Diva (1983)
by Ungaro

This reads very much like the older, wiser sister of Beautiful. Or Knowing meets Beautiful. Ha! Beautiful Knowing, just about the perfect alternative name for Diva. Lovely stuff, though with a strong 80s vibe, so if that's not your thing... Lovely, soft but strong rose. I'm only about 40 minutes in on my first time with it, and used just a few tiny dabs from my new (though it seems a touch over-aged, there was leakage and a touch of sourness on the opening) EDP mini, so I guess I may be back to edit - but I doubt it! This is charming. I can see how this would be a smotherbeast if sprayed, though. As I'm wearing it now, it's an absolutely charming nostalgic sweet thing.

One of the best scents for women, ever. It radiates an aura of luxury, sophistication and sumptuousness. Warm summer evenings on the terrace of an elegant Paris apartment come to mind. Too good for the office or everyday goings-on. This is purely for after-work and epicurean activities...

I discoverd Diva when I was around 16, a friend much older had told me "this is the best fragrance, of the world ever !" She spraid it on me, and I immediatly believed her words. I bought it few years later, and wore it a during couple of years, each time I wore it I could feel like a real woman. This is an underated chypre, with an incredible powdery, velvety, comfortable dry down. It seems that the formula has not been chaged a lot, since I have always the same feeling when I sometimes smell it in a store.

I bought a bottle back in the 80's and let it grow old in my bathroom cabinet. Could not stand it. Wore it a couple of times to work (ok, not fit to work) and that was it. Too heavy, dry, intrusive. But I can see that all male reviwers gave it a thumbs up - just like an older male colleague who complimented me on it. Maybe I should wear it for the sake of the masculine fantasies it seems to recall. Great name, by the way. Diva. The name itself is a fantasy.

I got a smpl of this from a lovely swapper who knew I was into roses.. So glad! bc I would have never checked it out o/w. (um, the name, and that no one mentions it!) I've been looking for a wearable rosy chypre that's nice for day, and this is just right! Its notes are soft & muted but definitely there.. not so overblended that you can't pick anything out. The iris adds a tiny touch of powder that goes great w/ the oakmoss & wood. there's a smidgen of spice.. but this is different from all those incensy roses I have, definitely more like a classic chypre, but w/o a lot of twang & musk. Super mix of elegance & earthiness.. LOVE!!

This perfume is really DIVA!Floral but in a very nice way-warm, sensual,sexy and sophisticated-a very special, unique fragrance-for a great lady-a star and a diva.I had a friend: she had allure and was a bit stuck up and vain-very good-looking and always very chic and very up to date (dressed) with full blond hair and great eyes, a kind of Catherine Deneuve and she was wearing DIVA-unforgettable! Agreat,great perfume but for a DIVA!!!!!!!!!!!