Hot Couture Collection No.1

I can remember the exact moment I first smelled this perfume. They were handing out sample vials at an outdoor Peter Gabriel concert and my Mom and I were both handed one. I popped mine open, took one whiff, and I was in love. My Mom took one whiff, said "Whoa. That's you." I got her sample - she's a resinous amber Casmir type and not very compatible with woodsy orientals. If I had known they'd be discontinuing years later, I would have run around with a plastic bag, begging the samples off all of the less enthusiastic. I get it, as I've purchased things that turned out to be unwearable for me (Versace Blonde, for example - beautiful, but florals like this are horrid on my skin), but any time I see that someone threw this in the trash I want to cry salty, bitter tears. Never throw a good quality bottle of perfume away - just find the right person to love it! On first whiff - peppery woods. I get the "pencil shavings" remark, but for a woodsy perfume lover this is not a bad thing. This softens under a wave of ripe, round, red fruit balanced with warm amber and creamy, dewy magnolia. The kick of bergamot is the perfect twist. It's always spicy and woody, with the other notes weaving in and out like a helix. It's potent - one spray is all that's needed. Even the bath gelee smells up the entire bathroom for a whole day. I don't get bratty so much as rebellious. To me, this is for the woman who never really quite fit into the mold and has learned to own it with a great sense of humor - a constantly-amused, arched-eyebrow rapier sharp wit. Her personality is resistant to pigeon-holing, there's always something that can't quite be nailed down - probably why she never quite fit a niche and why people might describe her as "a hot mess". There's something funky about her appearance - sculptural accessories, naturally wild and untameable hair, unusual features, an artistic temperament. For someone with a strong and self-assured presence, but not necessarily a loud one.

Have you ever picked warm raspberries, fresh from the vine? Juice dripping down your fingers, sticky sweet but simply bursting with flavor as soon as you popped them in your mouth? Well, that's what you will find in HC -the original with the lady visible through the bottle. This is one of my all time favorites! I still have half a bottle of the original, the travel size and the mini velvet body water spray. HC was one of my first purchases years ago as a young adult along with Champs Elysees by Guerlain. Both scents were bold and quite strong for someone of my age at that time. Welcome to the big leagues kid! No watered down body splashes here. Loved them then and still love them now. This started my love for peppery fragrances. HC is a musky, smoke laden, crushed pepper, pencil shaving, sticky, fresh from the vine, warm raspberry fragrance. It is best used in the fall or winter time. It is very heady and rich. The raspberry is always in the forefront of the fragrance, even in the drydown but because it is so warm, you don't get that cloying, cheeky sort of raspberry. I have always gotten compliments when I wear this. Longevity on my skin is a beast too. Transports me to a dark, candle lit, smoke filled piano bar, where the drinks are flowing, glasses are clanking and everyone is happily humming along.

I got this in a gift set in 2001, but it has been stored well. To me this smells soooo sexy! I actually got really eager to buy this perfume 3 years ago, when I smelt in om my boyfriend's mother. Although I don't want to be any more like her in the way of clothes/smell than I already am, I just couldn't contain myself - I HAD to have this!!! At first this is spicy - maybe even slightly Middle-Eastern, then it begins to smell raspberry-deliciousness! Not sour raspberry, nor raspberry candy... OK, maybe a little raspberry candy, but it's a sweet-smelling, *mature* raspberry with spices and woods (a little like pencil shavings - I think it's a contribution from the pepper), which is oh so cozy, but also fresh. Then it becomes a little smoky, but together with the other notes, raspberry among them, it's just magic *o* Ends with raspberry - very natural smelling one. This is alluring and makes me want to smell myself all the time! Please read lonestarlolas review - it describes this perfume perfectly! :)

I remember being very surprised when I first tested this one because the scent is not what you expect when you look at the name and the bottle-I expected something serious,smokey and deep and the first impression you get is berries and fizz ! I was hooked straight away- raspberry was not a commonly used note at the time,and I do love something a bit different. It was the bottle that attracted me at first, I love Art Deco and really wanted that bottle on my dressing table- the perfume was a bonus. What stands out the most is the raspberry and pepper- a little loud and unexpected at first, but of course the perfume does dry down and become more floral with a warm & woody base. The other reviewers are right-this is a compliment getter, everyone wanted to know what I was wearing ! On me a moderate sillage and fairly long lasting- I only have about 4 ml left,so I daresay I'll just have to cherish the memories.

I have both this and the standard hot couture (amber coloured liquid) and I don’t think they smell that alike. The raspberry is the star here and it doesn’t have the full on powderiness of hot couture. It’s much nicer IMO. This one also lasts way longer on the skin. It’s much better blended and allows the notes to sing since the powderiness is not prominent I spent a fortune on a bottle recently as this discontinued many years ago. it worked so well with my skin and I received so many compliments while wearing it so I wanted to try it again. It’s really lovely. I will treasure my bottle. It’s a woody fruity perfume and although vanilla is not listed in the notes, I can smell something resembling vanilla. Really beautiful.

I have five Givenchy fragrances in my collection but this, is one HOT mama that I no longer own. : ( A rebel among the saints. I'm going out of my mind searching for it. Will not simply buy it online too many fakes going around. So where can i find this in S.A? If you dont have this in your collection you truly don't know what you missing out on. It's a fragrance that speaks volumes. For me it makes a statement to be daring & confident,the ultimate risk taker. The spiciness mingled with sweetness portrays a picture of someone that harbours no fear. Wow a fragrance that makes you feel completely Invincible even if it's just in your mind.

Oh. My. God! I've been having the old EDT version through the years and I've really enjoyed it but that one is something else. It's like sitting under a full bloomed magnolia tree and sipping delicious cherry liqueur in a summer night; the air is getting cooler but you still can smell the sweet aroma of the summer heat... Absolutely divine! 💕 Although its fruity aspects, it never gets sticky sweet or too much, and one can barely overspray, at least in the cold and freezing weather right now; it's so perfectly balanced. So sad it is discontinued, they don't make such fragrances anymore...

This is rather lovely, actually. I'd say it's for a girl whose used to scents like Magie Noire, Black Orchid and the new Natori, but wanted something just a bit trampier and insouciant for night-time wear. Sometimes we all go for kitsch. Givenchy took a classic, ambery-vetiver-incense bottom and slapped on some sloppy raspberry jam. The final product is womanly and sexy-bordering-on-vulgar. It's good! I can see why it's controversial though. It's a little too voluptuous and heavy for girls who are more into the pretty fruity florals and it's too tawdry for the more serious perfumistas.

Ah this Perfume WAS a masterpiece! My mom started wearing it back in the early 2000’s and I loved it. On my honeymoon in Jaimaca, I ended up finding this one (Hot Couture no 1 with the lady on the back). It was so fragrant and strong, it lasted and lasted. I got compliments constantly! Well, now the reformulation is just pitiful. ZERO longevity, even the EDP version. I can’t believe these companies do this. Soon, no one will even wear Perfume cause it’ll be pointless to spend the $ on garbage scents that last 5 seconds. If you can’t tell I’m very disappointed LOL.

Unique, sexy, and bewitching I was standing in chic filet one morning the girl at the counter was captured by this remarkable perfume she asked what I was wearing immediately and stated she wanted to know what it was. I wrote the name down for her told her where she could purchase she was so excited. Not many people wear this it was discontinued some years back now they bought it back on the market reformulated. It smells good but not as good as the original I think I also wear the oils mixed with the perfume scent stays on my clothes for so long to

I got a new and sealed 100ml bottle on UK vinted for £140 and couldn’t look away. When I tell you that I LOVE this perfume with every inch of me I mean it. She’s sweet, musky, warm and sexy and will catch anyone’s attention when you walk into a room. This bottle will last me a very long time as you don’t need to over spray with this as she is potent. If you can get your hands on this at a reasonable price then grab her. My first love in perfumes and will always repurchase. The bottle is sleek and just stunning 🫶🏼

All the Hot Coutures are ultimately hedonistic. It is like working half a year on a carnival costume you will wear three times. Like someone very smart writing a book that is only meant to entertain and amuse people. What I mean to say with my ramblings is: I feel a lot of brains and work went into the Hot Couture perfumes, and now they are here only to be enjoyed. Not to be analysed, not to challenge the wearer. This is just for fun. Thank you Givenchy, and take my money, for I really appreciate this.

My oldest son's first long term girlfriend gave this to me as a gift when the fragrance was first introduced. I didn't use much of it and just recently found it in a box of older fragrances. Even though I am now in my 60's I find it suites me better these days than it did when I first received it. I agree with the reviews of "MDWake8" and "narcotic". The fragrance is a an "excessive and bratty", sexy, "hot mess". Perhaps I like all of that because it is exactly what I need at my age!

I mean can you say the first time I received this was for my my 19th Birthday from a friend who lived in Germany and I have loved it ever since then. The last bottle I have owed was in 2003 and then after that I could'nt find it any longer so hard to find I'm still in search for it. every where I went I was complimented on it. I would do way with all of my Fragrances just to have this 1 In my hands again, so obsessed with it that the smell of it could never leave my mind.

I had this original perfume for about 15 years. It never went bad but the juice did slowly turn more amber and the scent just got better. This is a strong perfume that is decadent. Sweeeeet but musky and sultry and oh so sexy! This was one of maybe 3 or 4 designer perfumes i had and used on rotation (compared to now i have over 80 middle eastern perfume and nothing comes close to this) I miss it and am considering dishing out the $100 + for a bottle of the OG!

This was my first "real" perfume that I bought for myself, many years ago. I couldn't resist it after trying it in a store. I will always miss it, and I'm so sorry that it hasn't been made for years. I loved the fruity, spicy and wooden notes. I doubt that I will ever find one that matches it. I am sometimes tempted to buy one from ebay, but I'm sure they will be fakes, or not have been stored correctly. But, ah...., the memories of this beautiful perfume.

A remarkable, strong, confident, and bright sent. It's sweet but not nauseating like most sweet smells. The amber and vetiver balance the sweetness in a very sexy way. I miss the old classic bottle....why do all the good things seem to get discontinued? At least the scent appears to have been preserved though it smells less rich, or is that my imagination?

Very beautiful...But NOT the same as the one without the woman on the bottle. I found it on e-bay, but since it is hard to find, the price can get very high. I used up both bottles I had...and wish I could get another. Very feminine, yet a bit different. Just gorgeous.

Givenchy makes the best perfumes. I got a dusty unopened bottle of this at a little forgotten pharmacy with some old perfumes. This batch number leads back to January 2011.Very nice and unusual perfume. Wierd. Cant get enough of it. Medicinal, warm, sexy and powdery.

THE JUICE IS FULL OF ***** Love Elegance Appealing ___________ Mature fragrance perfect for Night wearing, preferably in winter, may also in Summer awesome projection & longevity and of course fragrance itself.. TRY-BUY-PASS MUST HAVE, BLIND BUY

To anyone wondering this is not the same as the original, this one is way better blended and they have left out notes that belong in the profile , Incense being one of them and cedar wood the other

I ADORE THIS FRAGRANCE! My mum gave it to me a few years ago and I only save it for special occasions as I can't find anymore :( I always get compliments when I wear it, my all time favourite

This has got to be the sexiest, perfume ever. I can never tire of it. It's just HOT!!!!!! I always buy it over and over again when my bottle gets low. This is my official scent.

This is still hot and just keeps giving and giving. I have a bottle that was my mother's, a first issue and it is still potent and long lasting. Divine!

My all time favourite! I received the first bottle when I was 15, it's pure love. For me it's still mysterious, spicy and warm. Can't get enough of it!

Well balanced sweet' smoky. But sadly discontinued. If you wanna same vibes. Go for Hot Couture EDP.. about 90% similar.

This is unisex for me. Man can use it too. I'm so much in love with this fragrance since it first launched.

This is the one of my favorites. Intriguing, musky and sexy, warm and peppery, super-rich and unforgetable.

Absolutely best women frag, my Mom and sister used it when I was a little boy!!))))

My favorite of all time. Delicious, sensuous, divine! Why did it have fade away? 😕

i LOVE this perfume!! It smells extremely sexy to me!!!

How to describe Hot Couture No. 1? There are four flankers in Givenchys’ Hot Couture collection, all with similar boxes and with similar notes. Discerning noses can pull out the differences when wearing them. Should you want a particular Hot Couture and are shopping in a perfume store, be very specific in what you ask for from the sales associate. Some of them are not familiar with the idea that more than one Hot Couture exists and will sell you simply what is on the shelf. Look for the right packaging. Wearing this through the fall and winter has given me a lot of opportunities to decide how to review this perfume. This fragrance has so many accolades from others, I wanted to be as fair as possible in my review to make sure that I was also breathing the Hot Couture fantasy. I say this because when I first received my box and tested it, all I could get from it was a sticky, thick, syrupy, cooked raspberry jam surrounding me. It was delicious. But I longed for the smoke and sensual notes that others spoke about. It was early Fall in the States and perhaps the temperatures just weren’t right for me to be wearing this perfume. The weather was still warmer, I was still phasing out my summery perfumes and the true briskness of the Fall had not yet set in. Not all perfumes are a good match for all seasons. It just wasn’t time to pop the top of this bottle yet. Come the bitter cold of snowy winter, still the same thing happened. I needed to find the right season for Hot Couture Collection No. 1 to work its magic for me, if indeed, it would. Apparently, sub-freezing temperatures weren’t the ticket, either. Early Spring, when temperatures hover at the 30-50 degree marks and there are remnants of snow still on the ground, I tried again. And this time, I was able to discern more notes from this sophisticated gourmand. How this can be considered an oriental floral is beyond me. It’s different than your run-of-the-mill teen-age foodie gourmand. It’s rich and oppulent with raspberry, but not just any raspberry. This fruitiness is heavy and intense, as if you’re standing over the pot of jam as it’s cooking on the stove. It’s sweet, but you haven’t added sugar to the pot yet, so there’s an oppositional feel here. Blame the bergamot for a breath of Earl Grey tea or the orange for a citrus zing in the beginning, but this perfume’s run will still be under-sweetened by other notes as it progresses. There’s a woody note that weaves in and out to save the scent of the raspberries from being too linear, overpowering and childish. It’s not strong at all, but it’s there as a backdrop. A hint of smoke wisps tantalize this perfume and the addition of any type of smoke always ups the ante in a fragrance. Leather introduces itself in the drydown as a wrap-around for the ever-present cooked jam. Givenchy Hot Couture No. 1 is a gourmand that’s not commonly encountered because it strives for oppulence, seduction and sensuality in a scent that is so much a gourmand yet somehow it does work in other ways. It works because of its maturity. Its not simply a tropical fruit, its a cooked fruit, tempered with visions of smoke and leather. It’s warm and inviting. Yet, it still needs the right attitude to pull it off. It’s not a young, giggly perfume. It’s one where the wearer meets you eye-to-eye, with a formidable strength. Their actions always give you the impression of what’s to come. And that’s what Hot couture No. 1 is about. It sets the groundwork and continues on its Journey. You won’t be disappointed. The longevity is quite good, lasting for a good six hours or so. Sillage is strong and really, a gentle spritz is all that’s needed. This is a perfume that warms with your body and surrounds you. For extreme decadence one day, I decided to layer Hot Couture with two other perfumes to create a Neopolitan ice cream effect. I choose Avon’s Extraordinary for the intense chocolate note, and Taylor Swift’s Wonderstruck for the vanilla. The result was pure heaven in olfactory delight. You can mix and match your perfumes to layer them to create scents that you might enjoy. Be creative and have fun! This is a perfume that would work well in the evening, going out, for leisure or for the week-ends.

I found this in my mom's drawer which was more than a decade ago. Without much expectation (no luck with my recent 2 Givenchys), I sprayed a little on my arm. First impression was an immediate strong berry smell which came off a little too sour for me. Fruity is not my favorite so this Hot Couture was riding down fast on my list. 5-10 mins in, took another sniff and was nodding with surprise. The amber started to come out from the body warmth which toned down the overwhelming fruit scent, along with a very nice mix of vetiver (my favorite) and pepper. This mixture with a smoky scent effect reminded me of certain Chinese herbs that are boiling in the pots at a Herbal Medicinal shop. It's very light and soothing. Together with the fore-mentioned berries, the scent has become very interesting. I'll definitely try it again for a longer day wear and see the effects. Thumbs up for me at this point.

Love this one! Haven't tried the reformulated perfume but the original is fantastic. Like cherry tobacco on my skin which really makes no sense when I think about it because there is nothing like that in the formulation! But even though I'm terrible at describing what I smell, I can say that this is another favorite winter scent for me. Sweet and fruity but not in a cotton candy way.. with a musky, sandalwood drydown. I always love that combination. This is a perfume I simply enjoy wearing and what could be more fun than that? Smells fantastic on scarves and clothing and it is so long lasting that that great scent will be with you all day. Love it.

Too much raspberry. Past that, after about an hour or two, it becomes soooo lovely though. It becomes woodier and I can sense some amber, a little musk and citrus. The raspberry, though, it screams teeny-bopper to my nose! It's one of those that I'd rarely wear in California because it's cloying in the heat. Perhaps it might be better in the winter time or around the holidays - like, fruity hot tea or at a NYE celebration with champagne? It reminds me of fruity champagne! Not sure I'm going to keep it, love the bottle, I hunted down an original version... If interested, I have a 50 ml bottle I'd consider trading! New aside from my two test wears.

I haven't smelled any other Hot Couture yet so this is my first encounter. Pleasant peppery raspberry. Not a conventional combination, but it certainly works. Reminds me a little bit of the 007 for Women perfume that I am a great fan of, but that one is based on blackberry and thus a bit darker, and I find also more elegant. That's not to say that this isn't a sensual number though, because it is, but a bit brighter, almost sparkling at times. I can see why people are upset that it is gone.

I'm so confused about this one. I receaved it as a gift a while ago, and I really didn't like it. For some reason it smelled very sour, and every time I was wearing it I had a feeling that my skin was burning where the parfume was applied. I really wanted to like this fragrance... And magic! after a while the burning feeling desapeared, and I can now enjoy the Hot Couture! Is it my skin chemistry that changed, or the toxic ingredient that I was sensitive to has evaporated? I have no idea.

Hot Couture by the house of Givenchy - It’s warm and sexy! This a very sophisticated perfume like no other. The fragrance combines sensuality and glamour with elegance. This is not a perfume for just anybody. You either love it or hate it. The sweetness of the raspberry nectar is a thing of beauty!! If you are looking for a scent that’s unique, give Hot Couture a try (my review is based on the original formula - Hot Couture No1). This perfume is one of my all time favorites.

This, to me, is the olfactory definition of "a hot mess". Hot Couture is a wonderfully crass, racy, full-blown bitch fragrance that's lowbrow and luxury at the same time, and I say that with the utmost appreciation. I absolutely love wearing this because very few people seem to use it to its fullest extent. The mix of fruits with the vetiver bomb intertwine in a delightfully nasty way. Demure and simple it is not!

Hm... I've got 50 ml Hot Couture since 2006 and still - can't like it :( I smell sweet raspberry with hint of pepper what remind me hot tea for cold or grippe. I know for many people it seems good but for me HC is annoying yet headache. The old bottle was pretty interesting but the new one is rather ugly and unstabilized. Givenchy's best frag is definetly Ange Ou Demon then Amarige Mariage - the rest is strange.

Fantastic stuff! Powerful & heady, rich & reckless, love what was said below by MD..."excessive & bratty"... Fruity, juicy, smokey, thick, sexy & enchanting. Bloody hard to find! ****Has to be HC No.1*******

Excessive and bratty. That's how I feel when I wear it and that's the point. Raspberry overwhelms at first, but then you are left with a sweet vanilla powdery dry down that stays with you all day.

This perfume smells awful on my skin. It's like someone had spilled a full bottle of raspberry liquor. I have to stay away from berry notes because it never suits my chemistry...

Hi, 👋 I’m reviewing for exactly this version shown above, the metal insert with cut out “haut Couture model” against a black background, the reverse is black background with the Hot Cuture in Silver writing. It’s a 50ml with etched glass batch no ending 765. Right on the edge of the base of the bottle no more than 2mm writing it wd be extremely easy to miss it! I’ve also had the 2014? Version that was the amber dark liquid same shape bottle (yet it doesn’t stand with the kick stand inbuilt like this Original bottle.) Firstly, I’m a Perfume Sponge and I’m talking Original Poison type of perfume wearer. Most 21st Century formulas have never lasted on me and I’ve actually refrained from repurchasing most scents, bar MJ DECADENCE. Disappointed at Black Opium and others at this level. I LOVE to be able to smell myself and the perfume in my hair, I love scent reminding me it’s there all day. Very few I get this with. I’m going to review 3 versions of this based on my personal use. I’ve got a LE Givenchy flanker Holder that’s Gold and a Cuboid with the 4x G Givenchy stamped into the gold on the lid, it came with I believe 7.5ml Hot Couture 7.5ml of both Organza and Amarige refills. I wore the Hot Couture just travelling this weekend, it came in a sealed gift set it was in plastic set within velour red cardboard all in a box, 📦 unopened and completely 2000 genuine. This in my opinion is the only way to preserve this liquid. Rewind - I got the 2014 version £45.00 with box off eBay and I ended up selling it, although I loved it I swapped it out because I was getting an over-riding Rubbery yes tyre Rubber vibe off my skin in the dry down. Ff, this version I received yesterday is unboxed and likely stood on the ladies dresser for 24 years, the scent is absolutely beautiful on 1st spray it’s bold and warm and spritzing out barely there thank Goodness as it’s ferocious and sharp and medicinal and gourmand and cough syruppy and pointy, yes sharp attack on your nostril hairs! It’s an attack of your senses as they scramble in the brain to differentiate what’s what here?! It’s beautiful the raspberry comes in of course it does it’s also fruity to me like balmy exotic true smelling jungle fauna type fruits like those you can only imagine as they are perfumed and caramelised, fermented and not single profile scents like a strawberry, much more exotic. These Damp Jungle Fauna Muskies I call the anchor scents, they weigh this perfume down otherwise all the scratching scents would remain and it wd be in that ever present sharp pokey phase on.m 1st spray. This is Sexy. This is Carnal. This is a perfume you will wear if you want to send your partner a come on. It’s warm and will make those who smell it crave the embrace that’s being offered to them. Do we smell “Mr Men” (tm) Red Lollies remiss a kid from the freezer section (I’m UK & Ireland.) Mr Happy maybe but it was the Red Iced Lolly. I think the raspberry triggers lots of childhood memories it was always the warmer stronger fruit than a strawberry, I eat them now and they are like perfumed jewels in my mouth. I guess over the years I’ve loved such perfumes like Chanel Allure (early 1997 version) early Dior Mademoiselle, Tender Poison 1994, I love Paris by YSL “On my Mother” (Coty L’Aimant white musk in the black small bottle, a daub on perfume milk popular 1980’s) Gourmand, Moorish, Velvety blend, Comfort and Medicinal - the Tyre note the vulcanised rubber note it’s definitely definitely not as much that made me sell the other later 2014 version bottle - yet I remember it and get it in this bottle. It’s most certainly my translation of these notes making this Scent appear to me, maybe?! Maybe it’s not there in the profile but my head converts it to this. I don’t know where the Older Reviews are in this that I’m convinced I read yet one or two people definitely said Cigarette Smoke or tobacco was a distinct note and I wasn’t the only one who spoke of this rubberised note I’m sure. Funnily, I sold it on and the E-buyer complained to eBay and had me negative feedbacked and funds taken from me. She described the Perfume as An Ashtray of stubbed out cigarettes. A note had gone off? I don’t believe it was bad but I do believe this perfume is for the Smoker the Ex Smoker the Catholic inner child who positively swooned and went weak at Mass on the day of the Incense Lamp being swung through the congregation! Think Linda Evangela in Vintage Hair and Applying Givenchy Prisme lilac coloured puff power to her nose and deep burgundy lip liner, overlined lips, smoky eyes to the max, short coifed, confident barrel roll curls with a bottle of Ellenet Hairspray veiling on her whilst smoking a Superking Feg “I give no F**ks hair do, in a Roland Mouriér tight black Column Dress, that kind of Lady, Pure upfront Confidence. Ie don’t sell this on to Mellishqua Mouse in Deutchpolandia in Euromiddle Surburbua (sorry if I seem fecicious I don’t mean it honestly) this is not a resale perfume to anyone who doesn’t know these additional notes that are not up there 🔝 in that Pyramid yet are 💯 there (to some.) A complete Marmite Moment for some. I think unless you pay the £140.00 on eBay for a completely cellophane gift set sealed bottle set, you are unlikely to hook a true unaffected unhuman touched unhuman tainted by air, sunlight etc. whether this concoction that I’m currently smelling is unaffected I’ve no way of telling but il enjoy the hunt. Who knows maybe I will treat myself to another eBay find in the future or I won’t and il be happy with this 50ml. The 7.5 ml to this day is the one that to me carried the sweetness, longevity and punch 🥊 and had the least detection of that vulcanised rubber note. My hair caressed me all day travelling all weekend I felt glamour , allure, unique, vintage, old Hollywood, self assured, warm candied honeyed medicinally soothed “Goddess.” Isn’t that the beauty of being caught one day, in your own minds memories, longing for your bottle again, longing to see if it’s what you remember an olfactory craving and sensory hug from your best times past!

Just found a reputable dealer on the bay and took the last 2 bottles she had w a note saying if she had any in the future I would gladly buy. Her product was original and sealed and the batch code put it at 2010. So it is still in production but for some reason not on the shelves. I have found this to be true of a few others I like. It is the no.1 with the girl and stand up bottle. I love this and it is my most complimented so I know the fragrance. I probably have enough to last my lifetime. If you would like her info private message me. She said she often finds this product. I have this one, the reformulated EDP and the EDT. All are better than anything else I own but being a perfume addict I continue to buy. If I had to choose one out of my collection of over 80 cheapies to high end Fragrances, this is the one. Extremely sexy and liked by both male and female. The reviews cover it. Just wanted to give searchers a way to purchase

I used to wear this back in 03' and man does it bring back some memories. I only stopped wearing this and Poeme and gucci rush at the time as all my friends decided they loved these on me (especially this one) and starting wearing them and I wanted to smell different so went on a journey of spicy orientals which I love now. This in essence is actually too sweet for my taste but the heavy smokiness, vetiver and peppery notes save it and it smells divine on me. I am in love all over again. I have just managed to find a 5ml minature of this I remember this being a man magnet so will try it on the other half and see how he reacts to it. Does anyone know if the newer reformulation (the pink liquid in the plainer bottle without the art deco silver motif) in the EDP still smel the same as this? I might just to have splash out on the 100ml. Man does this bring back some memories.

This was the first Givenchy I ever tried, 10 years ago. I remember carrying home the little sample box so reverently, expecting something cutting-edge, high-class, and sexy, and what I got was...stuffy peppered raspberries! What a let down it was, the only time I have ever thrown away perfume. I wore HC only once, to dinner out with my family. At first all was well, but after an hour or so I found myself suffocating in a berry fug. Every time my aunt, who was sitting next to me, turned to speak, she froze and recoiled in disgust. Poor little 22-year-old me, how mortifying! But now I look back on it as a useful lesson in not believing the hype. (moved from another Hot Couture page, where I had confusedly misposted it)

One of the great masterpieces of perfumery. For me, it's timeless, as long as you choose the right moment. It's a perfume that evolves. I much prefer its scent 15 minutes after the initial application. It's sweet in just the right measure, soapy in the right proportion, and floral in equal measure. If you can get your hands on a bottle of this edition, it's truly worth it because it was reformulated in 2004 and then again a couple of years ago, and that's the worst version. Nothing like this gem. It's feminine, with sillage, not at all invasive, and has presence. Suitable for mild days, evenings, and special occasions. I wouldn't wear it every day, but it's worth having this gem in your wardrobe. SPECTACULAR.

I am so confused! This is my absolute favorite perfume, or so I thought ... I have always purchased this bottle with the black and the female design inside, loving this smoking vanilla and raspberry scent, incredible sensuous and a little bold. However today I wanted to repurchase, all they had was this other bottle without the black design and it smelled nothing alike imo. I knew about the pink bottle and that the formulation was different, but how about the collection nr 1 bottle and the other bottle? Is it the same and is my smell off, or is it also a different formula? Can someone please help me with this, I haven't found a descent perfume I like in over a year, I am very picky ;-)

I found a vintage bottle locally & had to try it based on the reviews (plus I have a bit of a love thing going on with Givenchy, so it's always fun to try some of the older formulations). This is warm, woody berries. Not fresh, summery, something to team with ice cream berries...but peppery, smoky, jammy berries without any cloying sweetness. Despite being a gourmand, it remains elegant and complex. This is gourmand for grown ups...none of that sickly sweet teen fragrance here! Everyone who has smelt it so far has loved it - it has wide appeal. Very pleased I was able to secure a bottle of it as I think it'll be great to wear for the rest of winter.