Gucci Accenti

I’m not usually a vintage fragrance type of girl, but I’m currently reverting back to some of the 90s honey/peach scents. If it’s too typically retro, then I don’t like them, but this is a discontinued beauty. The opening did initially scare me the very first time I smelt it - it’s an animalic, bourbony, thick, peach syrup beast. But after the first 30 minutes it becomes a smooth peachy sandalwood that’s very powdery with soft animalic fur. Yes it’s baby powder-ish, yes it’s spicy soapy with creamy-incense in a vintage way. If Amouage brought this out now, it would be hailed as an immediate classic, as it’s got similar grande-dame vibes as Beloved. It’s so comforting, I’m under its magical spell. We just need Gucci to reissue this without reformulating. Update: It’s officially my signature scent and the more I wear it, the more I love it. I’m now in a desperate attempt to find the closest (still available) alternative whilst running an ever-losing online campaign to #BringBackGucciAccenti If I could create my own signature perfume, it would be based on this but with niche/luxury power and longevity. Gucci Accenti: My creamy-peach-honey-syrup, that’s not vanilla-sweet but creamy and warm. It’s my perfect honeyed-amber that envelops me with calming, sandalwood peach nectar. Final update: In my quest to find the closest (and still available) fragrance to this, is Viktoria Minya’s original Hedonist fragrance. 2025 Update: I’ve worked out how to recreate Gucci Accenti (albeit an expensive way): Layer Ambre Precieux by Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier with Pêche Mirage by Guerlain.

Like the reviewers mentioned below, if you love other 90's hits like D&G (red cap) and Dune, you'll like this. It's your 90's spiced & honeyed fruit bouquet. I've been getting a bit sick of what the mainstream has to offer lately, so I've turned my head towards 90's gems; they have so much personality and epic lasting power. Can't I just go back in time?! Accenti is ultra-boozy at first. I don't know if that's the nature of the beast, or if it's due to age, but you may as well take a shot of whiskey in its place, lol. The booze fades into spiced peach, with some florals giving a nod for support. The other base notes have a wispy presence - gentle sandalwood, tonka, and patchouli. They're smooth and well-blended with the florals to give that "honey" quality I'm getting out of this. There is an underlying soapiness to Accenti, as if there are some aldehydes not being mentioned on the notes list. It's very nice and I'm considering a full bottle to add to my small-but-growing vintage collection. Accenti is a bit more on the mild side compared to other 90's designer offerings, so I find this acceptable for summer. It's pretty versatile and great as a daily casual reach.

With reference to Jillzilla and rockrose, I cannot define the feeling that they share, but Gucci Accenti and Jil Sanders No.4 WERE the two scents that my mother and I settled on for me as my first 'grown-up' scents when I was about 15 that suited me and did not set off her quite serious allergies. I wore them as my only scents for a decade and a half. Even though I've gone on a rather explosive scent-buying binge in the last 2 years and found other gems I love too, Accenti is still paired with No.4 as my signature scents. On my skin Accenti is slightly lighter and more ... playful than the rather more formal and formidable No.4 but I have worn both well in everyday and formal occasions. Tangerine, peach, rose, and sandalwood are the more dominate notes on me that I can distinguish in this warm and luxurious, well-blended scent. I still have about half of a 100 mL bottle and will have to savor it if I cannot get my hands on a replacement given what I hear of it being discontinued. Shame on Gucci; Accenti has to be one of their better accomplishments. At least it is for me.

I've had an intense romance with Accenti since the 90's. It was never available in South Africa so I always had trouble replenishing my drug of choice. I never considered myself a lover of oriental fragrances, let alone sweet fragrances. Yet, Accenti rolls that creamy peach, sandalwood, tonka bean incense-type fragrance together so beautifully that you can forgive her a myriad of sins. Sadly I do not recall how this performed on my skin in winter, but boy oh boy this was DELICIOUS as a summer fragrance under a hot African sky. For those who found it cloying, you might want to give it a go on a warm skin. I liked this in my 20's. I'm 40 now. I find a lot of emphasys is placed on how "age appropriateI have just (blind) ordered two 100ml bottles of Mackie by Bob Mackie from New York in the hope that it will be very similar. I cannot find Jil Sander No. 4 anywhere (also discontinued?), so I will start with Mackie. From there my Accenti takes me to to Jacques Fath's Fath De Fath. I will find the best replacement that I am able to. Keep you posted!

Since I heard this perfume was discontinued my interest in it grew and I saw what full bottles were going for on ebay and that really got me curious. I found some cheap samples and I ordered a few and then put a ton of them in my new cart to hold in case I ended up loving it I wanted to snag them before anyone else did. Well this is a wonderful perfume. When I first smelled it I almost thought I was biting into a honeycomb. It smells of the best wild honey and the wax and the pollen of all the flowers and flowering trees captured in liquid gold. I can't believe animalic isn't listed as an accord because this is very animalic but in the best way. Very sweet but not gourmand like cake, candy etc... This is a peach and honey perfume, just so damn mouth watering! I am snagging up those sample and lots of them. Don't want to be w/out this delicious scent! And BTW this is soooo much better than the new stuff Gucci is putting out! Why would they discontinue this is beyond me.