Reviews of Byblos (original) (1989)
by Byblos

It was one of my favorite perfumes almost 10 years ago. I decided to buy it again, because I needed something sort of fresh, for daily use. I felt the same when I got my new bottle, but I lost my appetite for this one in a short time. Actually, it is still a nice scent, but nobody notices me when I wear it. May be this is the reason for this perfume not being in my favorite 5.

Oddly, I wear this at Christmas only. Perhaps the Mandarin with the incensy dry down in the vetiver and orris make me think of this holiday, but it's my Christmas season fragrance. Then again, Christmas in Seattle tends to be gray and drizzly, and this scent does brighten things up.

I just have to echo with serene111 on this. My aunt bought this for me when I was in my late teens. I fell hard for it and it was my signiture scent back in those days. It is refreshing and perfect for summertime. I have lots of memories attached to this. It has a superb longevity and excellent sillage.

Extremely sweet smelling, very fruity and long lasting. This was a scent that I enjoyed when I was a teenager...it's fun and flirty. Not something I'd like to wear today. I'll keep the tiny wee bit that I have left and use it to take me back to memory lane!

Another of my favorites. I agree with the above comment that it calls to mind Cool Water but is much smoother. I always see it described as floral, but for me it smells soapier and cleaner than it does floral.

Though it's considered a floral-fruity fragrance, Byblos has always seemed very aquatic to me, a not-too-distant cousin of Davidoff Cool Water. (Perhaps the similar shades of aqua blue that both fragrances' bottles are rendered in also has something to do with it.) If you enjoy the Davidoff, this one's also worth a try; it's more velvety and not as crisp as Cool Water, and maybe a smidge more formal and "dressy." Most definitely a three-season fragrance, this can easily be worn from spring through to fall. Though it never gets a ton of attention, I think of Byblos as a real forerunner of so many of the fruity-fresh fragrances so incredibly popular today. Though it was launched in the early 1990s, it's still plenty relevant to what's trending in the fragrance market now.