Red Door Limited Edition

Finally the stores around me have this but it is on huge discount unfortunately it was a flop and didn't interest the younger generation because it isn't fashionable like Jimmy Choo or Marc Jacobs and those that still wear it from the older generation can get it dirt cheap at chemist warehouse so they didn't bother with this edition or so I am told in every store that I ask about it. When it first was released in the chemists near me they tried to sell it for mega bucks but it wound up on stands out the front for half the price because I think people are just confused by it and the sales assistants never are any help they don't like it and don't bother to research it so if you are a customer who may have been interested you just get a half hearted reply from the sales people "Oh I think it's the old one" or "I have no idea" "I didn't realise we still sold that stuff where did you see it?" etc. They can't wait to thrust Jimmy Choo's new perfume in your face or they ask if you have tried the new Daisy by Marc Jacobs and gush that they all love it I must try it and so the useless merry go round continues. When they don't have a tester and it's in the box the real confusion starts I can tell the new one because the picture on the box is of a red door and a model whereas the old one is just a red box with red door in gold on the front but of course these sales assistants try to tell you it's still the old one. SO this one at least where I live has made a huge nose dive so I got a bottle because the bottle is very pretty unlike the previous version which looks to me cheap and boring and doesn't entice you to want to spray it and I had given up trying to get a straight answer as to what the heck it was amongst the strange glares the sales assistants give me when they ask me "You wear Red Door? really I thought that was an old granny perfume we get all the old ladies buying it because it is cheap." or "I didn't think they even made that horrid stuff anymore." And the rude comments continue to which stage I have given up and just politely say "Thanks for your help." I have worn this several times and it is different from the original. It dries to a toilet spray smell and rather chemical smelling. The original didn't do this. All these old style perfumes are big hitters and punch above their weight and so when companies dilute them or use sub standard ingredients they wind up drying down to an awful chemical odour and vanish within an hour and this one is no different. I even tried this as room spray and yes it does smell like the original for a little while and I would say it is a bit more fruity and a little fresher but again, when I return some time later to the room I sprayed it, there is that toilet spray smell again something stale lingering in the air. Very disappointed would have loved the new bottle to add to a permanent collection but they have ruined this one for me personally anyway. I am sure there will be people who love it I say if you like the original or you are very familiar with it eventually you will sniff out the imposter in this bottle that is if you can find it or work out what you are buying to begin with.:)

Elizabeth Arden Red Door has really grown on me! I don't remember anyone I knew wearing the fragrance back in 1989 when I was in college; Poison, Paris, Giorgio, Obsession, and Knowing, yes, but Red Door, no. So I don't have any memories associated with it that would influence me in one way or another. Several years ago, when I picked it up at a discount store, I remember instantly hating it so I gave it to a fragrance-loving friend of mine who was not put off and decided to give it a go. Fast-forward several years and there I was again at the discount store! In the meantime, I'd given several heavy 80's fragrances that I had NOT liked at the time, a whirl: Obsession (I'm still a bit meh! about it, but now that I know Jicky and Shalimar I appreciate it so much more), Giorgio (I also understand that one more, too, now that I know about Piguet's Fracas, but I do NOT like Giorgio nonetheless due to a sharp, suffocating quality). So, I figured it was time to try Red Door again. Often, if I can figure out what it's related to in fragrance history, I can at least start to understand what it's trying to do. I have a decent-sized perfume collection (designer-based, though, not niche, due to the cost!), with examples representative of all the scent groups. What I try to do is locate a perfume in its family or subcategory by shared notes, so that perfume cousins are sitting next to each other on the shelf. But while I have many strong-smelling, old-timey concoctions (Knowing, Magie Noire, Azuree, Aromatics Elixir, Ciara, Shalimar, White Diamonds, Chanel No. 5, etc.), Red Door doesn't really resemble any of these. Thank goodness for the Fragrantica hive mind is all I have to say! A few folks noted Red Door's similarity to D&G "Red Cap" (which I have as yet to smell) and JacquieDS likened Red Door to an inexpensive/beer-budget version of Dior Poison (which I have to revisit, too!). The thing that kept drawing me back to Red Door was this "dark honeyed rose" description... I love roses and I love honey! Red Door does smell like a fruity, thick, honeyed, dark red rose. It has a sweet & sour, almost bitter smell simultaneously, which attracts me now, though it repelled me before -- almost an overripe rose hips/fruit smell. When I looked up some of the notes, I also noticed that ylang-ylang can produce a sour/woody/dirty note, which might also contribute to that sour effect. It dries down to a kind of rosy/ambery whisper, 3-4 hours later (pretty big sillage but not amazing longevity: it's a cheapie!). I love Red Door now! Incidentally, another SUPER cheapie, Charlie Red, does resemble Red Door but without the thick sweet & sour, overripe roses and rosehip darkness and ambery drydown; it's like Red Door lite. You may as well just get Red Door. I really love Red Door now but am still in search of a sister or cousin scent that's doing something similar to Red Door. Now I need to check out D&G "Red Cap" and Dior Poison...

sniff it on the dept.store, first impression was way too strong and little bit like cat pee because the sales girl sprayed it twice on a paper. but my mind keep telling me to keep it! you will be back to sniff it again ! and I kept it on my Bag. 2 days after I opened my bag and found this strip paper of Red Door and it's smell amazingly classic just like shopisticated women on night social gathering with her backless black dress, simple balerina updo,gold earring, red lipstick, thick eyelashes, daring smile and a glass of champagne on her hand and welcoming every guests with her top class manners. could be Madonna, Jennifer Lawrence, Cher, Diane Lane, Eva Longoria, Cheryl Cole, Penelope Cruz, or even Anne Hathaway. so then I decide to buy it via online. sometimes some perfumes need to be very perfumey because the way it is. not a barely floral or fruity or boring vanilla cake. the shynthetic ingredient made it fabulous as natural ingredients gave natural scent, right? If you want everybody sniff behind your back, wear this, don't be shy. it's like aroma therapy that gives you a feeling like you have all that money to buy high end dresses and jeweleries from Chanel or Dior. Yes..smell like expensive product.

Despite calling this 'Limited Edition', it's pretty obvious by now that this is the new Red Door. It does smell like the original in the bottle. There is no doubt that this is Red Door, and could be mistaken for none other. BUT. Due to its reformulation, my mother gave me the 100ml bottle of the new Red Door, which was more than half full, because the loss in longevity and sillage on her disappointed her to the point she's searching for a new signature scent. And so, here I am with the new Red Door, and I am totally satisfied with how it smells on me. The old Red Door for some reason, seemed to die and rot the moment it hit my skin, turning it into a car air freshener that was as weak as water, where it was so potent on my mother it was like a whole other entity. THAT was what I loved about it. On her. I wanted what she had, because it was divine, strong, and powerful, like my mother. But on my skin, the new Red Door blooms into everything strong, honeyed, rosy, woody and thick that I loved about the original on my mother, but couldn't achieve on myself. With reformulation, our roles have reversed. A Red Door will always have a place in my collection now.

Absolutely gorgeous and sensual perfume! It's very feminine, powerful, akin to a bouquet of flowers. My bottle is the EDT with the clear top so I'm reviewing that version. Violets, carnation, and deep red rose dominate the opening which is an extremely powerful blast of florals. It's very strong so one or two spritzes goes a long way: any more and I get a headache. It's definitely too strong for the office but is ideal for romantic evenings, cool days, and autumn to winter. Red Door has very retro-vintage vibes. It was very popular in the early 90s and I remember catching the scent of it on my alma mater's campus at the time but not knowing the gorgeous floral scent was Red Door. It reminds me of cool, windy days as a student in the 90's browsing through books in new age stores as rose incense smoke swirled around. The rose, ylang-ylang, and jasmine remain the most prominent notes for me throughout although they turn powdery and soapy in the dry down which gives it an older, mature woman vibe. It's classy and sophisticated, ideal for a romantic date wearing or for curling up with a good book by the fireplace on a cold evening.