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 .

For me was one of my best perfumes.Chypre,floral and modern at the same time.On my skin was long lasting and very pleasant and unique.Feminine too.A nice combination of rose mostly,then bitter berries and nice dry oakmoss. I miss it and not to mention how mad I am I can't find it anymore.

I like it a lot. For me it's a modern version of salvador dali's "Le Roy de Soleil".. a romantic floral fragrance.

It is an amazing scent. It changes totally when you spray it on your skin so do not be prejudice, you'll like it!

The best copy of LEI is SI by Armani. The same one!

This is a night out perfume. Ideal occasion to wear it would be drinks at a rooftop bar, with a view of the city. A metropolitan city that has skyscrapers and many neon lights. This is what this perfume is about, exactly as its name says, CITY GLAM. The top notes in this perfume remind me of city lights, and the patchouli gives me night time vibes. It lasts forever. This perfume isn't so fitting for a fine dining date. However, I've worn this while sipping dirty Martinis and vodka redbulls and found it nice. The perfume almost smells like cocktails, the strong ones! I've even drunk so much that I had woken up the next day with this perfume still on. Smelled like a hangover. Fast forward a few years when I'm not drinking so much. Today I spritz this on and all the fun memories came back! This is a perfume that will get you compliments from your drinking buddies and party friends. I remember getting compliments from them. Not suitable for work or anything formal. It has a primal undertone to it because of the musk. A bit rugged, but sexy. For a lady who likes strong cocktails and isn't too shy to go to the dance floor. I get the color silver with this perfume, maybe due to an association with party dresses. Grey and white could work too. So does dirty pink. But not warm colors.

11. January 2016 I have found a small perfume shop in neighbour town where they sell a lot of discontinued fragrances and you dont have to sell your soul to devil to get them. Got a gift set and very happy about it. It smells so different and nice! I am very careful with black currant in general, but here it is mixed so nicely into sefuctive potion with patcgouli and rose that i had to go back second time to that store and buy it. The sillage and lasting power are wonderful! Wearing it now in a frosty weather (its minus 15 celsius out here and a lot of snow) and love it!!! This perfume has a seductive soul and smells like guilty pleasure. I might go bsck for the rest and will buy next time "night" version as well. I understand why it gets a lot of love! Truly worth it!

Very sharp and powdery scent. Not for those who prefer light perfumes. It was the first perfume I ever bought. That was when I was 13. As a thirteen year old, I did not have really good taste in perfumes. I bought it because it looked "cool" to the thirteen year old me. Oh but on second thought, the dry down was fabulous. I recall a period of time when I used to spray right before I go to bed so that when I wake up I would only smell the dry down. Overall pleasant but definitely not something that I would buy again even if it wasn't discontinued.

I'm actually surprised that this is a chypre floral, it wears more like a fruity floral. It's pleasant and clean and smells a bit like an impulse body spray. Definately not expensive smelling, but rather cheerful and unpretentious. Would be nice as a first perfume for a teenager. That said, I have used the whole bottle up for days when I just want to smell nice and not make a big statement.

Wow when I first smelled this, it reminded me of a slightly more modern version of Knowing.I was a nanny as a teenager, and the mom always wore this and I thought she was so elegant. It seems like a floral or chypre floral to me. Beautiful, but slightly too mature for me at this point in my life. I would love to smell this on others!

Modern scent for young, wild, self confident and independent woman with no borders. Not outstanding one but it is supposed to be quite normal for day-time perfume. I wear it when I want to feel fresh, strong and trendy.

This perfume is so fresh and flirty! The black currant and plum notes really stand out to me, and they make it perfect for daytime wear. It's not overpowering at all, just a lovely light scent that lingers.

Pretty, chic and feminine. I detected a strong juicy plum note, plenty of rose and patchouli. I'm not a patchouli fan but its done very smoothly here. Very likable and quite sexy.

I actually find this one pretty wearable for men too. It's a fresh, dewy rose, smothered with blackcurrant jam that has a slight bitter edge. Lonegevity and sillage are great.

i love the fragrance .its very charming and sexy .Its modern and very lady like .

I liked it when I bought it and used it, but nothing particular.