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)!

The bottle is fun and so is the juice! I was expecting a serious, mature chypre fragrance, not really appropriate to be worn with casual clothes but it surprised me nicely in a fruity way. Even though fruity notes aren't listed here, I presume it might be spicy-sweet pink pepper playing with my nose here. And in combination with a sweet rose, it may give that flirty cheerful feeling. Ma Dame EDP has a great lasting power and silage - I cannot fault Gaultier's fragrances in any way - they all seem to last forever! Ma Dame, according to my view, will appeal to fruity floral lovers on condition they also indulge in patchouli. Patchouli is quite strong in Ma Dame, so it is worth trying before purchasing.

Thank you Fragrantica and reviewers for leading me to this perfume. Ma Dame was another blind buy for me. I've worn Ma Dame quite a bit since I got it. I'm a fan of the rose/pink pepper/patchouli mix in general and a lot of my fragrances feature these notes. What sets Ma Dame apart is the citrus element. The orange here is pretty dominant and it brightens and livens this otherwise musky and harsh mix making this fragrance quite refreshing and intriguing. I can understand why some people described the dry down as synthetic/plastic. The orange here seems to stretch for a very long time, but I find that it doesn't really turn bad on my skin. I get compliments everyday when I wear this perfume. Love it!

I cry each night in my pillows remembering this was discontinued. And I finally created a profile on here just to lament. Have been wearing it since my uni years when it first came out and it's been getting harder and harder to snatch a bottle online. I went down a rabbit hole of blind buys to find a close replacement to no avail. The longevity of this one is uncanny. I could pick up my coat a week later and still smell it. On skin this would last the whole day. One of those perfumes that even after a quick shower you could still smell hints of on you. It smells unisex to me as I get more the peppery/patchouli combo than the rose part. I feel like a rock star or a free biker when wearing it.

I was so sad to find out this has nothing to do with the EDT Ma Damme which is one of my all time favorites and I am desperately on the lookout for new bottle as it seems it was discontinued. Well, I blind bought the EDP but it is like a masculine patchouli- rose cologne. Upon second or third try I actually enjoy it but I just wished it was more like the original EDT which is the happiest and so unique fragrance I ever tried/ had and that I love so much... EDP is very unisex and way more "serious", it's a "like" but sadly certainly not "love" for me as is the EDT Edit: I am starting to feel the resemblance to the EDT now. It just a lot more rose-y and masculine overall

My first true blind buy, just today. Hadn't ever heard of it. The Shoppers clerk told me that someone else had two of three bottles on hold (could that have been you, Madsiegal?) so I only had one chance... Sooooo pleased with this!! I love rose as a layering fragrance and this blend is so nicely balanced. The pepper and citrus combined with the rose is fresh, spicy, mature but not "old", vibrant and bright but not too "young". Bold, but somehow soft. The patchouli and musk give it a beautiful, womanly depth. Crazy lasting power and promises to be heavenly on a cold winter night. Can't stop smelling myself! Definitely hope to repurchase!

I wish they bring this back. I remember an abandoned place here in Croatia and a rose bush near a wrecked house. The bush use to grow this really dark-red roses without any care probably for decades. As a kid i always taught it was a 'wild rose' because its smell was so different - rich, deep, fresh, mysterious. It was not a wild rose but probably some kind of an old vintage sort of a rose someone once planted there. I was so happy when i found that scent in this perfume! The rose in here is 'wild', deep and dark, same as the one i remember. Love it! The same rose i found in Miu Miu perfume - the one with a red cap.

Wow! This is one spicy lady! I think this is one hot perfume...its masculine but sensual. It's so different than our lady JPG original. JGP is sweet and musky. This one is heavy pepper and patchouli softened by the rose and musk. If it makes sense, this is a feminine masculine smell. I may recommend it for cooler weather. Last night I wore it on a warm Texas day and the patchouli just jumped out and punched me in the nose. I don't mind patchouli but not like that. Then, my patchouli loving teen smelled my neck and said " ooooh what is that?" That's when I knew this is a patchouli queen. I love it...its smoking HOT!

This is a lovely Rose and Patchouli scent. The pepper is there but for me, it lends this fragrance a 'fizzy' quality (I get the same quality from the pepper in Hot Couture) almost a sour sherbert fizzy. The citrus note cuts through the patchouli so it is not too dirty. The woods and musk are very subtle on me and very much in the background. It is a grown up scent and I would say that men could wear this too. Longevity is excellent and sillage is moderate. I do wish that JPG would put tops on his bottles though!

An intoxicating perfume, which I love. Its cool, refreshing(patchouli/pepper) and a bit sexy in the same time(roses/musk), I remember that when I tried it I was wearing Michael Kors, and that one can fill a room with just two little puffs on my skin, well the JPG topped that with one puff on the back of my hand. Intense, but in a contemporary way, it can be worn during the day in your jeans, or in the evening in more romantic/formal attire. Amazing scent, sillage and longevity

Just bought it few days ago and Im totally in love with it. It's sweet, sensational and sexysexysexysexy. Rose and pink pepper in the opening, vanilla and musk in the drydown. Belive me, if you find the proper parfume that fits your chemistry, it will be just perfect instead of being synthetic. It's always the key. I would recommend it to wear on an evening party or on a first date, but be careful with the amount;) (two little spray will be enough through the night)

This is different from the EDT. It's a little more subdued, less rebellious, less masculine. It's got a lot of similarities to Ma Dame EDT, but it's definitely more of a perfume, much more accessible. And a bit more floral. Quite gorgeous actually. I loved the EDT because it suits me in my not-so-feminine, "go away" moods, but Ma Dame EDP will be for different occasions, like going out to dinner with a nice man... Funny how different the two are.

Looking at the notes, I'd say this is definitely not my type. But Jean Paul Gaultier is a genius and he's the only guy that makes me fall in love with such combination of notes! This is definitely a rebellious and sexy scent. It's long lasting and sillage is great. And the bottle is to die for...I love the EdT version too but if it feels a bit too citrusy for you, try this one. You will fall in love.

Fruity rose patch. Don't get much pepper here, but maybe that's what makes this smell so lively. The rose is different to my other rosey scents,I love the description "badass" which suits it perfectly. This is a versatile perfume, I could imagine it being worn as easily in an office or by a sexy femme fatale. Its dry down, in particular, is beautiful.Lovely!

After so much desired, I ended up buying it. I am very happy with my purchase. I can assure the longevity and projection are excellent. I love all the perfumes of Jean Paul Gaultier, but I must admit that the Ma Dame EDP is on top of my preference. Ultra feminine and rebellious spirit. Francis Kurkdjian is a genius.

Picked this up as a blind buy - LOVE it! I have the edt version as well and I would say this is the dark version, it's deep, dark & sexy. I picture black roses wrapped in crimson ribbon & lace. It's not your normal rose scent, it's sultry and alluring very easily bringing out the naughty side of a personality.