Jean Paul Gaultier Classique in Betty Boop
I'm slowly working on my little makeup room. I hope to be finished by the end of this year ;) In my makeup room, I have a series of shelves. One is dedicated to Betty Boop. I've always been a fan and did you know the original inspiration for the Betty Boop character was an African-american jazz singer in New York (Harlem Cotton Club)!?! Read here and here. There was a huge court case about it! Well I was thrilled to find out that Jean Paul Gaultier themed his iconic "Classique" perfume after two classic cartoon characters: Betty Boop & Popeye. I grew up familiar with both, but I never saw the two characters together. So that made me question the pairing. I found out, Betty Boop appeared in the very first Popeye The Sailor animation (1933). Because WE ALL KNOW, Olive Oyl was Popeye's girl. HaHaHa Hmmm, I wonder if they thought Olive Oyl wasn't SEXY enough to be put on a JPG perfume bottle??? Hmmmm. Well I wanted to add this to my collection and purchased my Jean Paul Gaultier Betty Boop Perfume from Macy's. You guys know I'm not a perfume girl, so I wasn't too sure if this would go over well for me. It's described as ... "the torrid fragrance is an overdose of gourmand: crystalline, reminiscent of a lemon sorbet; but sweetened with sugar cane. Vanilla and musk have the final word creating the desire for more." It's really hard for me to describe, but one thing I do know...it's SEXY! This is for date night or an evening out. You only need a spritz or two, but trust me ... it's not loud. It makes a statement, but is not obnoxious (you can put your nose to your arm & keep it there). This is not an everyday perfume (at least for me). It's sweet, sugary & spicy. It's vanilla. It's musk. It's wood. I love everything from the can it comes in (Popeye thought it was a spinach can... see the comic strip below LOL), to the feminine shape of the bottle. It's everything pink, girly, sexy and flirtatious! I'm glad I love the packaging AND the perfume!!! Betty Boop is for the girls. Popeye is for the boys. Or whatever floats your boat! LOL The only gripe I have, is the Betty Boop (female) perfume costs $5 MORE than the Popeye (male) one. What's up with that? Have a great weekend everybody! >.<
Jean Paul Gaultier always knows how to have FUN! Remember my Diet Coke blog post!?!
Sweet-Bittersweet-NotSweet supersweet(run & buy it) sweet(really good,buy it) bittersweet(ok, issues)not sweet(not good,don't buy this stuff) Jean Paul Gaultier "Classique" Betty Boop Perfume is Sweet
The Adventures of Betty Boop & Popeye Comic Strip (read side to side)
There's an animated comic strip on Jean Paul Gaultier's website. It's a must see. I took some screen shots. But to see it in its entirety, view it on his website. It's really funny! Here's the jist! Betty Boop is working at a cabaret in New York. Popeye sails in on his boat to wisk her away to Paris. On the way to Paris, the other sailors on the boat fall in love with Betty. Popeye gets jealous and beats them up (not shown). They finally get to Paris and Paul Gautier greets them and showers them with gifts (perfume being one of them). He also outfits Popeye in his iconic striped tshirt and Betty in his famous Madonna-esque cone-endowed Jean Paul Gautier corset. Click on the pictures to make larger. Read from side to side then next row.
