Cheap & Chic

--edit-- 6/06- 🫒🖤🤍🤎🫒 Good LAWD! Yeah, I sorta "went ham" reviewing this scent and giving updates bc it'd changed so much from when Id initially sprayed some on after having recieved it, that it sorta blew my mind and got me excited to share my experience throughout.. Anyhow, don't be super discouraged when ya first open and spray your bottle of Cheap & Chic because at first it'll seem SUUUUPER weak and smell "rough around the edges", and it would fade away quite fast (4 to 5 hours becoming a skin scent after the first hour), and although not super expensive, at the time I really felt dissapointed bc for about Forty bucks I could've gotten something much more "substantial"..Well fast-forward bout 3 weeks later, I just sprayed some on again and Cheap & Chic has definately "Opened up" bc it NOW smells FANTASTIC, Super-Fresh, Semi-Aquatic, Zingy Florals with slight greenery and the fragrance is much more potent (Still not a beast or anything) and it really does last much longer (I can very clearly smell it the next day on clothes and between 7 to 8 hours on skin.) Its still NOT something that'll be crazy projecting or off-putting, yet it can be over-sprayed bc its NOT a weak fragrance by any means (IMO 6 to 7 spritzes making sure to get some on your clothes and you're set for the entire day and into the evening.) Man, whatta difference "Maturation" makes in certain fragrances! It honestly NEVER ceases to amaze me. Anyhow, yeah if ya loved this fragrance back in the day, but are now afraid to get it bc of a "Bad reformulation" and are afraid that it wont last or project because of that.. DON'T BE! Just remember to be patient, spray a bit out and give her some to to WAKE THE HELL UP!!! Lol. Maybe 2 to 3 weeks at least, but a month would be ideal. Oh and again, it really is quite "unisex" with a slight Feminine lean. I feel that the "Green-ness" the Petitgrain overdose offers is what makes Cheap & Chic quite unisex, so fellas, dont be afraid to try this one out and especially if you enjoy florals and/or Petitgrain like I do .. A bonafied Blind-Buy SCOOORE!! So enjoys Guys and Gals!! 😉 ---------------edit 5/29-------------------- So, its been only 4 days since I'd purchased and tried Cheap & Chic for the very first time, and I've been wearing the heck out of it bc Im really enjoying it! Now, I've put quite the dent in my bottle bc I've had to "over-spray" bc althought it does lasts a decent amount of time, it (was) quite sheer. Well four days later and the fragrance has thankfully become more substantial! (Love it when that happens☺️) Its much more noticable, lasts a bit longer and the florals have BLOOMED! Im a guy, and I originally felt that Cheap & Chic was perfectly "unisex", and it still is, buuuut it now feels like it leans a tad more feminine, although guys can still EASILY pull this gem off no problemo and thats possibly bc if the "Green-ness" of the Petitgrain. So YES! Now more than before I feel that this reformulated Cheap & Chic is STILL very much worth a pick up by Women or us Fellas!!...I AM LOVIN' THIS JUICE😉🤎🤍🖤 I now consider Cheap & Chic a solid 8 outta 10! -------Original post 05/25/25:-------- Very "Unisex" leaning slightly Feminine-aquatic/floral/fresh scent, a very soft scent which actually has decent projection, and actually sticks around on skin for atleast 5 hours lingering as a skin-scent for much longer. Also, I can clearly smell it on my clothes the following day which is pretty suprising for a seemingly "soft fragrance",, So, Im a guy and feel Cheap & Chic can come off as "Feminine" on the ladies and more "Masculine" on us fellas bc it really does depend on our chemestry. Also there is nothing"Overly-Floral" or super Feminine about this dna, plus the vanilla is pretty much undetectableto my nose, and just adds a bit of a "creamy" back-bone which plays super well with the sandle wood.. Also, Initially I was really dissapointment at how sheer and weak Ceap & Chic seemed when I wore it for the first time last night a few hours before bed.Then I woke up this morning and could still smell it on me!😮 Well I put a bit more on today after my shower, went over to my mom's house and her care-giver complimented me on my fragrance. I asked her "Really? You can smell it? She then mentioned how she likes that it's "Soft" and inoffensive, yet she could really smell it as soon as I walked into the room.". And here I thought it had very poor projection which is seemingly NOT the case. That makes this fragrance a perfect "Work-horse/Office-Scent" as it will NOT offend others around you, its very pleasant, clean and actually lasts. Now, I have found that a whole lot of older fragrances that are now considered "Cheapies" arent allowed to properly "Macerate" before they are sold, and that's so the frag-houses can cut corners and save a lil' cash. Therefore after some of the fragrance has been sprayed out by us consumers, it then "Maturates" and becomes more substantia over timel, so this scent will probably become even more substantial within a month or so.. Anyways, NOT BAD MOSCHINO! Man I've been VERY impressed with all their offerings thus far! Ofcourse we have Toy Boy, Mochino Uomo?, Cheap & Chic, and ESPECIALLY Mochino Forever (My new FAVE signature scent worthy frag) As for Cheap & Chic, a S-S-S-SOLID 7.5 outta 10 fragrance! Very Nice and I highly recommend it to anyone, Women or Men!👌. Thanks to whomever took time to read my thoughts on this little GEM of a fragrance! CHEERS!🫠🫡😉

I have history with Cheap and chic by Moschino. It was the perfume of my years as a teen and it's responsible for the way I use perfume: spraying it heavily. My mum had told me that this is quite mature of a scent for a teen girl, maybe some miss fragrance will be better... Nope, no no, no, the moment i sniffed this baby i fell for it, and it became my signature scent for years. And frankly i was happy that it was distinct in class, because really all the rest mademoiselles would wear some fruity concoction, and there was me reeking floral muskiness all over the place. Yep, i would take it with me and re-spray when i felt that i had to. Not that the perfume has any problems with sillage, on the contrary, three to four spritzes are enough to achieve an arms length sillage, but somehow my teen brain had the idea of constant refresh. Somehow i got adventurous during university so i forgot about the Olive-shaped bottle, and started loving other scents. Came back and I m happy to smell the exact same, and guess what, nobody wears this, why? It's so so pretty! It is so underrated. Honestly, i have not yet found any other similar scent to this. There are perfumes that remind me of other, for instance, La vie EST belle is quite similar to la nuit tresor , they have differences don't get me wrong but the drydown of them is very very very similar. Well for Cheap and Chic I haven't yet found any other perfume that reminds me of it. That makes it unique. It's beautiful layered as well, I do layer it now with any Narciso Rodriguez (black, white, pink and purple bottles) and the result scent is to die for, weird and unique creations. Layered with Narciso Rodrigues L'absolu you will be a moving sillage bomb. The blend is so nice that i can barely tell the notes. Initial spray and a medicinal burst is around you for an hour at least. Personally i love the medicinal aspect of it, quite soft and doesn't linger much. Then it's just a soapiness of flowers, a lot of flowers, very pleasant and luxurious, sexy I'd say. It's a clean scent, it's so soapy, not powdery though. The drydown is musky floweriness, leans a lot to the masculine side, still it's totally worth it. There is some vanillic warmth to it as well. Men can wear this as well!

I’ve honestly never had a fragrance morph so completely on my skin from top notes to mid/base!! Shocking hairspray scent at first, almost hit my nose like butane (I guess my nose is not reading the fresh citrus notes well) -and I thought for sure I’d be scrubbing it off. But I had to go start dinner, got distracted, ffwd 10 minutes later I wondered what this pretty, sweet watery scent was. I got my face close to my hand and lo and behold it was where I had sprayed my sample of this. Amazing how it transformed. It translates to apple blossom and water notes. I have a feeling the yuzu is helping give a fruit impression. So I imagine apple blossoms floating down off a tree into a creek. Fresh, light watery florals and I guess it’s the musk doing that? I’m so impressed with the sillage. Update: Bought a cute mini and am really developing an appreciation for the ride this scent takes me on. There is a hairspray thing, but it’s giving it a strange edge that I like and then it just morphs into a powerful liquidy-feeling sweet floral bubble around me. Very unique and enjoyable so I think I’ll go full bottle soon.

Cheap and chic by Moschino is just perfect for me. It is one of those perfumes that are still around, they are sold, but you don't quite find people wearing it anymore in public. I tested this one about a year and a half ago and instantly fell in love with it, I bought it inmediately. It smells very nostalgic to me, it came to my mind when I first sniffed it, retail, woman working on retail, suits, and overall what just seems as an optimistic capitalism childhood era if that makes sense. This perfume to me has a cerulean blue quality, kinda cold and sharp but still soft as it envelopes. It starts soapy and very aldehydic and then it goes smoother and smoother, finishing with this clean powdery floral dry down that is honestly so good. This is a perfume that is good from start to finish. And what not, the unisex aspects it has just makes it even better, I can totally see a man wearing this. It reminds me a bit of the not so new anymore, YSL MYSLF. Great perfume overall and I haven't even touched the commercial aspect from it, the bottle shape, everything about it is so iconic.

nautical, unisexish, chic, year rounder . a year since my last review and i have a full bottle now . since then ive gotten my nose on a lot, citrus scents have let me down terribly, but cheap n chic is one of the more remarkable ones ive had . opening minutes, a ton of petitgrain and yuzu, though a creamy woodiness is already being hinted at . next the cyclamen, water lily, iris, and white orchid sing loudest on me, i honestly dont get much rose if at all, some powder from peony/violet maybe . the base notes remind me of something Creed would make, but theres a certain warmth or musky sweetness that remains until next day . in an era of 2 note fragrances this stands out without being impolite, too forward leaning in one direction, a real 3 part story perfume that smells more expensive than the name implies . ive added items to my bag on the moschino site because of this, which means the marketing paid off 3 decades after the fact still lol . deeply love/hate the bottle