Champs-Élysées Eau de Parfum

Scrolling down the reviews and I don't really understand some unpleasant reactions. I thought it was lovely. Clean, beautiful, airy, romantic even. the opening was a nice fresh green fougere'd rose. I personally never seen that done with rose before. Especially in a female fragrance. Very creative. It still retains a slight soapiness but leaning more sweet floral powdery thru out the mid. I personally never get the ''cat piss'' association with currant leaf. to me it always gives this bold green bitter aromatic. there isn't even that much of it in here. but if you're one of those people that get ''cat piss''... idk too bad... Moving on... it's just so beautiful to me. i honestly don't think it is very ''old lady like''. far fetched even. but i envision the most beautiful flight attended wearing this. you watch her but the situation just doesn't allow to easily approach her personally. you just lock eyes and a smile and that's it. catching her scent trail as she walks back n forth the lane. a fleeting encounter. the further it dries i get an obvious floral musky hibiscus with support of vanillic touches and woody undertones. the almond tree i could've only picked up from scent memory. it reminds me of the green husk of unripe almonds. it's right there with the hibiscus. first time i actually smelled that type of almond note in a fragrance. it gives a lot of lift. lasts long projects nicely. like i said i fell in love with this scent. it's a smell you just fall in love with. i'd genuinely be in a temporary crush paralysis. seeing her walk past leaving just the intoxicating scent cloud in her wake. it's not girly its not old it just smells like a woman in her lane. she got her life figured out. beautiful, elegant and sophisticated.

I love this so so much. My husband bought me a bottle for my birthday, and I can already tell that it will be my easy spring/summer reach: honeyed florals, powdery mimosa, an intoxicating lilac (buddleia, but who's counting?) spiked with a touch of cassis and an indefinable nutty-woody accord that I guess must come from the "almond tree." It's quite green for a floral, which makes me think of daffodils, even though they aren't listed as a note. I get that Champs-Elysées isn't the most distinctive or provocative perfume, but I would rather make a statement with my mouth and let my perfume hover agreeably over my obnoxious pronouncements. I'll leave the "human secretion" scents to those brave souls willing to reek for art: Reek on, you crazy diamonds! I'll be huffing mimosa blossoms in the corner, murmuring, "Guerlain, take me away!" It's always risky to buy someone perfume as a gift (my husband, a wise man, was working from a list I gave him), but I think Champs-Elysées would be a safe bet for someone who loves classic florals like Chanel Beige, Dior J'Adore, and Fifth Avenue.

I was incredibly sad to see that the old Champs-Elysees had been discontinued. It's been a favorite since 1996 and I wore it exclusively for many years. My favorite was actually the EDT version and it was just a strong as the EDP with a slightly sharper, more sparkly black currant note. These 90s versions were longevity bombs!! You could spray it in the morning and still smell it at night. I just got this new updated bottle of the EDP - it was $135 for 2.5 ounces. The Guerlain service was wonderful, shipping was free and tax-free and came in a beautiful box. The perfume is still most definitely the original Champs-Elysees EDP with the only exception being that it's not quite as long lasting as the original. It's a small issue because I don't mind re-applying mid-day and I'm just very glad I can still have this amazing, truly unique scent that brings back many good memories for me! I do hope they will also bring back the EDT version because while not greatly different, I still liked that formulation a bit more ;)

I’m a young man, and I think this is absolutely gorgeous. I would love this smell on a woman. Even though it came out in the 90’s, it reminds me of something vintage, some type of soapy floral, but it doesn’t smell old. Perhaps I’m biased though, Guerlain is my favorite house, Mitsouko being my favorite perfume of all time... and yes that is old, and while I do wear other much newer perfumes during the day while out and about, I find I almost strictly only wear Guerlain when I am by myself or going to bed without someone beside me. There is a noticeable structure, or signature to Guerlain, and I think it goes beyond the Guerlinade base. There is an elegance, refinement, a clear picture that the perfumer is painting, evident in each perfume. Nothing else smells like Guerlain to me. This one is fantastic. The ingredients used here are incredibly high quality, I feel like royalty when I spray this on. I know this is a floral, but I would honestly recommend it to anyone into soapy vintages as well.

Champs-Elysées is one of the more underrated Guerlains, and I'm not sure why. On my skin the most prominent notes are pollen-dusted mimosa with honeyed vanilla and lilac (ok, buddleia, if you want to be a stickler, but they smell extremely similar) and a distinct sandalwood twang. It's not creamy or gourmand, just sweet, clean, and mildly herbaceous-green (from the mimosa leaf and cassis, probably). People often dismiss fragrances as smelling too shampoo-like, but that makes sense only if you're comparing the perfume to a cheap shampoo. If Champs-Elysées reminds me of shampoo, it's the super expensive kind that they use in exclusive salons, the kind that smells fizzily efficient, like it could fix all your problems by the second rinse. I know it's more of a spring/summer perfume, but I'm wearing it in late October, on a drizzly, chilly day, and it really cuts through the gloom. If C-E were a color, I think it would be pale gold.