Gaultier Divine: The Sea Goddess

Gaultier Divine by Jean Paul Gaultier
Gourmand Floral, Floral Aquatic
Quentin Bisch

Jean Paul Gaultier’s perfumes are eccentric, Divine included. Gaultier Divine is gold Amphitrite, the marine Greek goddess.

Divine has not gained much popularity yet, but I actually really like this perfume. It is hard to characterize it hence more perfume families. It has aquatic fruity notes together with a solid floral heart based on edible ground. Is it strictly gourmand? No. Salty marine only? Not quite. A bit of floral fruity? Kind of. It is all of the above, cooked well together.

Gaultier Divine is a melt of watermelon together with lily and y-lang based on salt and sweetness. It is a candy-like scent so if you do not like sweet, stay away from Divine. I see similarities with Levante by Nobile 1942. They are both vacation aromas. It can be a challenge to wear them out of the blue, universally. There must be a time and place; and for that reason, I suppose a travel size is enough.

Diamonds Emporio Giorgio Armani

Photo: http://www.armanibeauty.com

This fragrance is ultimately sweet and gourmand, with many beautiful flowers on top of that. Fruit notes also don’t appear scarcely in the mixture: you can find litchi and raspberry which add a sparky and bubbly touch to the composition. A more serious edge is secured by patchouli and rose; however, the rose is not a typical one and definitely doesn’t add the rose smell we are used to in rose fragrances. It’s a sort of more gentle, softer rose bit. The sweetness is made by vanilla and is relatively “sweet sweet”.

The perfume overall is not exactly strong though, but detectable. If you’re the kind of person who is afraid of bold fragrances but still, wants to wear something pretty detectable, Diamonds Emporia is for you. It’s ideal for summer or the office. 80/100