Realm Women

I've had my bottle of Realm for several years now and have rarely used it. It's always been...."nice" but nothing that I ever craved. I've always thought it was a bit on the too-sweet side as well and I'd have to be in the right mood to wear it. It's officially fall now and for whatever reason, I reached for my bottle today. Maybe the issue was that I was trying to wear this when the weather was too warm...it came off as too syrupy sweet. In a bit cooler weather, Realm...on me anyway...is a tantalizing,beeswax and honey concoction, laced with cinnamon and clove and delicate flowers. There's something "balmy" and almost medicinal about it.Reminds me of venturing through the TCM aisle of an Asian grocery store. Realm is my new (old) friend. Update: The drydown is worth the wait on this one. If the SUPER sweet opening scares you off.....just hold on!

I picked this up fairly inexpensively on Amazon and I've been giving it a test run for a few weeks now. I wasn't expecting much as far as the scent goes but I've been pleasantly surprised. It smells like a very melodic floriental on me, with a touch of citrus, and as a previous reviewer stated, I also detect cloves in it to start. Nothing too overpowering or headache-inducing. I finally started wearing it out of my house recently and I've received some rather enthusiastic compliments on how good I smell from strangers. The last fragrance I wore where I received random compliments like this was Liz Claiborne's Vivid, so I think I might go ahead and make this my new signature.

I stumble onto Realm for Women over 20yrs ago... It was my fav of all time! I loved the smell and so did others - I could still smell it on me the next day. Price was so amazing I'd buy 6 bottles at a time ($7 each). Suddenly EDP Realm became unavailable, then EDT became hard to find, next almost nonexistent to costing $50-$100 when found. I wanted Realm so bad, I went to Fragrantica to find a replica. So far, nothing compares to the smell, sillage or longevity... I want my Realm EDP back!

I have been wearing this fragrance snce it first came out. A perfect blend of citrus and spicy vanilla, it is another long-lasting scent nice for day or evening.

great perfume. smells delicious. good bottle too. This is a women perfume attracktive for men. This had to be alway's.Don't discontinue. i give this a 4

When I worked at a perfumeria, I recall the time when we were being told the lore of this fragrance being one of the first fragrances to have successfully created synthetic human pheromones. I remember having so fun with it by talking about it with some my co-workers. I would find the least attractive man and spritzed him with the male perfume...then I would lean over to smell him and I'd make my chest expand just so the top buttons of my shirt would pop open then act like if I felt this unexplained wave of lust come over me and rubbed his chest. All laughs and parlour tricks aside, we decided to take on the challenge of its claims that it was the new Love Potion and each put the respective Realm fragrances according to our genders on, then waited to see what feedback we'd have by end of day. Well, well wouldn't you know it...my co-workers redirected inquiring tourists to my counter and it sure would SELL. When I would mention about the human pheromones, people were ooo'ing and ahh'ing and liked the idea of something so scientific and novel in a fragrance. Quite frankly, I felt it was just hype. It still doesn't mean the fragrance was unpleasant, as a matter of fact, far from it imo. It did have a sort of happy, tropical, fruity but delicate scent that wasn't offensive nor overwhelming. I liked it but wasn't crazy about it, myself. But, if you like a perfume with a nice mix of honey, vanilla, fruit and florals with a pinch of spice that you can wear day or night, it is worth a try.

This was a blind buy for me and I'm loving it. It is the most honey scented perfume I own and I love that about it. I do detect some vanilla too perhaps and maybe some orange? On me I don't get much spiciness but maybe that is just my chemistry. I tend to not like spicy scents anyways. I think this is going to be one I use quite a bit. I can't believe this isn't more popular. I agree that it does smell as good as some expensive perfumes. I like my perfumes to be noticeable so I'm hoping this one will be. It's not overpowering so far, so I'm hoping it will be strong enough to be noticed by others. I'm super glad I bought this. Anyone who likes a honey scent or a vanilla scent should try this one. It's a snuggly, warm, sexy scent to me. I don't see myself tiring of this one either. Update: I ended up not using this perfume much. It just smelled rather 80s or 90s to me, which sometimes I love, but I guess not in this particular case. For me it is sort has such a perfumey smell. It dos have good longevity though.

I have had this perfume for quite awhile now... like 3-4 years... and I wasnt exactly impressed- i thought it was too strong for my taste (though my bf at the time- now my hubby- said he loved it.) But I decided to try it again... and I think it has grown on me (maybe im just a little more mature? lol) I am usually drawn to very sweet smells, gourmand, or light aquatics, but this is a nice night time scent for me. I have a hard time imagining wearing this in the florida heat, especially during the day, but I think this may become a regular part of my date night and cold weather arsenal. ;) Immediately hit with a strong and spicy floral note, then it cools down a little to a sweet (honey/vanilla) slightly spicy floral.... why did it take me so long to try this one out again?

I got this years ago when it was new. The sleek gold rollerball was unique at the time and I think the perfect way to apply this strong scent. All you need is a dab. In facti think I may have turned away from this after buying a bottle. I now have a rol on and apply only on occasion, but never smell anything bad. All the overly dramatic comments seem to be just that. There are certainly much more offensive scents out there.

To me, this a more toned down version of Charlie Gold. I can smell vanilla and honey, but I can also smell cinnamon in here too! I like it, but I love it when I layered it with Jeanne Arthes Sultane!! It made it last longer too! All in all it is nice, but it doesn't last long. This is harmless and nice for everyday wear.

This bottle is probably fairly old. I don’t like the top notes, but likely because this bottle has degraded. It smells nice after dry down, but nice vanilla scents are not my thing, so I will likely pass it along.

This was the first perfume I could use in unisex. Because of that, it became very popular. A girl approaches me like a beetle. It is a pity that it is out of print.The version I have is the old Beast mode.

This smells ok at first but the dry down smells like a public washroom on my skin.I'm pretty sure its the Water Lily contained in this scent.I've always thought that water lilies smelled like pee or something.I'm going to try to layer the scent with something softer to see if its wearable.I have a really large bottle of this and would hate for it to just sit on my Vanity.

This smells like LANCOME TRESOR to my nose also like Ange ou Demon Givenchy. In LT share most of the same notes n i think the peach in LT = the honey orange in Realm. Very fruity honey n too sweet for my taste. Doesn't work on my olive complexion perhaps. Not what I am into but a lot of ppl love Tresor! Swapped mine out already.

Initially, the scent goes on like a strong aldehyde with notes of citrus and sweetness of honey and vanilla. BUT that disappears quickly and soon after arrives some scent that is awful. It ends up smelling like pure musky/civet dirty underwear stench. Horrible. Anyone want it?

Acid, bitter rotted fruit odor does not do as it claims with the monkey pheromones and all, not a turn on for anybody. Does the chemical attractant work? I think not, unless you count placebo effect. I give this one a big yuck.

The smell isn't one of my favorite. I feel nauseous while wearing it but it put me in a mellow mood. The dried down scent smells a little like blood. I realized the perfume comes out red so it may stain clothes.

Couture Couture is almost an exact match IMHO. Close but more powdery is Bijan Style pink bottle not VIP. None of those pointed out above as similar come close, again IMHO!

I wish I could smell this. I put it on and smell something very light for like 2 minutes, and then I smell nothing at all.

Fragrance Review For Realm Women Erox Top Notes: Mandarin Orange Cassia Middle Notes: Peony Water Lily Base Notes: Honey Vanilla This cheapie beauty was a pleasure to discover. I hadn't expected it to be this good. It has notes in it that I love: cassia, water lily, honey and vanilla. I can see why others who have experienced it compare to frags like Bijan, Charlie Gold and Black Pearls. This is a beautiful, spicy honeyed floral fruited fragrance. It smells more luxurious than it's affordable price. It smells like a warm summer night in Tahiti. It's a light Oriental so in no way does this serve as an introduction to Oriental fragrances but it has an Oriental slant. There is a citrusy opening that I really enjoy. It's a classic fresh citrus top note and it's made even fruitier with the additional note of cassia/cassis which is a perfumy grape scent. It's heart is floral with peony flower and water lily. The water lily is the dominant floral note. It's aquatic and green scented, and for whatever reason it matches up with the cassis scent. It's got a deliciousness that develops from floral to honey and vanilla. I also detected an amber. This amber gives it a warmth and balsamic quality but at the same time it's subtle. The honey is stronger to my nose than the vanilla. It smells so good and it lasts just long enough for me at over 4 and a half hours. It's a beautiful perfume and worthy of more purchases.