Jean Paul Gaultier · 2023 · Quentin Bisch

Gaultier Divine

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Jean Paul Gaultier asks about $185 for 100 ml
100 mlabout $185

VersionEau de Parfum

A salty, sea-air note over a sunny bouquet of lily and white flowers, softened by airy, sweet meringue.

Jean Paul Gaultier says

You’ll smell Note Salée, lily (fleur de lys) and meringue.

More from Jean Paul Gaultier’s description

It also mentions Salty note and Lily flower.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Gaultier Divine’s scent picture, a draft: lily, bergamot, patchouli, clove, ylang-ylang, lemon drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Gaultier Divine, top notes: Note salée, Bergamot, Lemon

Heartas it settles

Gaultier Divine, heart: Lily, Clove, Ylang-ylang, Jasmine

Dry-downwhat stays

Gaultier Divine, dry-down: Meringue, Patchouli, Iso E Super (pencil shavings), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What Jean Paul Gaultier names

Lily (fleur de lys)

What the label names

21 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

5 citrus4 herbs & lavender6 florals2 woods1 sweet3 spices

Citrus5

Bergamot oilLimoneneLemon oilCitralTerpinolene

Herbs & lavender4

PineneLinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals6

Ylang-ylang oilJasmineGeranyl acetateGeraniolRose ketonesBenzyl salicylate

Woods2

Patchouli oilIso E Super (pencil shavings)

Sweet1

Vanillin (vanilla)

Spices3

Clove bud oilEugenolbeta-Caryophyllene
9 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell9

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)A light stabiliserBenzyl benzoateBenzyl alcoholYellow 5Red 4Violet 2

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

La Belle Paradise GardenJean Paul Gaultier · shares lily$166 for 100 ml · about the same as Gaultier Divine’s about $185
Libre Flowers & FlamesYSL · shares lily$185 for 90 ml · about the same as Gaultier Divine’s about $185
White DiamondsElizabeth Taylor · shares lily
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.