Monsoon (original)

🗣Monsoon (The Original Edt) Why Oh Why Was This Little Beauty EVER Discontinued? And Is It Not About Time That This And KL Sun,Moon & Star's Where Both Relaunched? As This ALWAY'S Seems To Happen To The Best Perfumes Around, And Those That Give Us The Most Wonderful Memories Ever!! And To Think That I Went Through Soooooo Many Bottles Of This In My Youth, And Alway's Asked What Fragrance I Was Wearing, And That I Always Smelt Absolutely Devine!! This Was Also The Same Case When I Wore KL - Sun,Moon & Star's!! Again It Was A Truely Stunning Perfume That Sadly Vanished Into Thin Air!! I Alway's Remember The Stunning Heavy Blue Glass Bottles, That These Came In, And The Air Of Quality That Surrounded You The Moment You Sprayed Either On!! (KL's Sun,Moon & Star's Is Actually Used And Features In The Film "Only You"!! Starting Robert Downey Jr., And What I Would'nt Give To Own Another 100ml Bottle Of It Again!!! Simply Two Of The VERY Best Perfumes Ever!! "Gone But Certainly NEVER Forgotten"!!!!

Smells like the early 90's in the best possible way. Hangs on to a bit of 80's chypre but with a sunny and warm quality. Like a downpour on a HOT, HOT summer day, one where it rains but doesn't cool the air. Like you'd been in the pool and had to run inside because of lightning. Now you return, and there's bees buzzing around your open can of Fruitopia. The gardenia you picked and tucked into your hair earlier is starting to wilt, next to your soaking beach towel. You should probably shower off the tanning oil before you go out, but it's too hot, so you throw a dress on over your swimsuit & head to a local dive bar to soak up some air conditioning. I love it. To update: after looking at the notes of Davidoff Cool Water, I wonder if that's what is lingering in the back of my brain when I smell this, triggering my 90's flashbacks! I'm going to have to sniff n' compare, as Cool Water would be much cheaper, and easier to find!

I currently possess 7 bottles of this, in various sizes. It became my signature in the 90's for pubbing, clubbing, football matches, dressed up, dressed down, school runs, in fact, I lived in it. It's an aquatic sweet green bomb, with jasmine, patchouli, and sandalwood on dry down. I've never been able to exactly replicate how it smells on me with any other frag. But it's now well over £100 for a larger bottle if I find it in the wild. And so, for me to safely have this for the rest of my life, I must only wear it as the occasion fits. Which is usually when I'm wearing a skin tight floor length black dress, rocking a pair of high boots, and ready to swing my very long hair to music!

This frag was so lovely! Green, fresh but creamy and powdery too. I seem to recall the Body Shop has a similar frag for a while, but the name escapes me. It was in a slender bottle of deep blue frosted glass... Which of course is discontinued also. :/ Both were beautiful. Edit: The Body Shop 'dupe' (I use the term loosely as we are talking over 20 years ago!) was called Scent of a Woman au lait. Basically perfumed body milk in a spray bottle. I have a bottle, and it was from a similar era, and it's not aged well due to it being more of a lotion than a perfume. If anyone is old enough to remember Anne French cleansing milk (80s/90s), it smells a lot like that!

In the UK I use to buy this perfume in the shop called MONSOON. I am not sure if it has been discontinued. Luckily I have found today 2 bottles tucked away in my wardrobe. I have now rediscovered this lovely perfume.