Classique Pride Edition 2026

The Pride editions are an annual fixture for Jean Paul Gaultier, and the 2026 Classique is a genuine reformulation rather than the usual bottle art exercise. Anyone expecting the ginger and orange blossom of standard Classique will be surprised. Quentin Bisch opens it on almond with bergamot and lemon, so the first impression is nutty and sweet with a citrus lift rather than the powdery florals the line is known for. Mimosa runs the heart and gives the composition its character: yellow, honeyed, faintly dusty, the sort of floral that reads as sunlight. Mint and petitgrain sit alongside it and pull hard in the opposite direction, adding a cool green bitterness that stops the almond and mimosa from becoming cloying. That tension between soft and sharp is the most interesting thing about it. The base is deliberately simple, musk with ambroxan, which gives a clean skin like warmth and decent tenacity without adding weight. It is a light scent by design. Wear it in spring and summer, in the daytime, to the office or casually. It has the easy inoffensiveness of a good cologne while keeping enough almond sweetness to feel like a perfume. As a limited edition in the Safe Sex Forever graffiti bottle, it will not be around long, so treat availability as the main constraint.