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Classique — Jean Paul Gaultier
Jean Paul Gaultier

Classique

  • For women
  • Eau de Toilette
  • 1993

Classique is a creamy and comforting gourmand fragrance signed Jean Paul Gaultier. It opens on rose, orange blossom and ylang-ylang, reveals ginger and orchid at its heart and rests on a base of vanilla, amber and tonka bean.

Main accords

Pyramid & evolution

Unofficial sources Data drawn from unofficial sources, not from the house: this pyramid (like the year and gender shown) may contain discrepancies.

  1. Opening First minutes

    Rose · Orange blossom · Ylang-ylang

  2. Heart ~30 min to 2 h

    Ginger · Orchid

  3. Base Several hours

    Vanilla · Amber · Tonka bean

Top notes

Heart notes

Base notes

What its composition says

  • 3 materials on top, 2 in the heart, 3 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
  • Orchid: a niche material, declared by only 17 of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue.
  • Vanilla: conversely, a material of the common core — 35% of the catalogue contains it.
  • Floral, gourmand, spicy and amber: 4 registers of raw materials share its palette, with floral supplying 3 of 8.

Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.

Scent profile

Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.

Wear time Good
7 to 9 h estimated on skin
Projection Generous
fills a room

Ideal seasons

  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter

Time of day

  • Day
  • Evening

Made for cool to cold weather — below 15 °C (59 °F).

Ideal occasions

  • Dates & seduction Its warm, sensual facets play the card of closeness.
  • Evenings & nights out A present trail that holds its own when the light drops.

Avoid if…

  • you shun warm, opulent trails, especially in summer.

If Classique by Jean Paul Gaultier seduces, it is through its enveloping warmth: a sensual trail that settles in and that you want to find on yourself again.

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