JAR

JAR perfume is holy ground for scent lovers that have come to Paris. No itinerary is complete without it. We sometimes do perfume tours in Paris for people, and this is a special visit. Right near the famous Jovoy perfume store and close to the Louvre [and Annick Goutal, not to mention the luxe shopping street St Honoré], JAR is very unique and very eccentric.

All the scents are extremely complex and odd.

We just visited twice in a few days, and it was well worth it. Your perception of each of the scents in the table jars changes as time passes. They did not have 'Bolt of Lightening' out when we were there, but never give up hope. The door was open for us, we did not have to ring the bell.

As perfume people know, you cannot ask any questions about the scents, only the names are not secrets. The room was much smaller than we had thought from the pictures online, and was not as gleaming and pristine as I had imagined. Somehow that kind of added to the charm when a truly gorgeous young man strolled in to conduct the visit's activities.

They had 'Diamond Water' out, which was a standout great scent [in terms of normalcy and a regular person wearing it], and the others were 'Ferme tes Yeux', 'Golconda', 'Jardenia', 'Jarling' and 'Shadow'.