Pavarotti Donna

Oh I LOVE this perfume! I love it love it! It's very retro and so ladylike. It's a mature scent with medium sillage and very good longevity. Not suitable for younger women of our time. It's not a sweet perfume and it's not heavy. It's really very very unusual and doesn't match anything I have ever smelled. This perfume brings to my mind a romantic, sensitivly fatale, young enough woman dressed up with flaired sleeved dress and pearls or smoked silver jewels, long hair (straight or not). To me this perfume SMELLS mostly like MARIGOLD and TOBACCO. I'd swear there is a dried, TOBACCO LEAFE note in it. See,I live in a city which was always famous for its tobacco production, I'm passing from tobacco-storage buildings to go to my work every day. No way could I be mistaken in this, but it may as well be a combination of different elements that creat this tobacco feeling. Then, there isn't a strong oakmoss note FOR SURE. Oakmoss is what I HATE in perfumes (Chane 19 f.ex), I would know it right away, it brings me naucia. In fact, I don't smell a slight oakmoss note either (like I smell it in Jontue f.ex). From another perfume I have, I would say that styrax is also quite distinguishable during the dry down. A 90's perfume which bears the 'signs' of its era. JUST LOVELY! It surely worths giving it a chance!

From my first sampling of an already opened edt splash bottle, I immediately considered this a true 80s classic. How did I miss it all this time?! It is indeed a Floral Chypre with fruit, and technically in the same class as Balenciaga's Talisman, Oleg Cassini original, and V'E by Versace- however, the fruit here is dripping, dark, and almost over-ripe. More of a marmalade. All the top notes listed are evident and bright, despite the certain oxidation of my bottle. The heart is heavy on Jasmine, Ylang-Ylang (compare to l'Arte d'Gucci), and a rose that is most definitely Damascene. The lily serves to boost the other florals, except the violet, which is completely obscured. The base is marvelous, smoke and moss. Like another reader, I also get tobacco flower. Simply divine, this is a steal at $20 online. If you like the animal of La Nuit, smoke of Versace original, or the moss of Deneuve, you will love this drydown. It persists for hours. To note, this is as strong in EDT as most other EDPs.

This is a very smooth, balmy fragrance. I detect mostly the marigold and fruit, which is natural, not overly sweet and contrived. The rose dances in and out throughout the wearing, sometimes I catch whiffs of it and it's very soft and light. What I love about this is that the florals and sweetness are balanced so well with the green qualities of the marigold and light touches of oakmoss that it never falls too heavily into either territory. I agree with I.I - this is quite unique, I can't really compare it with anything. And the parfum de toilette can be had for very little online, which just baffles me considering its well-structured composition and quality.

I really like this perfume.. I have first noticed it in 1998 and tried just because of its name :) I was too young for the kind but I have purchased one... Since then I always kept a bottle of it on my shelf.. I think it is unique, classy, feminine and romantic.. it has got very nice longevity.. I like this perfume because it reminds me old school fragrances, not like popular softish, candy/fruit or just flowery smells of today.. very sophisticated with harmony of several notes

During my student days, I was in London when this fragrance launched. The scent wafted throughout the entire first floor of Selfridges. My first impression was honey and roses, so elegant. Many years passed and today I finally got my hands on one vintage 100ml unopened bottle. It's a classic, worth the wait.