Flora by Gucci Glamorous Magnolia

The first few times I put this on I didn't like it. It was sharp and heady. But the dry down piqued my interest, so I kept trying it on. One day I was in a rush and just grabbed the closest perfume, which was this one, and sprayed it on randomly and rather further away than I usually do and then magic happened. There was no more sharp and heady scent. Just this soft, interesting, unique smell that I usually get after hours into the dry down. It's floral but not heady, musky and sweet but still airy, and it's cocoa without being sugary. I LOVE it. It's a nice break from all those typical floral-fruity and sweet gourmand scents going around. It's staying power on my skin is moderate, maybe 3-4 hours. But on my clothes it lasts all day. I read one of the reviews here saying that it's similar to acqua di gioia, I couldn't disagree more. Acqua di Gioia is absolutely sharp and rancid on me.

this is my first perfume from a swap,oh my goodness I adore this sent,i would happily give away every single I perfume I own,on my its sweet without being cloying,overpowering,its light,it wafts around me in the breeze,its like a sunny day walk with my girls near the sea with flowers bobbing their heads on the sea air,the birds singing and just a happy to be here day,my kids loved it,mummy you smell scrumptious,i put a little on a hanky so they could smell it in their bedroom,its green and light and clean,it suits all ages,even my mother in law is on the look out for a bottle after having a spritz of mine,over the moon

After having Gucci Gorgeous Gardenia (another one of Gucci's Flora Garden Collection) for a while, I wanted to test out some other versions I'd seen of the original Gucci Flora perfume. This is the one I decided to try. I know this is odd, but it seems to have a bit of everything in it - warmth and sweetness with still being fresh. I can see this being suitable for many occassions; going to work/school/uni, going somewhere nice or simply hanging around with friends. Like Gucci Gorgeous Gardenia, I'm impressed with the staying power for an eau de toilette, lasts the whole day!

My new favourite scent for summer. It opens up fresh, green, citrusy & in a word - summery. Then the florals kick in, but not a sweet or sickly floral, just one that suits my body chemistry & smells really pretty. It doesn't last more than about 4 hours, but that's what I want in a scent I wear in summer. Very feminine, pretty, & I adore the bottle. Looking forward to wearing it right through the upcoming Oz summer

the scent remind me a lot of melon notes. (actually, it is not melon note. it is peony note. sweet, fresh, flowery and green vibe. peony, magnolia and citrus are dominant in this scent. for me, this perfume is too girly. overall expensive, moderate longevity, sillage is soft, not elegance at all, too feminine and too girly. i say, Gucci Flora is created for summer and spring season. i rate it 7/10

Definitely my favorite of the 3 I smelled! SO refreshingly sweet! Delicious! I will most definitely be adding Magnolia to my fragrance collection. It smells like something but I can't put my finger on it. Oh well. I want it so that's all that matters. : ) 4/8/12 Update: I got me the 3.3 oz bottle, brand new and sealed, on ebay for 36 bucks! SO AWESOME! Now I need the Gardenia. : )

This is very sophisticated, sexy day time scent. It is a citrus floral which I can't get enough of. When I wear it, it makes me feel all grown up and glamorous. It is still very youthful and cheerful and I can't wait to buy a bottle of it so that I'll feel all fresh and smell so good. It is also very potent - I have the EDT tester and it lasts for more than half a day.

i first tried this and it was a little strong but nice on the first spray but it drys down in 30 minutes into a powery, floral sweet musk that is irresistible. I came back to the store the next day to pick this one up. This floral dry down stayes close and I could smell it all day, just a light whiff of sweet floral. Love it.

This is a beautiful fragrance. When I first spray it, it reminds me of Dylan Blue which I purchased much later, but I like the Gucci better. It’s still pretty, but a tad bit more spicy and interesting to me. I really enjoy it.

Love, love and love!!! Sadly it doesn't last. I love the burst of sweet clean clear watermelon smell. Its dry down is sugary & I love them. Definitely for young teens and young adults.

True spring scent! Light and elegant, not too sweet and not too bitter. A modern classic in my eyes. Beautiful bottle design. The only drawback - disappears quickly on my skin

The top notes smell to me like watermelon and the base notes candy and musk. I really love this perfume. It is really fresh and sweet smelling which is what I love.

I love this because it smells beautiful and youthful. Smells like Boucheron Quatre En Rouge, though they dont have similar notes. I'm just basing this on memory.

This fragrance is heavenly, powdery magnolia sweet dark chocolate delights .hope the longevity to its OK tumb up

March 2012: I've just picked up this perfume and absolutely adore it after wearing it for an afternoon... On me it is initially quite sweet, green and fresh. Zing my mind goes - racing after happy memories! After a while it developes to a somewhat musky rose smell. Mmmmm... a little bit naughty. All the while Magnolia ties the bouquet together. This is on my skin and how I perceive it. Lovely layers. To me this is a 'young at heart' yet grown up delicacy. A green Macaroon! Perfect for spring/summer 2012 and absolutely wearable in the office as well as on weekends. Very happy I sought it out - all thanks to some research on this website! :) September 2012: Update to the above after having lived with this frag for a summer. Sadly I've gone full circle and no longer like it all all. I very quickly got bored with it... On me, after wearing it for some time, it's an overpoweringly sweet, syrupy scent which felt one-dimensional, too young, too pastel, too nice! I stopped wearing it and have left this expensive melon salad to gather dust on my shelf.

Glamorous Magnolia used to be my favorite out of the Garden collection. I was around 16 years old when they came out and I was obsessed of all the different scents. I tried them all at the department stores and the ones that I liked were Tuberose, Mandarin and Magnolia. Especially Glamorous Magnolia. It smells fresh, sweet and youthful. And I also agree on the scent of watermelon in it. I have actually a hard time to smell anything else than watermelon. I guess it was why I chose to buy it in my early 20's. It felt sweet, fresh and fruity. Which was something I looked for in a perfume at that time of life. It also hade some notes of citrus in it but nothing more complex than that. Nowadays when I am getting closer to my 30's it has no interest to me at all. There is also several perfumes with fresh and floral notes in it which are way more interesting than this one. I still have the bottle from my 20's, but it is basically collecting dust. If anything it gives me some nostalgia of summer and youth.

I tried this in a department store recently, well in fact I covered myself liberally as I was about to meet some friends for a drink and my perfume I'd applied about 8 hours earlier had all but disappeared. It smelled like something vaguely familiar but didn't put much thought into it. When I met them shortly afterwards one immediately said "Oh my God, you smell like a Pornstar Martini!" And then another agreed. And then we ordered Pornstar Martinis. So there you go, if you want to smell like the cocktail du jour (certainly here in the UK), then this could be a contender. I may invest in a bottle when my purse strings are looser and I've used up a few of my other perfumes.

Glamorous Magnolia is one of my favourite fragrances. Of course you would be disappointed if you expected a magnolia soliflore. It is a fruity scent with a lemony greenish opening. Which I don't mind since I am a citrus lover. Then the main note seem to be melon though it is not listed as a note. As for the chocolate note I don't find i too sweet. It prevents the whole composition from being too sour. A well-balanced scent. Charming, refreshing, summery. It is also good office-friendly fragrance. I wore it several times at work and was complimented each time. I was actually told it smelled fresh and yummy... At least the fragrance does not bother anyone!

I think this is an unusual floral fruity mix that's yummy. I've worn this all year round never got sick of it, it starts with a fresh citrus burst, quickly followed by creamy magnolia which is a lovely powdery floral that remains fresh airy and aquatic some how! With the dry down comes smoky dark chocolate brought to you on a sandalwood tray! Reading this back it shouldn't work but believe me it really does, super for all ages and is just different enough to make you feel special. I thinks this is an original floral and I haven't smelt anything like this before it's fresh, sweet and lasts really well, I think it's the best flora out of the collection.

I had such high hopes for this! It opens with a beautiful citrus clean blast, clean and fresh. Then I thought it would follow with some beautiful soft, clean magnolia, not BUBBLEGUM! I left the house for a party thinking I would smell amazing and get compliments. No compliments and I found out why on the car ride home, I smelled literally like sweet bubblegum! Crazy! I do like this, I think it's sweet and cute, but I would never buy it. Oh well, the search continues. If you want to smell like sweet bubblegum (it's not offensive at all) then this is your scent! If you want to smell florals then this is the wrong one!

I like the Magnolia flower very much. Their scent is so lovely. This perfume is a good dupe of the flower itself! Light, pretty, and ultimately springtime in a bottle I like the freshness, sweetness and even the bubblegum or watermelonlike fruity aspect of top notes, both casual and somehow elegant at the same time. I like the base, mostly sweet with a flowery touch. I don't get any chocolate. But the projection and lasting power isn ́t very good on my skin. It lasts longer on my clothes. I do like this parfume very much. But I prefer the original Gucci Flora

Beautiful flirty spring/summer scent. I've had this for a while and revisited based on some recent reviews. This scent opens with some sweetness but almost immediately gives way to an aquatic lemon and magnolia, with a continuous splash of sweet. It's fresh, green and pink between the dash of citrus and the kiss of fruity flowers. It does reveal layers of variety upon the dry down, so skin chemistry may play a part in the appeal. Nonetheless, a nicely done fresh approach in a gorgeous bottle!

Yup! not a whole lot of magnolia, but some airy fresh freesia, and what hit me was zesty juicy watermelon-and-ginger. I could wish that Juicy Couture had gone more in this direction. For my money it's better value than JC because it lasts pretty well and it has more personality. Not attitude exactly, just an original breezy melony/musk piquancy. It's more twenties than teens, but very youthful and carefree. I like it better than the tuberose. I like it, period.

This perfume really surprised me! I was expecting a flowery floral with big notes of magnolia. I smelled NO citrus. I smelled a light magnolia right off the back and smelled a soft sweet note which I pinned down as the cocoa. It took me awhile to determine it, but I also smell the sandalwood. It's really soft but it ties it all together. Very pretty and I like it. My hubby doesn't like sandalwood, so he doesn't like it.

magnolia winter test two sprays in inner wrist watermelon with a fresh sweet haze to begin with goes hazey and powdery floral there is a cool bitter edge to this the sillage is nice its not a monsterous thick fragrance (though i like those too) the bitter turns slightly like a talc but overall fresh with a cool powder ness. i dont find this sweet and girly like some do

This is not magnolia. But I really like this perfume for what it is - a light, fresh and joyful fragrance that is somewhat neutral and can easily be worn on a daily basis without disturbing anyone. It doesn't stand out and make people's heads turn, but sometimes you just want to blend in with the crowd, and smell... good. These days this perfume is my no 1 choice.

Ok, at first I loved this... now... I don't know. It does smell pretty generic. It's fruity/floral, but something about it makes me think it would be better for "mature" women. It's not really a youthful fruity/floral... it's more clean and soft and unobtrusive. I don't know... I like it, but I don't think it's worth the exorbitant price. Gucci II is better.

although it smells good, the fragrance isn't strong enough... I made the mistake of buying the 100 ml one, and that was upsetting. Luckily, i found a few tricks to make it last long. Put a little Vaseline or lotion where you normally put on your perfume. Trust me, this adds it at least 2h. Still,the smell lasts up to 5h, but it fades

At fist I noticed magnolia but just for a few minutes, the dry down on my skin is a mix of heavy dark chocolate, peony, sandalwood and some powdery notes. Not my cup of tea, I'm huge magnolia fan and was expecting so much more,so disappointed.

The first impression, it smells like a watermelon to me. The fragrance is floral green, fresh and suitable for spring/summer season. I quite like the light watery impression I got from it.

Beautiful scent. Light, fresh, little bit sour on me, well blended. Something is special in it in comparison with other ordinary floral scent. Good job. :-)

i read that people saying this smells like watermelon... now when i smell it again, i guess you could say it smells like watermelon, cuz it kinda does

I love this :) it smells like watermelon bubblegum and dries down to a watermelon,powdery floral. On my skin the chocolate note isn't very noticeable

Really lovely its green,creamy (peony note) , strong magnolia.. only sad that lasting power is weak. Recommend for spring , summer.

I loved this! It smelt like soda... A bit fizzy. The citrus gave it a real kick. I didn't notice the florals that much at all.

A rich tropical perfume? I could smell melon some how, and yet it is unlisted. I do like. Very green and fruity-floral

My 9 years old finds some smell of watermelon in it. I think he is right !

Glamorous Magnolia smells fresh, sweet and youthful. I used to wear this a lot but strangely, when I went through my collection, this one doesn't interest me anymore. I guess my nose has changed and I prefer perfumes that are fresh and floral but a little more interesting at the same time. I still have the bottle..... will pass it on to my daughter.

This was very promising from the bottle...then I put it on and it was...disappointment. Please, don't judge me for what I will say, but I feel now is the time to tell You, what I'm think. Every time, when I decide to go to exploring something new, I always do it with high hopes-might I will find some new and interesting fragrance in the local perfumery. But my illusions are always smashes by the recognition:both the fashion houses and the perfumeurs in the past few years, why do they afford the same circles from time to time? Why we need thousands of Prada Candy and Jimmy Choo and I might go on...All about sugar, candy, sweet popcorn, chocolate, caramel..So sad is the classics are disappearing from the shelves and the unimaginative confectionery-type perfumes replaces them slowly...and doesn't matter whether we call them-Gucci or anything else.:( Don't get me wrong: I understand, this type of fragrances targeted not my kind of people.But I still don't understand: why do they need to force this cute-girlish-lollipop thing all the time..?:( Glamourous Magnolia is a lost battle of the anemic magnolia against the cruel bubble-gum and sugar cloud. ...I apologize for everybody who loves this fragrance, but for this money can be find more individual fragrances on the market.

This is a complete morpher from the mouillette to the skin!!.... I think it's the first time i tested a perfume who morphed so drastically from tester strip to skin. On paper, its smelled flowery, fresh and sort of one dimensional scent. So I decided to spray some on my skin, thinking that this would be another flat, gentle flowery scent a la Versace Crystal Bright....wrong! The first 30 minutes, I was drenched in alcohol vaps with here and there something green and citrucy trying to make its way. After this stage, I got hit with a strong, opulent flower nectar scent ( but nothing to do with the smell of magnolia as I remember it). This is heavy, sickly sweet and cheap nectar and sugar scent. I couldn't wait to scrubb it fast enough... Strangely enough, this Gucci reminds so much of another perfume that I used to smell a lot on one of my relatives years ago, but I cant remember the name. It was a very popular fragrance at the time, heavy and with a knock off sillage, everybody would smell her perfume even after she has long left the room. To some, this was truly likeable scent, so I can imagine that Gucci Flora Magnolia can be very well loved by others.

After all of the hype, I confess to being disappointed by Gucci GLAMOROUS MAGNOLIA, which strikes me as interchangeable with hundreds of other vat-sourced, "no plant life was sacrificed in the production of this perfume" abstract pink fruity-floral frags. I was even considering acquiring a bottle of this online scent unsniffed. Fortunately, reason prevailed, and I first procured a sample at Sephora, through which I was able to determine that I would never wear this "perfume", even if someone gave me a bottle. I realize that the liquid itself is not pink, but the spirit is definitely pink, and does it really matter which food coloring was thrown into the mix? GLAMOROUS MAGNOLIA will surely work for someone looking for an abstract pink fruity-floral frag, but this is sweet and synthetic and smells nothing like magnolia to me.

For me this is sweet with... blue. It reminds me something, but not sure what. Probably something from artificial food. Somewhere there is melon and fruits. Its like refreshing fights with warm sweet, but still they are together and can make something interesting and glamorous. This interesting part lasted about first 10 minutes, then it changed to weird lemony glass cleaner. Gone after about 30 minutes. Maybe that's just my skin. Overall quite synthetic, bit soapy, refreshing with touch of sweetness. Didn't get association with any flowers. I'm quite new to perfume world and not sure how people can find so many natural notes in so synthetic scents.

I wanted to like this scent, especially since I usually like magnolia and Gucci perfumes in general, but I have to agree with other reviewers here: watermelon bubblegum is all I get. I gave my mini bottle away about a week after I got it. From the Gucci flora garden collection, I recommend: Gorgeous Gardenia (reminds me of a refined Viva la Juicy), Gracious Tuberose (elegant springtime fragrance, great non-offensive for the office), and Glorious Mandarin (absolutely perfect for summer, and my personal favorite of the five). Unfortunately none of these from the garden collection are very long lasting, but since they are EDTs, I'll give them a pass.

Hmmm. This reminds me of blue raspberry airheads. That being said, I definitely get the watermelon vibe people are talking about. Very sweet watermelon candy. Are these the correct notes? Thanks to you guys, this actually smells exactly how I imagined. Some great descriptions ladies! I guess it's kind of close to juicy couture oui, but oui is far more interesting. Its much more comparable to a childrens hand soap than a womens perfume.

I cant detect any magnolia here, instead I got a bomb of fruit, Is it watermelon? I cant smell any floral notes at all, just plainly tropical fruity with sugar, there is not even citrus or musk here. And it's just so sweet and cloying that it caused me headache. Luckily I decided to test before buying,since I love Gucci garden collection so much, Gardenia and Tuberose work so well on me.

Erm... Nope. This smells like some sort of medicine to me, like vitamin B tablets. It is also quite fruity but in a childish way. I was surprised to find citruses in the pyramid; I thought there was something sweeter in there, like melon. The magnolia is peeking through this unfortunate mix but still can't save the day.

Yeah, I have just confirmed that I don't like strong magnolia smell. On my skin it is such an enormously sour scent like pure lemon juice. (And I don't want to smell like a lemon juice) First notes weren't that bad, so I guess my skin does not like some notes and nothing can be done about that.

I don't like this citrus-floral combination. It's strong and spicy in the opening, then it becomes candy sweet with hints of rose and citruses. Unfortunately caused headache. I like Magnolia, but not in this perfume. From this line I prefer Gorgeous Gardenia.

At first I smelt green freshness in it. Later the peony and magnolia came along. Unfortunately I can't smell dark chocolate at all. I am not a big fan of it, there is something overwhelming about the combination of all those flowers. It smells too slushy.

If you've ever been arround magnolia tree, then you know this perfume has little to do with it. Cheap sugary bubblegum. Long time ago I had Impulse body spray that predicted this one.