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We first went to France with a bottle
blonde who had first been to France when
she was sixteen, where she fell in love
with her chaperone/professor and lost
her virginity in the lake town of Evian.
And so it was to Evian we traveled with
the bottle blonde so that she could
relive her first France infatuation. For
most of that winter weekend, she flipped
through French fashion magazines,
sighing heavily like a Henry James
heroine - and periodically spritzing the
air and her peroxide blonde hair with
fragrance.
All of this came back to us as we gazed
at Jean Paul Gaultier’s latest limited
edition fragrance Classique Silver My
Skin. Packaged in Gaultier’s signature
tin can, the Gaultier Classique torso is
lacquered in pale metallic pink and
overlaid with adjectives in calligraphy:
"sexy" and "coeur," "sensuelle" and "charnelle"
- and "forte" and "strong." In other
words, there’s little question about the
assertive strength of this bombshell.
Perfumer Jacques Cavallier opens this
version of Classique with orange
blossom, plum, pear, and mandarin - but
it’s a pink rose as seductive as spring
that pulls you into the fragrance’s
heart. And there it settles for a while,
as if seated in a secret garden, high
above a distant lake.
It’s not likely that our bottle blonde
friend imagined Daisy Miller while in
Evian, but we see James’s heroine
walking amongst the garden, twirling her
parasol in hand as she twirls with her
suitor’s emotions.
From the garden’s iris and orchids,
Classique Silver My Skin shapeshifts
into something more fitting for
gloaming, a touch of autumn’s spice.
Musk in the air and a hint of vanilla.
Spring has passed; the bloom is off the
rose - and memories are best preserved
in amber.
Never one to rue the past, our bottle
blonde friend subsequently moved through
a series of suitors, always trailing
beautiful fragrance in her wake. As sexy
and sensual as a screen siren, Classique
Silver My Skin makes it clear who’s boss
- and not only in the bedroom.
(Also, for those unfamiliar with Jean
Paul Gaultier’s signature packaging, do
not use a can opener: the bottom of the
can twists off. This is a stunning
collector’s item - and you might
consider purchasing two bottles, in
order to shelve one for the future.)
PRICE: $90.00 / 3.3 fl oz EDT
LINK:
Jean
Paul Gaultier Classique Silver My Skin |
