Giorgio (1981)
by Giorgio Beverly Hills

Strong and gaudy. Giorgio makes the most of the potency of the fruity / white floral category. It’s a massive grouping of peachy / apricot sweet fruit notes with the usual white florals: orange blossom, ylang-ylang, tuberose, gardenia, and jasmine. It is flamboyant, indole laden and non-synthetic. Except for its potency, it is predictable in its construction, it sends out massive amounts of sillage, and lasts forever. The drydown still retains much of the peachy / white floral from the top and heart, so Giorgio is also linear… Oh, and it has given me a headache once when I purposely over sprayed it. It can be a fairly nice fragrance, but only if it is applied with extreme discretion. It is lethal unless an absolute minimum is applied.

Smells fabulous in the bottle and on a tester, and then .... on my skin it becomes too sharp and acrid. Can be lovely on others but my skin chemistry and this scent do not match.

Tuberose overdose? Yes. And what's wrong with that? I find Giorgio Beverly Hills to be positively intoxicating even today, all the way from its incredibly feminine, neroli-laced opening to its piquant, carnation-filled heart to its musk-laden, sexy-as-hell drydown. And, you bet, all throughout is that persistent and ever-present tuberose.

Good stuff. Good stuff, indeed.

My high school best friend's alcoholic mother used to drench herself in this scent. Maybe it was the vodka and perfume mixed, but it still brings back stinky memories. This is a definite no for me.

Thumbs up is for true,original Giorgio. I was in California in the later 70's. My boyfriend at the time bought me Giorgio perfume at their boutique on Rodeo Drive. I was with him at the time. This was before the launch of their fragrance Giorgio in the 80's. (81?). It was the most fabulous fragrance. Everyone asked what I was wearing. I went to so many special events back then and treasured it and saved it for those occasions. I was so excited when it was introduced in the 80's and purchased it thinking it was the same as the one I had already owned. Sadly, it was not the same formula and too overwhelming for me. I even called the boutique in LA where I bought the original . They no longer had the one I owned. I still have the beautiful bottle though and so wish they would still sell the " true" original. What a mistake on their part to let that one go. Mackie has been my favorite for the past 13 years. That and original Giorgio are the all time best perfumes in my opinion.

A big orange blossom and pineapple accord supported a mighty tuberose made this fragrance hard to miss yet it was one of the better 80's fragrances. Very few women dare to wear this these days but it is still excellent.