By Invitation

I fell down a heck of a rabbit hole to suddenly find this luscious fragrance. I am extremely picky about fruity and floral fragrances so I often don't even bother testing them. Every couple of decades the perfect floral falls in my lap, either a free gift with purchase, some random spritz in a store, and it's never what I would have otherwise picked up. While making room for some new perfumes after parting with a bunch of vintages I found a tiny old sample vial on card in the back of a drawer. It was Marc Jacobs Decadence. I'd never even tested it, probably assuming another designer floral wasn't worth risking a migraine that day. Spritzed it on a tester strip and was mesmerized! Started shopping for it, and of course, discontinued! I looked up the profile here and before I knew it I was shopping for By Invitation instead. Bought the large bottle as a tester because I took note that the cap wouldn't be long for this world anyway. Now I feel like I need to grab a couple more as this is exactly the kind of warm, sweet, bright but not cloying feminine fragrance that always disappears before its due. I love my modern and exotic fragrances, but it feels nice to find a pretty fruity floral once a decade or so!

So I purchased both style bottles as I managed to find the discontinued old style bottle in store, it's a pretty bottle but man they're soo cheaply made, I've only had it for a week and it's already broken and now I have to re bottle it anyway the fragrance itself is gorgeous! Both bottle designs for By Invitation do smell similar but there are definite differences, i would say they're like flankers of each other, the old style bottles have more sweetness, character and depth, the praline and woods are more prominent and there is a an oud like tone that comes through, there is no patchouli listed in the notes but I smell a slight minty patchouli here, anyway I do love this older formula more. The new bottles are more powdery and bright with more emphasis on the citrus notes, the sweetness is dialed down by a touch and with less praline and woods, i feel like they have made the new formula in the new bottles more crowd pleasing However they're both lovely and i enjoy wearing both

THIS is AMAZING! Truly unreal. I cannot belive it is a celebrity scent. Just for reference, I have two signatures scents that are Chloe New and Stella and Stella Rose Intense. This in my opinion is in the same vein as Stella Intense. It does not actually smell like a dupe or anything, but throughout the drydown, I get an aroma that is similar to the drydown of my precious Stella. Since I am not great with identifying notes or describing them yet, I do not know what notes are to blame for this but this is now one of my favorites. On my skin it smells completely different (fruity and fresh) in the beginning than it does during drydown. This feels magical to me. I put this on last night before bed and it is 11 am almost next day and I can STILL smell it. Best purchase ever. Blind purchase at that! LOVE. This is seriously THE ONE. The one I have been searching for all my life. In same vein as Lovely and Narcisco Rodriguez for Her BUT WAY BETTER. Just amazing for a celeb scent.

By Invitation, I knew I was going to like you when I first sprayed you on my skin. This fragrance is juicy fruity in the best kind of way. Raspberries, cherries, strawberries and bergamot are bouncing all over the place in this perfume. I smell them all throughout the projection of this bottle of juice. The rose and jasmine notes are a beautiful wonderland of springy goodness. The praline, sandalwood, and musky vanilla in the base notes smell absolutely yummy. By Invitation smells strikingly similar to Valentino’s Born in Roma. There are some slight differences but they smell a lot alike. It also reminds me of Reb’l Fleur but Reb’l Fleur is much more boozy fruity than this one. By Invitation is a very pretty, sexy, feminine and flirty fragrance. I love the way it smells. I love the many compliments I get while wearing it and I love how I feel when I put it on. It has great sillage, projection and longjevity and is better suited for the spring, summer and autumn months.

I really can understand this comparison to Decadence; Here you will find the same combination of sour, ripe and sweet, but... although the aroma here is very sour berries and even more sour ripe citrus fruits (that become such a "bitter, little fermented" drought) , while in Decadence that effect comes from a combination of dry papyros, plum and vetiver. In both scents, that dry/bitterness is immersed in an extremely polarizing sweetness. Decadence with heavy sugar plum jam, but Invitation with jammy rose and praline. The drying of this is very citrusy, slightly woody, not green at all, yet sweet and very intense too. All in all all , to my( ! ) nose this is very pleasant and quite interesting scent, I really enjoy this now in hot summer ...but still I think, this can be very opinion-sharing scent too! Do you need Decadence if you have this? Absolutely!! ('You might like it) Do you need this if you already have Decadence?. for fun, definitely yes!

This perfume opens with a realistic fruity blast that is kept from being sickeningly sweet with the addition of Italian lemon giving a tiny touch of citrus, and then swiftly morphs into a blend of spicy peony, praline and sandalwood. If the lily of the valley is there it's playing a supportive roll, maybe giving a hint of fresh creaminess to it all. The dry down. Oh my god it's delicious! Tons of vanilla soaked sandalwood with a bit of patchouli giving it depth. Can you tell if I like it yet? :) I don't now how they were able to pack so much punchy personality into this, and yet keep it sheer enough for daytime. Sillage moderate with a single spray. I can see my self wearing this day or night and in every season. It's classy, it's quirky.This scent has universal use. Adding this to my top shelf now! :D

Found this at SDM today on the $19.99 shelf. About 4 hours ago I sprayed the tester and grabbed a bottle - I like it. I think. Not opened it yet.... There's something about it that reminds me of something I don't like - another fragrance I think I have and don't use - so until I figure that out I'm fence sitting. I may return it but not likely the more I wear it the more I like it It's good. It's still pretty strong on the back of my hand and that doesn't happen often. I'm getting lovely whiffs from time to time but when I smell it directly it's not as nice. I'll update when I've decided. Longevity is amazing. - Lasts a good long while with one spray!!

Got this sample for free and whoahhh was I surprised. I didn’t even know Bublé had fragrances! This perfectly fits with his music and classy style. I’m loving it as lately I’m leaning towards more mature scents. It’s woodsy and sweet, but not too sweet. Also, I’ve been on the look out for scents that actually last like they used to make! And this one actually lasts! I remember back in the day scents were made to project and last. Let’s get back to that !

This was a blind buy that I purchased a few weeks ago. I decided to be daring and wear it to work yesterday. I absolutely loved it. It was mature, but not in an elderly way. In my nose, it smelled earthy--with ripe, grilled pineapples and amber. I can see myself reaching for this way too often because of its sweet complexity. By Invitation is a nice fragrance to pick up, if you're looking for something inexpensive and unique to add to your collection.

This fragrance starts off as Red Pearl (peppery passionfruity praline on me) and dries down to MJ Decadence without as much plummy powdery note. It is a high quality bargain. I wear this as my day Decandence and save the $200 real one for nights out. I get compliments from men and women constantly on this it's just a lil embarrassing to say I have Buble's fragrance on. I have the 30ml purse spray and just bought a backup bottle as it's that good.

I got a couple of sample vials from one of my orders last winter. I'm not really into celebrity fragrances but I had to try it. I fell in love with its sweet smell and the initial blast of red berries. Its dry down is quite pleasant. Longevity and sillage are both above average on me. It is a feminine fragrance as far as I'm concern, not masculine at all. I purchased a FB after I've used up my samples.

I sampled Michael bubles fragrances in store and I was initially turned off, just be careful in stores the testers are old and have gone bad because I smelt the difference when a friend of mine gave me one of Michael bubles fragrances as a gift for Christmas, obviously a new bottle and now I am absolutely obsessed with them and have purchased more bottles since.

This reminds me so much of Casmir by Chopard, which I had and cherished many years ago until the bottle was smashed. I could only try to remember how rich and exotic the delicious sweet notes were until this surprise discovery. I am surprised by how good it is for the price, and a little spray is all that's needed.

My stepdaughter's friend wore this in my house today; I went into the front room and was met with the most beautiful powdery rose, with a soft citrus zing and white petal musk. I was shocked when she told me it was this; how on earth can such a cheap perfume be so lovely with great sillage?! Bargain.

By Invitation is a female ambroxan-lover's dream. Sweet fruity vanilla amber-ambroxan. Bright, very pretty, and a compliment getter. Perfect for late spring into summer. Works well with coconut oil for summer.

Just received this Fragrance by Michael!!. i LOVE IT.. dont need much on as its strong, if your a Michael fan you will not be disappointed. highly recommend! Gorgeous bottle, looks so classy

I found this one for $8 at my local Ross. I bought it hoping it would be similar to my discontinued (almost out) MJ Decadence. I'm very happy I picked it up!

I bought some samples they eBay of this perfume and love it. It’s not too powerful and not too light. One of my new favorites!

this is Decadence minus the pickle note ---> more feminine Decadence. same strong though..good silage and longevity.

love it! rich and classy smelling! smells like tresor la nuit and agent provacatuer fatale. :)