Sublime

Have an old version like rose bud or (what ever it is supposed to be shaped like) and just got a new one today (square bottle) man the vintage one is so much creamier and better. Its like a vanillic white lily creaminess... There is a note in there that the new one lacks and that makes all the difference unfortunately

Imagine wearing a perfume and every second person makes you compliments be it at the office, on the street or in a bar - would it not be just sublime? Indeed it would. Even though "Sublime" was released in 1992, unlike many other "vintage" perfumes it transcends the years with effortless ease. Green notes and bergamot, sharpened by cardamon make a great opening accord. It is fresh, zesty, sweetened by mandarin, and ever so piquantly spiced so as to peak one's attention and curiosity. Carnation builds up on the cardamon, opening its crimson petals, adding to the earlier golds and greens. She is perfect, not too much and not too subtle, she is her honest self and opens up the heart of the composition with her usual confidence and class. Ylang-yland and orris root add powdery accord, easing in rose and jasmine, without any discord or misalignment between the florals. Orange blossom and LOTV are lost in indolic facets of the jasmine and carnation's spicy staccato. Not a problem for me, I am sure they are playing their roles as intended, but my nose is blind to them in this particular bouquet. And then the heart expands and pulses with (what is technically the base), but in my opinion is a pulsing beat of something higher, something passionate, eclectic and quick step-like. Vetiver and oakmoss are so beautiful here that one's breath is stolen. The blend is perfect, complimentary and perfectly framed with musk and styrax. The fragrance remains animalistic and lascivious, balancing on the edge of a very fine stiletto blade and never going over the lewd side. "Sublime" is all about switching between elegant and smooth flowing motion and then quickening with a few bounces around the ballroom. Cedar and sandalwood add dry and fresh woodiness, shining bright as yet another facet, and keeping the whole composition fresh and bright. I do note see patchouli, and I am pleased, as it would be too much, bearing in mind confident and rich projections of both bergamot and vetiver. Tonka and vanilla lighten up the spices, sprinkling them with sparkling cloud of sweetened dreams. "Sublime" a perfect embodiment of "When you are smiling - The whole world smiles with you", through its brilliant composition, perfectly combined notes and undertones and ageless beauty. P.S. And this is why I shall never forgive Dior and LVMH for killing the entire Jean Patou perfumery line and heritage once they realised that would never be able to compete with the sheer genius of his creations.

Mmm, Sublime arrived in the mail today (recent formulation). Long story short: great! Soft, buttery, lots of powder, yellow flowers, no patchouli harassing me. Not as buttery as I remember the original to be, but close. Just an elegant, sunny and warm fragrance. Layered it with Joy (also recent version) just to try out what they can do for each other and boy oh girl, they do lift each other up. The freshness of Joy is even more intensified but also warmed up a little. On it's own, Sublime doesn't reach the dizzying heights of Joy, in my opinion, but I'm very happy I purchased it and even happier with the combo. Ow I smell just gorgeous today, sublime joy.

My mom wore this and she has several fragrances that are like this, including Chloe Narcisse. Great memories. Bright, not too sweet. Great for spring and summer. earlier review: it had been sitting in storage...better now since I sprayed some out Another one of my Mom's from storage. I was wondering where I got my love for ylang ylang...I didn't know anything about notes of scents...but I like this....although it smells like bug spray until the dry down.

I've always smelled cedar or sandalwood, not patchouli. I swear I can't detect any patchouli here. I smell powdery ylang ylang and carnation with sandalwood, orris, rose, muguet tons of musks and benzoin/vanilla.

Truly sublime It’s the closest thing to its name Unique and alluring Mixing aldehydes with the intense jasmine Gives a wonderful experience The performance is good To my knowledge it’s one of the most feminine scents in the 90s The intensity alone elevates the experience If you can find it try it out and if you like it make sure to get it this scent won’t be around for long

Ahhhhhh… the smell of my grandmother. What a beautiful, beautiful scent. This scent is truly a time capsule. It reminds me of church hats, frank sinatra, skin colored pantyhose, body powder, and revlon red lipstick. Sublime is a beautiful and striking fragrance. I would say it smells potent and would definitely be detectable within a crowd, but it’s pleasant. I would even dare to say it’s office friendly. Beautiful white and yellow florals, powder, a tad bit green, and a natural your skin but better kind of scent. I’d attribute this to the musky amber notes listed. All of these notes mixed together are quite strong and feminine, but wouldn’t say they’re overpowering or cloying. Sublime is confident and feminine. It reminds me of a beautiful, middle aged woman that wakes up very early, sips her black coffee, and is getting ready for her day: full face of makeup, rollers, fuzzy bathrobe, Sublime. She may put on a matching baby blue skirt and blazer set. Or it may be butter yellow. She’s wearing white, closed toed white block heels. I have a bottle that’s at least 30 years old somewhere in my house. I love it. I’m never getting rid of it. It’s truly a piece of history.

I purchased a small bottle of the eau de parfum and old formulation in tulip bottle and wow.. Sublime is a beautiful fragrance, classy and elegant. I did notice a sharp note on first application, but like others have said, this note smooths rather quickly (half an hour on me) and Sublime transforms to a smooth almost creamy scent. Sublime is elegance and quality both discreet and lady-like. I am now looking for a bottle of the old formulation; I am not a fan of reformulations as I always find they are inferior to originals.

A masterpiece. I own both the above flacon and the rectangular flacon. They contain EXACTLY THE SAME JUICE. EXACTLY THE SAME. Troublemakers and idiots are proclaiming the rectangular flacon is inferior in quality of fragrance. This is nonsense. Trust me. To me Sublime is for guys an excellent fragrance to wear, (with a wonderful retro barber-shop feel). It is close to Raquets from Penhaligons. ENJOY !!!

Sublime... I honestly cannot recall how this smells- despite one of my friends wearing Sublime when we went out at night 'on the town' 20 years ago. My friend's primary goal was to look/smell classy and uptown which describes Sublime in many reviews so plan on purchasing a small bottle of the original formula and not the newer reformulation.I am sure the memories will come flooding back on first sniff.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐨 𝗠𝗬 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘: It opens up with huge blast of Ylang sweetness, alongside an amalgamate of white florals possessing a dusty, porous quality. A non-indolic jasimine coupled with a dusty tuberose builds an accord reminiscent of the talc powders our mom used to bear us on, universal nostalgia right in the initial 20seconds(for the anti-powders, bare in mind, this is just the initial spray, we still have a lifetime). A hyacinth like herbaceous green aroma blooms, giving it an almost transparent green feel. The ylang follows a traditional route(creamier with time), which therefore attenuates the dusty aspects of tuberose, subtending the overall jasmine-tuberose coupling with its intrinsic fruity constituents. An authentic orange peel tone starts to lift along with an extremely high quality mysore sandalwood oil. It almost feels as if dried up orange peel was macerated on vintage Mysore S. oil. The dusty white floral aspects tone down. The bright, creamy orange tone starts to coalesce with an enveloping styrene aroma; which acts as a stabilizer to the pre-existing floral materials present, leading to a benzoin(perceived) heavy floral chypre direction. This transition sparks the animalics, with ambergris and civet under the resinious suede+floral base. I get sudden impulses of an apricot marmalade thing, when paired with the leather; smells like some quality osmanthus concrete(Hermitage Osmanthus.C). With body heat, the acidic elements dissipate emerging a soft honey(without being sticky) like facet alongside carnation. Imagine bees foraging muget flowers in a landscape of carnation flora, with sunrays bouncing off of our landscape. A musky, slightly hazy orris concrete joins, which plays a pivotal role in uplifting the pre-existing creamed out yellow floral orchestra. Super complex mid, with an invariant elegance throughout the span. The white yellow-floral along with the clean greener facets persists till the very end, which floats over trace amounts of ambergris and civet. The animalic showcase their functional properties rather than odorous, which I feel was cautiously interpolated by the perfumer. Even after comprising the more traditional, chypre strcture; with the subtended animalics in the base. It bare minimal similarities to the drydowns we see today in the chypre gamut. This share connection to the prior descendants of J.Kerleo, i.e Joy and 1000 comes to mind, with added complexities. The lifespan follows a classical french oriental styled structure which today might be defined as a chypre. An authentic vintage, that projects orientals of the past to modern chypres, yet being unique to this day. The emergent cloud transports the “mind” to a spiritual realm, a space no human has a decent grasp of; perhaps it acts as a transcendental operator. If you like these: Sadly, as most original forms of art, this has been modified due to the heavy naturals used back then. In 2005, Jean Patou was sold to Proctor&Gamble, before which they smelled relatively similar; or to say well “re-orchestrated”. So I’d recommend you to find a bottle from before 2005, with the tulip bottle and continuous border on the boxes(image) with short “ingredient” list. That is till when the J.Kerleo signature persisted. What to look for: Sadly, as most original forms of art, this has been modified due to the heavy naturals used back then. In 2005 Jean Patou was sold to Proctor&Gamble, before which they smelled relatively similar; or to say well “re-orchestrated”. So I’d recommend you to find a bottle from before 2005 with the tulip bottle and continuous border on the boxes (image) with short “ingredient” list. That is till when the J.Kerleo signature persisted. For more information on the boxes, check my recent article on instagram

OK, after wearing this for a while, I'm starting to get little reminders of Obsession, a perfume that always reminded me of the baby-goat pen at Grant's Farm. But with much more citrus. This is a strange perfume, and I'm very sorry that stupid LV has bought all the classic Patou fragrances only so they can kill or cannibalize them. I don't think I like Sublime nearly as much as Joy, but for me it's about tied with Sira des Indes, which also contains some slightly problematically dirty base notes but which I like quite a bit anyway. It's a bit overpowering if oversprayed, but it has a nice, slightly powdery drydown, and I think the cedar balances out the oilier patchouli accord I don't care for as much.

I bought a small travel-sized spray of the EDP some years ago; I keep it in a drawer, in the dark, and it seems to have held up well. This is a very strong and assertive scent, and I don't wear it too often; there's a slight civet note that bums me out. I see why people compare this to Coco by Chanel, a scent I wore for a couple of years and then tired of.

FOREVER UNFORGETTABLE! EXQUISITE!

I was curious about this one since I admire Jean Kerleo , ever since I found a vintage bottle of Lacoste - Eau de Sport .More recently I found a vintage Sublime EDP. The flower bud round bottle with a plastic JP seal hanging from the neck and 1991 on the glass bottom. It was selling at a very reasonable price .....Thus this commentary here. I have no doubt the quality of the ingredients used have allowed these fragrances to maintain their scent after more than 20 years . What I most like about Sublime is the dry down , just slightly powdery ,sweet and fresh. Moderate Sillage and Longevity . Discreet but ever-present .... A true floral bouquet that stands in the middle ground ...... allowing even the modern man also to enjoy and wear it .

I bought this because I fell head over heels with Joy and on first impressions it smells very similar. On the dry down this one is brighter, almost like hazy sunshine in a bottle. It has a very addictive edge to it and I can't stop savouring it on my wrist as I delight in searching out its intricacies. It reminds me of a new lover - the frisson of anticipation, the way they dress, and move and breathe. This is pre coitus ; Joy is afterwards when you lie entwined and your body smells are heady and you wonder just what sorcery brought you here. The civet note is bewitching, the woods caress you and the florals make you glad to be alive. It's a beautiful spring morning outside and the artist has bottled that in swathes. This one is going to be absolutely stunning in the warmer months and I look forward to the experience, breathless, pulse racing and oblivious to the banality of everyday tasks. Why can't it be summer already? I want you - I need you, and my soul will not rest until I have you in my arms...

Sublime is unforgettable...you either love it or loathe it - I loved it from the first sniff. To me it's like nothing I ever smelled before and it's not the kind of fragrance that I am usually attracted to, quite the opposite. You just never know with fragrance and you might love this one, worth a try.

Agree with Kim231 -- just a bunch of powder. I bought the same sample on a card....not good. I don't remember it smelling this way but... it is a decade later! :)

Just spotted vintage Sublime bottles on a dressing table in the 2022 remake of Goodnight Mommy starring Naomi Watts. 😊✌️💗 (Anybody else, like me, always trying to spot and name scents in movies? 🥴🤣)

I'm verklempt! I stumbled upon a sealed box of the vintage Sublime EDP, pictured in this thread. Up to now I've only had the latest/last formulation. My vintage Sublime's citrus top has blown off. It opens on the heady ylang, intense jasmine, patch and amber. Two sprays now provide the base to any number of my contemporary concoctions that are lacking in foundation. Worn alone, the top must be added because it needs some sparkle and lift to be complete and sublime. In 2022, this vintage EDP smells similar to Opium EDP without oriental touches. Which is a surprising connection as Sublime has no spice but perhaps the age of the molecules brings out the piquant shades of these notes. The impact is a tight glowing golden ball of indole and amber. I had given up on vintage but saw this for 25 bucks and took the chance. It might cost several hundred to find a recently mixed perfume in this category of "parfum" quality. It out "parfums" several beautiful modern formulations of extrait parfum in my collection. They are NOT this Sublime. Perhaps my vintage Paloma Picasso is similar but it's expansive and Sublime is tight. I've always found Patou fragrances conceived as balls of energy, perfume solar systems of various sizes, molecules orbiting and dancing among each other and a core concept. Chanel perfumes radiate vertically, from deeply grounded energy, with rays shooting up, often soaring, then back to earth. The attention is rising and falling. Not Patou. They are always their own contained round "bouquet" - large or small. Still, Patou and Chanel are sisters in that they are designed in the decorative logic of perfumes and fragrances. My beloved Guerlains spring from similar creative impulses and structural systems as cinematography and story-telling. L'Heure Bleu, Vol de Nuit and Shalimar are journeys, and I am not referring to evolution of the fragrance over it's wear. I mean Guerlain's greats tell stories, create mis-en-scenes, and inspire journeys in the wearer's imagination. Guerlain perfumes are more distanciated, and in that sense more symbolic, than Chanel and Patou. A lot of today's perfumery, if it's any good, and particularly luxury and niche conceptions, is story telling as well. So it seems indebted to Guerlain's artistry. In my rough estimation, the story telling style of fragrance gained traction in the 80s. Mugler a major practitioner. All the French design houses at least put their feet in this water. So Sublime EDP - no story to tell. Rather, a fabulous pulsing golden ball of bouquet-like perfume.

A sunshine to light the darkest day, Sublime EDT opens with a juicy, golden citrus radiance underlined with buttery luscious ylang ylang and jasmine. I've been under the weather and feeling a bit out of sorts, and something like Sublime can lift me out of the doldrums and ignite a sense of wonder once more. With the calming of the citruses, it becomes more warm and enveloping, a fragrant reassurance. Have you ever come across a fragrance that almost seems to whisper "everything is going to be okay?" For me, Sublime is one of them. It's like a hot cup of coffee or cocoa, a warm book, a candle in the window. The creamy amber over time salves my consciousness, while the jasmine and ylang ylang reveal rosier accents and are more muted pastel over time. The powdery, clean musks in the dry down and its enduring sillage makes Sublime even more charming. What I discern as a sandalwood accord furthers that impression as it undulates slowly into a skin scent. Overall, an exquisitely blended Patou that sends me aloft into bliss.

My Sublime EDP was made in 2016. It smells like perfume, not synthetic molecules as some have complained. Of course it is likely filled with synthetics. The floral mid notes are healthy and lovely. They tend to yellow or orange more than white, with the ylang, and maybe the citrus leaving a halo. There is a cream note that is similar to the one in Reminiscence Rem. A kind of beach flower or Italian cream pastry impact. I appreciate the comparison to L'heure bleue - say a young and sunny version of the blue twilight. It's not dusty and not grandmothery to my nose. There is something of Bal à Versailles without skank. My Sublime is skank free. I suppose many of these "classics" started to get simplified and cheapened down in ingredients from the 2000s on, so there tends to be a similarity, because they must be using the same molecules. I don't think Sublime is spicy rather the flower notes have some indoles that create that impact with the basenotes. It's not oriental but there are shades of your favorite amber fragrances. I think it's a captivating and generous French perfume that retains some chic.

Jean Patou Sublime (1992) - floral amber - #jeankerleo’s creation is a light floral chypre that starts with white florals, juicy citruses, but finishes with a comforting blend of ambers, musks and patchouli. The top and heart accords are what I enjoy about this perfume. Bright oranges, creamy Ylang-ylang, and lush florals.

Definitely a chypre, but warmer than most, with a golden aura. The ylang is dominating together with gentle aldheides and a spicy carnation; indeed spices are there with sweet note that resembles apricot (or osmanthus). You feel elevated, clean, posh but very comfortable at the same time. Sublime, in word! (pun intended). Sublime manages to make you feel cozy yet keeping your stance towards the world. This is a classic fragrance that fails to be understood nowadays, it is an acquired taste and to younger noses it may feel dated. I feel sad the Patou house is out of business now, they had real gems. Edit April 2022: i wore this today on a hot spring day. It was more more than sublime: it was the sexiest frag I've worn in months. Somehow the warmth of my skin and the air were emphasising the sweet apricot and ylang notes. The spices were amped up too. After 6 hours I am still getting wafts of this love potion and am enthralled. I liked it a lot before but now i am getting 2 more backup bottles.

I have had a small travel-sized atomizer of Sublime by Jean Patou for a couple of years--I keep it in a drawer and put it on sometimes as a mild mood elevator. I'm not 100% sold on the intense citrus blast at the beginning, but it doesn't take too long for it to calm down and reveal its subtler, more long-lasting notes: jasmine, along with a bit of that intoxicating bracing medicinal odor, the note that elevates Guerlain's L'Heure Bleue from merely pretty to, well, sublime. For me Sublime by Jean Patou doesn't quite live up to that classic fragrance, but it's still more wonderful than 99% of the smells out there. The powdery drydown is a nice, clean, classic-soap smell, like fresh laundry and cedar drawer-liner paper. I see why some people who like Coco by Chanel also like this. I wore Coco for a while in the late 80s, and even though I haven't had a bottle in a long while I do get a strong sense-memory of it when I bring my Sublime-perfumed wrist to my nose. I can't imagine wanting this to be my signature scent, but then again the whole notion of signature scents seems silly to me these days. I don't want to go nose blind to any fragrance, especially one that I might be inflicting on others, so I try to switch things around. Sublime is in my top ten choices, maybe. Ideal for a romantic evening out or a lunch date. But these are Covid times, so I'll just change that to: Sublime EDP is appropriate to spritz on after showering and changing into a clean shirt. If some of the scent lingers on a cashmere sweater, all the better.

A little word of caution. The newer Sublime in the rectangular bottle bears no resemblance to the domed bottle the original was presented in. The original Sublime is a creamy, buttery yellow floral - so rich I feel you could get away with calling it oily, with a touch of oriental spice within a chypre base. Having been released in the early ‘90’s, it appears a deliberate move away from those powerhouse 80’s releases. I first experienced it in the ‘90’s as a friend wore it, but I didn’t like it back then, it reminded me of marigolds and it smelled “yellow”, I’ve no idea what I was thinking. I thought I’d give it a try again recently to see if I felt the same way about it, so I bought the current version in the rectangular bottle. It was nothing like the original, in fact I couldn’t even recognise it, it was a whole other fragrance. Not unpleasant, just a nondescript floral. Recently I found a vintage bottle on eBay, being sold with a few other unwanted oldies, and I was delighted to discover that it was exactly how I remember it, but interestingly, my aversion to it is no longer there. I don’t wear it out, it’s one of those fragrances I like to jealously keep for my own personal pleasure. I love how it’s survived almost 30 years (it came without a box) and how the fragrance wraps itself around you and sends coils of itself back in waves to envelop you in a delicious haze. Try to find the vintage if you can, having said that, I’ve hung on to the new version, who knows where perfumery is heading, maybe what we’ve got now is as good as it’s ever going to get. Thanks for reading.

Wow, wow, wow. I just received a 1999 boxed EDT, and I'm blown away. Sweet, powdery, slightly woody, and deeply comforting. Very formal and feminine. I agree it's appropriate for jeans, but dressed-up jeans - jeans with pumps and a blazer. This would be very appropriate with pearls for a formal event. It's very classic and timeless, with an "established" smell, as if it's been around long enough to really know itself well and project it's best qualities. I get no alcohol, or anything vinegary or plastic or harsh. Just sweet, powdery woodiness. Truly a "ladies" perfume. I could see this becoming a signature scent, and I am in my mid-fifties, and own, or could own, just about any fragrance. I am at an age and a place in my life where I am past the point of wearing fragrances that make a jarring statement about my personality. Sublime's statement is one of quiet strength that is undeniably present and speaks clearly without overpowering or becoming unpleasant. I visualize this becoming a favorite along with sweet feminine scents like Pure Poison, Samsara, Anne Klein II, and Quelque Fleurs, to name a few of my favorites. Sublime is friendly enough that I feel I could sail out the door with hardly a second thought soon after applying it. I would say this is a mature fragrance, and there is nothing flighty or trendy about it, yet I would still feel very "of the moment" wearing it. It has a sweetness that is almost "honeyed", more earthy and delicate than sticky-syrup. It's hard to believe there isn't some vanilla in there somewhere. It is somehow very natural to me, yet still such a dressed-up statement. Love it enough that I just ordered a vintage boxed EDP. It will be interesting to smell the difference in the two.

Ok, so I got this on E-Bay in a set of Jean Patou minis. I have no idea when it was released, but the bottle is oval instead of rectangular, so I don't think it's the reformulation. I'm not sure if the fragrance has gone off, but all the other perfumes in the set smell fine. My batch of Sublime unfortunately smells like dirty alcohol. Just alcohol, patchouli, ylang-ylang, talcum powder, and this weird plastic metallic Duracell note. Seriously, the alcohol is so strong in this. I feel like I have drenched myself in vodka and then rolled my body all over dirty asphalt. Not glamorous at all. Once the alcohol finally evaporates, I get a nice talcum powder and patchouli combo. I love powdery perfumes, but then again, I can get a similar dry drown from other fragrances that won't abuse me this much with their top and heart notes. Shalimar comes to mind. Hell, even Chantilly by Dana treats me better. I see similar reviews down here so maybe that's the way it's supposed to smell? I almost blind bought the reformulation 30ml bottle because it's the cheaper one out of Patou's perfumes and they all got discontinued, but after this experience I'm glad I didn't. I wasn't very excited about this already because the pyramid is so inoffensive. I feel when a fragrance is this conventional and tame in its choice of notes the blending and the ingredients must be superb for it to work, but I don't see that here... It could be the case that I've just had bad luck and got a rancid batch though.

I just sampled this fragrance when I read in this magazine that Jean Patou fragrances are discontinued. I also sampled Joy and 1000. I had never smelled any of these perfumes before so I went in totally blind. All I can say is WOW, did I ever love this one and wish I had known about it before now because I could've been wearing this beauty for years. This fragrance is a beautiful powdery, floral, amber, sandalwood fragrance that is heavy w/ vanilla and sweet orange. This could've been a signature for me, I love it that much. I went out and bought quite a few bottles of this and Joy before they are gone. It is a shame that beautiful vintage style fragrances like this are no longer produced. So many perfumes today lack character and depth, they are so boring, stale, and lack class. This is for a woman of taste, style, and distinction. I will treasure my new bottles and hope I bought enough to enjoy for years to come.

I don't know when LVMH took over Jean Patou, but the current formula I bought smells atrocious! To my nose it's a mishmash of chemicals that smells horrible. In spite of it, I tried wearing it several times. I ended up throwing away my 10 ml bottle. One of the rare fragrances I've tried that actually was so bad it made me angry!