Wings

I still remember myself, 12-13 years old, standing in the cosmetics section of Robinson's May, looking curiously at a poster of Isabella Rosselini at the Lancome counter, engulfed and entranced by the scent of powder, lipsticks and perfume, knowing, this would become a lifelong addiction. I had just begun playing with fragrances back then. I was just about to leave the department store into the mall, when a Prescriptives lady sprayed Flirt into the air (another one of my 90s favourites), it was then, in my peripheral vision, I was lured by a Wings box set containing a full size and beautiful little mini EDP. I fell in love with the blue and gold hues and when I inhaled the perfume, wore it, I became it. Some 20 years and 200 hundred perfumes later, this still wins a prize in my top drawer. Nothing ever has given me quite so much pleasure and now, pure nostalgia.

I tried it a few years back at a local chemist`s - they were down to 4 (yes 4!) euro by the 30 ml bottle, and I instantly bought at least 5 of them, and gave to mum and other females in the family. We all agreed that it`s a pleasant, everyday scent for women in their 30s and beyond, that you can wear all summer long. It has the right balance of freshness-floweriness-muskiness, I never found any similarity with Eternity or Rumeur though. To me it`s pure white flowers, gardenia and lily especially, and the drydown is quite musky. It`s probably the best budget perfume I ever bought..And I agree, that it does have the 90s vibe..In any way - I`m defo getting a budget bottle of it sometime soon!

I love this fragrance. I found a small bottle of the perfume in a consignment shop. This is a soft, sofisticated & modern floral which smells like dominate white florals on me, which I love. Gardenia??? How can it go wrong??? Love at first sniff. The base notes keep it from being a too-sweet floral on me & it just softens to a watery white floral. It reminds me of Chanel No 5 because they smell similar. Love it & worth every penny. 'Just wish it would last longer than 4-6 hours on me.

This definitely smells like it could be a Sophia Grojsman creation! I love all of her perfumes, so I was pleasantly surprised when I took my first sniff of Wings! To me it’s Volupte mixed with Eternity. And I also get Spellbound 100%. The osmanthus gives it a fruity apricot juiciness, and the heliotrope hugs you with fluffy powderiness. The jasmine and gardenia are sweet but not cloying. It’s juicy, it’s soft, it’s delicious! Wings has me flying high!

It is full of osmathus (think of Narciso Rodriguez for Her)...creamy osmathus floating in the sky, falling into a field of lilac, jasmine....slipping into an amber river...personal and passionate...complex and exciting but not sophisticated...raw and loud but super-feminine Reminds me of the night...I use it for night sleeping these days...the strong osmathus-amber dry down always shocks me in the morning :)

This screams GARDENIA AND LILAC on me which is fantastic as I love gardenias and lilacs almost more than any other flowers. For me the sillage is really pretty impressive wafting around me in a lovely floral cloud. It's very soft and feminine and pretty, but not shy and retiring which is perfect if you ask me. It's a charming vivacious chatterbox of a woman in a flowered hat

I don't know which flowers it has most but I don't recognise any so for me it smells generically floral. Back then the notes were much different so it makes harder to distinguish them if it is possible at all. I enjoy the result nevertheless, it smells like pure nostalgia of 1990's. (I poured my splash mini into a sprayer to get it properly spread.)

Love this scent, one spray only. Strong florals, beautiful mix gardenia, tuberose and others. very clean floral with no powdery dry down. love it Loud and proud 90s floral. One spray will do. This scent is hard to find, but great for someone who loves florals( or Giorgio).. it does smell similar to eternity and sun moon stars. Clean bright floral

This is a great 90’s scent. It’s floral and fresh, but sweet and warm at the same time. ‘Wings’ is a bit like CK Eternity but with its own distinctive character. It’s a fragrance that improves with dry down. I’ve enjoyed wearing this fragrance today. It is cheap and cheerful in the best way possible.

the best floral fragrance ever,evokes sweet memories, had it a very long time back.Don't know where i can buy this again, hope to see another perfume house coming up with something similar or surpassing .. :)

My aunt has this and it is quite lovely. But, I don't think anyone under 30 could pull this off. However it is a nice scent, but not sexy like Chanel No5.

Super 90s. Has that same chewy undercurrent that Amarige does but with a clean, laundry detergent floral thing going on. Love it!

I'm in love! My husband loves it too! Which is quite an accomplishment. Happy Perfuming!♥

I ordered it blind and I was shocked. Absolutely love it. It is not a fruity floral, but rather an oppulent floral oriental. They do not make many perfumes like this these days, people seem to be afraid of them. It is sweet, full, deep, great. Smells very much of jasmine, lilac and amber to me and that is why I love it. Love jasmine and amber and although lots of perfumes these days have jasmine in their names and almost all, like in the past, do have it amongst their notes, practically no perfumes smell of jasmine. It is probably too rich and opulent for these days. Wings reminds me a lot of Poison, but even more of the original Lumíére, which I like much better than Poison. While Poison is a bit cloying and too sweet (although I do like it), none of these too is. Well, I like the original Lumiére much better than Wings, it is even denser, but that one has been out of production for a longtime now. Nevertheless I consider Wings a wonderful replacement. Differently from Poison and Lumiére it does in fact have this musky animalic understone which otherwise also makes it special. Never guessed really. I am very happy with it. A true mood lifter.

This is like a modernized L'air du temps. Slightly soapy, and far more floral than fruity. Soft and definitely classic in style. I get a little fruitiness on the drydown, a citrusy peach, which I'm assuming comes from the passion flower although I could be wrong. Slightly sweet. Decent soft projection from my sweater. This and Avon Topaze are the only perfumes my mother owns and she's had them for decades without ever wearing them (she has severe asthma, so she can't wear fragrances. She uses the bottles purely for decor). I somehow went my whole life up to this point without giving this a sniff, and it smells exactly how I always expected from the way it looks. To summarize - it's classic in style, slightly old-fashioned at this point in time, but approachable. Any woman of any age could pull this off. A very safe take on vintage French DNA; it doesn't "wow" me, but it's nice enough for all normal purposes and would be an easy reach. I'll always have a sense of nostalgia around the bottle design, which is very pretty.

Wings is a very green floral to me. There is not a single fruity note listed, so I don’t know how this can be classified as a fruity floral. It doesn’t smell fruity at all. There is an abundance of waxy white florals, complete with a touch of bitterness. I feel that there are leaves and stems included in these notes, not just the petals. I wish I could smell more of the lilac and rose, as they are flowers that have a sweet crispness, but I can smell mostly gardenia and lily. A bit of sweetness would improve this in my opinion. The drydown is very faint, a lovely sandalwood and musk. I wish it were stronger at the base. I know this smells very similar to something else I have smelled or own, but I can’t figure out what it is. It is reminiscent of many non-sweet florals that I associate with the 70’s and 80’s, even though this came out in the 90’s. I don’t often wear these greenish florals, but they must suit me, as I have already received a compliment about my scent with the first person I encountered today.

The newest addition to my Giorgio Beverly Hills kick: I did like this fragrance back when it was launched, but never owned a bottle. I purchased it just recently at a bargain. It is a bright, sunny, cheerful scent. I cannot imagine being gloomy and wearing this. Though "White" flowers are listed, the feel is a sunny yellow. I get a sweetness almost like honey, likely from the lily. I also can detect the softness of carnation. I do not detect any fruitiness, and indeed no fruits are listed. I do feel a clove type note, perhaps its the way the sandalwood blends with the other notes, but I like cloves so enjoy that. And yes, there are echoes of Eternity, but this is a far more bold and full bodied scent. As said, it is a bold fragrance, so best applied lightly, otherwise it could be overwhelming to others. Even though it is not an irresistible, love fragrance, i do enjoy it immensely and will wear it often. And at current prices it can be had for, what a bargain.

I used to wear this in the early 1990's, along with New West Skinscent by Aramis. Both are fresh, aquatic fragrances. I used to wear this whilst working in a bar in my student days and I remember getting a lot of compliments with it, in fact one of my co-workers adopted it as her signature scent and still loves it to this day. I tried Wings again recently, after finding a bargain in a TK Maxx, but sadly, it was too strong, too "chemical" for me, a little overpowering, not how I remember it at all. It reminded me of an old-lady type smell. I have just sold my bottle on Ebay. At first spray is when its most offputting - when it settled down after a couple of hours, the smell was more pleasant, but not enough for me to wear again! Some things belong in the past, and this is one of those - "we should never look back cos we're not going that way!"

My first perfume - I bought this from just the magazine advert - I was sold and luckily I loved it. I was worried that the current version might not be quite the same but I bought some for Christmas and, 'boom', to my nose it has the same lovely initial notes and main scent; to me gardenia, rose and jasmine. The dry down might be a little leaner but this was never an overpowering perfume. I am right back in my optimistic 1990s. There's really nothing not to like about this happy scent and it seems a lot better value to me now. I think it used to have Wings written on the bottle and my new one doesn't but nevermind. For me Wings is definitely on trend for this spring/summer as it's a lovely bit of happiness and optimism in a bottle - I might have to get another bottle just in case.

I am rather excited! I've just come upon an old copy of Victoria magazine ~ with an UNOPENED tester flap of Wings! The soaring picture of the woman jumping for joy in her yellow frock, captured me at once. WHY has no one opened this yet?! So I made myself wait until my own perfume - of - the - day began to fade before sampling Wings. LIQUID SUNSHINE I could have sworn I was smelling the yellow punch of Narcissus and the sweetness of Tuberose, but no. So this sharp and heady - sweet potion must be a combination of Gardenia, Lilac, and Marigold. Backed by the excellent base of Amber, Cedar, and Sandalwood.... what a fine balance. This perfume perfectly conjures up sunshine, and actually delivers on it's ad copy. WOW. Pleasant surprise indeed!