Patchouli Paris

Unfortunately I’m absolutely obsessed with this, the price is completely stupid (and no 50ml option, wtf) but it’s quite good and I probably will buy at some point as I can’t get it out of my head! Very rich, hefty - not quite as sweet as Coromandel (the other patchouli frag I’m most familiar with). Makes me think of a 60s bar with dark wood paneling, the smell of cigarettes and well-dressed gentlemen. A bit flirty and sleazy and bohemian, but also very chic and expensive? Makes me think of the lyric in Time of the Season, “what’s your name, who’s your daddy? is he rich like me” Coromandel has a sweet, chocolatey note that for some reason makes me think of cinnamon gum, it’s almost chewy. This is more earthy, a bit less sweet but still so deep and rich and surprisingly I prefer it even though I fell in love at first scent with Coromandel. Patchouli Paris feels vibrant, exotic, a whole experience. This stuff also has INCREDIBLE sillage and lasting power in my experience, I’m confused reading other reviews of people saying it is weak as my experience has been as far from that as possible. It still is traceable on the scent card in my pocket from two weeks ago when I first tried it. I went back last week to try it on, and my sweater sleeves still smell like I sprayed it this morning and it wafts through the air every time I open my closet. Maybe I just haven’t tried enough patchouli fragrances to feel underwhelmed as many other reviewers here, but to me it is unforgettable!

This is a scent designed by Guerlain to evoke nightime in Paris, which could never be a bad thing. It fires my imagination with sensory memory. It accurately defines the psychological, emotional response of my memories of Paris, dreamlike and romantic yet grimy. luxurious yet dangerous, historic yet modern, culturally refined, yet bleak. Never was my favourite city in the world, but Paris is Paris and there's nowhere quite like it, love it or hate it. Paris is a delight and a tragedy at once. This scent evokes that raw, rude, insolent beauty and grace. gorgeous potently rich patchouli offset with iris and subtle vanilla drydown, simple clean and definitely highly effective. weak as anything though...sadly performance is pretty drastically poor longevity minimal and projection is probably not even noticeable to others I'll have fun just smelling myself then, its a pleasure for my wrists only i would call this unisex, good for male or female alike A gorgeous Patchouli chic elegant scent but only 6/10....lower score only due to its performance issues...but its mostly patchouli so this might mean it will take about 9-12 months to get to its full depth and strength, patchouli takes forever to macerate and mature.

This is an absolutely gorgeous fragrance. -Clean White Patchouli note, no dark patchouli hippie tones to it. -All notes are easy to notice throughout wear. -Wears long on me. I sprayed my neck/shirt top, and tops of hands 7 hours ago and it’s still noticeable. -The barely noticeable aldehydes keep the fragrance “lifted” above skin level beautifully and are not harsh. -Easily all season wearability along with all occasions. Office safe. -Iris is beautifully blended through and softens the fragrance along with Ambergris and soft vanilla. It wears very similarly to Bvlgari Splendida Patchouli Tentation. Gorgeous! -In the floating dry down patchouli becomes a little chocolate scented. -Not a linear scent. It develops and changes through out wear. -Not harsh or offensive in any way. -A great beginner friendly clean patchouli fragrance for those fearful of bad patchouli, via scent memories of “Yore”. -A masterful creation by Delphine Jelk. One of her very best modern Guerlain fragrances! Highly recommend if price is not an issue. Only bad point is its exorbitant pricing. Enjoy!

I was so close to buying a bottle of this, when I took my 2nd fragrance vacation, last month. I just got into this hobby this past year, around April. I've already spent too much money on fragrances, so I've taken a little vacation twice, and tried a bunch of fragrances, but only bought one bottle each time. The first time, I bought a 50 ml bottle of Roja Sweetie Aoud, but I really wanted Guerlain Cherry Oud, but they didn't have it in stock. They had a 200 ml bottle of it in stock, last month when I went back, but I didn't want to spend that much money. I ended up deciding between Chanel Le Lion and Guerlain Patchouli Paris or Angelique Noire, or Feve Gourmand. I ended up buying a 75 ml bottle of Chanel Le Lion, from the Chanel Boutique, because the smell in the cold air was amazing, and I just fell in love with it. I really hope to buy a Guerlain fragrance in the near future. They have so many that I enjoy!

What a fantastic scent! I went into it without any expectation, because patchouli isn’t a note I usually like. But wow, here it’s done so well!! In fact, I just visited the Musée International de la Parfumerie în Grasse and there was patchouli to smell there. And the patchouli în Patchouli Paris is the closest to the natural patchouli I smelled there. Patchouli Paris is like an October evening walk through the streets of Paris, after a short rain. The opening isn’t too impressive, one would almost dismiss the perfume if you’d only smell the top notes. But after 10-15 minutes, once the aldehydes dissipate, the smoothest, most elegant patchouli emerges! A bit earthy, a bit chocolatey, but mostly a clean, elegant, natural patchouli! Effortlessly chic, this perfume! A must try, even if you usually dislike patchouli. Signature-scent worthy.