Jean Paul Gaultier

Classique Essence de Parfum

Floral Oriental · 2016 · Quentin Bisch

TangerineAldehydesGingerOrange BlossomJasmine SambacWhipped CreamVanillaBenzoinCashmere WoodWoody Notes

Notes carried over from an earlier source and not independently checked.

Reported longevity
Very strong
Reported sillage
Strong
Typical occasion
Romantic/Evening
Typical season
Winter

These describe how the fragrance is generally reported to behave. Skin chemistry, weather and how much you apply all change it, so your own experience may differ.

Modelled profile

Whipped cream and vanilla fold into orange blossom and jasmine, lifted by aldehydes and ginger. It feels creamy and warm, a soft oriental floral with a dessert-like glow.

Taste Profile

The Romantic archetype

The Romantic

The Open Sweet

What you see is what you get. Simply sweet.

Straightforward and consistent, exactly where you want it. Treat yourself. Who doesn't love a bit of sweetness?

How Classique Essence de Parfum smells, measured

On Zenyra's five taste axes, Classique Essence de Parfum is openly sweet, in gourmand territory, and is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure.

Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.

Warmthtemperate0.66

Classique Essence de Parfum sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber. That is 76th percentile for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Projectionmid-range0.62

Classique Essence de Parfum sits mid-range on projection. That is 79th percentile for projection across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Riskfamiliar0.17

Classique Essence de Parfum is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 7th percentile for risk across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Texturebalanced0.52

Classique Essence de Parfum carries some body without feeling heavy. That is 57th percentile for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Sweetnessgourmand0.90

Classique Essence de Parfum is openly sweet, in gourmand territory. That is among the highest in the catalogue for sweetness across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.

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