White Diamonds Eau de Parfum

After over a year since spraying it for the first time, I find that my bottle has macerated very nicely. It matures slightly and it doesn’t turn at all. In fact, I like it even more and find it more comforting to wear over a year after the bottle was first sprayed. It’s still the same, but there’s more amber floral depth that reads as a very high quality, sophisticated, and womanly perfume. The presence it creates is that of a woman who knows her value and knows how to choose a fragrance. It blends well with my chemistry. With a more mature bottle, there’s less of the hint of melon in the drydown, less of an aldehydic smack in the face at first, and more of a shimmering warm spicy floral with womanly wisdom and elegance and just a hint of sweet fruit. It simply cannot be compared to the cliché that the eau de toilette has become. It’s likely to be unrecognized now, or perhaps perceived as an improvement on the original. But people think of the eau de toilette when they think of White Diamonds. The eau de parfum demands more sophisticated attire, but I’m so confident about the very deep heart of this EDP that I know it won’t offend even if someone recognizes it. I categorically refuse to touch the eau de toilette. But I love the eau de parfum and it loves me back. I was a Chanel, Bond No. 9, and Hermès only kind of girl for the longest time, and this eau de parfum is of no less quality. For anyone who loves the classics, the market has changed for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the grande dames of the twentieth century have been reformulated for the worse, many beyond recognition. Most classic French perfumes have sadly been slain through reformulation. Some Spanish and Italian fragrances have at least endured. Not all American perfumes have retained their glory. Even though Youth-Dew and White Linen live on beautifully albeit more quietly, Beautiful by Estée Lauder was utterly ruined. It was once a powerful and majestic floral, and now it’s a cheap smelling powdery nothing. But White Diamonds eau de parfum has endured. Niche fragrances have continued to evolve, as have their price points, but way down at the lower end of the market sits White Diamonds eau de parfum in all its continuous glory. I don’t even see fit to discuss any other Elizabeth Taylor fragrances including WD EDT as being worthy of comparison with White Diamonds eau de parfum. Secondly, at this point in time, the world is by and large budgeting differently than even one or two years ago. In the U.S., where this eau de parfum is made, it can be had for under 30 dollars. Why pay more for less?

I don't think this perfume can be IFRA compliant LOL! Wow! This is a big perfume, this is worn by a woman w/ confidence, she owns the room and knows it. This is sooo Elizabeth Taylor. Classy, powerful, dynamic. I don't know if I can pull this one off! I will have to go easy w/ White Diamonds to start off w/, she and I will have to get to know each other a bit. It is very aldehydic, soapy, mossy, woody, white and yellow floral. 1 spray is all you will need and spray your top and walk away for 20mins and wait to put it on and that will let the perfume settle. When it settles down it is a very pretty classic perfume. My Grandmother would've loved this one! I have a feeling I can grow into WD, the more I smell it the more I like it. It is grand. 1028/21 Pick up the dusting powder to go w/ this as well. It is fab and your skin will sparkle like there are crushed diamonds on it. Edit: 1/14/23 I wore this yesterday (again) it seems I reach for this soooo much. I just can't get enough of it the more I smell it. I get my bottle out often (which is 1/2 gone) just to smell it. The more I wear this the more obsessed I become w/ this perfume. A full 1.7 ounce bottle of this costs anywhere between $22-26. I like the toilette but the eau de parfum what the reviewer above said if you don't try this version, you are missing the whole point of this perfume. This is a signature worthy perfume and I have to upgrade my review to a LOVE!!! Animalic, musky, floral, mossy, rich, tuberose, ylang, aldehydic heaven. Chanel #5 has nothing on White Diamonds, nothing. I gave #5 another try recently (our Sephora now has it out for sample) to see if my opinion has changed. I was a lot younger when I tried it before. And nope it is still very, very antiseptic. Most Chanel's come off that way to me except the Allure line. White Diamonds has aldehyde but there is nothing antiseptic about it, it is pure sensuality. If you love white/yellow animalic florals and aldehyde you have to try this instead of the toilette. Also, Elizabeth Taylor knew what smelled sexy, and what men want a woman to smell like. This gets you compliments from both sexes. And I know young girls in their 20's who adore this perfume ever since I introduced them to this and Elizabeth Arden's Red Door.

I'm very late to trying this perfume. I just received it in the mail from FragranceNet this afternoon. I really liked it! However, I was expecting this to be a lot stronger since it's the EDP. Of course this is a reformulation also. I'm not going to return it because the price was so affordable. I loved the initial spray of top notes, but I didn't get any of the ones listed here. I got the sandalwood, amber, ylang-ylang, narcissus and lily. Now it's been couple of hours and the musk has entered, which I am enjoying along with the aforementioned notes. I really wish this projected more. Maybe I can't tell because I'm inside my own scent bubble, but I only sprayed it on one arm since I didn't know if I'd like this or not. It became a skin scent quickly on me. But I'm fine with that because powdery scents can be offensive to some people around you. This one works very well with my skin chemistry so I'm very relieved. I also own the reformulated Shalimar and Samsara EDP by Guerlain. I am sad that I cannot stand Shalimar no matter how many chances I give it. I LOVE Samsara though. I also have Coco EDP by Coco Chanel and I ADORE that fragrance. I would say White Diamonds is somewhere in the middle between Samsara and Coco Chanel. Powder and floral. White Diamonds would be my #3 choice out of these. My mother who is in her 80's never liked White Diamonds (and doesn't like this reformulation either), which kind of surprised me because she loves Eternity by Calvin Klein (I do NOT), and she likes L'air du Temps (I also love). I am not sure if I can recommend this perfume since it's just too subjective. I am happy with this since I really like it, and it was a blind buy. I feel ultra feminine wearing this and I live in South Florida, close to Miami. For me, White Diamonds does just fine with this ungodly heat and humidity.

White Diamonds has become my signature fragrance. I’ve always adored it, but I never imagined wearing it myself until I hit 40 and ran out of F’s to give. Now I wear what I like, and any peasant who doesn’t like it is free to leave. It is among the best-selling fragrances of all time for a reason. If you can get past the petty, unmerited internet hate, you will find a masterpiece. Yes, it starts out screechy. It is a cloud of sharp aldehydes and Amazon lily. But the dry down is a rich, creamy Egyptian tuberose, amber, and sandalwood. Once it settles, it feels like a warm hug from someone who loves you. The sillage of White Diamonds varies wildly. The EDT arrives 15 minutes before you do and stays until last call. The EDP, which I prefer, is softer and less "in your face." The pure parfum is the most grounded of all, trading room-filling volume for a heavy, creamy, and intimate projection. All three concentrations have the power to stay with you all day and offer incredible value for the money. I get compliments constantly, especially from younger people that didn't grow up around this fragrance. It’s also the last thing most strangers expect a 6'1", 165‐lb man to be wearing. You can watch the recognition dawn on some people, and there’s a confused pause while they try to match the scent to the person around them. Skipping this gem because a handful of grown children online think it smells “omg like no so old” is ridiculous. Wear whatever the hell you want and enjoy it. Life is too short to worry about the opinions of people who, in the end, don’t matter. EDIT: If you enjoy dialing up the sillage to the level of a full-fledged OSHA violation as I occasionally do, get BOTH the body powder and the lotion. You'll thank me later.

I did a paper test of the EDP--a single spray 24 hours ago--and it still smells stronger than most other EDPs would after only an hour or two. It seems to me that the Elizabeth Taylor EDTs are about the strength of most companies' EDPs, if not stronger, and this EDP seems just about as strong to me as an extrait de parfum, if not pure parfum even. It's crazy that this beyond-reasonably priced perfume smells so good, too--I admit that I was a bit biased against it because it's so popular, but sometimes things are popular for a reason (kittens, babies, Snickers bars), and you'd have to be the worst kind of niche reactionary to hate a fragrance simply because so many other people love it. Besides, compared with all the fruity florals out there and the endless parade of gourmands, White Diamonds almost smells unusual these days, which is obviously a paradox because (last I heard anyway) it's the most popular fragrance in the world. I guess it depends what circles you travel in. But to my nose this is just lovely, and you can't ask for better performance, either in terms of projection or longevity. The woods notes are very pretty, not nearly as sharp as they are in some other, edgier French perfumes I have grown to love, but still assertive enough that you notice them, especially on the drydown. I have yet to do a real skin test yet, but if this performs anywhere near as well on my skin as it does on paper, it will be the best $10.50 I ever spent.