A restless, talented “bad boy,” Jean Paul Gaultier skipped school as a child to visit his grandmother, with whom he made high-fashion sketches that he sent to famed designers and parsed the local gossip of his grandmother’s beauty and tarot clients. With no formal design training, Gaultier remained focused, achieving renowned fame that was eventually showcased in his Bravehearts – Men in Skirts exhibition at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The oft-controversial designer, Gaultier stretched the fabric of design via innovative and bold approaches—from his cone-bra Madonna costume to kilts for men and Marilyn Manson rocker outfits. A testimony to his wild popularity and edgy success, Hermès hired Gaultier in 2003. Gaultier’s first fragrance, Classique, was introduced in 1993, with Le Mâle and Fragile and others soon to follow.
Jean Paul Gaultier, enfant terrible of fashion, was inspired for this ultra-feminine, voluptuous love potion from the jars, powder pots and nail varnish vials on his beloved grandmother’s dresser. Thankfully the sweet, naughty, vanilla-rich floriental fragrance with its rum-like top notes smells nothing like the stuff we put on our nails! Instead it’s a come-hither call with powdery florals that diffuse their magic for hours on end. Wear it in the evenings when its message can be better appreciated. To celebrate his couture roots, Gaultier paid homage via the dummy bottle to legendary designer Elsa Schiaparelli’s seamstress torso flacon for her Schocking perfume. The bottle is further encased in a tin-can which is “sliced” into bracelets and the whole packaged in a box reminiscent of cargo.
Fragrance Notes:
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Top Note: Bergamot, Lemon, Mandarin, Orange Blossom
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Middle Note: Tuberose, Jasmine, Ginger, Ylang-Ylang
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Base Note: Cedar, Amber, Vanilla, Cinnamon
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