Fragrance Reviews by KoinoneA

Oh wow, it takes me back... between the musk and the vanilla, can't you just hear, "I Saw the Sign" playing in the background of this frag? Uncomplicated, almost like a drugstore answer to Obsession. Sure, it was under $10 and it's no mystery why, but all the big kids were doing it.

My mom wore this throughout the seventies and eighties, and somewhere into the mid-ninties, there seemed to be a change in the formula. Something tinny and metallic intruded into the floral mix. The current incarnation of Jontue is not the same as the sunny, comforting, fun fragrance that was "mom" all over. Thumbs up to the previous formula.

On me, this fragrance dried down like a desert; no sweetness of fruit or flower, just an off-putting, overpowering woodsy/oriental sweet. Perhaps it was the synthetic-smelling caramel that ruined it for me. It reminded me of that strange chemical that disneyland pumps into the air in the park to get you to purchase sweets. On my friend, however, this frag was bliss. She brought out all of the florals and powdery musk.
The bottle is a work of art. Hands down, one of the best I've seen.

Evokes dad memories a mile away. Scratchy kisses on the cheek and blue jeans all the way. Whenever I smell Brut, however, I can't seperate it from the olfactory memory of it accompanied with the smell of gasoline and motor oil. Not a bad thing, though.

This fragrance is absolutely mystifying in it's complexity and it's other-ness. It is playful and feisty in it's sweetness, while also mature and grounded with the weight of the base. In the world of the olfactory, it is a modern work of art, and for me, takes me back to a time of soul-searching, discovery and the pure essence of carpe diem.

This fragrance was absolutely horrid on me. The drydown was remniscent of a brand of aerosol room spray a neighbor kid's mom used during my childhood in the eighties. Headache-inducing floral notes that would just not go away, much like my hyperactive playmate. I kept praying that it might transition to woodsy musk, but the flowers would just not relent. If you're into a long-lasting floral, you are getting your money's worth, but please, don't come over to play at my house.