Musk

Why isn't this the potent musk you remember? Two words: Nitro Musk! Banned in the US since 1979 they were in most if not all of the old musk oils. Contrary to what some believe "real" musk hasn't been used in most mainstream fragrance for almost 100 years! Nitro-musks were once used extensively in perfumery and are now largely prohibited in many countries because they can't be fully cleaned out by sewage treatment plants and accumulate in fish and such. The kicker is that there is no conclusive proof that they're actually harmful. Polycyclic musks are mostly used in fragrance and londry products these days. They far inferior in strength, longevity and odor to the nitro musks. Macrocyclic musks are also not a good replacement for nitro musks. Although they closely resemble the true scent of real deer (Tonkin) musk, half the human population are anosmic to it. That means there is 50% chance you can't smell it! EVER! So fragrance companies use several musk chemicals in the hopes that you'll smell atleast one! So now you know why fragrance can smell so much different between people. Alicyclic musks I don't know too much about, their sort of new but from what I've heard they are also no match for nitro musks.

I have this one, but in the oil form, for more than 20 years. It hasn't changed at all.... First time I smelled it, was on my cousin when we were 18/19 yo. I bought it because I really loved how it smelled, but unfortunately, it never smelled on me as much as good as it was smelling on her. She wore it for years. Few weeks ago, we were sitting in front of her house and started talking about perfumes and she said that this was her favourite perfume and that she can't find it for years anymore... She tried it in non oil form but wasn't getting from that one what she was getting from this perfume oil. When I told her that I still have, almost untouched bottle of that oil, she was shocked. I will give it to her for her birthday, which is today and she should come tomorrow... I hope she will... This perfume belongs to her more than it belongs to me. It was her signature for many years, and she is mostly using perfume oils. I'm not using it anyway because it just gets to cloying on my skin, but when she wears it is light and airy ... Simply beautiful.... 🥰🥰🥰 ... It's a shame that we don't have it in the oil form anymore. It was so good!

I have tried the edc, edt, edt and the perfume oil. The edc was like an awfully cheap hairspray - and i wonder where the low ratings are concerned, depend on the version tested. The edt is lovely. Having said that i was anosmic to that but after resting my nose for a while (from strong fragrances) the scent was apparent and a lovely sweet fresh skin scent reminiscent of a baby was noted. The edp is a muskier version of the edt and sweeter. The perfume oil is not as musky as the edp but a stronger version of the edt. It lasts for several hours and i get the occasional waft. I think you have to have a certain skin chemistry to pull the oil off. I find that i have better results with perfume oils in general. The perfume oil is what i wanted Jovan Musk oil to be on my skin - which is fleeting on me and i can hardly smell it. However the AA musk perfume oil is quite strong for a musk oil (unless i have overloaded my nostrils with too many fragrances) and has a floral soapiness about it without being harsh yet a pleasantly clean scent. If the edt lasted longer then this would also be my fav but the perfume oil is my preferred choice.

First time, blind buy, 100ml straight away since the original perfume was created by Houbigant and the seller claimed the EDT was also by Houbigant. I am quite puzzled by the annotation at alyssaashley.com:"A rich, oriental blend of over 100 of the world’s finest ingredients unite to create Musk Eau de Toilette", - as I did not catch just as many olfactory ingredients. To me it is as light and delicious as a fizzy drink, which I could enjoy forever! The opening is the first sip - sweet, addictive, with bubbles in your face, and the rest is a top up to go with the rest of the day. Impressive longevity for an EDT of 8 good hours, unsure if there is any trail, but I am usually happy to wear a skin scent that only I can feel during the office hours. It is an unexpected gem and I am going to stock up on EDP and oil, to see if I can get the bubbles popping up for a longer period of time. Anyone with so called "colder" type of skin are probably going to have the same experience with this loveliness as me. Head notes: Sicilian Bergamot Heart notes: Rose, Jasmine and Ylang Ylang Base notes: Iris, Oakmoss, Vanilla, Tonka Bean and Musk

goodness this is nice! I got the EDP for a great price on Fragrancenet, needing to add something for free shipping trusting that I enjoy classic yellow 70s musks and honestly I like this better than the youtube reviewer touted fragrance I'd set out to order. This Musk ties for my favorite with Reminiscence Musc -- which is sweeter and more ylang-y and i might like it a little more on merit, but is on the other hand discontinued, and also took about a year to mature into its 'real' scent, so this one wins out overall. AA Musk EDP is great right out of the box. It's warm, it's cozy and sweet but not too sweet, it has subtle but lasting projection. This is a warm 'clean' musk but not a cold, antiseptic-ambrox one like many modern popular 'clean girl' scents, which makes it very familiar and friendly without that overly-scrubbed feeling. goes a little powdery in the drydown with the rose, iris and moss, but it's more an earthy powder than a powder puff feeling if that makes sense. quite similar to a couple of kuumba made classic musks like 'oriental musk' and 'wind dancer' but with better longevity.

I really like this as an after bath scent. It smells soft and clean and faintly soapy. It’s classier than Jovan, Skin and Coty Wild Musk, and layers well with most other fragrances. My favorite combo is to layer this with Byredo Gypsy Water-it smells amazing, you can thank me later :) This was a blind buy from FrangranceNet but I felt safe doing so because musk agrees with my body chemistry. It’s less than $20 and I use it mostly at bedtime or when I’m hanging out at home. Edit 7/9/22: Reached for this scent this morning after my shower and it might as well been alcohol that I sprayed on myself. I’ve only had it for a couple months, and all the musk oil has evaporated and now it only smells like alcohol. I can detect no musk scent, even on paper. I’ve only used about 1/4 of the bottle ( that must have been the part that had the musk scent) oh well, this seems to be the norm for just about every inexpensive fragrance out there. Another one for the trash bin.

To me this smells like the cleanest and fluffiest cat ever and it's the most comforting scent. And my cat really likes it. It has no gender, it's just relaxation and cosines in a bottle. Musky and powdery, clean but a little bit animalic. This has been one of my favourite perfumes over 20 years and I love the shower gel too. My only complaint is that the longevity and sillage are not that good and I need to spray quite a lot. But sometimes with 10 sprays it lasts 12 hours on my skin. I would pay much more if it would be stronger. But what can I do. I still love it. Just LOVE it. Edit: If you like Alyssa Ashley Musk but find it too weak or can't really smell it, try Cassandra by Jeanne Arthes. (Yes I know, but try it anyway.) It's very much alike. Very powdery, soapy with prominent ylang ylang and warm Egyptian musk. It lasts longer and costs nothing. So good and I've got so many compliments.

This is a wonderful fresh floral musky perfume. To my nose, I mostly find the perfume to have green, powdery and musky notes. There is also a cool, crystalline scent in this perfume which I really love. I detect the Iris, the Musk, the Geranium and the Oakmoss the most. I also got whiffs of Bergamot and Rose. I find this more of a night fragrance. I usually see Autumn to be the right season for it but I think it can be suitable for Summer nights as well. Despite its affordability, the fragrance has a slight elegant appeal to it. I think this type of fragrance is good for the night life. Like going to bars, nightclubs and the like. I also think this is good to wear for formal occasions and for fine dining. The scent lasted like 6 to 7 hours on my skin which impressed me. Sillage is about an arm's length. Overall, I love this perfume.

I am in the lucky possession of an unused black rounded bottle of oil from the 70's and a newer clear round bottle of oil. The newer bottle is not the currant bottle sold today, it looks different but I don't know from when. (80's, 90's or 2000's) The old fragrance is rich, creamy, slightly soapy and lasts all day and all night! It's reminiscent of Jovan Musk or more accurately Jovan is much like Alyssa Ashley. The newer one is obviously the same fragrance but more soapy and the silage is not there. The lasting power is good but not half of what I found in the older bottle. All in all it passes. I have yet to try the newest bottle and if it hasn't changed much from the last incarnation than I will be happy with it. Buying vintage fragrance is time consuming, expensive and risky as many will have gone bad.

Okay, I tried this on today. The initial blast was awful, it smelled like hairspray. I thought that AA won't work on my skin, and moved on. But after an hour or so it started to lose the hairspray quality, and moved on to be softer and sweeter. Well, now, after six hours, one of them in the sauna, it smells wonderful. Just like my grandma. It's musky and earthy but clean at the same time. I love, love, love it. But would I buy it? Hmm, well, I don't feel for the beginning, not the slightest. But maybe, if I sprayed it on the night before..? Just a thought. Or maybe it works better in the oil form? It's not too expensive, so maybe I could get a bottle of this.

This used to be my favorite as a teen. Now my taste has changed or they just aren't making this the way they used to! Gosh it was so good way back when, you got light headed just sniffing the the scent on the air after you put this on. I still like it ok, but I agree it's kinda hairsprayish. I wouldn't bother with it except for the fact, there's still a TINY bit of that craved original scent. That nostalgic scent still hiding in this, brings back such sweet memories of youth. Without any memories of the time, this perfume would be about worthless to me. NOT that it's bad, it's just not near what it was. I don't think I'd buy it without these sweet memories.

Nothing to says about this scent just a month has 30 days & I wear this scent around 20. I can't bear if I see that the perfume has left leass than 20% of the bottle & I need to stock it up as sooooon as possible. I am be like this for 6 years since I found this scent. The body lotion is also work great as it could be stay on your skin with moderately sillage for day without top up with their EDT. This scent is unintentionally sexy while it's innocent in the same time. I always got compliment from many people and ask me what's that scent. Surely that i keep it as my secret to avoid my surrounding people has the same scent with me! hahaha.

This is my signature perfume ever!!! Alyssa Ashely Musk... I got Perfume and Oil Vintage Version at eBay I always keep stock of this perfume. I can't live without with this scent. I wearing Alyssa Ashley Musk everyday to work. it's like a good luck charm to me. I feel comfortable and calm at my work with this scent. Very subtle, warm, sexy, skin scent... I do not use a current version one. cause, the scent is not a musk. it's like a hair spray or water to me... I wish that the old formula will come back to the perfume industry. very disappointed recently version's perfumes... Anyway, I LOVE Alyssa Ashley Musk sooo badly...

A great all year rounder, the scent is a musky, white floral as described above and not too strong, affordable and can definitely be used by all genders. At first, it smells a bit like hairspray, but when it dries down leaves a lovely light fragrance that won't give people a headache. It's starting to become my go-to perfume, still a classic after more than 50 years. You have to try it at least once in your life, you won't be disappointed. Great for people on a budget that still like to smell good and fresh. I have both the EDP and the EDT, but that's another whole review.

My aunt wore this as her signature scent. She is my favorite relative. I have great memories of her. Even though she was much older than me, this did not smell like an "old woman." This didn't smell too young either. It was very relevant and ageless when I would smell it on her. She always offered to share it. I loved the smell on her. I appreciated it on her with her chemistry. I didn't feel a personal connection to wear this, it feels like it belongs on people I would love to be around but not necessarily my go-to fragrance.

Starting off,at first I get a blast of alcohol. Then,what I smell is nice,clean and fresh,but it's so light I can barely smell anything. I have to put my wrist right up to my nose to smell it. Too bad,because what I do smell is nice. Maybe it is because I got the toilette version,but that's all they had. I want to keep this,but I'd probably have to bathe in this in order to smell it. Perhaps I shall give this another chance. Perhaps.

This smells really good! Very similar to Jovan Musk. I don't know if it's just me, but I get kind of a fizzy citrus soda vibe from this. It smells clean and soft but a little effervescent. As others have said, longevity is terrible. What a shame! I got this to try in the EDT but it also comes in EDP and I wonder if that would last longer. I just don't wanna drop $30 if it's still basically a body spray like the EDT is.

Unfortunately i cannot review the oil here. The oil is the best. It is fresh, musky, clesn, warm sexy, comfy. My go to scent when i want some comfort. To me it is noticable but not too in your face or obnoxious. But when i wear it i also am afraid it might be considered childish or tacky but i love it. Sillage for me is moderate and lasts about 8 hours. I get compliments wearing this.

Whenever I feel this perfume I think of my mother. It is perfume since I am very young and it reminds me of many memories. He feels very good and fits her perfectly. By cons, I would not wear this perfume because it looks less like me and because this perfume is the smell of my mother for me. I advise you to go and feel it, it feels really different. :)

This was a pleasant surprise! Smelled it for the first time today. At first spray, it might seem like it has this «soapy» scent. Give it a few minutes for it to blend into the skin - and it smells absolutely amazing! Smells mature, yet musky and sweet. A perfect mix of these three! The bottle is really «meh» - but it’s content is giving life!!