Flora by Gucci Glorious Mandarin

...so, I’ve just bought this Flora by Gucci Glorious Mandarin. I am a huge fan of Jean Paul’s Gaultier’s Ma Dame and to some extent, Gucci’s Glorious Mandarin reminds me of that perfume. The head notes are mandarin and peony and indeed, it’s absolutely fresh and sparkling in its opening. At the beginning, the prevailing note is definitely mandarin otherwise the name wouldn’t be Glorious Mandarin. After a while, I stated to perceive the floral notes, especially the jasmine that is far more noticeable than the peony. As for piña colada, I think it must be the sweet note that I perceive as it starts drying down. When it dries down completely you can feel the musk. It reminds me of Ma Dame because it develops in the same way: citrus > flowery notes + beverages > musk. Sillage and longevity are different though! They are both EDT but Glorious Mandarin is definitely less intrusive and more like a caress. Glorious Mandarin is not a bold statement, it’s a perfume that doesn’t scream, it whispers and gently seduces you. It’s extremely tender and feminine. It inspires joie de vivre and lightness.

MMMMmmm I love this fragrance, but I have rose-tinted nostalgia glasses on. It was my signature scent 7 years ago, back when I thought a few sprays were enough (oh how wrong I was). I still have my bottle from then and the scent hasn't changed or become discoloured. It starts off with a juicy mandarin, accompanied by peony. Within 10 minutes the perfume becomes a fizzy, smooth cocktail on my skin but intriguingly still retaining the Flora DNA (minus the osmanthus). Yes it's pina colada...I smell frothy coconut cream, but 'Glorious Mandarin' is more of a sparkling creamy tangerine drink! Performance is OK...arms length silage that drops down to skin scent after 1-2 hours. Lasts maximum 3-4 hours before completely disappearing on my skin. Overall a very happy, sparkling scent! Reminds me of hilariously fun times with friends in the city. Also received so many compliments with it, including my ex haha! A true summertime carefree fragrance, suitable for all occasions and the most humid of weather 💖

I somehow agree with the reviewers saying this is not terribly original, it's done before and possibly cheaper. However, to me, it's floral fruity done just right, and done with taste, and I just can't help smiling when I put it on and words like dainty and lovely come to mind. It's sparkling citrus without being sour, it's sweet flowery drydown without being sickly sweet or synthetic. I don't get any pina colada at all, but I do get the fizzy tropical drink idea and it's toned down so it doesn't feel too childish. Most importantly I find it to be one of those mood lifter fragrances, that changes one's disposition for the better and transports to a warmer and nicer environment, which is so welcome during winter.

I really enjoy this fragrance. It is so fresh and crisp! I'm not particularly fond of floral scents at all, but find this one extremely refreshing! It starts off with a wonderful citrus peony that reminds me of spring flowers blooming, and then settles into a bouquet of oranges in a flower garden while sipping on a pina coloda! PERFECT for the Spring and summer!!! I cannot wait for the weather to warm up so I can wear this!

This is one of my favorite fragrances from my favorite nose Olivier Cresp. The tragedy of it being discontiunued has been lightened a bit by a few excellent eBay scores. The citrus and peony sparkle in this. I LOVE the dry down which is so rich and lingers on my clothes sweetly. The scent is not at all powdery or too white floral forward for me. It's a light, sunny celebration of early summer sunshine.

I miss this perfume so much! I wore it on my graduation, and almost every day when I was writing my thesis...still got the empty bottle on my dresser. I remove the cap and take a sniff, from time to time, when I am feeling nostalgic. Great memories! Let alone the notes, that’s the reason why I love Glorious Mandarin...and perfumes in general when they are so, so meaningful.

wow, this is very delightful scent. really fresh and very light flowery. i can't sense amber and wood note in this perfume......mmmmmm...... no idea. very easy to wear and unoffensive at all. this perfume is too teenagers vibe. remind me sweet soda pop and for sure, kids will love you so much

A lovely, realistic sweet mandarin opening with a creamy, white floral drydown. This would be an immediate full bottle job IF it lasted. As it stands, this EDT formulation lasts about an hour and is pretty much 'cologne' territory. I want an amped up EDP concentration of this, Gucci! Please!

@Monie70 If you sprayed it on at 6:30 and it is 11:45 that you notice it's gone, I think you got a pretty darn good longevity out of it of 5 hours!! I wished it would last on me for 5 hours, however it's gone in one...

This smells so nice, like this more than the gardenia in the line. A nice soft floral scent which last forever on my clothes. Could still smell this on my scarf after a week.

It smells like something to eat,also seems delicious.The odor is very fresh,natural and pleasant.This will be a great choice for spring and summer. 很赞的一款香水~~~

Would love to test this one. Unfortunatly most shops have only three on sale;TUBEROSE,GARDENIA and MAGNOLIA.

It's elegant, refreshing, sweet, delicious. ♥

I use to approach citrusy fragrances without too much enthusiasm, exception made for those containing mandarin that’s probably the only citrus note I can appreciate thanks to its feminine, lively and quite smooth features (as in Miss Dior Cherie EDP, 2005 version, a favorite of mine). So before trying Glorious Mandarin from a sample kindly sent me by a loveliest member (thank you!) I was somehow prepared to a more sparkling variation on the original Flora’s theme, perhaps something in the lines of the Eau Fraiche but more rounded and girlish: that’s exactly what I found indeed. Here's a spontaneous, dainty and extremely polite fragrance where the cleanest aspects of white floral notes combine with the bright mood of mandarin and the juiciness of an exotic drink, resulting in a soapy and sweet freshness that would be totally appropriate for sunny days spent in some holiday place. What I noticed is that, differently from the other cute flankers I’ve tried from the Garden Collection where the supposed “main” notes are hardly detectable (tuberose and gardenia), Glorious Mandarin actually reveals mandarin in every stage of its structure: crispy and juicy in the opening where it's made gentler and more sophisticated by a hint of peony... delicious and elegant thanks to a subtle coconut and jasmine accord in the heart... soft but still present in the drydown where a faint trace of amber enhances its roundness. Longevity is average (4 hours at least on me), sillage is very discrete... I'd say this is more of a close to the skin scent. All in all, Glorious Mandarin has a place among the most pleasant citrusy fragrances I’ve tried so far, totally devoid of sharpness and with a positive, clean, mood-enhancing vibe to it (it’s perhaps not a coincidence I decided to review it today, one of the crappiest days of this year weather-wise). Also, out of the Garden Collection fragrances, this is perhaps the closest to the original Flora (the EDT). I kind of like it, although "Polite Mandarin" would have been a more appropriate name in my opinion :)

This is one of the more feminine clean citrus frags I've come across. It's pretty, summery and playful yet also feels sophisticated...a grown up juicy, citrusy fruity-floral. I tried a bunch of frags yesterday (Elie Saab's L'eau Couture, Chance Fraiche, Miss Dior EDT, etc), and this one stood out over the rest for me. Actually Glorious Mandarin smells similar to the new Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet, just more citrusy, sweeter and more long-lasting (I can't say which one I prefer MD BB has its own delicate charms). It starts out with a refreshing burst of juicy sweet mandarin with a crisp and dewy floral touch and an underlying hint of sweet coconut...it's not straight-up mandarin, but a sparkling blend, nothing synthetic or 'plastic-y' that I tend to get from the cheaper fruity-citrus-florals. I love that the pina-colada/coconut note doesn't overtake the scent like it tends to do in many frags, here it stays in the background to add abit of body to the scent. I absolutely love this first phase, which lasts for a surprisingly solid 3 hours! After that the scent gets less fresh and watery, less citrusy, still clean smelling, but abit sweeter, creamier and muskier, not too bad, but I do wish the dewy crispness would last all day! The 2nd phase phase lasts about 4-5 hours, overall making this scent one of the most long lasting citrus-fresh scents I know.The sillage is soft to moderate. Perfect for hot days.

Opening with mandarin and jasmine in the background. At first it feels as if the notes are moving around trying to find their respective places. Then it becomes an harmonious, spring-like scent. slightly sweet from the jasmine still retaining the juicy freshness of the mandarin. The pina colada adds a fun side to this composition, thankfully it's not overly sweet nor too synthetic(smelling)which may have derailed this fragrance into absolute forgettable tragedy. The drydown is nice, not original, floral with musk and amber. There's truly nothing distinctive about this fragrance. You may like it and that's alright, in the end that's one of the reason we all buy perfumes. But based on originality, Glorious Mandarin leaves much to be desired. I see this perfume more like a celebrity scent than a major design house.

I don't have a problem with longevity with this one. It lasts on me several hours. The top notes dissipate after an hour or so and it dries down to a sweet musk with hints of jasmine in the breeze. Very pleasant but I wish the top notes stuck around longer. I have a 3.3 oz tester bottle at a shockingly good price so I'm not worried about reapplying. I don't think you can over spray this either. I would wear this casually in the spring and summer. Cute, fun, nothing serious. I'll smell sweet and fresh. I like it alot for the simplicity.

Just go this today! It's a lot more floral than I thought it would be (I thought this would be mostly mandarin as this is the only scent in the Garden collection not based on a flower). The smell is sweet but not overpowering like the Gorgeous Gardenia. It's very elegant and light, and causes enough attraction to make you want to smell it again and again. Overall, I think this is probably the best scent out of the Flora Garden collection, but I find the original Flora more memorable and the Flora 1966 much more intricate in layers.

Lovely. I usually like neither floral, nor Gucci, fragrances, but this is very, very nice. I smell zero citrus. Certainly no coconut whatsoever. All I smell are indistinguishable (to my nose) white, creamy florals, and they are just lovely. I am so surprised that I like this so well. My husband commented positively, unsolicitedly, on it. Second time in 20 years this has happened. It reminds me of something I cannot place. I want to say L'air du Temps, but it has been so long since I've smelled it, I'm not at all sure that's it.

My mom had sample of Gucci Flora Glorious Mandarin. It’s a beautiful light citrus perfume. I can smell the mandarin, jasmine and the peony. A little bit of sandalwood and musk. A beautiful light floral perfume. Nothing special or different. Not a floral fruity in my opinion. Even though I don’t like floral perfumes and I’m not a fan of citrus either, this one is very light and inoffensive in my opinion. A safe blind buy in my opinion for someone that likes light perfumes.