Antonia's Flowers

Antonia's Flowers -- where to begin... I first smelled it on the very chic mother of a childhood friend and was immediately enchanted with the morning fresh magnolia that dominates (for me) the perfume. Falling in love with this gauzy floral was easy -- growing up in the southern United States where magnolia blossoms perfumed gardens and yards with their divinely heady, almost lemony fragrance, I remember cherishing the smell of the bloom at different times of the day as it unfolded, and that is what this delicious fragrance does for me. I do detect hints of freesia which add to the charm of the perfume. Lily and soft peachy fruits also add to the character and beauty of Antonia's Flowers as it slowly unveils itself to the wearer. If you're looking for fresh spring with a suggestion of mystery in a bottle splurge a little an give AF a go...you won't regret it.

I have adored this perfume for many years. I could not imagine not having it in my collection. I use it sparingly as it is very expensive, ( have the pure perfume) but when I do wear it I get loads of compliments. I have even been approached by people at work saying they were told by someone else to come and sniff me! Infact I have been asked specifically to wear it to work! I won't everyday though, I need to make it last. My favourite flower smell in the whole world is freesia and after the initial blast, which I really don't like atall, I can't describe it, I am rubbish at describing notes, it settles into the most beautiful freesia on me. Perhaps not for everyone, but you love freesia I think this is the closest you'll ever get to wearing it.

This is a very classic floral, my signature for quite some time. It's not a heavy floral; instead it's pure wildflowers bathing in sunlight. It's the way your skin should smell after rolling around naked in an enormous bed of freesia and magnolia. I'm surprised others smell lily. For me this is almost pure, sweet freesia with overt hints of magnolia. I suggest the EDP over the EDT because it has great staying power and smells richer, deeper. When I bought mine (almost 15 years ago), it was packaged with a beautiful flower-shaped glass stopper, but it also came with a spray nozzle so you could switch back and forth if you want. Floral perfection in a gorgeous bottle!

Perfect spring perfume, packed and overflowing with freesias - very pretty indeed. Only downside is I cannot smell it on my skin after the first 20 minutes. However, a spritz on my clothes and it's a stayer. Update: So I have been wearing this for a couple of hours now and it blooms from buds to a full on display of freesia, magnolia, jasmine and lily and it's divine. It's on my clothes and only faintly on my skin but I love it.

it's been a while since i've worn this perfume but i remember loving the light scent of freesia. the scent of lilies is usually too overpowering for me but i didn't find it so in this fragrance. it reminded me of a bouquet of fresh spring flowers lightly scenting the air. very lovely, feminine scent.

This one is really beautiful. Forgot all about it - had a mini forever ago and loved it very much. A voluptuous, bright floral mix. One of the best bouquets i’ve ever smelt - rich & complex. Classy all the way. Putting in on the need to have again list!

Try Matier Premier Parsian Musc. Don't get mad with me - just try it. I've been missing AF for 30 years and there is something in Parisian Musc which is giving me the same vibe. Delightful!

A forever favorite that brought me such joy and so many inquiries and compliments from friends and strangers alike. Please let it be true that it is indeed coming back!

So sad this masterpiece is discontinued it used to be my signature scent but I can’t get it anymore and I have never smelled anything like it or remotely similar

This is the most natural freesia smell I can ever find! Really love it! Although it has other notes it still very freesia all the time.

Violet glass shot through with white flower light...Irresistible!

I bought a bottle of Antonia’s Flowers from Mecca more than a couple of years ago - really when Mecca was just starting out online and they had a secondary site called Kit. At the time it was around $150, so it was a big purchase and a blind buy, but it promised freesia – my favourite scent in the world. When it arrived, I was disappointed with the box and the bottle, but the biggest disappointment for me was the freesia. It was a white floral once it softened, but the freesia was hiding in there somewhere. I just didn’t get it – there were too many other flowers in the bouquet. Just not for me. So, sadly, I reboxed it, and put it at the very back of my perfume cupboard – heartbroken that I had spent so much on something I wasn’t going to wear. It stayed there until I finally sold it (for much less) to someone who loved it and loved the freesia. So, it was me – it was my skin that soaked up the freesia, shot it straight into my little dutch heart, and kept it hidden - or my nose just couldn't separate it from the bunch. I’m so glad others enjoy it and the freesia dances on their skin and doesn’t hide. If you smell the freesia, I'm jealous. Wear it with joy!

I have an almost-empty vintage bottle of this and it is very concentrated and almost sharp, but the DNA is there. Gorgeous scent. Recently a shop in my neighborhood (Berkeley, the Elmwood neighborhood) opened that sells perfume oils. They have both single note scents that you can wear singly or combine to create a signature scent, but they also have their versions of famous scents already blended. I was SHOCKED to see they had "their version" of Antonia's Flowers, and bought it immediately. It's very nice. I could wear this every day. I recognize the similarity to my vintage bottle, but there's less sharpness, which I enjoy. I'm glad to have this scent back in my wardrobe, since I have been afraid to use the rest of my old bottle. (The store is called Scents By The Bay for anyone interested.)

For me, this is a clean, fresh, subtle spring daytime perfume that has a very realistic blooming freesia scent, unlike the artificially sweet scents you tend to find in the shops or the very heavy mossy ones such as traditional Guerlain. When I first wore this, a male friend (who enjoys gardening) immediately picked up the freesia note and loved it. It's a Saturday and Sunday type of perfume, carefree and relaxed. Now...that said...I would swap my nearly full bottle of this any day for Tiempe Passate, the intimate evening perfume. But the two have different purposes and are lovely in their own way. Antonia's Flowers are, or were, simply the finest perfumes ever made.

my hubby bought me this about 3 years ago after i visited space nk, sprayed some on my wrist & promptly fell in love with it! very very expensive, but good ole hubby bought some for me, anyhoo i wore it for about 4 days, the smell of lilys is intoxicating, a really floral perfume, thats very strong, excellent silage, but for me its just to much! yes i love florals, yes i love the smell of lilys, but i just couldnt tolerate it im afraid, i ended up just using it as an air freshner, (very expensive air freshner), wouldnt buy it again, but great if you like srong lily smells!!

This scent has a mostly jammy accord once I put it on, almost like the inside of a toasted raisin. I wasn’t able to pick out any floral notes at all. I think that’s because my sample sat for a while and became concentrated similar to the bottle MsFCAS had. While it is somewhat dense, it’s not cloying and is very pleasant to wear overall. I got about nine hours of wear time, but it more or less turns into a skin scent after about four hours.

Definitive flower shop fragrance. Finally found a used EDT spray at a decent price. Smells more like a florist's than any perfume I've tried. Has a rather dirty green quality to it like the water in a vase of flowers. Lily with some magnolia at the onset, then jasmine and sandalwood. I don't pick up much freesia here as some others do. It's quite unique.

A sweet light floral that satisfies the senses.Jasmine and freesia r most prominate.It is a refreshing fume.A step away from ur regular florals in that nothing is heavy.An uplifting fume for sure.

I love-love-love this fragrance! I have been wearing it since 1989 (not sure why it's listed as 1995). It is light, clean and floral, great for a daytime scent.

I don't use write bad reviews and this doesn't intended to be so. I just want advise: do not buy this fragance without properly testing. The notes were so promissing but all I can get here is a bit plastic and soft remaining from water where flowers were layed. Maybe a reaction on my skin. I read the reviews and I ordered a sample expecting a bunch of semi sweet fresh flowers. I wonder why the diapers smell comes from (clean diapers). I must say my skin is clean after a shower with dove. Maybe that... more tests needed.