Anna Sui (1999)
by Anna Sui

Very powdery rose/violet scent. I don't get any fruity notes. Reminds me very much of Lutece by Dana without the Lily of the Valley.

My first perfume love and all time go to perfume. I can never be without this! I always sort of felt it was the perfume companion to my favourite tea (Twinings Blackcurrant) It really does go with its image of an old fashioned luxe hippie bohemian goth and it also has a "fancy" vibe, sort of victorian maybe? Powdery roses and gothicly wallpapered boudoirs!

Anyway! On me it has the most divine drydown of all time, woodsy, smoky and waterlily! Also on me its not very perfumey, just a beautiful smell that becomes part of me and quietly wafts. And the roses are so unusually dark and never womanly or old ladyish (not that thats a bad thing) you really believe the roses are purple. Excellent lasting power.

this fragrance is so whisper soft smelling...i wish it had more staying power, but it smells so delicate and pretty i can't help but wear it.

The original Anna Sui fragrance, this, yet so much harder to find than Dreams or Love, which at one point could be whiffed on every third person down the average high street.

Certainly the boldest of the Sui scents, this isn't for everyone - heady and lingering, and less playful than her other concoctions. Still, I think it's more interesting than the other 'play perfumes' Sui has on offer.

'Vintage with a modern twist' is how it's sold, which sums it up fairly well; it has the sharp fruitiness of a Noughties smell combined with a vaguely Gothic whiff of powder, wood and dried flowers.

Difficult to explain really, but it sets itself apart from most other new smells on the market, and few people wear it. It's worth a try.

This started out nice then after 2 minutes it totally disappeared from my wrists.

A raspberry-apricot-rose extravaganza that is so very fruity and sweet - a little too sweet for some tastes, perhaps. The fragrance both opens and continues with these notes, initially enlivened with a little bergamot, and create a nearly raspberry jam-like aroma, eventually becoming just ever so slightly powdery thanks to the tonka that sits in the base (along with cedar and sandalwood.) Fans of Rochas Lumiere will instantly connect with this fragrance, though the Anna Sui is actually even more fruity and slightly less "perfumey" than the Rochas. Anyone who wears or likes Cassini by Oleg Cassini will also find Anna Sui to be cut from the same cloth - though somewhat less florally than the Cassini. As for me, I find this fragrance to be just over the border of a bit much; one very discreet spray is much more than enough. I like it, don't love it by any means. Once in a great while it's kind of nice.