Candid

So, this is another fragrance that was absolutely forbidden in my chidlhood. Anything remotely woody, musky, or amber wasn't allowed in through the door. And boy were we missing out! One whiff from the vintage 1983 bottles I have and I'm impressed! I decided to start out with original Candid on day one. I use a pipette to dab my wrists, neck, and pits. Immediately a lovely gentle chypre scent fills the room. Mildly floral, the ylang ylang and tuberose aren't indolic at all. Hours 1-3: Candid OG stays pleasantly woody throughout its drydown. Hours 3-6: I'm surprised to notice that unlike the other Avons I've tested this week that Candid actually makes it all the way to my normal 6 hour reapplication. Not intense, but she's still there. I notice she's become a bit sweeter as she leaves. After dinner reapplication, like Mesmerize I use a little bit of Coty's Vanilla Musk. Fantastic together! Warm, soothing, relaxing scent. I decide that next time I'll try her out with BBW's Cashmere Glow too. Day two: Time for Candid Ultra. Pipette apply to the same spots. Wow...wow...WOW! The Ultra label is no lie! This, this is GREAT! 😍 It's every scent I liked about the day before but just a bit more. The sillage and last are doubled. If you put Candid on for the day, then you'd reapply this Candid Ultra at night. I skip the noon reapplication, because I didn't think I needed to. This is quite impressive for a classic Avon cologne. In the evening I reapplied with a bit of my own personal mixture of spice and sandalwood I've been steeping for this Fall. Holy smokes, together with my winter spice heavy mix the Candid Ultra brings forth the cloves and patchouli and together they are a powerhouse. I can't wait to combine them together again this Fall. My husband is blown away (in the good way) too. My teenagers compliment this combo even! I regret not leaving the house last night. My birthday is in September (the big 4-0) and I'm wearing this combo out that night, that's how good these are together! This is a keeper for me. I'm 100% going to try out a new bottle even. Cost effective, great for layering, compliment getting, I'm won over with this one. She's going right alongside my beloved Cotillion, and Avon still makes it (though I can't yet attest to the reformulated modern version. I will update this in the future though!). Price elitism be damned, I think you should give this one a try.

I must say that my search for "the real" Candid has taken a while! And come to a very satisfying conclusion........ My previous review states that I loved the vintage, aged mini of Candid that I sampled at a friend's house, and that I later bought a vintage of my own. It was wonderful, though somewhat weaker than the aged ( condensed?) mini. Recently I decided to purchase a bottle of the current affair, just to layer with the old. WOW. It is now here, and my expectations have been surpassed!! Perhaps it was not necessary to purchase a vintage after all, as this "plain ol" bottle will do quite nicely, thank you Very much. It's strong and true to the vintage, though not exactly like the skin softener I had originally sampled. That must have been my confusion all along. In some of the skin softeners there is a sour quality, rather unlike the juice itself. Now that I have this lovely BARGAIN, I want to encourage all of you who love woody tuberose to try this little wonder. I feel as though I've just bought a rather expensive edp, while in actuality I've purchased a cologne for around 6 USD ( ! ). The sillage and longevity are truly amazing for a cologne. Please don't let perfume snobbery deprive you of Avon's well kept secrets. Think of Timeless, for instance...... EDIT ~ I've now concluded that the vintage 80's and the current Candid are virtually identical. I cannot tell them apart once they've been on my skin for around 5 minutes. There is a way in which this is Woody, Balmy, and Rosy - simultaneously. Charming!

I bought this fragrance at a flea market counter that was selling Avon, along with Far Away Sensual Embrace, and Peony Soft Musk, and this one is my favorite of the three. To my nose it smells similarly to Primo! (the dupe of Giorgio Beverly Hills)and Tatiana on me when it sits on my skin for about 4 hours it starts smelling like the dry down of EA Sunflowers. I absolutely love it, it has a powdery-floral drydown on my skin and it makes me smile! This is a silliage monster, I can spray it on my wrists at 7am and I can still smell it before I jump into the shower at 9pm! I really hope rumors are incorrect when they say its discontinued because this is a beautiful scent! If it is true, not a smart move, Avon, not a smart moVe AT ALL!

so i felt a bit nostalgic today & grabbed avons classic candid & oh my how it brings back such wonderful memories :) they definitely dont make frangranes like this anymore...this has superb longevity.....a beautiful heady floral for sure - its not for the light hearted lol - and i say that with love lol.........if u arent into heavy florals - heavy powder scents then this may not be for u lol..............but for me i love scents like this so i consider this a classic winner from avon..........and once u wear it it becomes oddly addicting lol tuberose, ylang ylang & its powdery elegance are pretty prominent in this scent even tho its strong i find it very calming & peaceful :) avon please keep this classic alive !!!

Candid is not a safe blind buy . I wish I could smell more skanky oakmoss , patchouli & sandalwood, but tuberose takes over my senses in this one. I can smell how Candid would have been real sexy knockout of a fragrance back in 70s & 80s though... it’s a sweeter version of Charlie and Jon tue ...it’s wearable for me because it reminds me slightly of Design by Paul Sebastian , but I won’t buy another bottle or anything.... Update I will definitely repurchase after realizing how fresh clean & mossy Candid turned out to be .... 🎈🎈🎈💭🐡

This was a surprise. I had formed a negative opinion of Candid after buying a not so fresh bottle last year. New year. New Avon lady. So happy I gave Candid a second chance. This sophisticated and powdery white floral smells much more expensive and luxurious. For me the notes that dominate are the tuberose,sandalwood,and jasmine. Candid is a scent that polishes anyone up. Pearls and jeans all the way.I have the newest version. Candid has become a fragrance I reach for often. Avon's classics will Never die.

Update: I bought the perfume! What a steal at $8 from Avon. I think it could be mistaken for something more expensive. A bit vintage smelling but clean, classic and feminine. The vetiver tuberose combo works well on my skin. So this isn't for the perfume but for the scented Avon Candid deodorant and omgoodness, I want to try the perfume now. It is a comfortable and classic, floral powdery smell. I love fragrances like this that smell gentle but strong and oh so feminine.

the first time i had this perfume in my hands i thought it would smell like a cheap scent... i was mistaken, it is a beautiful tuberose scent and i dare to say it smells expensive, it is very very long lasting i even can smell it when drying my hair after bath, it is so delightful and sweet, it lasts up to 8 hours on my skin which is really good.i love strong and long lasting scents and this is one of them, i am very sure i will repurchase it.

This is a light slightly spicy floral that is perfect for daytime in any season. There is a freshness, and lightness that keeps the spice from becoming too much. I loved this scent when I was younger, and I still love it. It is unique enough to keep me coming back to it all these years later. Sillage is quite good and longevity is fairly good as well.

If you can find a vintage bottle that has preserved well you have yourself a classic mossy white/yellow floral masterpiece. Narcotic tuberose on a bed of vetiver and ylang-ylang with a creamy floral oakmoss base. This is like an early Ysatis. Just beautiful and so potent for a cologne.

I first tried a sample of this in a avon book! My first reaction I thought it had a unique smell. So I ordered it and I am very please with this perfume. It has a nice floral scent with a hint of a incense smell. Like the staying power of it. Good Stuff!!!

A gentle, under-appreciated fragrance from Avon that has soft tuberose and sandalwood. A nice choice for warm weather, and it's quite long lasting. As others have said, it does recall Jontue. I have smelled Jontue recently, and prefer Candid.

I had the Avon Classic Collection version of Candid that was a gift from my aunt and it smells so divine! Jasmine, ylang-ylang, vetiver and lots of sandalwood and oakmoss! It's my signature (and everyday) fragrance now!

Very soapy, almost like a bar of Ivory soap. This may be good for the ‘I hate perfume’ people. Not potent like some of its contemporaries. Gentle, easy to live with.

The first time I smelled this I was completely intrigued. That was about 27+ years ago! I was helping our neighbor (who I would sometimes clean for) and who was a very beautiful, tall, totally chic, well traveled flight attendant, clean out her bathroom vanity as she was getting a divorce from her husband. These were people who had money. From the Jaguar that had its own “tree” to replace wooden parts of their car, to the leather Chesterfield or English down feather filled furniture that was everywhere in the house, I was always smelling this heady, warm, floral smell which would be emanating from the powder room. It was so lovely, mossy and rich. I pulled out some bravery & asked her about the scent. She was wearing Dior, but pulled out an old coffret of Avon Candid...hand cream, perfume & shower gel. That was it! Exactly what I was always smelling. The shower gel had leaked all over and since she was throwing it away she said I could have the set if I wanted it. Well, I was over the moon & hoarded every bit of what was left of that for months. I hadn't really remembered it or thought about it since, but then a week or so ago I was at our local Dollar Tree store. They had a lot of Avon Candid antiperspirant roll on deodorants for sale. I had to have one! For a buck...? what the heck! :) I have been wearing this all day, and if the smell coming from my under-arms is anything as fabulous as the perfume, I will be needing to track down a bottle. The scent is still a sweet, dusty, matured & heavy floral. I smell a dark sweet tuberose, herbs, sandalwood, oak moss (<—not a fan), & roses. To my nose, it smells nothing like many of the other perfume comparisons reviewers before me have mentioned, but every nose is different. This is definitely heavy & rich...along the lines of Ungaro Senso, The Mary Kay hit, "Genji", Interlude, and it even has the dank, smokey richness of Bijan or the Original (blue box) Charlie. If you like heavy, mossy & spicy florals, I think this is one that should not be overlooked. 👌😘 blessings, Sheridan

Despite musk not being listed as a note, it is a white musk like only Avon does a white musk—think Odyssey or Soft Musk—combined with the creamiest, most mellow sandalwood you would ever want to sniff, and a dose of sophisticated tuberose. This is not the tuberose of the Lagerfeld Chloe—not so spicy and rich; and it is not the tuberose of Truth or Dare, either—not so pink and fruity. It is somewhere in between, light and slightly fruity with a touch of spice. I think the jasmine and rose are there to lighten the composition; in this regard, it could be third cousins to J Lo’s Glow. A sniff at the nozzle, or immediately after spraying, it actually reminds me of Imari; a similar “Avon note”, with the sandalwood and tuberose which they have in common. But Candid is much lighter, without the balsamic, incense notes of Imari and without the dose of aldehydes. I think this is much more wearable (although I love Imari). Candid blends very nicely with my skin, settling in like a good musk does. It is an extremely creamy, “fuzzy”, cozy smell after 2 hours of wear. It might smell “soapy” to some, but I think that is because this style of scent (tuberose, white musk, sandalwood) has been turned into soaps far too often. For those on a quest for a “Dove soap” scent, this could work. It is perfect for casual social situations where you want to smell nice but not formidable. People will want to lean in to smell you, and probably lean on your shoulder for a hug. Candid has moderate sillage and longevity of about 4 hours (still there but faint). The Fragrantica rumor mill has declared this discontinued and I couldn’t find it online or in my Avon catalogue. However, my Avon lady was able to get me a bottle no problem for about $8 (1.7oz), which is a steal.

I just got this and may change this review a bit, but I LIKE this! I don't like many heavy scents. I don't care for oakmoss. But THIS is really nice. On my skin, I can only smell the oakmoss itself if I put my nose very close to where I sprayed, so I stay away. This smells very strong at first, but does fade nicely after an hour. THEN it becomes a Christmas scent to me. I don't know why. I get a very sedate B&BW Christmas candle smell. I'm pretty sure it's not because the bottle reminds me of Cinnabar, but maybe because Cinnabar (the old Cinnabar with Cinnamon) has some of the same fragrant Christmas notes? I would put this perfume on the same shelf as Cinnabar and Ici. Ici being my favorite of the three. Not necessarily "better". It's just a bit softer and sweeter. This was a blind buy, although I smelled it when it came out and liked it. I'm sure it's changed? I don't know, but I DO still like it. It's a very nice fragrance. I'm happy and excited to wear this over Christmas vacation! This is officially my Christmas present wrapping fragrance.

I bought my bottle just before Avon changed their classics line so that all of them were in the same bottle, so I don't know if Candid was reformulated then as it seems the other Avon classics I've bought since then have been. In Candid, the tuberose is loud at first but once it settles down it's quite pretty, and the vetiver gives lasting power. As long as this has been around, I honestly had never smelled it until I blind bought it. It's very similar in smell to Jontue, but Jontue has more of an earthy/hay type of smell due to the chamomile and geranium. As I like perfumes from that era, I enjoy both!

I knew it was a perfume that had some years on it - never had the chance to experience it! So I bought the skin softener - to test the fragrance out - you can always use up a cream but if you buy the bottle its a waste if you aren't particular to the scent! So, I ended up really appreciating the fragrance! Very gentle, understated gentle elegance. It reminds me of a pleasant kind perfume to wear at work. Not flirty but not serious either. Just gentle, pretty and pleasant. I bought a bottle the very next campaign. ;)

I get two prominent notes from this fragrance, sandalwood and tuberose. I can rarely wear tuberose, so I feel that this fragrance is very well done and not screechy. I like that the drydown smells a bit like incense and I especially like the staying power of this. I like when perfume smells like perfume rather than "clean" and this still manages to be perfume without losing that fresh feel. It's possible that there's a soapiness to the drydown with that incense. A wonderfully priced composition from Avon.