Colors de Benetton

I smelled it for the first time back in early 90s-I was in the nightclub and when I went to use the bathroom, I saw a girl pull this out of her bag and spray it. I remember thinking"oh, thats nice"-I remember it being as a soft floral oriental leaning toward oriental. Never got it because it wasn't quite my cup of tea(or so I thought). Fast forward to this weekend when I spotted a large bottle of it at TJ Maxx for $10 so how could I pass it up? If I just went by what my nose was smelling, I would have never guessed that there is anything herbal or green there at all. Its a linear scent, in my opinion, and smells pretty much the same from start to finish. It must be the herbs that give it that fresh initial burst but almost right away I get vanilla and patchouili. My nose is very fine tuned to tuberose but I can't smell it at all in this scent. Neither can I smell any fruit notes no matter how hard I try(kind of dissapointed on that one). I guess the best way to describe it as fresh vanilla/patchouli fragrance because I can hardly smell anything else. My only dissapointment that this scent doesn't project well and doesn't have much siliage. I sprayed at least 4 sprays in several spots I can only smell it when I sniff my wrists closely. It does lasts, it just lays very close to the skin. It lasts about 4 hours on me and my DH could only smell it when he hugged me. I like a lot of 80s and early 90s scents so I am not dissapointed in this blind buy. I just wish it was a little "louder", lol!

I had to grab this when I saw it sold for only $12. The only Benetton I've ever smelled was Tribu, a favorite when I had just become a teenager, so I had high hopes for Colors. I must say--Colors doesn't disappoint when it comes to originality. I've never smelled anything like it. It's very, very pleasing. It starts out marvelously herbal, green, vibrant. This green quality lingers, but it is soon overwhelmed by many other notes. The heart of the perfume has stolen my heart! It's beautifully rich, which is totally unexpected considering the herbacious opening. I kept thinking I was smelling Panettoni or maybe hot cross buns, with their dried fruits, cinnamon, and sugared glaze. I swear I smell raisins. The heart exudes a delicious cake-like and also resinous quality that I attribute to the opoponax in combination with vanilla. For the price, this perfume seems like a yummy Italian classic. I never got to try the original, I have the green bottle. Regardless, it's wonderful!

I just got this from Ebay as a tester and was nervous because I was HOPING it smelled as I remember from the times I ripped the scent strips from Cosmo & glamour magazines every time I came across it because it was HEAVENLY. I couldn't afford a bottle back then because as I remember this was very expensive for me, i think it was like 80 bucks which was a lot of money back then. So here i am now decades later and I was lucky enough to find this absolute GEM on Ebay for 30 bucks and I went for it. No cap, but fully matured and it is WONNNNDERRRRFUL. Smells exactly as my nose brain remembers and I almost want to cry that it was discontinued in the first place. I'm back in 1990 (this came out in 87 but I hadn't discovered it yet) again. And it's still a powerhouse. I may be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure this frag was never reformulated. So I have the OG right here 🥰🥰🥰

Oh, I loved this perfume! My husband knows full well that I won't appreciate jewelry as much as a good perfume, so after I gave birth to our second son, a bottle of this perfume waited on my pillow. The lovely man knew that too strong perfume will interfere with a baby's sense of mum identification so he got me this light, lovely fragrance. I wore it for quite some time - I think I had to re-buy it twice. It is gentle, fresh, light, does not insult your nose with excessive sweetness or tartness, actually, it does not insult or attack your senses at all. It is there, it is pleasant, and it never cloys. Well, at least not on me. I'd like to re-evaluate it, though. It will remind me of the days when my big boy was a cuddly baby.... because nothing brings the past stronger to life than a scent.

I wasn't sure about this fragrance, at first. Seems like it's one that needs to aerate by being sprayed a half dozen times or so. Now, I absolutely love it! Not a fan of vanilla, which is fairly prominent and paired closely with Neroli, but it wins me with the herbs and moss. The Egyptian sage-Israeli basil-oakmoss-Cinese patchouli combo is AMAZING! I haven't received any feedback on the sillage, yet. However, the longevity is significant (8 hours and longer). I didn't wear this back in the 90's, so I'm not burdened by a close association with the original or disappointment in the reformulation. However, my BFF wore it back in the day, and it still smells familiar to me. Perhaps users of the original could think of it as moving forward into new memories, and letting go of the past?