Azzaro 9

I can't get over this pretty little perfume. And yeah the Fragrantica note for note pyramid makes it look like some heavy huge complex floral because of all those notes but it's quite simple, really. It's a warm sunny yellow floral. Soft, feminine, delicate, smooth, a well-blended mix of fruit, flowers, incense, wood and musk. It seems to capture the late spring and summer with sun-kissed flowers in a garden as one strolls along catching whiffs of the various floral scents from the heart notes of this perfume. Opens with very soft aldehydes. They are subdued, tame and can be quickly missed aldehydes perhaps because this fragrance was released in the 80s (1984) aldehydes were already considered outdated. Stronger than the aldehydes are the fruit accords of citrus courtesy of a mandarin orange and a slice of pineapple Has a soft fruit smoothie start. Delicious and quite fresh. If this wasn't a perfume, I'd drink it. The fruit lingers on a bit before the florals kick in. There's quite a lot of them so it's hard to distinguish each individual flower. I'm smelling mostly the yellow ones: ylang-ylang, mimosa and orange blossom. The white flowers are there but not front and center. The tuberose is the shyest ever for an 80s tuberose an era in which the tuberose was loud and proud. The lilies of the valley are what most come through as far as the white floral scents. There's a very minimal touch of jasmine. The florals are so well formulated and such a fine match to the top notes of citrus and pineapple plus those shy aldehydes that they seem to be a classy throwback to such vintage beauties as Nina Ricci's L'air du Temps and only from a few years earlier Gloria Vanderbilt. If you like those kind of soft feminine florals, then Azzaro 9 is gonna be your cup of tea. The dry down is a lot warmer, like sunshine streaming down on the flowers. There's a smoky quality owing to the incense note. There's also warm musk but never animalic, just a nice soft warm musk. I don't pick up on any green vibes or herbal notes such as oak moss or patchouli. There's a touch of vetiver but that's about all I can smell for green notes. There's more woodsy accords. Sandal and cedar wood. There's a dash of vanilla. A dry down of mostly smoke and wood. By the time of this warm dry down, it feels like we've spent the day in a garden and now it's night time. The sun has gone and the cool night air and the moonlight begins to beam down on the flowers that are going to sleep for the night. This is a fancy perfume that can be worn to places like church, a wedding (but not as a bride) a classy formal affair, and or a romantic dinner date either at an upscale restaurant or at home. This is a feminine womanly fragrance. Nothing unisex about it. It also smells quite expensive and luxurious. I love to wear it on dates with a nice dress. I think you'll love it if you are a big floral fan.

I'm one who hoards minis of Azzaro 9. Nothing quite like it. Not before or since. Evidently the overpriced niche brands have been duping it. In terms of structure, it is most similar to Creation 1984 for Ted Lapidus, on the periphery, maybe Perscriptives Calyx. I would argue Azzaro 9 is more original than either, and superior in every way. Creation 1984 is a clever, pleasant, and thoroughly unremarkable nod to the original Miss Dior. While Calyx is certainly an original, it's a Grojsman creation. It contains her distinctive DNA, which is intensive and difficult to appreciate. References and egoism aside, Azzaro 9's timeless beauty comes from its novelty and originality. After the initial gust of spring breeze, I smell the "pineapple". It's hard to relay because it does not resemble the neon pineapple notes of today. Like most 80s florals, it has a subtle fruity quality, but its moreso citrusy, diaphanous, green. After the top notes depart, an abstract bouquet of fresh green flowers, heady white flowers, and pollen-like yellow flowers, with soft spices and herbal notes. The florals blend seamlessly and are difficult to discern. Pure olfactive joy. The bouquet smells natural and its progression is masterful. After the symphonic floral arrangement begins to lull, a powdery, woody, earthy chypre base emerges. Authentic moss, vetiver, and incense. I'm poor at relaying it, but the base of this perfume is stunning, it strikes me as very original. Azzaro 9 is the chypre floral answer to the original Boucheron for women. Easily my favorite of the 80s chypre florals, it's one of those rare, perfect pieces that belongs in a museum. If I could bring any perfume I wanted back into production, this would be a top contender. Fantastic perfumes have me wondering who perfumed them, and the Fragrantica database is questionable at best. I did some digging and learned Azzaro 9 was developed by Alberto Morillas & Roger Pellégrino under the oversight of Firmenich. Alas. I keep wishing the industry legends were permitted to make good perfumes once more.

Oh how I miss this beauty. Every early summer, I find myself browsing the internet. Trying to find something that would be a suitable replacement. I'm not in to fruity scents. Least of all something like pineapple. But, for whatever reason it's what makes this fragrance work. Made from 9 white and 9 yellow flower extracts. Henceforth the name. I was sold in 198(something). When it was new and the sales lady at Macy's perfume counter sold it to me. 9 yellow and 9 white flowers, do you like pineapple? Was all she said. Of all the forms it arrived in. I preferred the parfum extrait. The little uniquely cut opaque, jet black crystal bottle designed and manufactured by Lalique for Azzaro. From the box, to the bottle, to the delectable juice inside. This parfum is truly unique. In all my years I have not smelled anything even remotely close to it. There's a perfume out now, I'm not sure who makes it exactly. Called Frangipani and Pineapple. I'm going to give it a try. I'm not looking for an exact clone. But, a heavy smooth floral with that pineapple note underneath the surface grounded by sweet oakmoss.Even a more contemporary version of those notes in that dynamic would make me happy.I remember wearing Azzaro 9 to work on occasion in the winter. It always cheered everyone u around me. The parfum had a beastly projection and longevity that ride from sunrise to sunset easily without getting tired. Now, that I wrote this. I just talked myself into searching the internet for a bottle. Since I will be celebrating my 60th this Friday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Me. Time to get out the visa....lol.

Golden and greenish bright at the same time, this is a whole bouquet of everything nice. The opening is crispy like a bottle of gewürztraminer, semi-dry with the pineapple adding just a touch of fruity sweetness. It isnt overtly aldehydic, but kind of soapy. The heart consists of an almost perfect jasmin-ylang-mimosa accord that makes it warm and golden. There are quite a few other supporting flowery notes, among them a tulip holding on to the crispyness of the opening, but also other enchancements such as Dryers greenweed making it notably greener and basil adding just the tiniest whiff of something vaguely anise and minty. Azzaro 9 is very bright, but oh so yellow at the same time. Even before I was able to identity different flowers in perfume, this always stroke me as the yellowest of all perfumes, even more so than my beloved Ysatis. In the base there is a curious and rather unexpected incense note that reminds me of another very yellow perfume, Oscar de la Renta’s Volupté. They don’t smell that alike and I much prefer this over Volupté, since that one is too sweet and heavy, reminding me of a lighter version of Tresor. However, they do share a lemon-woodyness in the base and I think it could be frankiscene. The added incense note gives Azzaro 9 a feel of grounded sophistication that keeps me interested till the very end. Nevertheless, Azzaro 9 isn’t a demanding perfume, on the contrary it is a very vivacious and happy scent and I smile from the moment I spray it on, till it’s all gone, which takes a good 12 hours on my skin.

The opening of Azzaro 9 is unusual- very green, but not strongly aldehydic. It actually smells to me like freshly cut tulips. Although I know that this note is created, it does not smell synthetic- it smells *fresh* and realistic. Under the note I read as tulip is a spicy floral note, perhaps wisteria? and lightly sweet pineapple, ever so faint. The heart, on my skin, is lily, light carnation, faint rose, and basil, with a green/mossy wood vibe that I think may be the dyer's greenwood, and an almost juicy, airy mimosa. Lightly spicy, balmy, relaxed, clean without being soapy, fresh as a breeze, a little cool. Wearing A9 is like sitting out of doors in the early morning, catching drifts of scent from your neighbor's gardens, as the breeze begins to warm, and dew still sparkles in the grass. In the dry down, neroli, a touch of white musk, creamy sandalwood and green hyacinth appear. Ylang ylang is lightly present, as is LoV. But the real star here is the velvety iris, supported by clean cedar, with a touch of incense. Just lovely! A9 is a treat! Cool and warm by turns, airy, light, spicy, a little sweet- this is definitely a classic, and deserves to be ranked with L'heure bleue and the like. Extremely complex, and likely to show a different facet in different weather. A9 definitely deserves more of a reputation than it has! My special thanks to Mi55anthr0py, who provided me with my mini- I will treasure this little beauty, and savor it! My sincere gratitude!

Smelling pastel yellow and mauve, Azzaro 9, begins like a Polynesian cocktail, juicy and sweet, and no sooner than I've felt as though I've imbibed a Planter's Punch do I feel a shock of mimosa pom-poms graze my face. This is immediately followed by what I discern as broom absolute: smelling of honeyed-hay and dusky orange blossom. Then there is a bursting, wet white lily. I realize that the flowers fall through the door much the same way as Cyndi Lauper's merry-making guests topple out of the bedroom and land on "Captain" Lou Albano in the "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" video. Some have opined that this is delicate and somewhat coquettish, but I think this sells Azzaro 9 short. I'd argue that this is cottage-core, a green garden delight, pendulous wisteria filling the air, leading to spiced, woods and moss, powder and smolder. It has me hankering for spring, salivating for it even, leaping out of dark winter like a snow flea, into the bluebells. Pardon the "flowery" language (har har), but what can I say? This is a pleasure for those who enjoy the florals laid on thick and abundant, with a whole lot of sunshine and proper decorum. It could be easily mistaken for a Penhaligon's floral or an old Patou.

11th March 25: My sister used to wear Azzaro 9 in the 90s. It was her signature fragrance and she was so disappointed when it was discontinued. If you love this as much as she did, you should test Lysandra by Le Couvent Maison de Parfum (I wrote a review there). It's the only fragrance in 30 years that reminds me of Azzaro 9! If you use the Perfume Advisor on Le Couvent website, you'll see it lists other names, not Lysandra. I own both Lysandra and Aqua Sacrae and they are close to how Azzaro 9 made me feel (I'll be layering both actually!). Thank you @evavidal62 for such an accurate review of Azzaro 9! Spot on! I agree to every single word. EDIT : Spring 2026 now, almost a year later, I realized I gravitate towards these kind of notes in Spring! And today I'm wearing Eau Moheli by Dyptique. It's so so close to Azzaro 9 it's almost as good as I remember it!

Review is from a mini. Not sure how old it is or if it's been exposed to light heat etc. But what is there is an almost goldenbronze juice. Full minibottle so definitely not evaporated or anything. I don't get much aldehydes but what I do get is an amazingly butterly fresh tulip with honey, oakmoss and a smidgen of tuberose (in fact I was almost certain this was going to lean towards a crisper, buttery tuberose, so not the bubblegum ones we get today) It's a lovely warm spring day, magnolias in full bloom against white dutch country houses, spring has sprung and this little gem is an ode to a day like today! It smells like today. I do get a cow or a goat or two in there but it only adds to this almost photorealistic coherence that I achieved with this fragrance by playing roulette with my minis. Utterly delighted!

EDP: Azzaro 9 is an interesting 3-phase perfume that begins with a very sharp, powdery, dried flowers, orange peel smell that's almost a little overwhelming. A half hour later a heavy indolic smell from tuberose comes out along with some hyacinth and lilies. There is further development a half hour after that as the perfume sweetens up with ylang-ylang, pineapple and basil. At this point it has mellowed out and become creamy as it blends into your skin for a most beautiful summer fragrance. I see why there is so much love for Azzaro 9. Super memorable and absolutely gorgeous!

Romantic dreamer who is standing at the railway station eagerly waiting for his girl with this sunny and bright bouquet of fresh cut flowers. He didn't know how to please her for sure, but he wanted her to be happy. So he have bought all he could only find - tulips and mimose, irises and tuberose, hyacinths and lilies... People passing him by with a smile, charmed by this strange guy, and while they are walking past, wind throws in their faces the most powerful scents of the spring.

Mimosa on ice! The extreme warm and cool elements work wonderfully together here — a fantasy field of mimosa, tulip, broom and tuberose is gilded in a late frost of aldehydes, oakmoss, and violet leaf. This bridges the meadowy florals of the 70s and the transparent flowers of the 90s more than it typifies and 80s kitchen sink powerhouse. A pleasant surprise for me and one I can see wearing even more as the weather warms.

Another UNBELIEVABLY BEAUTIFUL perfume that is no longer available, and/or so high prices on Ebay. Can't even take the risk of buying it as I have no idea how they stored it..(Believe me, I haven't been lucky with eBay perfume purchases) This was just a treasure to have..and now all I have is the empty bottle that decorates my bathroom. @Azzaro I know you never hear this kind of plea but PLEASE BRING IT BACK.

Like it. It's a strong vintage white flower scent. The white flowers are dominant. Soapy also. On my skin the white flowers hyacinth, Lily and the Jasmine are the strongest like walking in a flower garden. Projection and longtivity are moderate. It's no power bomb but strong enough to enjoy a couple of hours. Like because these flowers are not my favourites ones. I adore gardenia and rose perfumes.

It's such a shame this perfume is discontinued, I absolutely loved it! It was a 15th birthday gift from one of my brothers and I loved its elegant fragrance, that has a romantic side. Its middle notes are wonderful, but I think the best part comes when it starts fading to the base notes, so sumptuous and elegant. I hope this perfume would be available again...

this is one of this crazy world that anyone can ́t understand...what the hell why this peace of masterpiece doesn ́t exist anymore? wtf? azzaro ceo ́s..what have u done? jesuschrist, are u MAD??? So sorry this wonderful, intoxicating, marvellous parfum is discontinuated...

Such a classic scent. A miniature caught my eye & bought it there and then. Unfortunately I misplaced it after I moved office. So sad.

This gem has sadly been discontinued. I used to wear it a lot bak in the 80s, when I was young(er). A very lovely scent.

DRESSER TABLE PERFUME OF MY DREAMS In my furthest and farthest scent memory is Azzaro No. 9. It was in the 1980's. My mother was a maid/housekeeper in expensive townhouses and luxury penthouses in Manhattan New York City. I was out of school one summer and accompanied her on the job as she would also house sit and stay in the big house overnight. She was doing her thing while I explored the house. I sneaked into the boudoir of the Mrs. of the house a somewhat boozy busty blonde socialite with a salt and pepper haired husband who was much older than she was. I found Azzaro No. 9 on her dresser table. It was in a beautiful fine crystal glass flacon with a glass stopper. I was instantly drawn to it. I removed the stopper and smelled the perfume. It was probably the first time I had ever smelled perfume. My mother wore mostly affordable Avon perfumes offered to her by an Avon lady that would come visit us. Ah, but this, this was real perfume. It was incredibly beautiful. I could not tell what I was smelling back then. To my child's nose it just smelled like a grown up woman's perfume, but not Avon at all, this was a rich woman's perfume LOL. I hoped that I could one day wear this fragrance because I thought all perfumes never age and could never become outdated or old fashioned. I never did forget the smell. And now many years later I am a woman of 30 and an addicted fragrance fanatic can finally return to that moment when I first smelled perfume. This is like Houbigant's Quelques Fleurs in that you get a whole lot of flowers. This has an epic flower power. The flowers in this perfume are: Mimosa, tulip, carnation, tuberose, lily, wisteria, jasmine, ylang-ylang, lily-of-the-valley, rose, orange blossom, dyer’s greenweed, hyacinth, violet leaf, mimosa petals and basil. The flowers are in the heart of this perfume are beyond amazing. This is flower heaven. So if you're big on floral fragrances, this is the perfume you must possess. And these are not synthetic waxy flowers These are real flowers and floral essence extract/oils. This is a big flower garden where I could live. The opening notes are fruity: pineapple, mandarin orange are prominent. You definitely get pineapple and the aldehydes are quite strong so it's like pineapple cocktails or fruit wine. It's boozy and tropical. The base notes are sandalwood, musk, oakmoss, vanilla, incense, cedar, ambrette (musk mallow), vetiver and iris. The dominant base note is the incense. My God the incense. There is a cloud of dark smoke coming out of this liquid, covering up up all those flowers in a veil of night. This frag has been reformualated but why bother getting that when the original vintage is a masterpiece. This is so beautiful and gives me the same olfactory orgasm as Quelques Fleurs. It has all come full circle for me. I have my town house, my Fashion Week yearly wardrobe for spring, summer, fall and winter, my perfumes and my dresser table. And on that dresser table is the fine glass bottle of Azzaro No. 9.

I recently purchased a vintage bottle of Azzaro 9 on eBay. It definitely smells like something with a jillion different notes. A hint of floral, a smidgeon of fruit, a little wood, a tad bit of spice, etc. It’s almost like they were afraid to commit to a few main notes and really develop them. Instead, they picked up every vial in the lab and added just ONE drop of it. It’s hard to believe they were genuinely trying when they formulated this, but I remind myself that a lot of early 80’s frags had this kitchen-sink quality. The result is something safe and generic from the days of sneaking to play on your mother’s vanity. If released today, it would have flopped, but it serves as a fitting representation of the era in which it debuted. Azzaro 9 reads like poor girl’s Chanel No. 5 or Shalimar by Guerlain, but for the MTV generation. As a matter of fact, there’s something very Jean Naté-esque about it. It’s giving me shoulder pads, Aqua Net hairspray, and kitten heels. Like something Alexis Carrington would’ve worn on the set of Dynasty. It’s not bad, but it smells like a bygone era.

I have a mini of Azzaro9 which I occasionally find quite addictive. To my nose the top is a wild combination of freshly cut tulips surrounded by tuberose, ylang ylang, and bitter oakmoss. After a while it slowly and gradually developes itself into a slightly warmer tuberose fragrance on my skin, with honeyed bitter sweet undertones. A very sophisticated "old school" fragrance. If Azzaro9 was a wine it would probably be a costly Pinot Grigio (the dryer italian style), or perhaps a Chablis. Cold, rich, dry and bitter with the colour of honey. Simply adorable.

for me, this opens with aldehydes, lily, wisteria and hyacinth. later i get some tuberose and incense, along with some spiciness from carnation and a lot of other floral notes with some oakmoss and musk. really pretty, complex 80s floral perfume. glad i found a mini bottle of this. it's perfect for spring, but it has some depth and i could see this working in numerous seasons.

Imagine it's cold & dreary as you walk through the park, then sun breaks through the clouds, you lift your face towards the warming light and breathe in the living fragrances of the gardens. Azzaro 9 is a bottled burst of sunshine to me. That phase I love doesn't last too long and before you know it the clouds re-gather. Still worth the short-lived pleasure.

A feminine perfume, A9 has a little bit of everything: florals, spices and fruits. It does remind a little bit of Ysatis but isn't nearly as beautiful as that masterpiece. A9 is a good perfume but not particularly memorable. Wearable, yes, safe for work, too. Sillage and lasting power are good.

Feels as I'm inhaling the spring air, slightly heated in a fresh green garden full of voluptuous tulips covered with powder. Azzaro 9's powder reminds me of classic Lancome cosmetics smell, that rosy-violet scent but more intense. Wet soil note.

Based on others' experiences, I was expecting the scent to be flowery like Patou's Vacances. The note list is phenomenal--pineapple, lily of the valley, tulips, carnation, hyacinth, incense, and oakmoss? Yes, please. But instead of that field of glory, Azzaro 9 is what I would call, in the most layman of terms, perfumey. On me, it smells like a pronounced feminine fragrance, but not enticing in any way. I imagine folks around me thinking, That woman is certainly wearing perfume, rather than Who smells amazing?

Azzaro 9 Loris Azzaro Nose Uncredited Year 1984 This is more my mother's fragrance than mine but being all grown up, over the years I've learned to enjoy fragrances that otherwise would never have struck my interest. Azzaro 9 is a 1980's floral fragrance launched in 1984 by an uncredited nose (I hate when that happens) and is a delicious boozy perfume for the lady like prim and proper woman to wear in the day time, in the summer, in her white sun hat with large brim, a dressy white, baby blue, pink or sunflower yellow blouse. A cocktail dress. A sundress. She is a more well behaved socialite in Philadelphia, DC, Boston or Manhattan, or perhaps even Palm Beach Florida, compared to the more vulgar and nouveau-riche Californian Giorgio Beverly Hills. This fragrance in vintage form comes in a glass bottle and glass stopper as pictured on the Fragrantica page. It's a splash or dab-on so you have to turn the bottle upside down to allow the liquid to stick to the stopper which you then use to apply on your skin: neck, bosom, or wrists. Terribly old fashioned but charming, a throwback to aldehyde florals but modern (for the 80's) at the same time. It reminded me of Gloria Vanderbilt. With 29 notes, it would outwardly appear to be one of the big showy flower diva perfumes of the 80's like Yves Saint Laurent Paris or Estee Lauder Beautiful but it's really quite subtle, linear, modest and conservative. So yeah this perfume doesn't match with my personality. I can hardly be called conservative as I am a liberal, Jewish New Yorker, feminist, opinionated civil rights lawyer, but sometimes you want to wear a perfume that has nothing to do with your personality, doesn't make a statement, smells great, and touches a part of you that you didn't know you had. This is so nice. Smells like an Edwardian suffragette having tea with her fellow suffragettes and suffragists while discussing woman's right to vote in a garden in the summertime. Azzaro 9 opens with alcoholic aldehydes, fresh, old time perfumy, and like a cocktail with real alcohol. The fruit juice contains pineapple and citrus notes of mandarin orange and bergamot. The pleasant citrus note is not the star here as it does smell more of a light pineapple juice. This is delicious but it's the aldehyde content which give it that projection and freshness. The opening is really my favorite part because I rarely wear fruity perfumes. This is definitely fruity but not in an overt and over-the-top manner. It's a light fruit concentrate with a delicious pineapple and mandarin. The floral heart is of iris, powdered root of iris, which can turn quite powdery especially at the dry down. But it's not pure talcum powder as it contains so many different notes that give it more of an edge and more to love. This is a floral make no mistake so you have to be fond of flowers. Violet is noticeable and joins the iris in purple harmony, along with wisteria, a very hard to recreate floral note in fragrance and hard to find today. I have wisteria growing in my Long Island summer home. Love wisteria and if you do too you'll love it in A9. The dominant note is tulip and it does smell like freshly cut tulips in a bouquet. Tulips also grow at my summer home so this is constantly reminding me of the property and how much I love to work on my garden in the summer time. The tulips overwhelm the scent sometimes so if you're familiar with tulip, this is going to be a delight. The green notes of dryer's green weed, oak moss and vetiver along with green bushes of lily of the valley are also present in this fragrance. The green theme creates the illusion of a garden. I love reviewer Lotus And Jasmine's description of this perfume and the way the flowers play. It is exactly as she describes it. Smells like catching whiffs of tulips in your neighbor's garden in the front not the back while you pass by in the street or sit for a moment on your front steps or porch and allow the natural air to envelope your nostrils and you get garden flower scents. There is no patchouli in this scent but the dryer's green weed note is supplanting it as is the basil. So it's a slightly spicy green scent but it sweetens up as it progresses. A sweet pretty pink rose, hyacinth, lily, tuberose and ylang ylang finally emerge. All around sweet florals. When the fragrance is dry, the cedar wood comes through and the vanilla. This is a beautiful base filled with various scents that keep the flowers grounded. I smell a good vanilla bean and woodsy notes including sandalwood. It is also a bit starchy and inky because of the iris which is present in the dry down as it is in the heart. There's some musk and something balsamic and oily, grassy, and there's an incense, whispering it's soft smokiness like a warm breath. But mostly it's a cool sweet perfume, fresh, delicious and speaks of summers and noon time hours. This is a relaxing soothing scent for the sophisticated lady who loves floral fragrances. I am learning to love florals. I was anti floral perfume for the longest time. I still wear heavy Orientals and colognes for men with musk, tobacco and leathers, but I can still allow myself to be enchanted by the spell of flowers. Absolutely beautiful!!!!

This is a review of the glass bottle Eau De Toilette Hi y'all & happy holidays, Carolyn here again writing my 2nd review on Fragrantica my new hobby! Azzaro 9 is a lovely sweet day wear perfume. It starts off with an unpleasant sour note of violet leaf, which when mixed with aldehydes is harsh. The aldehydes are quite heavy, which made me step back a bit. I hoped that this fragrance would eventually get better and it did. I'm a sucker for a pretty and creative looking bottle. This perfume bottle is pure glass and even the stopper is glass. It reminds me of old perfume bottles my mother used to have around the house, but without any name on the bottle, which I was guessing was toilet water from drugstores in the 40's. This is the kind of bottle you want to show off on your dresser table. A dab on bottle all you need do is turn the bottle upside down and the liquid comes up and gets on the stopper which you use to dab on yourself. I apply on my neck and just above my breasts and sometimes on my wrists. The sweetness of this perfume comes from the fruit notes. A9 opens with mandarin orange, bergamot & pineapple. The citrus notes are juicy, and sweet. Smells like pina colada. A9 was released sometime in the 80's and I was wearing her around 1986-1987, but loved the perfume so much that I never did stop wearing it and continuously wore her even when she fell out of fashion. She has to be credited as one of the very first successful fruity florals even before they became stylish in the 90's. At the same time it lacks the heaviness of a 90's fruity floral like Chloe Narcisse (way too sweet) or Deci Dela. She is rather sedate, elegant and demure, a real classy dame. There is something about her that is more archaic like a citrus floral toilet water from the Renaissance. This is how I imagine the Mona Lisa to smell like. A9 is not as complex as the notes suggest. The other florals turn to powder and keep making cameos on your sense of smell: a powdery pink rose, a tulip, carnation, lilac, tuberose, lily, iris, orange blossom & mimosa. When it comes right down to it, the major floral notes are mimosa, orange blossom & tulip. So it's a very sunny/solar happy day wear floral scent for a conservative lady who loves to wear DRESSES. This can never match up with a pant suit. I've worn many a pant suit in my career as a high school principal but let me tell you when I was not working I was in dresses and smelling of A9. She is not a typical 80's power scent. This is as far from Opium by Yves Saint Laurent, Poison by Dior or Coco Eau de Parfum. At the same time, A9 is nothing like the super charged powder floral scent of Yves Saint Laurent Paris. This perfume deserves an award for how well balanced moderate and perfect it really is. She has something in her keeping her grounded and herbal, realistic to actual floral smells, botanical (maybe the basil note or green notes). She is very calm and soothing. The base notes include distinct & noticeable vetiver, sandalwood, cedar wood and vanilla. A whisper of incense. To my nose & skin chemistry, when dry, A9 smells of sandalwood but a curious thing happens. This is the first and perhaps only fragrance in my years of experience with perfume to dry down to IRIS. The iris floral note is the glue that holds this thing together. It's a very well composed iris providing it with a powder effect. As such one might argue that it is a boudoir perfume. I don't perceive this fragrance as a lingerie or nightgown scent, nor a skin scent. It's not sexy but she is very sweet and subtle. She just wants you to wear her with cocktail dresses, halter top dresses, or floral print dresses. She was my go-to perfume when I wanted to have a good time in the late 80's in Charleston South Carolina with a hat and dress. I would wear her to country clubs my late husband used to go to. A9 is not glamorous but she has an elegant simplicity like the fashions of Audrey Hepburn. White dress shirt, skirt, or little one-color theme dresses. I wouldn't be surprised to discover that Audrey Hepburn wore Azzaro Number 9. A9's dignified florals & yet a tad on the festive side because of the fruit. A perfume of a bygone era when ladies were ladies. Why should it be any different now? A perfume that commands respect. Graceful, and sweet. On certain days when I'm not wearing her I get a buzz just from inhaling the fume from the bottle itself.

Eau de Toilette The glass bottle is charming and so old-fashioned as to appear like you inherited it from your grandma. This fragrance is quite pretty. Every note in this fragrance is a seductive feminine charm in itself: fruit top notes of citrus pineapple and a heart filled with flowers: hyacinth, carnation, tulip, rose, mimosa, This is a lovely powdery iris perfume on me. It does not start with iris but it dries down to iris and incense. The opening notes are sweet fruit. I like the mandarin orange and pineapple which sparkle with aldehydes all around them. The mimosa and tulip are the dominant flowers, there might be ylang ylang in there as well. All the flowers are sweet and far from being too heavy or "mature" smell as youthful and seductive as Ungaro Diva to me. There was a time when there was no such thing as cotton candy notes, pralines, too much vanilla, licorice, raspberry and other gourmand scents so young women had to wear these type of floral fragrances. Sometimes the aldehydes can be rather big, but the scent softens and progresses into little powder (not incense) a lovely rose powder. Beautiful. This was a perfume I loved to wear in the day time to lunch and to day time parties, weddings that weren't mine, and just to socialize and spend time with other women. By 1984 I was already a mature divorced woman and wore perfumes with the thought that I could find love once again. Azzaro 9 was the perfume that caught the nose of my last husband. This perfume was his favorite. I also wore it to God knows how many parties and while dancing he would always put his nose to my neck. There is a spray cologne version of this perfume but it is obscene. This is best applied as a dab on through a splash bottle. I own the miniature EDT bottles as well as one larger eau de parfum.

Reviewing a vintage bottle EDT from around 1992. Azzaro 9 was launched in 1984. Azzaro 9 is a sunny floral that has been discontinued. The perfumer is not listed but possibilities include Alberto Morillas, Roger Pellegrino and possibly Gérard Anthony. It opens with bright fruity aldehydes - not overpowering but a bit harsh. This is followed by a complex floral blend lightly powdered by Mimosa. LOTV is most prominent to me.The addition of Ginestra/Broom and violet leaf add green, hay like slightly bitter undertones to the florals. The complex base offers solid support. It is not sweet nor is it noticeably indolic. The opening is clearly vintage but this subsides after 30min. Quality. 3.5/5 Interesting composition, materials could be better (possibly better in the EDP or older releases) Feminine Performance-5/5 behaves like an EDP with better sillage It is always tricky evaluating a vintage fragrance as so much could have changed over 30 years. Nevertheless I like this one but do not find the contents of my 1992 bottle expectional or overly unique. 7/10

A newbie to floral oriented fragrances but already hooked. This is a pretty glass bottle in a fitted box EDP and EDT. I have the EDP. It is so pretty and sweet with delicate powdery florals, and a dry down of incense and oak moss. Standard chypre. It opens with citrusy mandarin and pineapple. There are aldehydes but not heavy ones. The floral notes are exquisite and include rose, jasmine, lily of the valley, wisteria, tuberose, ylang ylang, carnation, tulip and violet. For me it was not too much. For whatever reason it's not screechy or headache inducing florals like the ones in Yves Saint Laurent Paris. Instead it's powdery and soft. There's a good vanilla in the base that swims in oak moss and incense. There might also be some amber. It's a beautiful classy elegant perfume. I wear it very rarely and want to take my time discovering more about it to love.

OH AZZARO 9, PLEASE COME BACK! This is my ALL TIME Favorite Perfüme. I currently have a vintage bottle the black bottle. I covet it. I only wear it once in awhile. Because like everyone else, I paid a small fortune for it. I love this perfüme. I love that pineapple in the opening. WoE. Why the hell did they stop making this? If AZZARO brought this back, just for a limited time wouldn't that be great? I could go on about the notes and experience but everyone else has done that in depth. I honestly would swim in this delectable juice if I could. God, I miss it. I like to just sniff the bottle so I can get my fix. But, those bottles are becoming more difficult to find. Maybe if we all got together wrote a letter of request to AZZARO and requested an Anniversary release, limited time only. We all sign it send it to AZZARO.. who knows?

Azzaro 9 is a grand banquet, laid upon a bed of oakmoss. If oakmoss was still commonplace, I might even say a tad too much, ...but since it is now a banished scarcity, I shall treat any such over-abundance as a rare extravagance. As for the florals on display, there are too many to focus much on any one, though mimosa seems as good a choice to be declared lead as any. In any case, the flowers have all been dressed and drizzled with vanilla for further sweetness. Tangy fruits and alehydes on top, and the dry rasp of woods beneath frame and complete this olfactory portrait of grandly euphoric indulgence. ...there may even be an undeclared touch of civet in this madly overrought ...masterpiece? ...and so, much like quantity and quality, it seems excess also possesses an elegance all its own.

Great 80s scent. Well crafted and classy. I don't pick up the pineapple or the orange, just the yellow flowers muted by the other notes. It is not like Sublime by Jean Patou, which is sunnier and brighter--and I would never buy. For years I would only commit to buying Azzaro 9 minis. But I would always miss the scent when the tiny bottles ran out. So today, I received my 3.4 oz bottle of EDT from Ebay and am so glad I did. Not much longevity, but the juice is how I remember it. A few years ago I bought a bottle of Azzaro Pour Elle because it is also well crafted and classy, with a delightful champagne note. And it also has a note or two from Azzaro 9. I just layered them together and am REALLY HAPPY I did. Shouldn't have waited so long to buy a real bottle of this.

A luxurious and beautiful fragrance. I have the Eau de Parfum in a fitted box and glass bottle which is so gorgeous. I can smell the pineapple and mandarin orange of the top notes, fruity but yet subdued. This is a floral fragrance and gets into the floral aspects very quickly. Violets, mimosa, tulips, roses, wisteria, jasmine, ylang-ylang, lily of the valley, tuberose, carnation. A lot of flowers but again, subdued. This smells like a more relaxed version of Paris by Yves Saint Laurent. Sweet, a tad spicy, smoky, rich, heady, and elegant. I wear this in the evenings for dates. Very feminine, stylish and sophisticated. I love it. I bought a large size and 2 miniatures and an Eau de Toilette. This is the kind of fragrance you don't mind stocking up on.

A charming hairspray floral! On a friend of mine, this thing is delightful. Not as overtly pretty as Estee Lauder Beautiful, but distinctly worthy of attention by those who enjoy aldehydes. Others have called Azzaro 'perfumey'. This is an apt description! Balanced, unsweetened, soapy - this is a floral, vintage blend with femininity. It has a starched collar rather than a sweetheart neckline. Which is fine - I love fragrances like that too! Another fragrance in the same general category (but totally unique) is Avon's Topaze. Perfect to wear with heels and a red lip - or vintage apron and pin curlers. ;)

Azzaro 9 is an ode to feminity...it contains very rare essential oils...azzaro the famous fashion designer launched it as an ode of love for his beloved wife...it is a sensitive yet assertive scent ...like the sunshine when we wake up in the morning 🙂... They don't make these perfumes anymore .. it comes with a cute hard case to protect the perfume inside. I would not buy any other than just the beautiful pure parfum...it's soo lovely and special . However it's rare to find....

Had a bottle when I was a teenager...back then I found it a little too strong for me. I remembered as a mossy, flowery smell that was aimed for a lady. Didn't give it to my mom because I wanted to smell elegant and sophisticated like her. I think I would love it now. :D EDIT: Found it, the same bottle as a teenager, I have so many perfumes I can't keep track. Yes, spicy, mossy & so interesting. Yes, elegant & sophisticated. I'm so glad, I have a gem!

I bought this due to the descriptions here at FR. I was mesmerized by the fragrance and especially the drydown. Beautfull woody floral notes that takes the greater part of my attention. I can ́t stop thinking Nina Ricci L ́air Du Temps about the florals, and the drydown has a woody voice that sings Nina Ricci Mademoiselle (1967). I own the vintage Mademoiselle, and the two has a similar drydown in the woods department. Unmistakeably georgeous.

A great scent made of white flowers and softly spice-woody tons. It's really memory scent for me, because my mother had a bottle of it many years ago and I used to spray it on myself when I was very young. It's an ode to feminity, opulent and elegant, but never cloying. A wonder made of good jasmin. Warm, enveloping and radiant. It's one of those perfumes that made history in the last decades. I don't knoe if it has been reformulated.

I think if azzaro 9 was released 20 years sooner it would be a great competetive for legendary classic perfumes. it starts with somehow spicy notes continued by flowers which are goodly mixed so that I can't recognize.romantic,warm,classy and very long lasting!I think my mum shouldn't through away the bottle,because it's no more available and the bottle is nice too.

An elegant and romantic fragrance, like a whiff in a large bouquet of spring flowers! That's what I call a flowery perfume - aldehydes plus loads of flowers, all kinds of them, in a strong intoxicating opening blast which then softens to a warm and creamy drydown. I fancy this frag being worn by a stylish blonde in a flaring white dress at an afternoon tea party :)

For anyone truly interested in the vintage pure parfum version I have two pieces in its original beautiful hard case, looking for a collector who would love and cherish them. A 7.5 ml. and a 15 ml. Pure extrait. Excellent vintage pieces. Send me a message to my inbox here, if interested. Have a great day everyone 😊

This perfume is a delight for your senses. This covers so many different notes I do not know where to begin! Fruity, floral, woody & incense all dancing together on the skin. I really get the lily of the valley and pineapple notes big time. Warm but not too warm, spicy but not too spicy. A nice change of pace!

This gorgeous frag is available on Amazon and eBay! Quit lamenting that it's no longer available, and grab yourself a bottle right now! I am wearing this (EDT) and have since ordered it in perfume - for way too much money, I must say! But I adore Azzaro 9!!!

Really enjoying despite it's vintage qualitites. Smooth, creamy, honeyed spring florals. Old school but smells expensive. Something very green about this too to my nose, maybe the oakmoss, it's not too earthy or dominant here.

This is a luxurious, flowery fragrance. I like the smell!