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?

There are indeed two versions of this fragrance: the original pre-formulation and the later reformulation. While the men's version has largely stood the test of time and reformulation, the new women's version is nothing like the original. So if you are looking for the original colors, in the clear glass bottle with the word colors written in different colors on the sides of the bottle, you can still find this on eBay for a mere pittance! So far I've scored three bottles all for less than $30 total. Today I just purchased another bottle for $9.99 shipped! So for those of you who are looking for the original, by all means go scour eBay and look for the clear glass bottle: you will indeed find many many of them for real bargains.

Wow, I love this. It's fruity but spicy in a way that feels extremely novel in the modern perfume market. It's like someone took a lady's fruity fragrance, and mixed it in with a satchel of herbs. Nothing about this scent should work, but it really does. It leans casual and is absolutely unisex by modern standards. It feels a little tomboyish if that makes sense. Something Sailor Jupiter from Sailor moon would wear. It's for the person confident in all aspects of themselves, living life to the fullest. My local new agents has bottles of this stuff for £4 (I won't tell if you won't) . If anyone is in the UK and wants some, reach out.I think it's the reformulation, but who cares.

This perfume is like a first love for me. I came across Colors in high school and I wore the heck out of it for many years. My chemistry reacts very well to the patchouli and vanilla notes in this fragrance and I definitely got a very positive male reaction when I wore it. I took a break from it for a while because I wanted to expand out to see what other scents I could find. However, I always look back fondly at Colors and from time to time? I take it out and splash it on just for fun. Unfortunately, the more current formulation is not the same as the original. Thankfully, I still have a bottle of the "good stuff" around.

I've used this perfume since the early nineties off and on. It's unique and strong and has a sharp, soapy smell to me. IMO it could be unisex. The scent lasts for a long time on my skin. There's a slight, powdery sweetness about it that counteracts the sharp,clean, soapiness. This might sound odd but it kind of reminds me a bit of a bar or Irish Spring.......but say you washed your body with it then slathered yourself in vanilla baby powder afterward......that's what I smell. Soft and clean.....a proven classic!

I stumbled across a bottle of this at TJ MAXX today for a really low price for a 3.3 ounce bottle and honestly could not remember what it smelled like from back in the 80's/90's. As usual curiousity got the better of me and I bought it. After opening it and spraying it on in the car all the memories came flooding back. Isn't it amazing how a scent can evoke such powerful memories? Playful, clean, bright and sweet. I remember loving this scent long ago and now I can wear it again so many years later! I love it!

I love this, but can’t really wear it. It’s too nostalgic. But it’s a tour de force of notes. There’s no reason pineapple and basil should work together, but they really do. Great sillage and longevity. Fresh without being boring or aquatic. Sporty and healthy — it conjures the sporty layouts of 1980s Elle Magazine. Inherently optimistic. It makes me think of Peggy Olson’s line to Don Draper — “You have EVERYTHING!! And SO MUCH OF IT!” For women, but this would be GREAT on the right man.

I just got a bottle of this the other day as a blind purchase, and I'm in love with it. First impression: 1. Spicy and & sporty 2. Sweetness that so perfectly balances #1 3. Confidence This makes me feel like a teenager despite never having worn it in high school. I also feel like I'm in the 90's (really makes me want to listen to My Bloody Valentine). The only fruity notes I get smell more like berries on my skin. It's magical.

The reformulation of this perfume is disappointing. It isn't bad. Colors just doesn't have the depth it did in the 80's. Colors IS a very unique scent. I will put that I like it since this isn't the perfume I LOVED in my teens. Wait a minute....I sprayed this on this morning and I can't believe it but it DOES smell as good as in the 80's! Maybe my first impression was because it wasn't the way I remembered it....oops!

It's funny cause when I smelled it out of the bottle I thought "eeeh, smells old, I'll never be able to wear this one".. And later I was brave enough to spray it on myself - wow, it's nice! It smells a little sweet (I guess it's passionfruit) and herbal, really I imagine a modern, happy, confident girl. I like it and am happy I got it from Ross. The staying power on me is about 3 hours.

Just found a bottle of this🥰🥰🥰 So happy since this was my first full bottle of perfume and i adored it! I bought it again around 2009 from an online store but then it disappeared compleately from regular online stores and became very expensive on ebay etc😞 I will cherish and treasure this bottle🙏🏻

This is one of the few fragrances where I love the reformulated as much as the original. The new one is sort of like a sweeter, less abrasive relative than the original. I love the strong vanilla undertones in the new, and I love the sort of plasticky sharpness of the old.

My mom got this after i got the men's version. All I ca say is wow! This is one nice smell. Very light and fresh. I get a very nice powdery peach out of the shower smell. I wish the men's version of this was as good and it still is pretty good.

For anyone who has'nt smelled the "new" version, it smells a lot like avon skin-so-soft body oil. I love the smell of that and this. I never smelled the original version, can't imagine it being much different though.

this smells so amazing!!! on first spray it can be a little offensive but the scent settles in quick and leaves such a pleasing scent :) i do wish it had more longevity though

This is a lovely perfume! It is very feminine and sweet, irresistible and I think that reminds me, slightly, Femme de Mont Blanc, but Benetton Collors is tastier!