Regine's

16. may 2013 Let me just start by saying simply: i have a lot of love for this perfume! And it happened by accident! I have never heard of "Regine" and her perfumes in my life. Yes, i have stumbled upon them here on Fragrantica, but somehow neither the bottle nor the notes impresed me much to search for it. Then one day i was buying as usual in bulk and the seller had 100ml EDT (vintage!!) that has been on sale for a long time and nobody seemed to be interested in it, so i grabed it, because it was only 10 eur because i never seem to refuse on a good deal for a huge amount of perfume (now i know how lucky i am!). Didn ́t expect nothing at all, i thought it would be some old fashioned pefume of not a very good quality, since the house is not famous and perfume seemed to be not very popular. I thought it was some kind of a drugstore perfume. Oh, this happy moment when i unpacked my parcel and took out this huge bottle. Let me start by saying first,t hat the bottle is huge and in real life a very beautiful one. Honestly, i rarely admire bottles, but this one impresses me in a good way. The lid slides very smoothly up and down. That is very pleasant. But the fragrance is simply amazing! I don ́t know what happened to miniature, that user below reviewed, maybe it was refilled with something else or just gone off? My vintage juice is completly intact. And it is extremly gorgeous. I am very much surprised that the tuberose is not listed amongst the notes, i swear i can smell it in perfume. Either my nose is letting me down, or the notes are incorrect, however i checked their website and the notes listed there are the same). Very strange. Let me tell you one thing: i have a huge collection and i have a lot of heavy orientals and florals, i love florals, tuberose and i have many of those but this perfume is really perfect. The composition is very well balanced, it is sweet - yes, it is on the heavier side - yes, it has a bit of animalistic notes - yes, but all this is blended into a wonderful bouquet. It reminded me very much of another great perfume - "Moments" by P.Presley, almost the same feeling, but honestly "Regine ́s" is way much better for me. Somehow it lacks that harsh tuberose and agressive animalistic note, that is present in "Moments" in EDP and yet it is more intense than EDT of "Moments". Of course they are not the same completly, but they are definitly similar. The longevity is brilliant, up to 24hrs for EDT and has also great sillage. I do believe that this perfume is not that much enjoyable in more humid climate than here up north, and is absolutly perfect for colder days, however just today when i wasn ́t feeling well and wasn ́t in a good mood i thought i will wear it again and it was almost 20degrees Celsius outside, so at first i was afraid it won ́t work well but it did actually. But still i believe this is more suitable for autumn-winter-early spring time. I also have a 15ml bottle of pure parfum, named "structure de parfum" and it has an amazing lasting power: just one dab beghind the ears lasts for 12 hrs and it is even more deeper version of the fragrance in EDT. The juice is really the same, but more intense, more lush, a-m-a-z-i-n-g! I am really lucky to being able to experience this beauty. P.S. This fragrance is not discontinued, it is featured on their official web-site and even on " cheap smells" website (you know which one, right). Most probably it has been reformulated, maybe even ruined, i don ́t know. All i know is this perfect creation is a true gem in my collection. UPDATE: (11.september 2013) Based on the few reviews on here i guess this gem isn ́ twell known or just too outdated for the main public, but i keep on enjoying this perfume very much. You know, just recently i purchased another bottle of Cartier ́s "Panthere" in vintage parfum de toilette formula and the smell of vintage Panthere somehow reminds me of Regine ́s as well. the drydown has a lot in common. Regine ́s however is cheaper and much softer. I also get compliments for my choice of this perfume and that means people like it. Heavy floral oriental lovers should defenitly at least try this one.

I couldn't resist the very cheap price and good reviews on this one. It arrived today. The packaging is huge, and very lovely, it reminds me of a peacock. Looking at the box makes me feel cheerful and happy, it is very decorative. The bottle is pretty cool as well. The juice is old school in the best meaning of the word. It reminds me to Samsara. A bit sweeter (never gets too sweet, stays in good balance) and boozier and less woody but very similar on my skin, to my nose. Hard to believe because Samsara is such an amazing quality scent. Also hard to believe because they only share few notes. I will soon try them on my arms for a better comparison. Samsara can very well be considered a queen among fragrances, and I get the feeling this one is not called Regine without a reason. Update: With Samsara on one arm and Regine's on the other they are less similar... this is much sweeter while the other blends in my skin in a refined way. Seems their similarities cancel each other out to my nose, and the sweetness emerges from it. New update: My nose makes a real fool of me, or, rather,y the way my brain is wired. This is nothing like Samsara. However, this doesn't make it any less, they are just different, amazing scents. So, Regine's is opulent, rich, heady, like golden honey drops, with a deep animalistic, slightly smoky murmur. Today it was more animalic than its notes would suggest. Lasts for a full day.

L'eau de toilette Régine's est un parfum incroyable à l'image de sa célèbre et inoubliable créatrice Régine ! Chanteuse de talent, actrice, écrivaine, femme d'affaires redoutable, patronne de nombreuses discothèques dans le monde entier, elle était une femme libre et engagée dans beaucoup de causes chères à son coeur. Régine était aussi une femme d'avant garde à une époque encore hélas très codifiée. Elle était instinctive et avait un regard très pertinent sur son époque. Son parfum riche, exubérant, sensuel, capiteux et volupteux vous emmène dans le tourbillon de sa vie intense. Essayez le ! Vous vivrez une experience incroyable. De plus le flacon et l'emballage inspirés de l'Art Déco, style que l'artiste aimait beaucoup symbolisent aussi son goût pour l'élégance et le rafinemment que l'on retrouvait dans ses célèbres discothèques et son appartement parisien. C'est un des plus grands designers de l'époque qui est à l'origine du flacon qui symbolise à la fois la dance du twist et une femme toujours en mouvement. Hélas sa production est définitivement terminée mais si vous trouvez un flacon, n'hésitez pas... Je porte ce parfum depuis 1989 et je n'ai jamais autant obtenu de compliments avec un autre sillage. Il est tenace et ce n'est pourtant qu'une eau de toilette, sa magie opère toujours, c'est LE parfum de ma vie !

Eons ago, my daughter gave me a small, gorgeous bottle of this magic juice. Although I'm not really a "patch" person (except for vintage Mauboussin, which I originally blind-bought for the cute pyramid-spinner bottle), this one became an instant favourite. As this was quite strong, and had amazing staying power, it took me a while to finish this mini. Recently, I felt very nostalgic about the small life comforts I used to reach for when I felt sad and powerless about life circumstances, so I bought two of the Regine's minis on eBay (two different sellers/continents). When they finally arrived, much to my disappointment, the fragrances smelled nothing like the original bottle I had... They must have turned over time because both just smelled off, with one actually having the "cat piss" drydown while the other was more of a pure rubbing alcohol from start to finish (the colour of the juices was nearly identical, and didn't look watered down at all). This happened to me before when I found the vintage Heaven Sent original by Helena Rubinstein; it reeked... I think, this will be my lesson learned: enjoy the fragrance(s) while relatively fresh, and not decade(s) old, no matter how much you miss them.

Where East meets West or the fragrance of the Queen Bee. Dear passionata20, because of your passionate review I went for a blind buy and..put it among my favourites. What a structure with micro-layers and nuances. I felt like I live in a hive and been fed by a royal jelly. It is incredible juice, natural, dense, 24-hours lasting, with each few hours smelling more and more beautiful. Every ingredient knows it's role and impresses here, within the most natural beeswax lives deep, sweetened by raspberry Rose, it breathes out amazing type of an amber. To me it is like ancient candle-warmth of Dana Tabu meets modern medicinal amber in Gaultier 2, that creates warm, erotic sweetness. Also boozy loud start of vintage Rumba by Balenciaga. But the fact is that Regine does her own thing, this juice is so consistent and full of life - that it does not require our comparisons with any others. I Am chuffed, what a great find indeed!