While Saionji studied diligently at the Sorbonne, he also engaged greatly in self-indulgence, and also it seems that he was quite popular among French women.
西園寺はソルボンヌ大学で勉学にいそしむ一方で随分と遊蕩もしたようで、フランス人女性にもたいそう人気であったようである。