Destiny

This is my signature scent. If I could only wear one scent for the rest of my life this would be it. Light, floral, airy, with powder. It just smells rich. Not cloying for me at all, very light to the point someone leans in because they are so intrigued but have to get closer so they can smell it. I can see where this would not be a scent for everyone. I can see this being a love it or hate it perfume with no in between.

Tiktak, I have tears in my eyes right now your wonderful words were so sweet. And Yes I agree with you that this is an aaahhh scent. Any one who works in the up close and personal fields like doctors, nurses, dentists ect could wear this with no worries. edit... I ordered the pure perfume and I can say that I am so amazed by this as the pure perfume is so so so much better! I would love to try many more pure perfumes!

Marilyn Miglin's Destiny is a sheer veil of sweet flower petals. Tender lily meets the elegance of true white rose. I have never smelled another fragrance like this. Very feminine, timeless, ageless, beautifully balanced. Fabulous sillage and lasts 10 hours or more. This is nothing at all like her famous Pheromone for women. Completely different creation. Worth a try. Super soft yet powerful.

a friend of mine just passed away and this was her signature fragrance...the only person i have ever known to wear this one SO WELL...it reminds me of her as it is CLASSIC AND CLEAN...i will be buying a bottle to sit next to my mother's signature CHANEL#5 on my bathroom shelf....

This is such a nice soft comforting scent. If you like white florals try this one. Creamy soft white floral that smells angelic like.

I'm remember smelling this at the perfume counter in the Lord & Taylor store in NYC. It was very difficult deciding which one I should wear on my wedding day, this or Jessica McClintock. I mean this is also a very pretty light clean floral scent. Took me a while, but I did choose Jessica McClintock. Now after all these years I finally decided to purchase it. Bought it online at HSN. Can't wait to get it. This scent reminds me a bit of Camp Beverly Hills and Light Blue by Dolce & Gabbana which are also a very light floral clean fragrances. Now I'll have both Jessica McClintock and Destiny on my vanity. Can't remember how long it last but I do still remember the scent and personally it's lovely. Will be using this one everyday for casual and work. Update: Received it and it's a beautiful white floral with a slight soapy under note (if that makes scence). A bit strong though - I only need one spray and it's long lasting - almost all day! I know I said I would wear this for work, but no, it is rather potent. Maybe for casual, but it's more of a date night and formal wear scent in my opinion. I would put it in the category of the original Chanel No 5 with an under note of Blue Grass by Elizabeth Arden. The dry down is less Chanel No 5, more Blue Grass but sweeter. I know I said it remind me of Light Blue, but no, no way. It's a very beautiful floral feminine scent.

still have my old bottles from around 2001. Fresh clean and not sweet - it smells almost "cold" in a good way - like an icy breeze - not quite metalic but like cool marble or wet stones- this aspect blends with the white florals making it stand out from typical white florals. I see that some reviews say it's too sweet or cloying so I'm wondering if this has been reformulated as are so many previously lovely scents. I have not smelled a new bottle so I can't speak to how that would smell or compare to the original, but the original is not what I'd call sweet or cloying at all.

i am trying it in weather that's probably a bit too warm but i think it smells good anyhow. it opens with arum lily and karo-korund, the latter which i was not familiar with. it's a sheer white floral with a sort of fabric feel or note to it that has some waxiness, pollen and powder. i get a hint of narcissus, but it's quite subtle, and the orchid grows stronger over time and lends a slight sweetness. if you like vintage sheer white florals, this is a good one!

There is nothing sweet or powdery about this. It also is not a typical white floral. Some folks here have nailed it. On top is a big blast of aldehydes. There is also oakmoss in the composition even though not listed in the notes. The fragrance is a very dry classic vintage fragrance. Very dry! To my nose, the main notes are aldehydes, orchid, the dry lily, a hint of rose and oakmoss.

This is a low-key soft warm floral. It’s hard to find a floral that isn’t jasmine, tuberose, or gardenia and those tend to smell synthetic to me at the price points I can afford. Destiny is slightly soapy, creamy, but feminine enough to add an interesting nuance to my more masculine-leaning scents. It’s a good layering floral accord and can be found pretty easily at decent prices.

I discovered Destiny years ago when I replenished my Pheromone. As I recall it came in a stackable set... Much like other reviewers, it garnered quite a few compliments and inquiries. I live in the desert and only wear it in the warmer months and I feel so pretty. Longevity and great sillage... give her a try!

A nice soft powdery floral. Very feminine. Very pleasant smell. :)

I liked it well enough to wear to work. Somebody complimented me more than once and I gave it away. Too much white and yellow florals

Notes: arum lily, karo-korund, white rose, osmanthus, narcissus and orchid. This is headache-inducing to me. When I smell it, all I get is a vision of an elderly woman trying to hide her addiction of chain smoking - and not very convincingly. Or the way a stuffy funeral parlor smells with a myriad of people and casket wreaths - all in a small confined area. Not for me at all. It’s going in the trash.

Smells like Glue! I do love her Pheromone tho.

My mom has been wearing this since it came out in 1990, but I was weirdly anosmic to it for decades— just as many people are anosmic to certain types of musk. She would say ahh, this is my favorite perfume,” and would use the body cream and the EDP generously, but all I could smell was a very faint, pleasant powder note. I’ve kept a bottle of the EDP in my collection and recently discovered, to my delight, that I can smell Destiny now— and it’s gorgeous! I use 4-6 sprays and it’s never overwhelming but I definitely know it’s there, all day. I don’t even find a ready comparison between Destiny and any other fragrance. I will say that it is clean, delicate, buttery and pure in its white floralcy. It isn’t at all sweet or heavy, and truthfully I don’t detect any of the most common white flowers, such as jasmine or gardenia, which is a plus because those can be cloying and heavy. Some have said Destiny is a lotus-based scent, and that seems accurate. There is also a fair bit of sandalwood. Soft, fresh, classic and rounded, Destiny will never “wear you” or smell like “granny potpourri.” It’s just really enjoyable and delightful. May become my signature, too! I will say that surprisingly, I don’t like this one as much in the pure parfum or bath oil version as I find those to bring out a musky fetid-mess that isn’t present in the EDP. If you like soft gentle skin scents like Cashmere Mist or musk oils, Destiny may knock your socks off in a good way!

Fragrance Review For Destiny Marilyn Miglin Notes: Arum lily, karo-korund, white rose, osmanthus, narcissus orchid Destiny is a spring time floral fragrance. It's purely floral and the flowery smell to my nose is a tad on the greenhouse or florist shop side. The recreated synthetic scent of calla lily is very real and Marilyn Miglin went a step further with it in the flanker for this perfume Destiny Calla Lily. But here the osmanthus narcissus and orchid are the key players. All the floral accords are there but to my nose the osmanthus was taking the lead. Very realistic osmanthus. It smells like floral shampoo but who's going to complain if you smell like floral shampoo. Sweet flowers. This also has a rose which begins to bloom toward the end of the performance. This frag has no top middle or base notes so you get all the notes at once and the progression is only slight. Without the base notes the whole thing is airy and like shampoo and has a very short life. It was on me only for 1 hour and 20 minutes. It's not a bad scent and it's very easy to wear if you like florals and perfect for spring time. Office-friendly and subtle, fresh after the shower scent and very womanly.

This is ingenue to the nth, and a true classic. It is not sweet or teen girlie. I think one has to be a specific physical type to pull this gentle, all-floral perfume off, and I never say that about fragrances. It is so delicately pretty while still being very present (medium sillage), that it just seems to be made for a young woman between 18 and 30 who is small-boned and sweet-faced, and a bit reserved, or at least naturally gentle. The fragrance itself has no sharp edges, nor is it white floral "heady". While more worldly women would find MM Destiny to be too soft for special occasions and try to wear it as a daytime frag, it is actually too "dressy" for that. It is a bit out of its era with its emphasis on feminine vulnerable prettiness, but for some females who generally feel a bit anxious during gatherings, it seems to encourage others to approach her more gently so I think it's even therapeutic. The lovely scent cloud is calming in itself to the wearer and attractive to others. The perfume format is the only one worth having, and the MM website sells a test size for a very reasonable price. You will know if it is "you".

My mom’s signature for as long as I can remember. She is not a perfume enthusiast — she can appreciate a nice scent but is not super interested in their subtleties. Her attachment to scents is more sentimental than anything. I’ve owned at least a hundred perfumes, and rarely receive a compliment in the wild. The number of times my non-attention-seeking mother has been chased down by men who want to buy this fragrance for a lady in their life is truly mind-boggling. To me, Destiny is that primordial powder scent I’ve probably been inhaling since infancy! And powdery fragrances are my favorite genre, broadly speaking. Destiny is creamy, soapy, powdery florals dusted in the air — angelic but with a lived-in musk underscoring everything. Maybe that’s the narcissus, warm and earthy. Very pretty and clean. Bespeaks careful grooming. Makes me think of white interiors with gold accents — Marie Antoinette in her little bo peep era.

I always forget I have this, pull it out to test it, and then find myself sighing with pleasure the way you do when you get to drop your head on your pillow at the end of a rough day. I generally don't like white florals all that much since they tend to be too sweet or stabby but this is gentle and somehow familiar. Longevity isn't spectacular but, folks, this is the bargain of the century for the quality at the price. It's great to have for a bad day or a day that you can't even figure out what to put on. Sillage: starts arm length but comes back to about 1' Longevity: 3-4 hours Fabulosity: a perfect cup of cocoa with a madelaine Value to price: Incredible 8/10

I have a smelling problem, I'm the person who has to open up all the candles and glade oils, detergent, fabric softners first before I purchase. So blind buying based on others reviews is like torture but I do. So I purchased this off ebay for $5 and I did not have high hopes so here it goes the first spray smelled like an older or mature grown woman but as it dried down it became sweet and a sophisticated grown woman I was pleasantly shocked I really like this. Now I did purchase other Magic, pheromone and 112. Can't wait to see how these fair.

Other's have nailed the perfume composition/notes/description, so I won't even go there. I wore this fragrance back in the 90s. It is such a soft unassuming floral that I would always be shocked when people would ask me what I was wearing and compliment me. I got more compliments with this fragrance than with almost any other fragrance I have owned. It's perfect for daytime/office wear. It's absolutely beautiful and classy without smelling "old". Just pure white flowers. I love it!

Beautiful, soft fragrance. Long lasting with good sillage, yet still delicate somehow. This is very different than a lot of perfumes I have tried. I would repurchase this. It's so feminine and a bit retro in the best way.

These are the correct notes listed on Marilyn Miglin website: Jasmine Italian, Muguet, Calla Lily, White Rose, Osmanthus Blossoms, Narcissus and White Orchid

Very soft but long lasting with a gentle sillage. I love this fragrance just before going to bed. It is clean but not necessarily soapy.

Still have my bottle from the 90's. Just sniffed her today. Still as special today. Clean, crisp white.

Very nice mix that reminds me of L'Heure Bleue layered with Diorissimo in a very soft drift of clouds.