Classique is described as an oriental women’s fragrance identified by the combination of a ‘sweet, warm powdery base’ and flowery or spicy notes.
The Eau de Parfum Classique contains top notes of rose and rum with middle notes of narcissus and vanilla orchid and base notes of vanilla, amber, tonka bean and sandalwood.
The bottle design, a female torso wearing a pink corset has been compared to the corset Gaultier designed for Madonna in 1990 for her world tour. The fragrance is packaged in an aluminium can, a motif he has used in his collection since 1980. Jean Paul Gaultier felt that “it was in some way a kind of provocation to put it into something industrial” and noted that some perfume shops did not offer the fragrance because it was “scandalous”.