Fragrance Reviews
Fragrance Reviews by TDDanae
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Narciso Rodriguez for Her by Narciso Rodriguez
I was inspired by many of the threads I have read lately and had to try this. In every other perfume I have, I prefer the EDP or perfume, but with this one I chose for the first time the EDT. I fell in love at first sniff and I usually do not like musk, but this is so special and sexy. I highly recommend it, but only if you can wear musk. This is very mild, but lasted all evening and was still there in the morning. Just love it!
29 January 2007
Paradise for Women by Alfred Sung
I was very pleasantly surprised by this. I am so glad I picked it up, but I am one who loves tropical scents and this one is very yummy tropical and has the most wonderful woody drydown. It smells more complicated than you might expect given the price, but it does change as the hours go by, it is not linear. I do love it. It is NOT your typical fruity floral, it is so much more.
29 January 2007
Kenzo Amour by Kenzo
After Ayala's wonderful review, there is little to add other than it is ok with me. This is a fragrance that I would wear if it were given to me, but I would not go out and buy it. I love Kenzo Oriental and Amour has a quality or expensive smell to it, but it's just not so special I could fall in love with it and I do have so many loves. So I would say yes and no.
29 January 2007
DKNY Red Delicious by Donna Karan
I gave a review on be delicious and this red delicious is just about identical. Maybe add a few cherries and watermelon, but it is just a typical fruity floral, nothing special. Very boring. There is nothing in it that is offensive, but nothing that would make me want to wear it. Just blah.
29 January 2007
DKNY Be Delicious by Donna Karan
This to me is a typical boring fruity floral and I am one who likes an occasional fruity floral, but this one is just blah. Nothing different or special. Ripe green apples with more fruit and cucumber, florals, and the drydown woods are not even perceptible to me. It is not offensive in any way, just boring.
29 January 2007
Black Cashmere by Donna Karan
I know a lot of people like this scent so I hope you will keep in mind that our noses are all a little different along with our skin chemistry. The ladies were doing a laying challenge and many were using Black Cashmere and so I had to go out and try it. To me, If one were to put cloves into a used ashtray and set them on fire, you'd get Black Cashmere.
22 January 2007
Opium pour Homme by Yves Saint Laurent
I actually prefer this men's opium to the women's. It is not so strong or cinnamon, clove spicy. I also very much like the addition of the cedar. I am a woman and wear mostly women's fragrances, but this one seems unisex to me.
22 January 2007
Gloria by Cacharel
I Love Gloria, but I wish it were a lot stronger. It is considered a fresh Oriental and the notes are: Vanilla, Musk, Amaretto, Bittersweet Italian Almond Liquor, Ambergris, Bulgarian Rose, Hibiscus. It will be a keeper for sure.
22 January 2007
Trouble by Boucheron
I love this one. A nice full bodied, wooded oriental. Smells very expensive. Somewhat on the lines Of Maggie Noire, but a little more modern and more wood notes. Love it.
21 January 2007
Curious by Britney Spears
I did not like this. This is one that had absolutely no redeeming qualities at all for me. It smelled like something I might find at the drug store but much, much, worse. Just chemicals and a few white flowers. I would not wear it for free, or if it were the last fragrance on earth.
21 January 2007
Midnight Fantasy by Britney Spears
I tried this because I found the bottle to be so beautiful and it wasn't bad for about half an hour and then it got very synthetic and cheap smelling.
21 January 2007
Realm by Realm Fragrances
I do like the Realm for men. It's very vanilla, but I would not get it again even if I could. I do love it's smoothness and there nothing unpleasant about it.
21 January 2007
Passion for Men by Elizabeth Taylor
I bought this for my husband when it first came out and was disappointed for it smelled too sweet and spicy. I do love sweet and spicy, but this one was way over the top for me. I tried to get rid of it, but he likes it.
21 January 2007
Gucci pour Homme (original) by Gucci
This is extremely woody, a very manly smell and I do like it on my husband, but would not wear it myself. But what I would say most is that it is very macho and that can be good on a man, so I bought my husband a few botles because it was being discontinued.
21 January 2007
Gucci No. 1 by Gucci
I love wood in my fragrances and did not think I could find one with too much wood for me, but this one smells to me of Gucci PH for about an hour and then mellows down, but the mellowing down did not present something I liked and I can't even describe it, something I have not smelled before.
21 January 2007
Boucheron by Boucheron
This seems to be in somewhat the same class as Maggie Noire. It is listed as an oriental, but it has oakmoss and I would think it would be a chypre. So I would call it a chypre oriental. It definitely does have that chypre note. It seems to be a complicatied fragrance with a lot going on. I do like it myself, but my husband doesn't.
21 January 2007
Carlos Santana for Women by Carlos Santana
This sounds like a fruity floral, but it has Musk and Sandalwood in the base and is listed everywhere I have found as an oriental. It truly is a beautiful scent, somewhat on the lines of hypnotic poison. It does not smell like hypnotic poison, but it is a softly, musky, sandalwood oriental in somewhat the same class.
21 January 2007
Toujours Moi by Dana
This is an unbelievable perfume for the price. It was in a packet I picked up with a mixture of Dana's by the House of Coty. It is described as an oriental with notes of sandlewood, vetiver, musk, jasmine & orange blossom.
I have been very pleasantly surprised.
I have been very pleasantly surprised.
09 January 2007
Chantilly by Dana
This is called an amber oriental. I would say it is also quite flowery. It has notes of fruits, lemon, bergamot, neroli, jasmine, rose, orange blossom, spices, ylang ylang, carnation, Indian Sandalwood, moss, vanilla, musk, amber, leather, tonka bean,& benzoin. Another one from Dana that is unbelievable for the price. This is simply wonderful.
09 January 2007
Navy by Dana
This is surprisingly nice for the price. Hard to believe. It is called a floral oriental with citrus, flowers, cinnamon, coriander. It is not one of my favorites by Dana so I will give it a maybe.
09 January 2007
Tabu by Dana
Tabu, House of Coty, Dana, known as a spicy oriental. Top notes: Bergamot oil, coriander, neroli, Orange, spice notes. Middle notes: Clove bud oil, clover, jasmine, narcissus, oriental rose, ylang ylang. Bottom notes: amber, benzoin, cedar, civet, moss, musk, patchouli, sandalwood, vetiver. major notes/accord Patchouli, cloves, cinnamon, orange, orange blossom, civet. I am surprised to love this because I can buy it here in the U.S. for practically nothing. It lasts and lasts.
09 January 2007
Paloma Picasso / Mon Parfum by Paloma Picasso
I am not a Chypre person, but have been sampling Chypre's by the score. Paloma Picasso has been one of the best ones that I have tested. It is strong so a little spray will do it and it lasted all night and day. I would think a Chypre lover would flip over this one. I sampled the EDP.
Top notes: Bergamot, neroli, lemon, ambrette. Middle notes: Jasmine, Bulgarian rose, ylang ylang, coriander, clove. Bottom notes: Vetiver, sandalwood oakmoss, moss, amber.
Top notes: Bergamot, neroli, lemon, ambrette. Middle notes: Jasmine, Bulgarian rose, ylang ylang, coriander, clove. Bottom notes: Vetiver, sandalwood oakmoss, moss, amber.
09 January 2007
Pacific Paradise by Escada
So I am in my second childhood. I love this. It is my first real fruity floral and is lasts all night. Very tropical and the first fragrance I could even stand with a grapefruit beginning, but that changes into a very tropical fruity scent. I do love it.
05 January 2007
Aqua Allegoria Anisia Bella by Guerlain
I love so many Guerlain perfumes that I bought this as a blind buy and I was very disappointed. It was watery and had a very bitter licorice smell with a slight peach scent. Even though it was so weak and watery, It still had a way of turning my stomach in very bad ways. I was surprised that Guerlain would put it's name on this. Awful.
31 December 2006
Shanghai by Marc Rosen
Shanghai by Shanghai is a most delicate oriental floral with fruity notes.
Top Notes: bergamot, green apple, touches of cinnamon oil of Ceylon, Asian magnolia flower.
Middle notes: Ancient Chinese Osmanthus flower with slight apricot notes, carnation, jasmine, patchouli
Bottom notes: Vanilla bourbon, balsam wood, ambergris, Chinese wild plum. I and my husband truly love this fragrance. It is a very mild oriental and so could be worn anywhere, day or night. Love it!
Top Notes: bergamot, green apple, touches of cinnamon oil of Ceylon, Asian magnolia flower.
Middle notes: Ancient Chinese Osmanthus flower with slight apricot notes, carnation, jasmine, patchouli
Bottom notes: Vanilla bourbon, balsam wood, ambergris, Chinese wild plum. I and my husband truly love this fragrance. It is a very mild oriental and so could be worn anywhere, day or night. Love it!
22 December 2006
Carlos Santana for Men by Carlos Santana
My husband came out of the bathroom with this on and it smelled to me of my Burberry Brit. I must have an odd nose, but I really do love it.
19 December 2006
Carolina by Carolina Herrera
This has the one of most beautiful fruit smells, I have smelled. It really does smell like a fresh bowl of fruit in a very sophisticated way and it is done very well. It is very feminine. I just wish it would last longer on me. Others have said it lasts on them. Maybe if I use a lot of oil first.
19 December 2006
Coriandre by Jean Couturier
This is one of four chypres I have bought lately and this one is not as fun or changing as the others. It starts off smelling like coriander and stays smelling like coriander so to really love this, I would think, you'd really have to love coriander. It is not an unpleasant fragrance, but one I would not get again.
19 December 2006
Jolie Madame by Pierre Balmain
Jolie Madame is my first Chypre since I have started really getting into perfumes. It is taking me some time to get used to the fact that it changes so often on me and maybe that's the fun of it. I have sampled a lot of Chypres lately and have so far chosen four and this was one of the four. It is hard to describe because, like I said, it changes a lot. It starts off rather sharp, then mellows to something like a spring garden, greens and flowers, then it has a beautiful sort of satiny, flowery, leather.
19 December 2006
FlowerbyKenzo Oriental by Kenzo
I like this a lot better than Flowers, it has more spunk, more kick. It's not real strong, but it has more of what I like in a perfume than just Flowers. It is more complicated, I think.
10 December 2006
California by Dana
This is a very, very, light powdery floral. I have not smelled anything quite so light and airy. Even more so than White Shoulders and yet you can smell it very well and it does last, but it is not my type anymore.
10 December 2006
Ivoire by Pierre Balmain
This is a very strong complicated floral chypre to me. Very Strong. I think it is a wonderfully made perfume and so I can't put it down, but it was not the type that I prefer.
10 December 2006
Chance by Chanel
What is happening to Chanel. I have loved so many of their fragrances, but this one smells cheap and sour to me. I just expected a whole lot more. But then I've got that weird chemistry thing going on, but I'd surely suggest you try this one first. Wear it all day.
10 December 2006
Coco Mademoiselle by Chanel
I was very disappointed with this one. It smelled to me like they took out the good stuff in coco and added a lot of sour notes.
10 December 2006
Lovely by Sarah Jessica Parker
I didn't expect to like this one and it really is not my type, but it does have a beautiful smell to it. I would highly recommend it to someone a little less stuck in their ways than me.
10 December 2006
Lolita Lempicka by Lolita Lempicka
This scent is addicting. At first, I thought I would be bothered by the licorice because I do not like licorice, but the way it is mixed in with the other ingredients actually makes it smell wonderful. A spicy oriental that I dearly love.
10 December 2006
Omnia by Bulgari
Why didn't I discover this earlier, I don't know. It has everything I like in an oriental soft wood and almond being my favorite. I just simply love this and it has a very creamy vanilla. It is not strong so I can wear this anywhere without fear of offending too many people.
10 December 2006
Délices de Cartier by Cartier
I would have loved this if it had been stronger. I kept spraying more on, but couldn't hardly smell it. I went from Must being too strong to this one being too faint.
08 December 2006
Must de Cartier by Cartier
I thought this was well made and a good scent if you like a heavier wood. It was a little too heavy for me. I didn't feel like it was very feminine and could not smell the vanilla for the Vetiver.
08 December 2006
Extraordinary by Avon
Probably the best female Avon I have smelled, but on me it lasted about five minutes. I think it would be very good on someone's skin that could hold it. I mostly smelled the grapefruit and chocolate.
08 December 2006
Always by Avon
I thought this was the best of the trio, very good for the price, but nothing really special. An ordinary fruity floral. I could see some people really loving this but it was just not my type.
08 December 2006
Today by Avon
This one reminded me of Britney Spears Curious in a way, just all white flowers and boring, but one of Avon's better one's. Terrific for the price. I could see a lot of people liking it,it is just not my type.
08 December 2006
Tomorrow by Avon
I thought Tomorrow and the other two to the trio were better than others that Avon has put out, but it was way too sweet, flowery & powdery for me and I love sweet. I guess I was disappointed because it was supposed to be an oriental and all I could smell was sweet powder.
08 December 2006
Tomorrow for Him by Avon
I got this for my husband and it became the second one of his that I get into. It smells like Lolita Lempika to me for a whole lot less money. I have never been able to find an Avon frag that I liked until this one. This is one, I think, could be a unisex fragrance. We both love it.
08 December 2006
Pi by Givenchy
I got this for my husband and now I can't stay out of it, so even though I usually don't wear men's colognes, this one, I think could be unisex. The vanilla is heavenly. I haven't talked to a woman yet of any age who has not loved this on a man. A spicy oriental. Very new smelling, not the typical citrus burst.
08 December 2006
Vanille Abricot by Comptoir Sud Pacifique
I was so impressed with this that I went home and got rid of some of my other perfumes. I love this so much that it is now a toss up with Le Baiser Du Dragon as being my favorite, but the two fragrances are nothing alike. It would certainly not be for everyone, for it is very, very, sweet. It is a mix of several Hawaiian fruits with a vanilla that I have only smelled by CSP. If Heaven came in a bottle this would be it. Since Le Baiser, I have not fallen so much in love with any fragrance.
04 December 2006
L'Instant de Guerlain by Guerlain
Maybe I should try this again from the looks of the reviews, but I really was not impressed. I guess I expected more from a Guerlain. It was not a bad smell at all, I just found it to be so, so, nothing special. It just seemed so mainstream,the usual.
04 December 2006
Magie Noire by Lancôme
Oriental - Ambery Spicy
Top Notes: Hyacinth, cassie, bergamot, rasberry, galbanum
Middle notes: Jasmine, ylang-ylang, Bulgarian rose, lily of the valley, narcissus, honey, tuberose, orris
Base Notes: Spices, sandalwood, ambergris, cedarwood, patchouli, oakmoss, musk, civet
It seems as if a lot of work was put into this one. It sort of reminds me of a cross between Coco and Allure with a lot of heaviness added. It's kind of like the way they are building houses. When they built them in the older days, they made them to last, put lots of individual work into them, but now a days we seem to have so much throw away stuff. Just hurry up and get it on the chain. I don't mean to say that there are not marvelous perfumes being made today, but so much of them are so mass market.
Top Notes: Hyacinth, cassie, bergamot, rasberry, galbanum
Middle notes: Jasmine, ylang-ylang, Bulgarian rose, lily of the valley, narcissus, honey, tuberose, orris
Base Notes: Spices, sandalwood, ambergris, cedarwood, patchouli, oakmoss, musk, civet
It seems as if a lot of work was put into this one. It sort of reminds me of a cross between Coco and Allure with a lot of heaviness added. It's kind of like the way they are building houses. When they built them in the older days, they made them to last, put lots of individual work into them, but now a days we seem to have so much throw away stuff. Just hurry up and get it on the chain. I don't mean to say that there are not marvelous perfumes being made today, but so much of them are so mass market.
14 November 2006
Allure Eau de Parfum by Chanel
I have changed my mind about Allure. When I wrote the review for the Toilette, I had only had it a few days, but it has grown on me and I now love it. It is A wonderful fruity, floral, light, clean, oriental. It smells to me like a sweeter, fresher, lighter, more modern Coco and I do love Coco Chanel.
14 November 2006
Prada (new) by Prada
I am in love. There is nothing better to my nose than a very soft wood. This is such a wonderful scent that I can forgive it for not having almond. It sort of reminds me of Samsara with the wood and vanilla, but instead of being mellowed with jasmine, it is softened with a little rose, orange, & mimosa. I do not sense spiciness, but just a heavenly floral whisper of vanilla and fragrant wood.
14 November 2006
Alien by Thierry Mugler
I have not found a perfume bottle that I have been so impressed with so I had to smell this one. I did not like it at all. It smelled to me of turpentine. It did not smell anything like Angel at all. It had an odd smell, and I would give it credit for originality. Perhaps it truly is Alien.
14 November 2006
Paris by Yves Saint Laurent
This smells like a very beautiful rose floral to me. Even though there is absolutely nothing wrong with it that I can smell, it is a little boring to me. I think it is because I have worn florals all my life and have really gotten tired of them. I like something with a little more zing to it, unless it has a lot of Jasmine or perhaps something very tropical.
14 November 2006
Euphoria by Calvin Klein
I love this. It has a much lighter feel to it than obsession and yet it has it's own personality. It sort of smells like a cross between Prada and Burberry Brit to me which is very, very nice. A soft fruity tropical, wood, mellow yet noticable for sure.
14 November 2006
Champs-Elysées by Guerlain
A very bubbly, clean, happy fragrance. It is not my usual type and yet for a change I love it. It's very girly and light. I got it because it said it had almond and since it is a guerlain, I felt I could trust it. I cannot smell the almond very much, but I am not the least disappointed. It does have a champagne feel to it. I will wear it when I need a big change and a bit of a lift. It is not one that I feel would be offensive to most people.
14 November 2006
Youth Dew Amber Nude by Estée Lauder
I love this, but my husband doesn't. I did not care for Youth Dew because my mother used to over dose on it and so I just got tired of it, but this is so much softer and more modern. It has a touch of citrus added and just a milder, younger feel to it. I thought Youth Dew had a smell like it was starting to go bad, but this lighter, slightly different version smells much fresher to me. It is still very spicy.
14 November 2006
Halston by Halston
This is one that I highly suggest you test before purchasing because it is very, very, strong. It is the most woody fragrance I have smelled and I love wood, but it took me a while to get used to it because of it's strength and heaviness. It does smell better the longer it is on, but please remember to sample first.
09 November 2006
Brit by Burberry
Oh how I love this!!! I was a little worried about the lime in it, but surprisingly it works. I had heard it had lots of almond in it and despite the horrid price tag I went out and got the EDP. I love this so much, it takes a very special place on my crowded dresser. It is mild though so I don't think I would have been happy with the EDT. I will no doubt buy this one again and again.
09 November 2006
Cabotine by Grès
This is listed as a green floral. I would say it is a very complicated floral bordering on oriental. I usually do not care for florals, but this one has a nice punch, maybe a lot of them. It's not just a light flower, it has depth, lots of it. I probably wouldn't buy it again because it is not really my type, but it does smell very, very good.
09 November 2006
Eau d'Orange Verte by Hermès
I don't know why this smells like salt on me. Eau De Merveilles did the same thing. I could not smell anything on my skin but salt. I asked my husband to smell my wrists and he said: "it smells like salt." This is the first time this has happened to me so it seems very odd.
31 October 2006
Eau des Merveilles by Hermès
I had wished this could have worked on me for it sounded like something I really could have liked, but unfortunately it just smelled like salt on me. Usually I don't have this sort of problem with perfumes, but d'Orange Verte did the same thing. Just Salt.
31 October 2006
Hanae Mori (new / Butterfly) by Hanae Mori
I love this, my husband loves it. It is very feminine and light to me. It might be said that is smells a little like almond cookies or a bowl of berries drenched in almond and whipped cream, but it is not just this, it is such a pretty floral oriental with a little wood. It smells like almond cookies, like hypnotic poison smells a little like root beer freeze, but there is so much more to it than just food.
31 October 2006
Organza by Givenchy
I asked on the starting out forum if there was a wonderful oriental fragrance that had lots of Vanilla and Nutmeg. Sandalwood and Jasmine would be a plus. Several mentioned that I should try Organza. Well I bought a bottle and wow!!! When I found out Givenchy was pronounced Shee von Shee, I felt like a nitwit having asked where the geeveenchy was. Oh well. The smell just melds together so magnificently and smells so expensive. Just love it.
24 October 2006
Allure Eau de Toilette by Chanel
I know this has been very popular around the world and it does have a nice smell, but it is not what I'd call special. To me it almost smells like a light floral with just a hint of spice, but it is so subtle that I had to spray a lot on just to check what it smelled like. It wouldn't work for me because I would find it a little too bland. I like a little more punch to a scent. So I would say it's a beautiful smell, but just not for me.
16 October 2006
Hypnotic Poison by Christian Dior
Unbelievably WONDERFUL!!! This is a sweet vanilla musk oriental. It has Bitter Almond, Caraway, Jasmine, Moss and Jacarander Wood. This is so, so feminine. When my husband first smelled it on me at the store, he said Root beer Float which started to ruin it for me, but as we walked around the stores, we kept smelling this and going MY GOD!!! That smells wonderful. It really has to be smelled to appreciate. Most stores have it and will squirt some on a card or your wrist. It is definitely a favorite!
16 October 2006
Joy by Jean Patou
I was hoping to enjoy Joy. It is supposed to be such a wonderful classic that used to be very expensive because of its high content of oils and worn by the richer class. Because of its Jasmine, which I love and it rose, it probably smells great on some other people, but on me it just comes off as soap.
04 October 2006
Passion by Elizabeth Taylor
I loved Passion, but after going through three bottles, the lotion and the wash, I got tired of it. I still think it has a wonderful aroma and will probably get some more when I have spent some time away from it. It is very sweet and spicy. It is listed as a floral, but it seems like an oriental to me for it is not your usual dainty little pot of flowers. It does have a very big spicy punch.
04 October 2006
Miss Dior by Christian Dior
Miss Dior is my favorite Dior fragrance. An old classic that never loses its style. It takes a few minutes for the real aroma to come out, but when it does, it is so so beautiful. It is not too sweet, but has just enought to give it that get up and go feeling. It's a green floral which is about the only type of florals I like. Aldehydes do not bother me and they seem to give a perfume that bubbly sparkle, like adding carbonation to a soft drink.
04 October 2006
Obsession by Calvin Klein
I love Obsession. It is really bold though and might not be suited for everyday wear unless the spray is very light. It is an oriental without any sweetness, spicyness, or cuteness. It is one I like to wear when I have been too sweeted out or floraled out. It's different than most and surely a more newer classic. Sultry would probably describe it best for it does smolder. Hot!!! If one likes light sweet florals, I would definitely not mess with this one, for it surely gets out there and makes a statement.
04 October 2006
Eternity by Calvin Klein
I have never liked Eternity. I was walking down Rodeo Drive one day (not that I belong there) sight seeing. I wondered how the rich shopped and a very rich looking young woman rushed by reeking to high heavens with this scent. It doesn't smell like what they say is in it. It smells very strong and just plain sour. Not like a floral, but a bunch of very sour pungent apricots.
04 October 2006
J'Adore by Christian Dior
J'dore has a beautiful scent, but it smells so ordinary. Nothing real special. It's just your typical fruity, floral. It has Tangy Mandarin, Ivy leaves, Champaca Flower, Red Orchards, White Roses, Violets, Damascus Plum, Amaranth Wood, and Blackberry Musk. It sounds like a lot of fancy, different, out of the ordinary things, but it smells so ordinary. Still, it does have a beautiful scent.
04 October 2006
Cinnabar by Estée Lauder
I have always loved Opium and someone said I'd probably like Cinnabar. How wrong they were. Cinnabar jumps and screams its cinnamon out. That's all I could smell, just a very loud, sharp, blast of cinnamon. It's nothing like Opium which has such refined and well blended spices.
04 October 2006
Youth Dew by Estée Lauder
My mother has always loved Youth Dew and many people would get this for her on Christmas. She'd spray a little on with each package she opened and by the end of the day she'd have about a bottle on. Youth Dew has some marvelous ingredients in it and is very spicy, the kind I usually like, but I have just been Youth Dewed out.
04 October 2006
White Shoulders by Elizabeth Arden
White Shoulders is way over the top sweet for me. I don't know why it is so sweet. It has gardenia, lilac, amber, oakmoss and Jasmine in it. I have smelled other perfumes with those florals in them and have not smelled them as being as sweet as they are in White Shoulders. Funny thing is, I used to love this when I was very young, but now that I have matured, I tried to wear it again and no. Way too sweet.
04 October 2006
Realities (new) by Realities Cosmetics
The new Realities is one of the few perfumes I threw away. Maybe it was the ginger, I don't know. It is very floral and strong. It might not be bad if it were not for that one overwhelming scent. Not many perfumes make me nauseus, but this one just had too much of something.
03 October 2006
Happy by Clinique
Sour Fruit. A friend raved about it so I have tried to like it and get the smile she gets with it, but no, just sour fruit. I think some young women would like this for it is pleasant if you like sour fruit. I even thought that maybe it might make me a little happy, but no, got a sour attitude.
03 October 2006
Red Door by Elizabeth Arden
I don't know if it's just me or what, but Red Door just screams here I come from a mile away. How can a perfume be so strong? I like strong bold scents. Maybe it's the sourness, yes it's the sourness. It does have a nice aroma, maybe if I just used a little semi squirt? No, still to sour.
03 October 2006
Sunflowers by Elizabeth Arden
I heard a few women raving about Sunflowers. I was in TJ Max one day and a few of the women there said oh! Sunflowers! It's wonderful! Since the price was next to nothing I picked up a bottle. It ended up in the bathroom as an air freshener. It is SOUR and STRONG. Sour!Sour!Sour! Maybe someone much younger might like it, but not me.
03 October 2006
Dune by Christian Dior
I did not care for Dune, found it too heavy, kind of like obsession or Safari. It is sort of like coco without the good stuff. I love orientals, but I like something a little lighter or sweeter to give them that get up and go feeling. This was just dull, heavy and blah for me.
03 October 2006
Dior Addict by Christian Dior
If someone gave me a bottle of Dior Addict, I would definitely use it until the bottle was gone. It does have a lovely, although sharp vanilla aroma and I love vanilla. I just couldn't find anything so special about it that I would go out and buy a bottle. So I would say that it is pleasant and I would love to smell it on others, but I just didn't see that it was special enough considering all the lovely vanilla based perfumes out there.
03 October 2006
Celine Dion by Celine Dion
There are few perfumes that I can not find something to do with them, but this one smelled so horrid, I threw it away. I heard on a talk show how popular it had been and so I picked up a sampler of Celine Dion, Belong, and Notes. They all went in the trash. The top, Middle, and base notes where all alcohol. When the alcohol went away, well, so did everything else.
03 October 2006
Cashmere Mist by Donna Karan
Cashmire Mist is one scent that I can not smell. I know it is there, others smell it, but it is such a light fragrance that I have sprayed it on a paper and on me many times trying to see what it smells like. I guess this one will forever escape me. So I will have to say that for me this is a very mysterious scent.
03 October 2006
Shalimar by Guerlain
Shalimar has always been my best friends only scent and so I have tried over and over to like it. It smells wonderful on her, but there is some note in it that smells too heavy or smoky on me. Then Shalimar Light came out and solved that problem. So I can respect the talent that went into creating this perfume, but will stick with the Shalimar Light.
03 October 2006
Coco by Chanel
I have worn Coco so much that I have gotten a little bored with it, not that it is a boring scent. Not at all. It is simply Marvelous Darling. An oriental that smells very expensive and classy. I have just lately felt like venturing out, expanding my horizons, getting daring, and trying other scents. Unfortunately so many scents end up smelling like clones of something else. Who knows, someday I may even get another bottle of Coco.
03 October 2006
Realm Women by Realm Fragrances
I love Realm. It smells like spicy mandarins soaking in honey. I would call it a very mild oriental, the kind you could wear anywhere without offending too many people. For me there are four types of perfumes: There is the kind that is so bad, it goes into the trash. There is the kind that gets used in the bathroom for air freshener. There is the kind that I will finish the bottle, but probably not buy again and then their is the kind that I buy over and over and over. Realm is the kind where I will definitely finish the bottle, but will probably not buy again. There are just too many perfumes out there.
03 October 2006
Shalimar Light by Guerlain
I have not been able to like Shalimar until Shalimar Light came out. Shalimar Light is not a watered down version of the regular Shalimar. It is just as potent, but one of the heavy notes of the regular Shalimar has been left out, it seems. It first smells like a very pleasant burst of lemon then settles down to a spicy, lemony, vanilla. I usually don't like fruity perfumes, but the lemon scent in this is so clean and fresh.
03 October 2006
L'Air du Temps by Nina Ricci
I have a large bottle of L'air du temps with those beautiful doves on top. I can see why it is a classic because it is truly a very special ever so slightly spiced floral. I am an oriental perfume lover and rarely wear florals, but when I do, this is one of them. It is so well blended with gardenia, musk, rose, carnation and sandalwood. It is so light, and yet it lasts for a surprisingly long time. I can not imagine someone into florals who would not absolutely love this perfume.
03 October 2006
No. 5 by Chanel
I am an oriental perfume lover and so it is rare that I find a floral I truly love. Jasmine is my favorite floral scent and so Chanel#5 gives me a very bubbly, sparkly, spicy, uncomplicated Jasmine when I am in the mood for it. My husband does not really like it. He does not say anything at all when I wear chanel#5, but when I wear one of my orientals, he goes ummm. So, I wear Chanel#5 for myself when the mood strikes me.
03 October 2006
Le Baiser du Dragon by Cartier
My very, very favorite by far. I have several favorites, but this one tops the list at least for now. It is also by far my husbands favorite scent on me. Amarreto tops an otherwise blend so well put together that it creates the most heavenly, haunting, aroma. It is sultry without being heavy. It is a scent that has it's own personality. In other words, there seem to be so many clones now-a-days and so I get excited to find something so perfect and so new. It is not floral at all, and yet, it could be worn by someone who likes the softest perfumes.
03 October 2006
Opium by Yves Saint Laurent
I love Opium, always have. It is one of the few classics that I have never gotten tired of. Spicy and sweet without being too sweet. The spices are so well blended that no one note dominates and I have not found a scent that has so many spices that blend so beautifully together creating a smooth living spice of it's own. It is not floral at all. My husband probably likes it on me even more than I do. I will always keep a bottle or two.
03 October 2006
Samsara by Guerlain
Samsara is one of my very favorites. The beautiful smell of Sandalwood and Vanilla are toned down ever so slightly with Jasmine and Ylang Ylang. It does not smell floral, but the florals are just barely there enough to take any sharp edges off the Sandalwood and Vanilla. This ends up being such a delicate oriental blend that I certainly hope they never quit making it or change the formula because it is just perfect.
03 October 2006
Angel by Thierry Mugler
If I got up on a hot summer day, took a shower, cut open a grapefruit, poured a lot of sugar on top, then rubbed this in my armpits, by the end of the day, I think I would end up with Angel. I would not mind smelling this on someone else, but not on me. Having heard of how popular this fragrance is or has been, I know now to be very careful about what I hear. The bottle is beautiful and with the name Angel and all the talk about it, I expected something at least wearable now and then. I will definitely pass on this one.
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