Fragile by the loveable nutter Jean Paul Gaultier was one of my first purchases from directcosmetics.com. I bought it on the strength of a test squirt in Debenhams as I loved the feminine scent which lingered well on my skin, and as it cost a fraction of what the high street were charging (about £20 at the time) I thought I'd go for it (for a selection of up to date price details see end of review). I feel I should mention that the dooyoo picture is of the eau de parfum not the eau de toilette which is what the text claims. So this review is primarily about the parfum which I have more experience of. However I have used the EDT, and it is simply 'lighter' ...  Read the complete review

A few months ago I tracked down a 50ml 'bottle' of Jean Paul Gaultier's Fragile. It is not really a bottle, more of a snow globe and to be honest it was the interesting and unusual design that attracted me to this fragrance. The snow globe has yellow coloured fragrance inside along with some glitter. The glitter has never come out when I have sprayed the perfume. There is a small figure of a woman wearing a long black dress standing in the middle of the snow globe. I think the bottle would be too plain without the figure and it is a nice touch. ~ Design problems? ~ The base of the bottle is gold and has a black hole at the ...  Read the complete review

I was given this perfume, so I was rather worried as I usually prefer to choose my own scent, however I was pleasantly surprised. At the first smell, I was not sure as it is a very different smell to what I would use normally, but after a few more sniffs it grew on me. It is not a light perfume despite being an Eau De Toilette, but it still has a slight freshness to it. I definitely have to b in the right mood to wear it, I don't find it an everyday perfume, more a perfume for certain occasions, when you want to smell strongly. The bottle for starters is gorgeous, it's just so cute with sparkles globe for the lid; it would look good on any girls' ...  Read the complete review

First things first, the packaging for this perfume is genius. Whoever was responsible for the marketing of this deserves an award of some kind. It's a shame in some ways that it's not as well known as it should be; also a blessing as I get to smell wonderfully individual when I wear it. The outer packaging is in the style of a miniture, carboard, crate-type box (like big deliveries come in), complete with strapping to supposedly hold it closed and FRAGILE stamped in red all over it. Very, very clever packaging that had me not wanting to ruin it by opening it up when I first bought the perfume. The perfume bottle itself is also amazingly original and is worth buying  Read the complete review

The Jean Paul Gaultier website describes the scent as velvety. This is simply the best way of describing how smooth, soft, warm and sexy this fragrance is. I normally wear it for special evenings and anniversaries, valentines etc. It's very alluring in my opinion. It's not a straight forward aroma at all - there's a gorgeous mix of fruity smells sweet orange that I can smell easily (and raspberry leaves according to the blurb, which in all honesty I wouldn't know what they smelt like) when you first spritz. There's also mid lasting 'notes' of tuberose (which is a divine smell), pimento berries, and pink peppercorns (I can't smell pepper in the fragrance). The ...  Read the complete review