Hi love! 💕 I love this fragrance, I’m wearing it today on this hot San Diego summer day ☀️ 07/25/2024 This morning, sprayed my bare arms, legs and neck to catch whiffs of this beauty while I’m at work. ☀️💛 Thank you for your lovely reviews 🤍
It's from a category of fragrance that I feel is entirely overlooked and totally out of fashion. These 1970's style bone dry, very bitter green galbanum & oakmoss chypres are just not covered by most of the people here on 'frag comm' on social media. You either love or hate this style of fragrance (department stores offer a similar option in Sisley's 'Eau de Soir' and 'Soir de Lune'. Anyhow, if you get a chance there in sunny San Diego definitely seek out a stockist for (or a sample purchased online of) Phul Nana and Shem el Nessim by the old English fragrance house of Grossmith. I cannot describe them or compare them to anything else out there-- they're these unique vintage style classics from their own category entirely too, there's nothing like them. And not even close to being 'in fashion' either. I think you'll adore Shem el Nessim.
My French Mother in Law wore JLS. I fell in love love love with this perfume. 37 years later this remains my signature perfume. DuPont remains my second one.
For me the best perfume ever created. In 1980 I worked as a young girl in a company and smelled it the first time on the wife of my boss. I asked her, if she would tell me the name of her divine perfume. She did. Never smelled anything like this. All my life I had many good perfumes, but none of them could hold a candle to Scherrer. As you say, it's a masterpiece!
Bonjour, I also have a story in finding the Jean Louis Scherrer perfume. Today my wife just received a new bottle of Jean Louis Scherrer delivered. Out of curiosity I was on the internet, found and watched your you tube. Flashback over 40 years ago when we first were married in Dallas Tx. I really have a low tolerance for most perfumes that my wife would use. We were shopping in a dept store, Neiman Marcus and stopped by the perfume department. I told the assistant that I had problems with perfumes and she suggested my wife to try the Jean Louis Schererr perfume. both of us fell in love with this perfume immediately. 40 years later it is the only perfume that she wears. All through the years she has gotten wonderful compliments, asking what she was wearing. They stopped selling JLS in the US. The wife has had difficulty finding quality sellers. If you have a good supplier please post. I am a 71 year young man. By the way, Je trouve, que vous êtes très beau. Love the accent. LHL
Bonsoir thank you 😊 such a beautiful story… I first found this perfume in SF 7 years ago… this is a very elegant and sophisticated perfume… I got many compliments when wearing this one in NY. You can find this perfume on Amazon or online I think. If I know a supplier I will let you know.
I am so glad you like this perfume ! Yes very very elegant perfume. What’s unique it’s the blend of galbanum and white flowers: it’s an earthy pure and clean white smell
Hi Beauty! I love your videos so much. I have a similar passion for perfume, as you do! I bought this perfume because of you. At first, I wasn't sure but I started wearing it in the summer and now I am hooked I love it! It is almost distracting how much I love it. Thank you for bringing this into my life! Also, I was curious where did your wonderful episode about lipsticks go that video was so fun! I wanted to get a few of them but can not find the video. I admire you and your style very much you inspire me!xxx
Hi Rachel! I am glad you love this one! I believe this one is for perfume lover and coinesseur because it is complex with a lot of different association (vetiver+ white flower+ Hyacynth). But the result is just magnificient. It is also very comforting for me to wear this one during the winter. And it reminds me of San Francisco... About my lipstick video, I delete this one. I am thinking to do an other one with all my Parisian red lipstick collection. I have a beautiful red collection (Tom Ford, Dior, Chanel, YSL) but I don't wear red that often. Usually Parisian don't wear red lipstick that often (not like you see on Instagram or social media)
thanks for the review! everyone I meet told me that I smelled like their grandmother with this parfume note: maybe you should invest in. a microphone. since there is not much going on on the visual side of the video the audio quality is very important. a small lavalier mic or a shotgun would boost your video like a rocket!
Hello! Yes if you are a Chypre lover, you have to get this one! I will say that the main direction of this perfume is green and floral. But the green side is on the opening note and it is a very powdery green notes (not fresh green or dry green) and after you get a very delicate floral direction but not sweet or sugary. It is dry and clean. As Chypre perfume are very complex (they blend so much type of notes), it is really the epitom of what is a Chypre perfume. And, of course, it is so elegant.
I notice that you've specified buying the parfum version rather then EDT; is this recommendation just for lasting power quality OR is there a notable difference in scent? I don't smell any of the notes you mentioned here (I bought the EDT after watching your video which I know I mentioned to you once). The one I have is a powerhouse of oakmoss and a very dry, bitter galbanum (it may not have galbanum in it but it's that bitter, dry greenness you find in so many of these 1970s chypres). That's all I smell. If you overspray it gives incomparably intense headaches, my god you have to be careful with these sorts of powerhouse chypres. Do the EDT and EDP smell very different or not really?
@@Aliceinparisofficial Ah, I see. I will buy it soon as I return to the UK from my unavoidably expensive trip to Japan, ha. Thank you so much for taking the time to reply.
Jean Louis Scherrer has been my signature fragrance since around 1987. Several years later, it became difficult to find in USA and I was able to order directly from France. Then again several years later it became a challenge. I purchased it several times from Fragrance net, however sometimes it has been old and reddish color and I have had to return. Other times the color looks fine however the scent is off. I am aware that what is available for online shopping is from grey market so that explains the issues.
OMG hahaha.... VERY GRUMPY IS CORRECT... I live in Taiwan now but am from Chicago and lived in San Francisco for 2 years in the early 2000s... Andre didn't have time for newbies and BEWARE if you asked for some "new" trendy thing haha... But for those "in the know", he was helpful and charming... I was sad to hear when they closed. P.S. I just ordered a mini vintage parfum and vintage 50ml edt... Blind buy due to your enthusiasm!
I loved spending time in Jacqueline Perfumery smelling for hours all these perfumes.... I will make a video about this story and how went into fragrances
@@Aliceinparisofficial I received my VINTAGE edt from Italy about a week ago and have been trying it -- the FIRST day I have to admit I didn't love it... But a few days later I tried it again and was wondering what I didn't like, since the second time was better... I have worn it two or three times since and i need to try it more but it's growing on me.. Definitely not my favorite, but still very good!
Hahaha, so did I! I went from her last video where she mentioned this fragrance and ordered it immediately-- just based on her glowing review. I can't wait to try it. I'm on a binge at the moment buying 1970s and 1980s vintage chypre classics and I'm shocked by how inexpensive most of them are. What fun! I wonder what you thought of it as your comment is a month old. I'm bursting from curiosity.
I really liked it but I have to admit it wasn't a LOVE for me... I'm not sure if it's the hyacinth or what, but it has a note in there that reminded me very much of KNOWING, by Estée Lauder (another vintage well-liked chypre) but that is one vintage chypre that was a miss for me as well... Not STRONG dislike but not a love at all... A few that I'm REALLY into: chanel no 19 (vintage extrait!) and Miss Dior (I have vintage parfum / extrait AND the edt -- both great)... DIVA by Ungaro.. (Only the vintage ones MADE IN FRANCE... They still sell it but the newer versions (owned by Ferragamo) are made in Italy and VERY DIFFERENT from the original.. I own a vintage edp AND I got a 15ml extrait for $50 (they usually sell for a FORTUNE)... AND BOTH are very good... If you can find a cheap vintage extrait of Mitsouko I would also recommend it..!
You make me want to go to France, to the various perfumers. I used to wear styx by Coty in the 70's, when I was in high school. Of course it's no longer made. Oh well.😢
Hi Alice - I so enjoy your passionate reviews and the lovely personal stories that go with them! Here - I'm very curious about this Scherrer, given my love of Indian Nights, which I know is a very very different fragrance, but I think I am just about ready to take the plunge on a chypre thanks to your passion for it. And I trust Scherrer completely as a house. One interesting fact - at least a fact if Fragrantica is correct. Indian Nights of course has sandalwood as a base note - it's an orientale and all orientales have sandalwood in their base - but on Fragrantica - it is this fragrance - Scherrer by Scherrer EDP - that has Mysore Sandalwood listed as a base note. As I'm sure you know, Mysore Sandalwood is the highest quality sandalwood from India - but nowadays a very rare sandalwood - as it was over-harvested and increasingly became very expensive so very few perfumers use it - nowadays especially. Indeed, Scherrer by Scherrer EDP is one of the few perfumes on Fragrantica listed as having Mysore Sandalwood - not even Guerlain's Samsara is listed as having it - and Samsara is considered the Queen of sandalwood fragrances! Very odd. Unless of course Fragrantica is wrong!
Hello thanks for the information but need to confirm if they still use mysore. Might explained why the EDP is hard to get even in Europe ! beautiful perfume!
I am dying to try this perfume! Aldehydic green scents are captivating and satisfying. I looked up Parfumerie Jacqueline and it seems they have permanently closed :'( Sucks, I would have loved to have gone there. It must've been a magical experience for the owner to scent your aura, so to say. Especially with a perfume you end up liking.
JLS is green, earthy, white, clean with very cool tones because of the galbanum. I discover classy and vintage perfumes because of Jacqueline perfume in San Fransisco such a great place. I will always miss it.
Hello Jane! I love this perfume too. It was my signature perfume for 8 years and I am still enjoying this perfume. I like to wear this perfume at work.
Allô Bonjour Alice. I came across your video searching for the vintage original Jean-Louis Scherrer. A friend gave me a bottle of parfum in the early 1980s - 1979 - I still have that bottle on my vanity and when I take the top off it still smells elegant but I know it’s probably gone bad, oui? It is 40 years old! I must get a new bottle but searching and glad for links as I have been searching eBay for a vintage bottle and have not had luck yet. Is there a big difference between the perfume on Amazon versus a rare vintage version, like I’m looking for?
No, it's not thaaaat big difference and I know both. The vintage is a little more, how can I say, "darker". But the reformulated one is so amazing too. But buy the EDP, it's warmer and lasts much longer on the skin than the EDT. The EDT is in the beginning "sharper", but also nice on hotter days. I would not buy the vintage because of the risk, as you said, that it's gone bad.
Hello! I recently got a sample of this off Fragrancenet and loved it. As a full on chypre lover I can't believe it took me so long to discover. I loved hearing your story of how you found this! What version is your bottle? Is it the original version or newer and is it EDP or EDT? If you have smelled both versions, which is the best to your nose? I am wondering because most chypres have been changed with reformulation due to the IFRA regulations of oakmoss I believe. Great video! OX Julia
Bonjour! JLS is niche and underrated. You have to dig up a little bit to discover this one. I did not precise in my video but I have the Eau de Parfum version which I prefer compare to Eau de toilette. It is more intense and long lasting. EDP is better in my opinion.
Hello. Thank you for your interesting and exciting work. I write from Spain. I did not know this perfume and I am very interested in it because of the comments, because I like this kind of Chypre fragrance. Even though that it's very difficult get it, I have seen that we have edt and edp online. I don't know which one is better. The notes you describe correspond to edt. I would like to know your opinion. Thank you very much for your kindness.
Bonsoir the one I am showing in this video is the EDP. I used to wear both because in the states it’s difficult to find the EDP. I personally prefer the EDP because it’s more powdery and long lasting. There is more oak moss. The edt is more like a good cologne but just doesn’t last. I suggest to go for the EDP if you can
I am sure JLS got reformulated! I used it in the 1990s ( EdP). It is still amazing and outstanding. But I think it is sharper, not as complex and there is some depth missing. What do you guys think who knows the vintage/ original and the new.. Do you believe it was reformulated ( even a tiny bit), or is it my fading memory?
It's not your fading memory! The original was a little bit darker, warmer and deeper. I think I read somewhere, that it had to be reformulated because of new regulations in the healthcare systems in Europe due to allergic risks. And so it lacks now the oakmoss, as far as I know, which can cause such risks. But please consider, this information is without guarantee....😅
@@ulrikealtmann4655 Hallo Ulrike, ich glaube nach deinem Namen zu urteilen, könnten wir in Deutsch schreiben 😊 ich mach nun trotzdem auf Englisch weiter. Good to know that I can trust my nose and limbic system and my me memory is right.. or is not confused… A lot of classic Chypre lack the depth and volume and ‚ roundness ‚ of their original formulation, I guess, as you wrote too. I've heard that as well, with oakmoss, also with Zibet, etc.. Due to health regulations and probably animal rights what is good. I was always a Chypesqua in my very young years (1990s). Scherrer, Coriandre de Couturier, Ivoire de Balmain ( I MISS this a lot), Molyneux Vivre etc etc.. all these now are still very elegant and sophisticated and outstanding from the Mainstream La vie est belle scents, BUT my skin lets them smell too male and too sharp. I know use powdery florals ( Balenciaga instead) as the Scherrer f eg kind if sits on my skin, does not melt with me. I still like it a lot, but it is not the same anymore.
@@Shishi03 Du hast richtig vermutet, wir können auf deutsch schreiben :) Ich habe Scherrer 1980 kennen und lieben gelernt bis heute ist es mein Lieblingsparfüm. Ich bin dem Duft verfallen, seit ich ihn das erstemal gerochen habe. An der Frau von meinem Boss damals. Sie hat mir den Namen verraten und ihn mir sogar geschenkt. Es gibt ein Buch über die besten Parfüme der Welt (Name ist mir leider entfallen) ich weiß nur noch ein Zitat über Scherrer 1 daraus, also so ungefähr, dem Sinn nach: "Wenn sie dieses Parfüm noch nicht besitzen oder noch nie gerochen haben, werfen sie sich vor dem Inhaber ihrer bevorzugten Parfümerie auf die Knie und flehen sie ihn an, egal wie, ihnen dieses Parfüm zu besorgen, sie werden es nicht bereuen. Es ist ein unvergleichliches Meisterwerk. Es ist allerhöchste Parfümkunst. Ein solches Parfüm entsteht nur einmal in 100 Jahren, wenn überhaupt." Ich war total fasziniert von dem Satz. Und ja, Ivoire de Balmain habe ich auch sehr gemocht und getragen. Von meinem ersten selbstverdientem Geld habe ich mir damals ein "richtiges" Parfüm gekauft, nach all den günstigen Moschusdüften im meinen Teenagerjahren. Es war Azzaro Couture. Ein erdiger, warmer, dunkler geheimnissvoller Chypre. Und so begann meine Liebe für Chypre Düfte. Bis heute. Mit den ganzen Mainstream Düften kann ich nichts anfangen. Wenn ich La vie est belle nur an einer Kollegin/Freundin oder gleich mehreren rieche, wird mir schlecht. Und dann immer überdosiert. Ich kann auch mit den ganzen Lancome, Dior, Mugler, Prada, Boss usw. selbst Chanel Düften null anfangen. Bei mir passt Scherrer einfach perfekt mit meiner Hautchemie zusammen. Ich hoffe, du findest dein Parfüm! Die Balmain Düfte muss ich auch noch mal unter die Lupe nehmen, vlt hat Guerlain ja auch was zu bieten, oder Balenciaga. Ich werde mal schauen. Also, falls du ein Parfüm finden solltest, dass dich umhaut, darfst du mir sehr sehr gerne den Namen verraten :) Ich denke wir haben die gleichen Vorlieben :)
@@ulrikealtmann4655 Hi! Das ist eine schöne Historie und toll, dass dieBossfrau ihren tollen Duft verraten hat und dich dann noch beschenkt hat! Das Duftbuchstatement ist ja klasse! Scherrer ist ( zum Glück) immer noch ein Geheimtipp. Meine Mutter benutzte den Duft auch ( ich denke ca 1980). Es muss ein Sommerurlaub auf Ibiza gewesen sein. Sie war damals schon chic und elegant, dabei lässig. Sie kann toll nähen und ist im weißen edlen selbstgenähten Overall mit typischem 80er Jahre Modeschmuck und natürlich Scherrer rumgelaufen. Später habe ich den Duft auch benutzt ( in meiner Sturm- und Drangzeit), ganz selbstverständlich diesen sophisticated, superedlen Duft in Studentenkneipen getragen;-), dabei mich immer an den schönen Sommerurlaub als Kind mit meiner chicen Mama erinnert. Sie trägt auch gerne Cabochard und ist auch so eine richtige Chypreska. Damals harmonierte Scherrer mit meiner Hautchemie besser. Ich denke es liegt heute an der Reformulierung plus meiner veränderten Hautchemie. Ich kann mit dem Mainstreamgedudel auch nichts anfangen, oder mit diesen Gourmands .. bäh. Aber die Geschmäcker der Gestecker ;-) Liebe Grüße und viel Freude mit deinem forever signature Scherrer
@@Shishi03 Weisst du was? Ich sehe deine Mama bildlich vor meinen Augen! So ein lebendiges und schönes Bild hast du von ihr gezeichnet. Und ja, Scherrer mit einem schicken weißen Overall getragen, in dem besonderen Sonnenlicht von Ibiza, das hat schon was! Was ganz besonderes! Und Scherrer in Studentenkneipen? War mir auch immer egal. Bin so oft auf diesen Duft angesprochen worden, wie auf keinen anderen in meinem Leben. Egal ob in der Kneipe oder im Theater. Und immer positiv. Wenn ich Lust habe Scherrer zu tragen, dann mache ich es, egal was ich vorhabe.Wie du sagst, man fühlt sich dann immer etwas more sophisticated als die anderen :)) (meint man zumindest :)) So schade, dass deine Hautchemie mit Scherrer nicht mehr funktioniert. Ganz liebe Grüße zurück und auch vielen Dank für deine geteilten besonderen Erinnerungen! Vlt hören wir ja wieder voneinander. Parfümliebe verbindet!
Hello thank you 🥰 I hope you enjoy JL Scherrer perfume. I really like to wear this one during winter time or even fall. It’s a wonderful work perfume too. Very classy and elegant
Hi love! 💕
I love this fragrance, I’m wearing it today on this hot San Diego summer day ☀️ 07/25/2024
This morning, sprayed my bare arms, legs and neck to catch whiffs of this beauty while I’m at work. ☀️💛
Thank you for your lovely reviews 🤍
It's from a category of fragrance that I feel is entirely overlooked and totally out of fashion. These 1970's style bone dry, very bitter green galbanum & oakmoss chypres are just not covered by most of the people here on 'frag comm' on social media. You either love or hate this style of fragrance (department stores offer a similar option in Sisley's 'Eau de Soir' and 'Soir de Lune'. Anyhow, if you get a chance there in sunny San Diego definitely seek out a stockist for (or a sample purchased online of) Phul Nana and Shem el Nessim by the old English fragrance house of Grossmith. I cannot describe them or compare them to anything else out there-- they're these unique vintage style classics from their own category entirely too, there's nothing like them. And not even close to being 'in fashion' either. I think you'll adore Shem el Nessim.
I love this Jean Louis Scherrer perfume! It’s one of my favorite chypres! I loved your review on it!
thank you!
My French Mother in Law wore JLS. I fell in love love love with this perfume. 37 years later this remains my signature perfume. DuPont remains my second one.
For me the best perfume ever created. In 1980 I worked as a young girl in a company and smelled it the first time on the wife of my boss. I asked her, if she would tell me the name of her divine perfume. She did. Never smelled anything like this. All my life I had many good perfumes, but none of them could hold a candle to Scherrer. As you say, it's a masterpiece!
Bonjour, I also have a story in finding the Jean Louis Scherrer perfume. Today my wife just received a new bottle of Jean Louis Scherrer delivered. Out of curiosity I was on the internet, found and watched your you tube. Flashback over 40 years ago when we first were married in Dallas Tx. I really have a low tolerance for most perfumes that my wife would use. We were shopping in a dept store, Neiman Marcus and stopped by the perfume department. I told the assistant that I had problems with perfumes and she suggested my wife to try the Jean Louis Schererr perfume. both of us fell in love with this perfume immediately. 40 years later it is the only perfume that she wears. All through the years she has gotten wonderful compliments, asking what she was wearing. They stopped selling JLS in the US. The wife has had difficulty finding quality sellers. If you have a good supplier please post. I am a 71 year young man. By the way, Je trouve, que vous êtes très beau. Love the accent. LHL
Bonsoir thank you 😊 such a beautiful story… I first found this perfume in SF 7 years ago… this is a very elegant and sophisticated perfume… I got many compliments when wearing this one in NY. You can find this perfume on Amazon or online I think. If I know a supplier I will let you know.
Deep, distinctive and sensitive description with detailed associations. Love Scherrer 2
I just ordered the EDP of Sherrer and I am in love! So crisp, intricate and beautiful. Very, very elegant.
I am so glad you like this perfume ! Yes very very elegant perfume. What’s unique it’s the blend of galbanum and white flowers: it’s an earthy pure and clean white smell
Hi Beauty! I love your videos so much. I have a similar passion for perfume, as you do! I bought this perfume because of you. At first, I wasn't sure but I started wearing it in the summer and now I am hooked I love it! It is almost distracting how much I love it. Thank you for bringing this into my life! Also, I was curious where did your wonderful episode about lipsticks go that video was so fun! I wanted to get a few of them but can not find the video. I admire you and your style very much you inspire me!xxx
Hi Rachel! I am glad you love this one! I believe this one is for perfume lover and coinesseur because it is complex with a lot of different association (vetiver+ white flower+ Hyacynth). But the result is just magnificient. It is also very comforting for me to wear this one during the winter. And it reminds me of San Francisco... About my lipstick video, I delete this one. I am thinking to do an other one with all my Parisian red lipstick collection. I have a beautiful red collection (Tom Ford, Dior, Chanel, YSL) but I don't wear red that often. Usually Parisian don't wear red lipstick that often (not like you see on Instagram or social media)
thanks for the review!
everyone I meet told me that I smelled like their grandmother with this parfume
note: maybe you should invest in. a microphone.
since there is not much going on on the visual side of the video the audio quality is very important.
a small lavalier mic or a shotgun would boost your video like a rocket!
Je viens de l’acheter ! De l’élégance en flacon, je l’adore ❤
Très beau parfum. Pas ordinaire
Hola!! 🥰I really love chypre perfumes!! So I think I need to try this one for sure!!😍thank you for your revew!! 💗🙏🦋
Hello! Yes if you are a Chypre lover, you have to get this one! I will say that the main direction of this perfume is green and floral. But the green side is on the opening note and it is a very powdery green notes (not fresh green or dry green) and after you get a very delicate floral direction but not sweet or sugary. It is dry and clean. As Chypre perfume are very complex (they blend so much type of notes), it is really the epitom of what is a Chypre perfume. And, of course, it is so elegant.
I notice that you've specified buying the parfum version rather then EDT; is this recommendation just for lasting power quality OR is there a notable difference in scent? I don't smell any of the notes you mentioned here (I bought the EDT after watching your video which I know I mentioned to you once). The one I have is a powerhouse of oakmoss and a very dry, bitter galbanum (it may not have galbanum in it but it's that bitter, dry greenness you find in so many of these 1970s chypres). That's all I smell. If you overspray it gives incomparably intense headaches, my god you have to be careful with these sorts of powerhouse chypres. Do the EDT and EDP smell very different or not really?
edp is more powerful, more nuance with a slight flowery notes. way much better than edt
@@Aliceinparisofficial Ah, I see. I will buy it soon as I return to the UK from my unavoidably expensive trip to Japan, ha. Thank you so much for taking the time to reply.
Jean Louis Scherrer has been my signature fragrance since around 1987. Several years later, it became difficult to find in USA and I was able to order directly from France. Then again several years later it became a challenge. I purchased it several times from Fragrance net, however sometimes it has been old and reddish color and I have had to return. Other times the color looks fine however the scent is off. I am aware that what is available for online shopping is from grey market so that explains the issues.
Hello Lucy, I also love this fragrance too. Still able to find this one easily in Europe but it is also more and more difficult to get the EDP…
Used in the 1990s. I have the EdP now.. but I think it was reformulated… What do you think?
OMG hahaha.... VERY GRUMPY IS CORRECT... I live in Taiwan now but am from Chicago and lived in San Francisco for 2 years in the early 2000s... Andre didn't have time for newbies and BEWARE if you asked for some "new" trendy thing haha... But for those "in the know", he was helpful and charming... I was sad to hear when they closed.
P.S. I just ordered a mini vintage parfum and vintage 50ml edt... Blind buy due to your enthusiasm!
I loved spending time in Jacqueline Perfumery smelling for hours all these perfumes.... I will make a video about this story and how went into fragrances
@@Aliceinparisofficial I received my VINTAGE edt from Italy about a week ago and have been trying it -- the FIRST day I have to admit I didn't love it... But a few days later I tried it again and was wondering what I didn't like, since the second time was better... I have worn it two or three times since and i need to try it more but it's growing on me.. Definitely not my favorite, but still very good!
Hahaha, so did I! I went from her last video where she mentioned this fragrance and ordered it immediately-- just based on her glowing review. I can't wait to try it. I'm on a binge at the moment buying 1970s and 1980s vintage chypre classics and I'm shocked by how inexpensive most of them are. What fun! I wonder what you thought of it as your comment is a month old. I'm bursting from curiosity.
I really liked it but I have to admit it wasn't a LOVE for me... I'm not sure if it's the hyacinth or what, but it has a note in there that reminded me very much of KNOWING, by Estée Lauder (another vintage well-liked chypre) but that is one vintage chypre that was a miss for me as well... Not STRONG dislike but not a love at all... A few that I'm REALLY into: chanel no 19 (vintage extrait!) and Miss Dior (I have vintage parfum / extrait AND the edt -- both great)... DIVA by Ungaro.. (Only the vintage ones MADE IN FRANCE... They still sell it but the newer versions (owned by Ferragamo) are made in Italy and VERY DIFFERENT from the original.. I own a vintage edp AND I got a 15ml extrait for $50 (they usually sell for a FORTUNE)... AND BOTH are very good... If you can find a cheap vintage extrait of Mitsouko I would also recommend it..!
You make me want to go to France, to the various perfumers. I used to wear styx by Coty in the 70's, when I was in high school. Of course it's no longer made. Oh well.😢
Hi Alice - I so enjoy your passionate reviews and the lovely personal stories that go with them! Here - I'm very curious about this Scherrer, given my love of Indian Nights, which I know is a very very different fragrance, but I think I am just about ready to take the plunge on a chypre thanks to your passion for it. And I trust Scherrer completely as a house. One interesting fact - at least a fact if Fragrantica is correct. Indian Nights of course has sandalwood as a base note - it's an orientale and all orientales have sandalwood in their base - but on Fragrantica - it is this fragrance - Scherrer by Scherrer EDP - that has Mysore Sandalwood listed as a base note. As I'm sure you know, Mysore Sandalwood is the highest quality sandalwood from India - but nowadays a very rare sandalwood - as it was over-harvested and increasingly became very expensive so very few perfumers use it - nowadays especially. Indeed, Scherrer by Scherrer EDP is one of the few perfumes on Fragrantica listed as having Mysore Sandalwood - not even Guerlain's Samsara is listed as having it - and Samsara is considered the Queen of sandalwood fragrances! Very odd. Unless of course Fragrantica is wrong!
Hello thanks for the information but need to confirm if they still use mysore. Might explained why the EDP is hard to get even in Europe ! beautiful perfume!
I am dying to try this perfume! Aldehydic green scents are captivating and satisfying. I looked up Parfumerie Jacqueline and it seems they have permanently closed :'( Sucks, I would have loved to have gone there. It must've been a magical experience for the owner to scent your aura, so to say. Especially with a perfume you end up liking.
JLS is green, earthy, white, clean with very cool tones because of the galbanum. I discover classy and vintage perfumes because of Jacqueline perfume in San Fransisco such a great place. I will always miss it.
I have a bottle that I sprayed once. Let me know if you are interested.
@@geovannatorres4912 thank you for the offer. I will keep this in mind :)
I love this perfume!
Hello Jane! I love this perfume too. It was my signature perfume for 8 years and I am still enjoying this perfume. I like to wear this perfume at work.
Allô Bonjour Alice. I came across your video searching for the vintage original Jean-Louis Scherrer. A friend gave me a bottle of parfum in the early 1980s - 1979 - I still have that bottle on my vanity and when I take the top off it still smells elegant but I know it’s probably gone bad, oui? It is 40 years old! I must get a new bottle but searching and glad for links as I have been searching eBay for a vintage bottle and have not had luck yet. Is there a big difference between the perfume on Amazon versus a rare vintage version, like I’m looking for?
No, it's not thaaaat big difference and I know both. The vintage is a little more, how can I say, "darker". But the reformulated one is so amazing too. But buy the EDP, it's warmer and lasts much longer on the skin than the EDT. The EDT is in the beginning "sharper", but also nice on hotter days. I would not buy the vintage because of the risk, as you said, that it's gone bad.
Hello! I recently got a sample of this off Fragrancenet and loved it. As a full on chypre lover I can't believe it took me so long to discover. I loved hearing your story of how you found this! What version is your bottle? Is it the original version or newer and is it EDP or EDT? If you have smelled both versions, which is the best to your nose? I am wondering because most chypres have been changed with reformulation due to the IFRA regulations of oakmoss I believe. Great video! OX Julia
Bonjour! JLS is niche and underrated. You have to dig up a little bit to discover this one. I did not precise in my video but I have the Eau de Parfum version which I prefer compare to Eau de toilette. It is more intense and long lasting. EDP is better in my opinion.
@@Aliceinparisofficial Sadly EDP is really hard to get. I did order the EDT so hope it is still nice :o)
@@StelmaDesigns yes 🙌 in EDT the vétiver and oak moss is less intense. But you will still get the same notes. It is easier to get EDP in Europe.
@@Aliceinparisofficial Thank you!
Hello. Thank you for your interesting and exciting work. I write from Spain. I did not know this perfume and I am very interested in it because of the comments, because I like this kind of Chypre fragrance. Even though that it's very difficult get it, I have seen that we have edt and edp online. I don't know which one is better. The notes you describe correspond to edt. I would like to know your opinion. Thank you very much for your kindness.
Bonsoir the one I am showing in this video is the EDP. I used to wear both because in the states it’s difficult to find the EDP. I personally prefer the EDP because it’s more powdery and long lasting. There is more oak moss. The edt is more like a good cologne but just doesn’t last. I suggest to go for the EDP if you can
Is the green like note you describe is called HYACINTH?
No galbanum
Hello! In the video you talk about EDP or EDT?:)
edp
@@Aliceinparisofficial Thank you so much😘
I am sure JLS got reformulated! I used it in the 1990s ( EdP). It is still amazing and outstanding. But I think it is sharper, not as complex and there is some depth missing. What do you guys think who knows the vintage/ original and the new.. Do you believe it was reformulated ( even a tiny bit), or is it my fading memory?
It's not your fading memory! The original was a little bit darker, warmer and deeper.
I think I read somewhere, that it had to be reformulated because of new regulations in the healthcare systems in Europe due to allergic risks. And so it lacks now the oakmoss, as far as I know, which can cause such risks. But please consider, this information is without guarantee....😅
@@ulrikealtmann4655 Hallo Ulrike, ich glaube nach deinem Namen zu urteilen, könnten wir in Deutsch schreiben 😊 ich mach nun trotzdem auf Englisch weiter.
Good to know that I can trust my nose and limbic system and my me memory is right.. or is not confused…
A lot of classic Chypre lack the depth and volume and ‚ roundness ‚ of their original formulation, I guess, as you wrote too.
I've heard that as well, with oakmoss, also with Zibet, etc.. Due to health regulations and probably animal rights what is good. I was always a Chypesqua in my very young years (1990s). Scherrer, Coriandre de Couturier, Ivoire de Balmain ( I MISS this a lot), Molyneux Vivre etc etc.. all these now are still very elegant and sophisticated and outstanding from the Mainstream La vie est belle scents, BUT my skin lets them smell too male and too sharp. I know use powdery florals ( Balenciaga instead) as the Scherrer f eg kind if sits on my skin, does not melt with me. I still like it a lot, but it is not the same anymore.
@@Shishi03 Du hast richtig vermutet, wir können auf deutsch schreiben :)
Ich habe Scherrer 1980 kennen und lieben gelernt bis heute ist es mein Lieblingsparfüm. Ich bin dem Duft verfallen, seit ich ihn das erstemal gerochen habe. An der Frau von meinem Boss damals. Sie hat mir den Namen verraten und ihn mir sogar geschenkt.
Es gibt ein Buch über die besten Parfüme der Welt (Name ist mir leider entfallen) ich weiß nur noch ein Zitat über Scherrer 1 daraus, also so ungefähr, dem Sinn nach:
"Wenn sie dieses Parfüm noch
nicht besitzen oder noch nie gerochen haben, werfen sie sich vor dem Inhaber ihrer bevorzugten Parfümerie auf die Knie und flehen sie ihn an,
egal wie, ihnen dieses Parfüm zu besorgen, sie werden es nicht bereuen. Es ist ein unvergleichliches Meisterwerk. Es ist allerhöchste Parfümkunst. Ein solches Parfüm entsteht nur einmal in 100 Jahren, wenn überhaupt."
Ich war total fasziniert von dem Satz.
Und ja, Ivoire de Balmain habe ich auch sehr gemocht und getragen.
Von meinem ersten selbstverdientem Geld habe ich mir damals ein "richtiges" Parfüm gekauft, nach all den günstigen Moschusdüften im meinen Teenagerjahren. Es war Azzaro Couture. Ein erdiger, warmer, dunkler geheimnissvoller Chypre. Und so begann meine Liebe für Chypre Düfte. Bis heute.
Mit den ganzen Mainstream Düften kann ich nichts anfangen. Wenn ich La vie est belle nur an einer Kollegin/Freundin oder gleich mehreren rieche, wird mir schlecht. Und dann immer überdosiert.
Ich kann auch mit den ganzen Lancome, Dior, Mugler, Prada, Boss usw. selbst Chanel Düften null anfangen.
Bei mir passt Scherrer einfach perfekt mit meiner Hautchemie zusammen. Ich hoffe, du findest dein Parfüm! Die Balmain Düfte muss ich auch noch mal unter die Lupe nehmen, vlt hat Guerlain ja auch was zu bieten, oder Balenciaga. Ich werde mal schauen. Also, falls du ein Parfüm finden solltest, dass dich umhaut, darfst du mir sehr sehr gerne den Namen verraten :) Ich denke wir haben die gleichen Vorlieben :)
@@ulrikealtmann4655 Hi! Das ist eine schöne Historie und toll, dass dieBossfrau ihren tollen Duft verraten hat und dich dann noch beschenkt hat!
Das Duftbuchstatement ist ja klasse! Scherrer ist ( zum Glück) immer noch ein Geheimtipp.
Meine Mutter benutzte den Duft auch ( ich denke ca 1980). Es muss ein Sommerurlaub auf Ibiza gewesen sein. Sie war damals schon chic und elegant, dabei lässig. Sie kann toll nähen und ist im weißen edlen selbstgenähten Overall mit typischem 80er Jahre Modeschmuck und natürlich Scherrer rumgelaufen. Später habe ich den Duft auch benutzt ( in meiner Sturm- und Drangzeit), ganz selbstverständlich diesen sophisticated, superedlen Duft in Studentenkneipen getragen;-), dabei mich immer an den schönen Sommerurlaub als Kind mit meiner chicen Mama erinnert.
Sie trägt auch gerne Cabochard und ist auch so eine richtige Chypreska. Damals harmonierte Scherrer mit meiner Hautchemie besser. Ich denke es liegt heute an der Reformulierung plus meiner veränderten Hautchemie.
Ich kann mit dem Mainstreamgedudel auch nichts anfangen, oder mit diesen Gourmands .. bäh. Aber die Geschmäcker der Gestecker ;-)
Liebe Grüße und viel Freude mit deinem forever signature Scherrer
@@Shishi03 Weisst du was? Ich sehe deine Mama bildlich vor meinen Augen! So ein lebendiges und schönes Bild hast du von ihr gezeichnet. Und ja, Scherrer mit einem schicken weißen Overall getragen, in dem besonderen Sonnenlicht von Ibiza, das hat schon was! Was ganz besonderes!
Und Scherrer in Studentenkneipen?
War mir auch immer egal. Bin so oft auf diesen Duft angesprochen worden, wie auf keinen anderen in meinem Leben. Egal ob in der Kneipe oder im Theater. Und immer positiv. Wenn ich Lust habe Scherrer zu tragen, dann mache ich es, egal was ich vorhabe.Wie du sagst, man fühlt sich dann immer etwas more sophisticated als die anderen :)) (meint man zumindest :))
So schade, dass deine Hautchemie
mit Scherrer nicht mehr funktioniert.
Ganz liebe Grüße zurück und auch vielen Dank für deine geteilten besonderen Erinnerungen!
Vlt hören wir ja wieder voneinander. Parfümliebe verbindet!
Your passion for this fragrance convinced me to blind buy it. I can't wait to receive and experience the notes for myself. Thank you!
Hello thank you 🥰 I hope you enjoy JL Scherrer perfume. I really like to wear this one during winter time or even fall. It’s a wonderful work perfume too. Very classy and elegant