Ma Dame Eau de Parfum

First of all, to me, this smells NOTHING like Midnight Poison. MP is effervescent with a deepness to it. This is warm and sweet and spicy with a flirtyness. Where MP is sophisticated, this is innocent. Maybe they are distant cousins at best. I picked this up a few years back at Perfumania on clearance for $15, and that was a great move! The first few times I wore it, it came off on the sharp side, and I found that it was easy to over-spray because it has deceptively good performance (heavy sillage that really carries for a long time). But with time and age, I feel that this, as well as many of my scents, has gotten much better and deeper. The rose in particular, has become less sharp, and is more like a fresh cut rose from the garden. It's still bright from the citrus, and the pink pepper, which I feel is really the highlight of the scent, really gives a fizziness to it. Overall, this is a delightful scent that is playful but intelligent. It's quite unique and certainly worth a try if you are a lover of rose scents. There is no getting around the rose in this scent, so if you don't like that note, you'll want to pass on this one.

I also grabbed my bottle from Shoppers Drug Mart for such a great deal! After one wearing I'm seriously contemplating a back up bottle as well! I find that personal chemistry and perfume is such an interesting thing, after reading all the lovely reviews here I was expecting a rose with some serious attitude. Yet on wearing this gorgeous fragrance I found it to be a very distinctive, pure rose scent. There was definitely the edge from the patch at first but it really settled and smoothed out to be much more rosey than I had expected! I'm a lover of spices, amber and patchouli so I wasn't afraid to experience what others had, but it seemed to be a bit tamer on me. The lasting power was great, I could smell it the whole day and into the evening. My daughter commented positively on my perfume twice that day, so in all if was definitely a success, I am curious to see how it performs under different temps and seasons. I can see this gorgeous fragrance getting lots of wear over the fall and winter!

This is fresh and sharp. I wouldn't say it's a dark fragrance in the smokey/incense-y way we normally mean a dark fragrance. This is a sharp black fragrance like the stiletto heel of a black patent leather boot. It's a badass rose, a rose that you don't mess with. This isn't a dewy spring rose for a young girl, or a powdery dried rose for a sweet old lady, this is a spiky snarling rose that has facial piercings, and gets in knife fights. This rose'll punch you in the gut and steal your wallet, blast its stereo at 4 in the morning and curse at its mother. This rose is a juvenile delinquent, a threat to floral society, it doesn't give a damn about its bad reputation, or your rules, this rose ain't gonna take it. This, frankly, is the kind of rose I can get behind. Update: After further wearing, this dries down to something a little gentler, and sweeter with a lovely almost aquatic note and a particularly beautiful patchouli.

The rose in this fragrance is clean, unsweetened and somewhat reminiscent of old rose fragrances, which always had a slightly sour aspect to them. The rose is the queen in this scent - sharp, aromatic, uncompromisingly fresh red rose petals and green stems replete with thorns. The rest of the scent is a background; clean cedar wood, fresh patchouli. This is tart, fresh and has an ironic retro feel because of that resolutely postmodern neon rose. It's the rose that Daryl Hannah's Pris would wear in Bladerunner, trying to pretend to be a 'normal' human female. It's unlike any other rose in my current wardrobe; not soft, but fit for an edgy, intellectual person. I will surely wear this whenever I'm in one of my sharp, irreverent Dorothy Parker moods. Edit: I've recently discovered the similarity to YSL Elle. It's that same dry, spicy rose with patchouli. Very similar in wear!

WOW! In my opinion this is Jean Paul Gaultier's BEST scent ever! I love the "dark and deep" touch that it has! It stays on my skin (literally) for DAYS and everybody's loving it! (Especially my husband). I only bought a 30 ml bottle because I wasn't sure if I would like it as it was a "blind-buy", but it is absolutely AMAZING. I will buy the biggest bottle soon. Mmmmmmm I actually smell it right now and I feel sooooo sassy. A very very very classy and sexy perfume indeed. If you're one of those who loves perfumes that's spicy, dark, woody and a bit "soapy" then you should BUY "MA DAME" YOU WONT REGRET IT! UPDATE: In the description it says that it's (only I guess) available as 50 ml and 100 ml EDP, but mine is a 30 ml EDP bottle. Why is it like that? Can somebody answer me on that question please? Mine is NOT fake of course, I bought it from Sephora (in Europe)!