Hot

Yippee 🥳! I was able to hunt down this little beauty and just received it!! I wore this back in the day! I’m slowly but surely tracking down the scents I’ve worn through the years! It still smells exactly as I remember after all these years! It’s a bit spicy, a bit classy, a bit boss lady! I used to get so many compliments on this scent. I’ve been struggling with chypre scents of late, but this one has just a touch of the oak moss note I’ve been struggling with. This definitely can be worn in the cooler weather now. There’s a part of me that doesn’t want to use it up since it’s discontinued. There’s another part of me that wants to rock this beauty! I enjoyed this line, Hot being my no. 1, then Basic black no.2, and lastly Nude. I find it so strange that Nude is the only one still available. If my memory serves me correctly, that was the least popular in the line, at least in my area. Perhaps that’s the one with remaining stock, I’m not sure. But I’m so grateful I was able to track this down at a good price and reminisce about 1991 for a while! I’m sure my husband won’t love it, but that’s quite alright! I love it! It’s such a gem and such a fun throwback for me to have!

I agree with Planet_X! This is very similar to my Shocking mini. Shocking is heavier on the rose, soapier and more resinous. Hot has a stronger honey note and starts with a medicinal blast of bitterness, which I enjoy. I do suspect Shocking itself must have had a greener opening, with tarragon and bergamot listed on the pyramid, but most of its top notes are probably already gone. I get A LOT of honey from Hot, it overpowers the rose. But I feel my skin tends to project honeyed notes more intensely. And I love honey in perfume, so it's not a problem to me. Hot is currently my favorite cheapie. It doesn't last long before it becomes a skin scent, but I wouldn't mind reapplying if I had to. It's a pleasant scent that manages not to be boring.

I am a huge fan of Bill Blass fragrances ever since 1991, I have worn Nude for eons the vintage (Prestige formula) was the first formula and by far the best. I love Nude I own a bottle but sadly I have gotten tired of it atm!! Hot by BB, I’m also head over hills for the (Prestige Formula only) first formula is freaking incredible. It smells so good and last so long nothing like the (First American version) that version is fleeting if you want a quality fragrances with wonderful longevity and smell fierce and unique, find the original formula it’s so good man I love it❤️ Now i need to try Basic Black and find it in original formula and see how good that one is I’m guessing I’ll probably love it!! Hot is GORGWAH✔️

LoLately I've discovered some gems thanks to the comments and the notes posted here in Fragrantica. Unfortunately, Hot is not one of them. It is not a bad fragrance, but it is not distinctive, unique, out of the ordinary. It smells OK, like a fair quality soap. My favorite notes: honey. carnation, incense, oakmoss, rose, etc, etc, are all there, but somehow the sum of all these in Hot just says Camay, Palmolive. I'm still going to wear it, at least I'll smell clean. LATEST UPDATE. I bought the vintage perfume and it is a great scent. I assume that my first bottle, that I described above was a reformulation....of course.

i am testing from a vintage vial, and at first i get something sweet, almost plum like, along with a dusty patchouli. i think the sweetness might just be tuberose and honey. i get some soft cinnamon here as well. it smells great close up but even better wafting from afar where the notes blend seamlessly. dries down to a gorgeous, warm amber floral. i may need a full bottle of this. (and call me crazy but i swear it's a bit reminiscent of memoir by amouage...one of my all time favorites. maybe a further sampling will discredit this statement but for now, that's my statement.)