Classique X Extrait

About a year go I got a gift voucher for my birthday and didn't manage to walk to far away with it since the perfume store was just around the corner :) .Purchased the 30 ml botte of EDP and loved the look of it and the feel of it too when I hold it to apply the scent: it falls well into the palm and is very comfortable. The bottle design is actually not JPG's invention: the first ever ( officially recorded at least ) torso-shaped bottle was created by Elsa Schiaparelli for her perfume "Shocking!" (1936), which was proportion-wise the exact replica of Mae West's torso, so everything new is indeed only the well-forgotten old! :) I am actually glad that JPG has brought this idea back - there was nothing similar for decades on the market. Now about the scent: I am not impressed, at all. First of all, Armani Code has outdone it. I know, Classique was there first, and had there been no Armani Code - it would probably have had a much higher value, for my nose at least, but when there's an almost identical scent out there, but edgier, sexier and simply with more personality - why bother buying this one? The smell itself is good, you can tell right away that it didn't come cheap to the wearer, it's a rich, full-bodied, verging on being a weapon of mass destruction when oversprayed kind of thing, but it is still a very plain bouquet: it is just missing that little something and it feels therefore average - désolé! And therefore it is somewhat hard to place it timewise: for an evening fragrance it's lacking a certain darkness, and for the daywear it almost too sweet/heavy and makes one feel like she's trying too much to get attenton. I felt right like a tart trying to seduce my boss when I put it on, although I had nothing of the like in mind!! So it is a rather loud look-at-me fragrance without enigma. I personally prefer scents that have a promise of something more even after they fully develop. This one will give you the needed attention for about a minut, but it will not help you keep it. I will use this in winter cosying up with the hubby/best friends, for big family dinners and cocktail-time occasions with no possibilities of flirting and when I feel that I need to smell womanly and pretty without showing too much personality.

When this first came out I bought the Edp and the extract for the flanker thinking it was a collectors edition of the original JPG woman, now called JPG, Classic, and I was disappointed. I stored it away in bank of my Narnia wardrobe for like 10 years, and Lo, it became an amazing spring summer wonder number, and youthful but not in an innocence way, just.. ...a Young love way. The Edp, for me it's very orange blossom , rose in the tops , a tad tuberose in the middle and then a cleaner, almost synthetic Amber, different to headier than most amber, all enveloped in vanilla, the dry down reminds me of the dry down of Yves Rocher Amber Amber. The extract, I'm guessing will be more longlasting, or more intense? Ive still not opened it, not sure it ever will be,lol. So whilst It's not remotely the same or IMO related to the original, its now a fab addition to the Now individual members of the JPG family, as now the tree are many who share the flankers but have this own unique smell, unlike the limited editions of classic flankers. I feel its name is misleading calling it X, i was told at the time, it was "an X, like X-rated", lol nothing X rated at all in this smell! I'd suggest the X is a unicode for "kiss", a young loves first kiss, and spring summer memories, ( by that i mean the early days of falling in love, not a Adults age, btw! ) The marketing faux pa's is similar to when Vivienne Westwood launched " Naughty Alice " , after making the most sensual and sultry Boudoir (read "dirty", not the grimy kind 🙉!), yet with its name, it was all cutesy and light and "innocent", I found it actually disturbing, that it was being marketed as such, this was the beginning of misleading, nay, contradictory era of marketing" juxtaposing the juice"! (Which I think is lot on fragantica had a hand in ending, with our roastings! Mine were made directly to the companies!

Very parfumey. Very floral and with a clean synthetic style. Too floral and clean to me. Vanilla? No, my skin lets no vanilla out of this. Not my type of fragrance.

I collect these bottles, little by little, but have no idea of how to get my hands on some of them. Most people do not get the following, nor do they know which bottle I may be referring to when I go to the perfume shops. This summer, (2011) version is nice and light. The original and the rock and roll are heavy for winter...and I would give an elaborate review if they were easier to find! Anyone care to respond?

Hi, I have bought just now, it's fantastic!!!. Stronger version than original X Classique. At first gives a wave of energy and enthusiasm, it's long lasting, but in a soft way. Is not strong smell, is strong by the notes that are more intense (pure), more elegant than the original. I love it!!!. Cheers!!

This bottle instantly reminded me of a Brazilian personality: XUXA! LOL No offensive, just funny! The bottle reminds of the clothes she used to wear in the 80's! Brasileiros(as) de plantão: não parece uma das roupas que a Xuxa usava nos anos 80, no 'Xou da Xuxa'? ahahahaha

I love it, fresh, breezy, feminine, another great Gaultier creation, made for spirited and optimistic women. I like it a lot, better than the original Classique which is a bit dusty to my nose. The orange Blssom note is the best around, distinctive of Gaultier.

I'm a mad JPG Collector, does anyone know when it will be available in AUSTRALIA!! I tried to get it on Ebay and Amazon....with no luck! :(