Emporio Armani City Glam for Her

Fluffy, Musky MOSSY ROSE & BLACK-CURRANT... 2005 Chypre-Floral by Annick Menardo & Olivier Cresp. Opens with a burst of sparkling blackcurrant supported by plum & coriander, that deepens into a velvety rose , freesia & heliotrope heart, all resting on an oakmoss, patchouli & white-musk base. Alongside there is a faint perfume-y quality that pulls all the notes together. As it dries down, rose expands the scent to where it gives a fluffy chypre vibe. The voluminous, fluffy musky quality is fantastic. This was a signature scent of mine in the past, but it's been discontinued now for awhile, and I haven't found anything that's an exact match, but Dazzle Al Haramain comes close. This has lightly above average performance for a year round wearing experience. Contrast to Emporio Armani Diamonds Rose Giorgio Armani: These are different, but there are some striking similarities with fruity, rosy chypre. Diamonds has a more forward raspberry litchi. Roughly equivalent performance, or slightly better for Diamonds. Contrast to Your Moment Tous: These are different, but there are similarities with sparkling dark-fruit and rose chypre. Your Moment has a bolder approach and the sparkling, tart qualities are more forward, while the fluffy musky qualities are more forward in City Glam. Contrast to Dazzle Al Haramain: These are different, but there are some striking similarites black-currant and fluffy, rosy chypre. Rather than oakmoss, Dazzle has davana, and a more forward nearly whipped quality in the rose. Both have excellent performance, but Dazzle outperforms. Overall: gorgeous fluffy, musky, mossy rose-black-currant scent with slightly above average performance. This beauty is sadly discontinued but still sometimes available on the grey market. It's a longtime love for me. 10/10. Enjoy!

Oh my gosh, I was so obsessed with this scent in 2005/06! I remember smelling it at duty-free in the airport killing time between connections, but not able to buy it because all my money was being used up travelling ;-) I did eventually buy a bottle and -- it was around the time I decided to cut back on synthetic fragrance and focus on natural absolultes/attars instead -- it was the last bottle of global brand perfume I bought until recently deciding to dive back in with a few selections from Aqua Allegoria. I remember being enchanted by it, and feeling like it represented my sense of self so well! I wonder what I'd think of it now, 20 years later.

One of my all time favourite scent. I HATE that they discontinued it, shame on you, Armani! If someone wants a dupe of it, not so long ago I ordered a dupe from Divain (it's a Spanish company), and it's 100% the same! Or if you can't order from there, Linn Young - Soul Zipper Donna Metropolitan is another hidden gem, which is also the same as well, and it's bottle and box is really similar to Emporio City Glam!

It's kind of love at first sight to me. It could be just because of white musk, I'm not sure at all. When I smell this at first, I asked for the name of this perfume. It was like a pleasant surprise. I agree the style of the perfume "jean and t-shirt" but I also see a trendy girl when I smell this. If you know that you obsessed with white musk, you should try!

One of the best perfumes! Don't understand why discontinue such a gem, compared to all the rest sickly sweet Armani mediocracy?! It's a unique and provocative fragrance, at the same time not offensive, hence suitable for both - day or evening wear. To me it remotely resembles classic Agent Provocateur, but with less sharpness and more subtlety .