Bond Girl 007 Forever

Like those that hated it for it in this perfume's infancy, to those that now love it for it, I would be remiss to not mention how black pepper is a note with a distinct, clear presence, from application onwards as it dries down. Personally, I love it, both on its own and layered with something else, like other woodsy, amber types. It used to part of my rotation of signature scents, for both day and night (and people who came close to me couldn't get enough of it, either!), but now I cling onto the last few drops at the bottom of the bottle like a greedy, sappy drunkard, years and years later. Maybe one day I'll manage to snag a fresh replacement so I can enjoy this scent anew again. Avon fragrances are very nostalgic for me, but even I know that many of them used to have that touch of rubbing alcohol to them. But from what I remember, not this one. Instead, it opens and stays woody, cashmered, and peppery - and that works for me.

Just after a bottle of Bond Girl 007 my sister gave me this perfume. I think she intended that I used this one occasionally because it was supposed to be more as an evening scent?.. I used it as a day perfume and worked brilliantly for that purpose. I loved it.

I Just wanted to add that one of the Notes BLACK Pepper is Not listed in the Official notes here and it's a Key player in the Scent itself!

I had a bottle of this perfume years ago and it wasn't a favorite then. I recently got a few sample vials of this and was anxious to try them out. Putting it on brought a wave of memories, which was cool. Made me feel younger and sexy. I could definitely notice the citrus at first but that died down pretty quickly. Overall, I just smell smoky, sweet woods. No jasmine or fruity notes. It smells nice and sultry, no alcohol smell that is typical of avon perfumes. Probably still not something u would wear often (if at all) just because it's not "me". Very nice though, so it's worth a try!

I could smell distinctly the blackcurrant in this fragrance but it seemed to wear off very quickly and I couldn't really smell anything afterwards. However it was a very humid day so I will have to revisit it as my experience varies to the other reviews and I never write a perfume off quickly.

In cold season it was hard to feel any smell at all. Now, in summer, it opens itself nicely with quite a noticable aroma. Forever is very different and easily recognizable. Therefore I actually like the bouquet.

This is a sibling to the discontinued Le Feu D'Issey!

mainly cashmere wood, papyrus and sandalwood with some brightness in the top; in the top it smells exactly like something else I own that I can't place my finger on; as it dries down it gets a hint of baby vomit to it but papyrus always seems to do that to me; soft and powdery not like lipstick but a powdered wood with a bit of sweetness; and, I swear there is pepper in here!

From reading the notes and the previous reviews, I don't know if I got a bad sample or what, but all I smell is PEPPER!! Now, I happen to like pepper, but this is ridiculous - it's overpowering and, unfortunately, the little swipe had some lasting power in it - I put it on at 10 til 7 this morning and it's 2:30pm now and the pepper smell still makes me want to sneeze... :(

I agree with the other reviewers who could smell only pepper. It's all pepper. No citrus, no flowers, no woods, just black pepper. This site doesn't even list pepper as one of the notes, but the back of the box reads, "a sultry cocktail of dangerous seduction blending sleek citrus fruits and black pepper with sexy jasmine florals and smoky woods". Not.

This isn't a good perfume I think. It's not so far away from the original and I didn't like that one either. It's quite non-telling and not worth a buy in my view.

Blah, in the beginning I do notice the oh so slight fruity floral aspect, but this quickly turns into pepper, pepper, pepper! Not impressed with this one.

I hate this one, dont have words! :-S

A friend of mine wears Bond Girl 007 which I tried but thought it was very cheap and unappealing as a pretty ordinary peach scent. This is the night time version of the first Bond Girl fragrance released by Avon. This is sexy and aromatic despite not having any real strongly aromatic scents like patchouli. I swear there was patchouli in this but it's the papyrus. This is the same kind of papyrus scent you get from Jessica Simpson's Fancy Night or Marc Jacob's Decadence. This is better than Decadence for me. I couldn't wear that one it was too strong. This one is much sweeter and more girly with fruit notes that project and smell so good. It opens with some citrus notes and a grape scent. Sweet and fruity very light but detectable. Then it smells mostly of jasmine. The papyrus and sandalwood give it an Oriental touch. Exotic, seductive and elegant. The dry down is pure amber. Smells more expensive than a typical Avon. I was so wrong about Avon. I swore I'd never touch an Avon fragrance until a girl friend and former college roommate told me that Avon actually has some beautiful treasures waiting to be discovered. This is a discontinued fragrance but still sells on ebay sometimes on Amazon.com. I feel it does smell like a sexy Bond girl from the movies but the newer ones with Daniel Craig.

I'm so happy I didn't give this away, I made a wonderful discovery. When worn as a base underneath certain scents (preferably those with some amount of citrus or woods as well as quite a few florals) this scent brings out a deeper darker woodsier side for example when worn underneath Bijan VIP, Bijan takes on a whole new darker life that I love for nighttime use. In fact I have began to use this as a base to turn most of my daytime perfumes into nighttime ones as well. It doesn't work with all but experiment and you may be pleasantly surprised at the treats that you can come up with. I know I was :).

Got this as a gift from my avon lady today and whoa for the woody perfume lovers this is a must. Forget citrus and flowers on my this is a warm woody back of a cedar cabinet kind of smell from start to finish. I was hoping it'd be a musky, sexy, woody floral but instead it was just this deep woody scent for hours. I love the bottle, purple's my favorite color and the shape is very sexy but I wouldn't say that this is a sexy perfume, rather I somehow find it calming. I wouldn't buy it for myself bt as a gift hell yes I'll accept it. I think I'll wear it to bed

Bond Girl 007 Forever is supposed to have notes of citruses and black pepper with jasmine and smoky woods. But it's all black pepper. OK, actually I can ALMOST detect the jasmine but it's so subtle that it can easily be undetected. Later the same thing happens with citruses but again it's subtle. The pepper dominates all the way. Some people consider Bond Girl Forever sexy, I consider it heavily peppery.

I thought I would like this one better than the first one. I wanted to enjoy this and from the description thought it would be sexy. I had to give it away because the only note that came through on me was the black pepper. I gave this to my aunt, and she actually likes this. I couldn't walk around smelling like black pepper in stiletto boots. Not sexy.

A very distinctive, peppery, warm and spicy scent, it can be perceived as really sexy - of course depending what gets you excited;)It also has some milky notes, but they're rather non-disturbing. It is kind of similar to Feu d'Issey but it's much more wearable, pleasurable and non-sickening. I wish it was still available!

A friend of mine loves this one... unfortunately I find it very hard to get along with it, it literally hurts my nose. That must be the black pepper. For my taste it smells very cheap and like a horrible mess. Sorry:(