
If I try to be as analytic as I can, to explain my love for Paris, I think it’s because of the perfect blend of rose and violet that support all the other flowers. It’s also because of the freshness of hyacinth and lily of the valley and the powderiness of iris (and heliothrope). It’s also because of the proper base of cedarwood and (white) musk rounded up with some warmth from amber and sandalwood. I often think that the basenotes make a perfume instead of body/roomspray and if you’re looking for longevity from a floral (which tend to be rather shortlived) you need a proper base and YSL Paris has it.
If you find Paris EDT too strong, I would suggest trying the Printemps versions that YSL or should I say SL, sadly seems to have stopped producing since 2016 when the last version came out. If unable to find these, I would recommend Fragonard’s Emily – with a softer base but just as heavenly rose-violet combo.
For me Paris is the ultimate spring floral and an all-year-round classic.
denis_95 – :
The more I smell and wear it, the more I like it. I understand why is it a classic. Floral bouquet, which is rich, romantic and very feminine. Timeless!
ZOMBIONE – :
I have the EDP version and I hate it. It smells like an old wooden cabinet which contains a bunch of rotten raspberries and some rose.
It was a blind buy, I really wanted to like it, there are many supposedly similar frangrances I love, but I get nausea from this. Sad.
grek17 – :
I’m currently wearing a 1991 Paris Fleur la Parfum with the gold cap and rose etched on it. Very deep, dark and sensual floral which reminds me of Chanel allure. They don’t smell alike, but carries the same vibe to it.
I don’t know what the current Paris is like , but I think I’ll be getting one as well. I am sure it will be as divine as the vintage ones, regardless of its compositions.
Sewapetrov – :
This scent like so many turns VERY sweet on my, like apple blossoms. I loved it when I was in college and think of it as a fragrance a younger person.
cocaIcanina – :
This divine fragrance is a mix of all beautiful florals.
I get gorgeous roses and carnations, both sweet and spicy.
I adore this fragrance, and used to wear it often. I am working
on a second bottle, and have a third in a cool and dray drawer
in my lingerie chest.
It has monster silage. It sprays on beautiful, and stays on beautiful!
Paris, will forever be a favorite of mine.
dimonkitoy – :
Muted velvet shadows deepen
softening the edges of everything.
Lovers kisses, whispers and laughter
mingle.
Half drunk
and one more bottle of wine.
/Robert Andrews – Paris Night Cafe/
Daybreak, empty streets, neon lights are fading away – but you can still feel it in the air. The nightlife that just disappeared.
Paris is the scent of bittersweet & fizzy Mimosa cocktail, the taste of almond macaroons, roses in the cocktail glass standing on the bar counter, the rosy & fruity scent of red lipsticks, women selling green hyacinths & yellow mimosa in the hotel lobby.
This is Paris of my dreams. Timeless, elegant & unforgettable.
jeka777 – :
Dreamy Dreamy Dreamy.
I have the Paris eau de toilette. This scent is fresh and at the same time powdery and warm. When I wear Paris I feel like i am wrapped in rose scented cotton wool. The eau de toilette lasts all day and I find the sillage heavy in a good way.
To be more precise, fresh roses and powdery violets held together with a musk ribbon and bow.
seasydracheri – :
The woman who wears this is a mix of Hedy Lamar (devastantingly beautiful and very intellectual). I read that whenever she entered a room she caused a stir. Her female energy is to the max , men drop at her feet and other females envy her power. I got a bottle edt concentration but when I checked date of manufacture is says August 2015. I wanted an older formulation and will get it without a doubt. A must have for the avid collector. Presently this goes on very strong but fades away quickly to a skin scent after 2 hours. MUST get older formulation.
fordec724 – :
This fragrance is a timeless embodiment of romance and joy. I’m wearing a splash from the vintage vial I was so generously gifted from a fellow Fragrantican years ago, and I am speechless; fresh roses, parma violets and honeyed mimosa envelop and dazzle my senses in the most exquisite bouquet. The Hyacinth lends an underlying transparent, ethereal softness that prevents this from being too opulent. I’m instantly reminded of a less heavy, dense Red Door with a far more subdued beauty and elegance. This beauty does not smell dated in the slightest, and I think that anyone from 16 to 116 could rock this extraordinary gem.
piligrim6565 – :
SEALED BNIB VINTAGE (90s)
Paris 75ml EDT (3.4oz) + separate 200g Body Creme
Available for swap or dollars. PM me
JoelWB – :
I’ve reviewed Paris before, but I’m wearing it again today and its such a beauty of a fragrance I’ve got myself all excited about it again.
Layer Paris EDP with Paris Premieres Roses and your eyes are gonna ROLL back in your head, ladies, I promise you. Divine.
lmb982Unlogrere – :
Always a favorite. I loved this fragrance back in the day when it first came out, strong yet beautiful and I love it today. I recently purchased a bottle of the edp, they are harder and harder to come by; hyacinth, jasmine, violets, rose, but not Much (it’s not a rose perfume) and amber, sweet, but not too sweet, citrus-y. A little goes a long way, but as it develops it isn’t as strong as you might think, and yet still– not a wall flower.
AndreyMintSPB – :
A lot of rose perfumes smell too old for me. Too serious. Not this. It’s comforting, inviting and sensual. She’s sexy, deep and works the room while remaining close to you.. Creamy delicious, violets wrapped in velvet with rose petals strewn about. My mother used to wear this and chew violet gum while getting all pretty for her job at night. She’d put on her high blonde ponytail, makeup, heels, shiny stockings, the works hunnaay and misted herself with water from Goddess Atabey and Santa Martha La Dominadora. Or rather, Paris YSL.
Anyway, it’s a wonderful fragrance with a beautiful powdery dry down. I can’t get enough of it.
Мортиша – :
This is my mothers signature scent and although I love it on her, this stuff is just honestly too much. At first whiff, it is a rose-jasmine explosion with a strong woodsy heart and amber for the dry down. It’s pretty linear and I find that on someone with the right chemistry you get a nice almost watery/ozonic floral, like lilies in water. I think I like it only because my mother wears it and not because it actually smells good. I hate floral scents so I didn’t expect to like this anyway. Monster longevity but surprisingly not crazy sillage. It is very mature and works as an everyday fragrance for all occasions.
Darglef – :
I had this wonderful perfume back in 1984, and I will gladly buy it again as soon as possible
sergey_mol – :
Here’s another YSL oldie goldie created by Sophia Grojsman that doesn’t agree with my skin and nose at all. The initial blast is all about super-powdery iris and violet – it’s like Guerlain Insolence on steroids! – and then it develops into a very sweet floral mess on a musky base. As is often the case with the scents that I don’t like, it is incredibly strong and durable… Bummer.
gex111 – :
To me, the hyacinth stands out more than anything, and I love hyacinth, both the flower, and in fragrances.
Mimosa, and a shy, soft, powdery rose, are – besides the boss hyacinth – the scents I can detect the most.
An absolutely beautiful and very feminine and elegant fragrance. It can be used all year around, and both for night and day – office and party. I think it is a timeless classic that can suit most women, young women as well as more mature. It truly smells like a woman.
My mother wore this my entire childhood and it reminds me a lot of her. Usually I feel like I can’t use a fragrance, if the scent is pinned to a certain person in my life by memory, but this beauty both suits me and my mother perfect.
The bottle is so cute and romantic and feminine, with a nod to its birth era; the 80’s.
A true gem.
dmitro_k – :
Lovely flower garden. It is very similar to Eternity Calvin Klein, which I like. Somehow I get lots of carnation, but I guess it is actually the hyacinth-lily-geranium-heliotrope combination that leads to it. After an hour I thought there is no silage anymore but as I move I get these beautiful wafts of a green rich bouquet that lets every time another flower bloom. I am surprised how nicely each note lets itself discovered over the few hours.
Longevity on my skin is still very poor – maybe 3h for the EDT.
EarnMI – :
almost a “soliflore” , one moment its a violet scent, another moment its a powdery rose perfume. Undetected sandal plays as a “canvas” under a painting.
Excisttig – :
Lush and floaty, with a unique sweetness and personality. A genuinely special perfume that I loved.
Until half of my bottle leaked out of the stopper cap when I packed it in an overnight bag (stupid me), drenching everything and making me and everyone around me nauseous… thus forever spoiling what was a once a liquid dream. So sad.
dmitrii1975 – :
lily of the valley, roses, very sweet florals but very complex; orange blossom, hyacinth, mimosa, geranium, heliotrope, ylang, green and musk
gki – :
A beautiful scent that I wore as a mere 15 year old, having been given a bottle as a gift. I loved it though it was far too mature for me.
Complex, warm and powdery with huge silage and longevity I hoped to revisit this gem as a 40 something woman of the world. Sadly, it no longer works on my skin, producing something cloying and powdery and terribly old fashioned with a headache inducing drydown which I wanted to scrub off immediately!
I wish it worked for me, it is such a beautiful scent on the test strip!
kavpenza – :
A masterpiece. A remarkable work of art!!!! one of my two favorites if not the most! Delicate, seductive and unique, nothing smells like this!
CyncCannoke – :
I just tested this in the department store amongst 6-7 other fragrances including the new Gabrielle Chanel and I have to say it is an intoxicating beautiful smell and so complex. Soft and feminine, it is perfect for me. I will be purchasing this next.
Meeiy370Unlogrere – :
More violet and iris than rose. I wonder if some of the voters just clicked on “rose” when they smelled a floral. There’s rose, but much more powdery iris and violet. It’s not a dominant rose scent when compared to Stella or Chloe Roses. Paris is powdery, smoky, and not green enough to be a true rose.
Like most really good fragrances, Paris does not reveal notes individually in an obvious way. Instead, the fragrance forms a blend that is “Paris.”
I agree with Southern Blonde’s comments below that this fragrance requires color. Paris belongs with colorful clothes, dressy but colorful. Makes me think of Leslie Caron (who is still alive as I write this despite internet hoaxes). So classically French. And such a cheerful, happy scent.
Do not spray more than once, even with the EDT. Paris is beautiful with one spray but suffocating with more than that. It’s better to have a whisper of gorgeous fragrance that people lean in to smell, a small waft of beauty that makes others pause and inhale, rather than so much of the overwhelming violet and iris powdery rose that everyone clears out when you enter a room. With Paris, less really is a lot more.
Fragrance of this quality does not go out of style any more than a rainbow or a snowflake goes out of style.
natasha310804 – :
#119
This is such a beautiful, joyful scent. This, and other scents by Yves Saint Laurent, is why YSL is my favourite perfume house.
There is nothing about this that can be disliked or offensive. It’s a simple rose, and a bouquet of other florals surrounding it. It’s mildly powdery, slightly sweet and perhaps a little smoky. My skin seems to turn things like violet smoky on my skin, and this transforms that perfectly.
10/10
gev80 – :
Ultra feminine. Vulnerable.
Beautiful, timeless. Stunning!
Elegant, dressy. Makes me feel like i need to wesr a hat and heels when i put this on.
gevor29 – :
I remember thinking Paris was rosey and dark pink back when I wore it to work for a bottles’ time back in the gosh!? Eighties? Yeh, to work as an Art teacher…we didn’t pull punches back then! And there were four art teachers crammed into a staff room the size of a cupboard….and the kids just loved perfume and were always staying behind after class and asking about it…how the hell has it become politically incorrect?..(Aside, how I wish I could go out now and meet people wearing stunning huge perfumes, no allergies for this little black duck!).
But it was and is never a Rose soliflor…..
With the luxury of time and memory and a little disposable income I have made a passionate hobby of hunting down these beloved and towering masterpieces of decades past. I would have to say that all my bottles of vintage Paris are rather well cooked by time and need plenty of drydown, opening with a gust of stewed aldehyde and a fusty blast of some Rose-yellow-herbal combo that is really reminiscent of the laboratory corked wine nuance fruit thing that apparently Is Sophia Grosmans’ signature. I certainly feel it in Tresor the same as in my beloved Paris.
I won a bottle of Paris Parfum a few months ago virtually free because I doubt anyone recognised it, a little flattened black ripple textured flask with a tiny thin hot pink band around it. I thought that’s interesting, it has to be Paris in that colour livery…and it was! Phew, ten minutes of stale top and a long drydown of almost every flower except rose! It’s very herbal like crushed rose pelargonium leaves, I’ve grown them. There is a heap of dark florals in there and a lot of sandalwood. Purple Iris and massive violet. A gorgeous abstract magnificent perfume so fitting of its namesake….Paris.
schokk-80 – :
Recently I wore this perfume to a gig singing Peggy Lee songs like ‘Fever’ and most notably ‘Why Don’t You Do Right’ dressed up as Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It was a smashing success! The fragrance, too. I have the perfume in my collection and used up a small bottle of the Eau de Parfum last year. I bought a new bottle from Amazon.com. This time around I see this fragrance as being a very colorful flowery powdery sweet and hyper feminine fragrance perfectly suited for day wear but in a showy and very extroverted, extravagant fashion. It’s a 1980’s go big or go home perfume. This didn’t seem to want to be worn with shoulder pads and big hair though. It was all about the lipstick, the nail polish, toe nail polish, eye make-up, eye shadow, mascara. This is as cosmetic as a perfume can get. As such because it is like a rainbow of colors with a heightened femininity I thought it was sexy but cartoonish enough to be worn as Jessica Rabbit!
Opens with a sweetness of dainty citrus with lime blossom, mimosa, orange blossom, and bergamot. I thought there was a peach in there but it’s mostly a delicious if light-textured orange scent. Then it turns quickly flowery with a number of floral notes: rose, violet, iris, heliotrope, ylang ylang, geranium. The bigger flower notes are the violet which blends well with rose and iris. For me this is an enormous iris. She is unapologetically fragrant, powdery, and quite womanly. The violet, too, is very strong. The multiple floral notes are quite startling and atomic. Definitely not for the selfie pic taking silly girls of 2017. It’s coming through as a capital W woman’s scent, like a mixture of a woman’s skin with talcum powder, make-up, lipstick and cosmetics. It’s what I imagine it was like walking into a fragrance department in a shopping mall in the 1980s which was the height of the commercialism of the mall craze. It smells like you’re a woman and you’re not only testing the fragrances on the counter with that scent of all the different perfumes mingling together, but with the body creams, lotions, hair sprays, make up, powder, lipstick and all the various cosmetic products.
Finally the dry notes appear to be smaller than the top and middle notes, which is all flowery and powdery. The dry down is green, with moss, and with musk. There’s also gooey amber and heliotrope. The scent has dried into something that is like and I know it’s goin to sound strange but like a pleasant and sweet smelling skunk! The musk in the base notes is not terribly animalistic but it is definitely a sweet musk covered in the green moss and heliotrope flower. The scent is also bit abstract, not linear but not too complex either. It’s a very interesting perfume. Because it is so strong all it takes for you to pull it off is one spritz on the right spot – the bosom, the naval, the side of the neck. 2 spritzes might be overdoing it. It’s not appropriate for evening as it is so sweet and powdery not musky or exotic or anything I associate with a night out or evening affair. It’s casual and powdery, and very out of style! This is why I wore it dressed as an animated character! Paris is hard to pull off and not everyone can but if you find the right place for it, it will truly shine. I recommend this for women in their late 20s who have experience with all kind of vintage perfumes and especially powdery fragrances and florals, and for older 30 40 50 and up women who like this kind of perfume. She does require you to wear make up while wearing her because the perfume does match up so perfectly with make up, especially purple, violet, pink red or blue make up. Dress should be sexy and flirty, a cocktail dress, a sundress, but with color (again pink red blue purple) because it doesn’t come off as either black or white. It’s a perfume of colors. I’m going to go back to this perfume anytime I need to wear it with a lot of makeup. It’s nice.
Steelhammer – :
Quite a while ago I reviewed this perfume. The lovely rosy beauty that it is I think is forever going to live as a classic perfume. I will always love it, but I don’t think I can commit to it anymore.
The reason being, is that I can’t justify the price, versus the longevity. I don’t mind paying more for a perfume if I know it will last, but right until I used the last drop of my bottle of Paris, as much as I loved it, I just could not make it last, and from what I’ve seen, the EDP isn’t much better, so I couldn’t justify paying more for that either. I was pretty well in denial about not being able to make it last either, because I loved the smell so much.
This perfume is rose. It’s a very pink, sweet rose that’s a little bit powdery. But the kind of rose where it was like someone had shoved one up your nose, and I wore it a lot around my best friend, because it was the only perfume of mine she actually enjoyed (she likes fresh perfumes, vanillas, and select florals, where as I prefer in your face orientals).
I love you, Paris. I really, really do. But the fact that spraying you on three times a day and still not being able to make you last means that we will finally have to part ways. If I get you as a gift I will be delighted to wear you again, but I will never purchase you again for myself.
This perfume was once a very big, long-lasting fragrance on me, but I can’t keep lying to myself about it being long-lasting anymore. If you can make it work, oh please, wear it, because this is a classic rose that is to die for! But for the price, it doesn’t give me quite enough nowadays.
seokanshd – :
I’ve already reviewed this but I had to write another one
I was thrilled when I first received my bottle of Paris.it was one of my first classics and I thought I’m becoming a mature fragrance lover.I was proud of myself for having a perfume none of my friends had
But the first time I used it I received three negative comments.one from my friend,one from my mom,one from my man.all of them said that my perfume is too much dated,too much floral and too much powdery.hubby said that he can feel my perfume in his month and it’s chocking him.that was the last time I really used it
Recently I’m in a quest to find my top ten favorite classics/vintages so I decided to start from the ones I already have and I started with my Paris edt
It’s opening is exactly what I remembered.an explusion of honeyed sweet flowers.it reminds me Kenzo flower,rose,violet,hawthorn and cassis.I don’t like Kenzo flower and I also don’t like opening of Paris but after ten minutes I’m hooked!now I can remember what made me love Paris in first test.
It’s still flowery,powdery and sweet but not dated even a bit.I can find traces of most listed flowers,rose,mimosa,iris,violet,orange flower &…but they’re so well blended and don’t feel too much,heavy or nauseating.
I’ve discovered that most classic perfumes made for women in first place can pass as unisex nowadays but not in this case.paris is strictly feminine.it’s one of the most feminine scents I’ve ever tried:sweet,powdery and flowery and it smells so gorgeous that is not possible to describe it with words.my mistake was overspraying.now that I sprayed it once on each of my wrists,I can’t get enough of it.
I don’t like it’s opening part but I start to like it as it develops.actually I love it’s middle phase so much that I wished to see no change but it changes as it dries down to find a green/woody/earthy undertone but I still like it as I like moss.there’s a light touch of musk and oak moss which turns this sweet flowery scent to something even more powdery but with lighter sweetness and some freshness and gradually moss becomes more and more detectable.it smells heavenly and now I can understand what makes it still popular after more than thirty years!
I’m a heavy handed perfume user but There’s really no need to overspray Paris because it lasts and lasts and this supergourgeous,super feminine,sweet powdery scent wafts around you like magic and this is the edt version!
I love it how it manages to be sweet with tones of colorful flowers and tones of powder and not become overwhelming.I believe it’s green notes are responsible for this beautiful balance
I wish it stayed like it’s middle phase all through it’s life but as it is,it’s still lovely.it has a high chance to be among my top ten classics
This time when I asked my man’s opinion he said you smell lovely,clean,girly,pretty
Unfortunately I lost the chance of wearing this beauty during this spring but late better than never.I believe it would be great in a breezy,sunny summer day
This lovely experience with Paris is intriguing me to try more classics
daniel09 – :
I was given a bottle of Paris