Classique Summer 2015

Despite all the crap released by this brand nowadays, from time to time Gaultier surprises with some decent variations of their classic scents. This one is elegant, very feminine, yet light and contemporary with a classic feel at the same time. This one really suits elegant women in the summer time. ****

This is my first classique summer,so I can't compare it to other summer flankers but in comparison to original classique,there is for sure a common gene between them,if I tested this without knowing it's name and brand,for sure I'd guess this is a JPG classique flanker,but a lighter,summary,less vanillic,more citrusy sister It opens with a lemony citrus blast,then citruses calm down a bit and give space to classique's familiar heart and base,powdery florals(mostly orange blossom& iris)powdery vanilla and musk This is definitely a clean,fresh summer scent,but is even wearable in early fall..it's also more wearable and less love/hate in comparison to original classique I guess Classique summer 2015 is a sheer like for me,I like it's warm,powdery veil and it's bright,fresh opening but I don't love it as I love classique,I also love to have classique bottles in my collection,so a keeper but if I had sampled it first,I wouldn't buy it BTW this is not sweet for me Longevity and sillage aren't as good as original,it barely lasts four hours on my skin.has a moderate sillage which calms down to a skin scent If I want to describe it in a sentence I'd say a blend of powdery non-sweet vanilla,soap,lemon and light florals ❤❤❤

This is a soft, feminine and subtly sweet scent. It is quite a "safe" scent, nothing extraordinary, but it is so pretty that I can look past that. This morning, I sprayed it on liberally and my co-worker, who is not a big fan of perfume, commented, "Mmm...what smells good? It's a bit sweet!" On my skin, The top notes are fresh and a bit spicy, while the dry down is a lovely blend of floral and sweet. I'm assuming the sweetness comes from the vanilla, which is detectable from the opening. The scent stays fairly close to the skin, but as skin warms up the sweetness seems to become more prominent and sillage improves. Longevity isn't great, but I don't mind re-applying. Overall, a great go-to scent for the office or any day when I'm feeling a bit girly.

What an amazing bottle. I love that it's painted on the glass and not just some art printed on plastic wrapped onto the flacon. This has to be the spiciest ginger I have encountered in a perfume. It is much stronger in this than the original JPG Classique EDT. A freshley squeezed orange juice with lemon slices and lots of ginger zest is what I picture when wearing this. The citrus fruits feel very fresh and not at all synthetic. I'm not getting how the lotv fits into this. Maybe it adds some sort of freshnes to the citruses? I can see wearing this in fall & winter too due to the spicy ginger. I find this projection to be more than moderate and lasts a full 8 hours for me.

Lolita Lempicka Coral Flower amber base and citrus meets Classique with a dash of Alien Sunessence. Lovely for summer, especially in the evenings. It's mostly a skin scent, however I got compliments on this scent when I couldn't detect it on myself anymore, I'm guessing it leaves a lovely, warm cloud of fragrance. A well done fragrance for summer, I find it to be very charming and 'round', nothing sharp about this one, soft, powdery-sweet edges all over.

I'm going through a major Classique phase, so it seems like the time to post a comment on this one too. I bought a used bottle a couple of years ago based on the reviews here. I wanted a lighter, fresher variant, the original EDT seemed overwhelming for some reason. The promise of prominent citrus, even a slight aftershave quality sounded just ideal. Maybe the fragrance had been stored poorly, though it still seems a very short time to loose top notes. The bottom line is that it smelled only floral, in a very dull way. Recognisable as a relative of the original yes, but dull all the same. It is lighter than the original EDT, so the mission is accomplished in a sense. However it lacks the sparkle I need in a dedicated summer fragrance. Whatever the reason, I've come around to enjoying the original as much, or maybe even more, than I did over a decade ago. No need to bother with any other versions.

The opening smells like a men's sporty fragrance that I just can't put my finger on. If any guy with an extensive knowledge of men's citrusy sporty fragrances smell this please comment on what men's fragrance this reminds you of. The DNA of Classique starts to emerge after several minutes. I like it. Its fresh but not too fresh. Its a good fresh scent for those powdery fragrance lovers out there.

Hi rainbow.owl2: I find them all practically the same. The differences are so subtle (if any). This year's smells more floral than last year's (which was citrus-y). I'm not sure if that is of much help.

has anyone tried it yet? I would be very interested in knowing how it compares to the ones issued in previous years... thanks!