The Vatican said that John Paul II was not embalmed, and the "official" Vatican embalmers said, in an AP story, that they were never called.
They used different embalmers. The Vatican did not make an official announcemnt either way, but the media mentioned his body was touched up a few times during the week.
Would you care to explain how his body did not smell or decompose for over a week? Is this the next phase in the JPII instant canonization campaign?