Charles Jourdan The Parfum

Likeable fragrance that wears close to skin and lasts several hours. Light, soft, not offensive. Would be great to wear around the office. Subtle enough to actually work as a unisex fragrance. Gives your skin a gentle soft peachy, mango scent, very lightly spiced. Definitely worth trying. Safe and subtle enough to give as a gift, too. Funny thing about this perfume........it was light pink juice when I got it. Over time, the juice turns to light gold color. This change has not affected the smell , but it does last longer with better projection after it turns gold.

I got this in a trade with malgria.It is one of those scents u want to keep sniffing.I love the beginning kiss of bamboo,but then I love bamboo,the spices all bounce off each other and make a mouth watering pie.THen theres the best to come.Creamy sweet coffee that drips over the woody accords and relaxes you and puts u in the mood for just about anything!Truly,a sexy female fume.

This perfume is something alright!! Interesting to see that someone already linked it to Flowerbomb, but the perfume that comes most close to it is Sonia Rykiel original in the EDP concentration (my favorite). Highly recommended!! Action

I really like the balance of sandalwood in this perfume. It's noticable from the beginning and in perfect harmony with the fruity mango note. It gives the whole perfume a wonderful creaminess !

Just for you ladies thinking based on the notes, this would not be your thing. There are some essential notes missing here, for example almond and coffee!! NOT UNIMPORTANT TO KNOW!! Action

You ladies loving this one, try the gorgeous Cavalli her! They share a LOT of notes, Charles Jourdan The Parfum and Cavalli Her!!

My new crush! Absolutely beautiful from start to dry-down.. you wont be disappointed!

I expected great things after reading the reviews here and was certainly not dissapointed!! This perfume is FANTASTIC! ;'D It is warm, spicey, mildly powdery, sweet, somewhat fresh, green and damn sexy. I LOVE IT!! This one lasts long and has a lovely aura. I think it would be ideal for Autumn and Winter but you might be able to pull it off during the summer if used sparingly. ANyway, if you are looking for a sweet and spicy fragrance with a twist then give this one a sniff. ;')

Starts out very sweet, like sugar and mango syrup, with a slightly woody edge. The dry down reminds me a bit of Breathe Romance Sensual Amber by BBW, which is discontinued and I happen to love. Lasts for several hours on me. I like it!

It reminds me a lot Organza Indecence...sweet woody oriental spicy :) Love it! *coffee note -it smells wonderful coffee in there as gesch suggested

I really like this!! Edit: I'm wearing this today (5-14-22) and I can't believe the prices for this on eBay that I just saw as I scrolled down this page. Ladies n gents: this wears like a body spray and not one of BBW or VS quality. A watered down body spray. I really like the way this smells BUT...this is NOT worth the prices I'm seeing. I think I paid $17 with free shipping on eBay for this about 2 years ago. This seems to be the new world order though. Perfume prices (on places like eBay) have SKYROCKETED. I feel like I'm in a rush to get all of the ones that I wear a lot before the prices shoot up even more than they already have. N speaking of rush...That's one I need to stock up on LOL. I can't be without my Gucci Rush. Anyway-unless you enjoy very light and airy type of fragrances that aren't meant to be light and airy (if you know what I mean)...don't spend what is being asked for this one. Edit, 6/8/23: this smells somewhat like BDK Pas Ce Soir. I'm still amazed though by the prices this is going for on the Grey market. I guess it's discontinued. If you can get this for a reasonable price, I say go for it. Just know it performs like a body spray.

Sweet patchouli. It reminds me of Flowerbomb with its pink gourmandy hue, but at the same time manages to surprise with a liberal dusting of spices. I'd say The Parfum is for those with a Sophisticated sweet tooth. Also, I feel like there are more spice notes than listed. For instance, I get an apple-cider-type of Cinnamon and a faint wisp of mint underlining the basil. It's a very complicated and WARM bouquet of patchouli leaves and spices, too sweet and feminime to be mistaken for unisex. Such a bold and exotic scent disguised in lipid pale pink. Do give it a try if you want a grown-up nighttime gourmand.

Wow. I recieved 3 compliments on this the first day of wearing it, 2 from strangers, one from my advisor. It is absolutely stunning. The smell is very familiar, like a mixture of Belle d Opium, Organza Indecence, and Coco Mademoiselle. The patchouli is balanced perfectly with lovely fruity notes and a delicious ambery vanilla smell similar to Organza Indecence, my love. It smells inviting, mysterious, fun, intelligent and yes, sexy! I highly recommend this for a night out. It is truly sexy and womanly. I cant believe the price on this! It last for the entire day and night on my skin, and until wash with my clothes. I highly recommend this to all women who just need that sexy perfume for its own sake. I dont feel any special emotions with this, it is by no means an every day, signature or one that speaks to my soul, but it smells stunning nonetheless. I would compare it to the "little black dress". Its straight forward, nothing special, but you know you need it, and it looks darn good on you. I find no flaws with this little beauty. And I smell absolutely no alcohol in this either. A nightout fragrance, any climate tropical or city, and any time of the year. It is light enough to be worn during humid summers, but heavy enough to have a sillage. Sweet and spice and everything nice. Edit: May 2019- repurchased because I was craving a “basic” womanly type perfume without investing, mainly to be worn when I can’t decide on a fragrance. I wore it on a 90 degree humid day. This is definitely is a beautiful hot humid weather fragrance. The humidity allows all of the facets to breakn through and shine- a cross between Estée Lauder Bali and Organza Indecence. It’s a tropical Indecence.

I don't know about sexiest fragrance in the world, but it's nice. It goes on very very loud and brash, but dries down quickly into resins, coffee, fruit and amber, all sort of rolled together like some exotic incense. Then an almond peach vibe creeps in, still spiced with that dry incense feeling (though there's never any smoke or fire here) and fades into ultimate dry down as tobacco and soap. Huh? It's not bad at the end, but it is weird. Masculine and very like English Leather. I don't really understand the progression on this one. It goes from a more feminine perfume to a masculine cologne. Of course, it's very very nice getting there, but...odd.

I'm revisiting this one and I still hold to the weird-but-likable vote. It's sexy in that it's warm and rides close to the skin with wisps of fragrance floating up to surprise you like a kiss on the back of the neck. Today it failed to become masculine on me, staying mostly musky resin and coffee, with that faint flirt of fruit that never overwhelms like so many loud fruity scents now popular. So yes, it is sexy. Should it be pink and wear such a girly bottle? No. Do I really like it? Yes.

A bottle of this was included in a recent bulk buy I made; I sniffed the bottle and thought it was too powdery so I put off giving it a try until today. What a pleasant surprise! I get the creamy coffee notes quite well, which makes me very happy as I love coffee notes in scents. On my skin this is a soft, rich and warm coffee-amber scent, yet very, very feminine; perhaps that is the Iris and Peach coming through? Whatever it is, I LOVE it!

I just love the mango/coffe/green/patchouly+resin (thanks nyoka for your review:says it all)- it's unique and so well constructed! A delight! And since this is getting more and more hard to find in the EU and even fragranceX doesn't have this anymore, I just bought myself a backup-bottle to have the opportunity to enjoy it just a bit longer...

All of the reviews pretty much sum up this scent really well, a grown up gourmand, reminiscent of Flowerbomb but possibly a bit less sickly and slightly more powdery. I got a sample of this but now Im getting a full bottle. Very sexy.

Charles Jourdan manages to take the gourmand notes out of the kitchen and into the bedroom. It is voluptuous, fruity, creamy and definitely sexy. The tag line for this fragrance is "The sexiest fragrance in the world"!

Great "quality" for the current prices! I think it's similar to B&BW Black Amethyst, but this is clearly superior and more complex. Was there a reformulation? My bottle is from 2008 or earlier, so keep that in mind.