3121

I've been waiting a while to review 3121...and that's because I'm in love with it. That happens sometimes..when I really love a scent, I put off reviewing it because I don't know if I can do it justice or truly convey how I feel about it...and...also it's kind of like a special secret that you sorta don't want to share. Reading the reviews though, I can see that I'm safe. There are many that just don't like this one...I get it...I'm ok with that. For me though, 3121 by Prince is sensual and magical and a little strange...just like the the man, himself. Although I do love the artist ( is there anyone who doesn't?) my love for his perfume has little to do with him. I like to call this one a Green-Floral-Musk. It is completely alive with the smell of fresh green florals...not just the white flowers listed above but their leaves and stems and roots and maybe even a little dirt too, the Bergamot lends a citrusy/soapy vibe. This combined with a salty, woody, musky base leaves it feeling bright and fresh yet earthy and hot.....like a summer romp in the meadow next to the woods. It's really, really sexy...to my nose anyway. I don't smell cat litter and I don't smell cedar and it doesn't feel masculine to me...yet I would love to smell this on a man! Our noses all work so differently...it truly is amazing. There is only one other perfume in my collection that compares to 3121 in style and feel and that's another favorite of mine, Maroussia by Slava Zaitsev. It probably helps that, for me, both of these have an aura of mystery about them as they are not well known or used among people that I know and they both have gorgeous bottles! Yeah....3121 ( and Maroussia) can both be found inexpensively on line and I hate to say it but there might be the teensiest smell of "cheapness" that weaves in and out of the scent experience...but...I kinda like that about it. Here's another thought that just popped into my head while typing.....I feel like I'm smelling the eighties ( although this did not come out til much later) and not the powerhouse perfumes of the eighties that women and teen girls wore. It's like the smell of being a kid in the eighties ( which I was) I have no idea how to explain myself but while wearing this, I just picture myself in a roller skating rink, wearing florescent jelly bracelets, a checkerboard patterned shirt...with my collar up, carmex lip balm, chewin' on some hubba bubba and flyin' around on wheels to one of Prince's songs...probably "Raspberry Beret". Where am I going with this??? Up top I said "sexy-romping" and now I'm going on about innocence and childhood??? Maybe 3121 takes me to that place in-between.The sweetness of innocence morphs into the thrill of the discovery of womanhood. Too much?

The initial blast was bergamot and musk, with white flowers following it, tuberose and neroli, patch and other notes.I do sense the cedar but it is not as strong as the bergamot that makes it fresh, the white flowers are there blended together but are not center stage. The front is still bergamot and musk. I think the bergamot is what others say makes it seem like cleaning liquid. I think I may have gotten a spoiled sample though, it just feels like it falls flat, I purchased a tester without a cap. I feel dim, I had to spray twice, overall it smells citrusy, lemon-like, the bergamot is so strong, and so is the musk, it does have a masculine feel to it for certain, definitely gearing towards masculine this one. The desired white florals are just too quiet in the background. Cedar, bergamot and faint gardenia, patchouli lingering, very masculine, very dim. The florals are there, gardenia, faint tuberose, and neroli, they are there indeed, blended, yes blended, but they are so light and quiet. I can sense them and they are nice, they are. sometimes white florals can become cloudy. I am disappointed, I have to buy a non-tester to try again, this is not what I was expecting, it is ok just not what I desired. There is citronella, I catch it quickly, as it is used in bug sprays too, citronella is so there. The bottle reminds me of the versace dreamer. It is somewhat strong or there is a synthetic quality to it that made me a bit uneasy or irritated when inhaling it, beware! I would say it is a lemony, musky, woody, white floral, in that order. I do feel my bottle has turned, but I understand the pretended scent, in the right condition, I think it would be a very nice. I get the idea and I love it, woodsy, musky, fresh, white floral, with bittersweet facets. You can sense it in the dry down. I realize after the dry down, I adore it, the bergamot is actual the citrus sweet kick to it, and you have to accept it. it kinda smells like Prince after a long night singing, sort of a musky male thing, skin scent, but dreamy, I love it. I think his decision in choosing a low key manufacturer and poor designer, was his mistake, no wonder all the issues and chaos ensued.

I've read he was involved in the making of the perfume, which is itself a bit androgynous, with floral and musky facets. Both male and female, cedar and musk are the most masculine notes I know and gardenia and tuberose the most feminine. If the prince of funk was so involved, why did he later deny it and refused to promote it? He was sued and settled out of court with the manufacturer. I love white florals mixed with woody, musky notes, and this is a hidden treasure, I cannot wait to try it out. I bought it today, I could not hold myself back, the gardenia, the tuberose, the cedar and musk, and yes Prince himself, such a lively, colorful, passionate individual. I feel joy and will post a review later. The designer, Adriana Medina does not have a very strong creation resume, so I truly hope Prince was really behind it all, picking the notes as I read he was. He did choose a small perfumery company on purpose, so that may have played a role in choosing the designer, articles do state he was personally involved in its creation so he may have picked the notes himself. I love cedarwood and musk as truly masculine delights, and tuberose/gardenia as beautiful and sensually delicate, it seems a versatile fragrance just like Prince was, masculine and feminine.

It doesn’t smell nice when you first spray it. They should have used a cleaner musk. That said, this does not smell too bad if you let it dry instead of panic scrubbing it off. This is NOT something I would want to wear often. Picture this scene: You go to your mom’s house for Christmas dinner. She’s got a number of poinsettias in the house and wreaths with real flower accents, giving a bit of a floral smell to the air. She has a generic “winter” candle burning explaining the kind of woody, powdery, musky, patchouli smell. She also invested in a real tree this year, and you definitely smell it. THAT is what this smells like to me. Combine all of those smells. Since it reminds me so much of Christmas trees and scented candles with “flannel” or “sweater” in the name, I would probably only wear this for a holiday. It’s so strong that I think it would help cover the “I’ve been cooking all day” smell. Do I think you’ll love it? No. It’s it automatically sexy because it has musk and patchouli? No. Does the ylang ylang give it a slightly mature and powdery smell? Yes. Finally, it smells like an intentionally unisex fragrance. On a man, I think the cedar would come out strong. On a woman, I think it would dry down more powdery or floral.

Hmmmm... millest alustada? Pakend kiiskav lilla-kolla-kuldne karp, kaleidoskoop-mustriline ja lärmakas. Pudel ja kork on imeilusad lihvitud kalliskivid. Edasi - pudeli sisuga tutvuma - võivad minna ainult hulljulged, eriti enesekindlad ja natuke veidrikud :D Koormatäis jasmiini, tuberoosi ja magnoolia õisi, mis vajub tsunamina peale ja matab enda alla. Esimese hooga võtab hinge kinni. Kehvemal päeval paneb pea valutama ja võib tekitada iiveldust. Kuskilt aimdub pisut puitu ja piisake bergamotti. Androgüünne. Lärmakas. Egotsentriline. Kui see üle elada, siis muutub nahal äärmiselt erootiliseks ja magneetiliseks. Ülimalt tugev, kauakestev ja edasikanduv lõhn, mis võib jääda sinu külaskäiku meenutama mitmeteks päevadeks. Ma ei ütleks, et 3121 on mu lemmik, aga ma armastan seda lõhna! Ei soovita alla 30-stele ja peavooluga kaasaminejatele.

Have had my 3121 since last (2016) summer. I hear it's a bit older and out-of-production, but I feel that my bottles have stayed pretty true, based on reading review after review of this stuff. I love this stuff, and, although I wear it to work quite a bit, no one else seems to notice a couple spritzes but me, so the sillage might not be what it used to be. PRN has inspired me, through 3121, to become more of a perfume nut! I get on Fragrantica and read all about these great fragrances! Someone said, "this reminds me of a stick of nag champa before it's lit," and that is my favorite thing about the 3121, its incensey dry-down. (Hear that he loved incensey frags!) I do have to admit the white florals are strong at first. Give it time to develop.

This is a very strong perfume, please use lightly or spray below your breathing area. It is oily, thick, well-concentrated perfume, not recommended for closed spaces or people with allergies or asthma, it might just be too overpowering for many. That said, it seems it is very well made... I love the tuberose/gardenia accord, mixed with piercing cedar and strong musk, a bergamot so fresh over it. I love, love this scent, it is a hidden gem, a delightful, delicious, sexy, beautiful, bitter-sweet scent. It smells unisex and dreamy. To me, it is a divine concoction, tuberose, cedar, bergamot, vanilla, it's dark yet light, masculine yet feminine, sweet yet bitter, simply must have.

Smells like BO, male BO, in a good way, sexy, romantic BO, a guy's hug sort of BO. A tuberose bouquet in a cedar, musk vase, dipped in bergamot water. The tuberose and bergamot combination is so sexy, with that strong musk and cedar, this is masculine, romantic, sensual, I adore this scent and brings me to my knees with that fleshy tuberose and all those notes.

I’m a Prince fan, so I bought it for that reason. The negative reviews made me afraid I wouldn’t like this perfume. But I ended up happily finishing the whole bottle of this perfume. It’s not so bad. It’s certainly not the best white floral, but it’s wearable. I bought myself another bottle just for the memory of Prince.

Last year after reading some reviews, I gave up this stuff . As a Prince fan, and also a perfume lover, I think I need to keep a small bottle of it. Again, I'm wrong , I should buy a big bottle, 3121 is deep and unique, I have almost 70 bottles of perfumes , 3121 is top 10 in my collection.

This stuff is heavenly. Don't believe the other reviews about it being a stink bomb. They're just hatin' on Prince. This is a sillage king and the longevity is superb. Lasts a few days on clothes. It's bold, it's powerful, It's sexy!

Knowing Prince is all about blurring the lines between genders (while revelling in his masculinity) and being a BIG fan of his for over 2 decades, I decided when I saw this at a "bargain basement" store to give it an honest try... It was a two-piece set with a body creme and full bottle for only 12 dollars! I asked the SA if I could try it, and to my amazement she said: "Go Ahead, we've all been wanting to smell it!" I gingerly opened it and extracted it from that pesky form-fitted plastic and sprayed it in the air... WOW! Not what I expected at all. I assumed it would be all synthetic and "shiny" smelling and I had heard Prince wears this himself, but he also wears pants that leave his "derriere" in full view of God and everyone...and I would not go that far (anymore!). This had a bit of bitterness but was also fresh and very sexy. Then it got "thicker" and warmer, more "femme" and I put it back in the box, and sat it on the shelf as the SA and I chatted. All around me was a very pleasing cloud of citrus and heady florals that lingered but did not annoy. She went back to work and I continued shopping. By the time I was done, I had to go back and grab it. It was the olfactive equivalent of the "song stuck in your head"...flowery, sexy and now quite oriental and vaguely incensy! I nearly giggled with joy that such a treasure could be found for so little, so close to me...but when I got to the perfume section ALL THREE WERE GONE!! Now, I am looking for some and the next time I see something I think I might like I'M BUYING IT then and there! Sillage: good then decent Longevity: good Overall: 3.5/5 Prince, the "Artist", the unpronounceable symbol. Whatever you think of him and/or his music, this is not as bad as I feared; and I have paid MUCH more for things nowhere near as nice. This is not exactly Purple Rain EDT...and it is a far cry from Diamonds & Pearls (the album). Sexy to some, annoying to others 3121 (which adds to 7 by the way, his favorite number) is not exactly rock, but it is no soft ballad either. It is like something you might really enjoy dancing to in a club and never know the song or who did it...but it was a good time!

3121 at first sniff is off putting. It smells like hairspray or a cleaning product.I guess it must be the combination of the white florals with the bergamot. You smell it again and again to figure out why this perfume is so wrong. BUT a few hours later it's wood qualities come front stage. Its like a play in two acts. The second part of 3121 is divine. A classy wood smell with magnolia and musk. Deep, soft, calming and multidimentional. I had 3121 sitting in a drawer for months and I decided to give it a last try and see how it will develop without wiping it off. 5 hours after I had sprayed it on my wrist I had forgoten I was wearing it and I was trying to figure out where that awesome woody smell comes from. This way I found out that it has and extreme longevity and heavy sillage. Give it a try. After all, it is dirt cheap nowadays and as Prince created item can considered a collectible.

I keep waiting for the woody dry down but I just can't detect much of anything over the screaming of the big white florals (persisting hour after hour all day long until washed off). I think I was fooled by the pastel purple bottle. This is not a purple scent. This is not a pastel scent. It is loud. It is tuberose, jasmine, and gardenia united in all their majestic glory. This is not an everyday daytime scent for me. I love it. I can't wait to revisit 3121 in January when the skies are gray and the days are short and the cold begins to seem unbearable. The kind of days where I reach for Poison, Alien, 24 Foubourgh, Cabotine, Lust.... none of which have much in common except Big White Florals. 3121 will probably join the ranks of my seasonal depression busting army of scents. (P.S. Musk. Ylang-ylang. Yes, lots of that in here too.)

I love Prince, so had to purchase 3121. It is intriguing... But, to me something about it was always unbalanced. Now, I've figured it out: The bergamot completely throws it off. It clashes with the cedar and sandalwood, and causes an odd sort of berry aroma. That calamity ruins what would otherwise be absolutely gorgeous florals! My advice would be to get rid of the bergamot, and add more patchouli. Don't get me wrong- it is certainly wearable, and different - most appropriate for a concert or theatrical event. This fragrance frustrates because it is only a couple of steps away from being a masterpiece. (Sigh.)

I'm beggining to wonder whether this perfume was actually made for the general public or for Prince himself hehe. 3121 could easily be a unisex perfume. It's very androgynous, much like Prince himself. A very sharp, strong floral fragrance. Be careful spraying this one, you only need a little bit.

this is the stranges perfume i have ever smelled and i had smelled a lot.It transforms from the top till the dry down like a beast transforms to a beauty.At the beggining i dont like it.It smells like men`s cheap cologne(the first minute)with lots of lavender???with cedar and bergamote.Very strange manlish and deffinately not sexy.But the drydown is super erotic indeed.Very musky,very with hint of tuberose and fresh gardenia.This perfume is the only one in the whole world that reminds me of another unique and strange and favourite of mine-BY for women by D&G,but only the musky dry down.3121 is very interesting and special and deffinately different from all the celebrity fruity-candy crap nowdays.If u like kinky frags try it P.S.Perfect lasting power and projection.It is so addictive i cant stop smelling my wrist.i wanna bathe in it.

This is an acquired taste in my opinion. It's a slightly funky, powdery, heady, and animalic. The florals are very heady. This is a touch sour, and definitely leans a bit vintage. Although, on clothing, in the deep dry down, I'm noticing that this smells straight pissy.....

I blind-bought 3121 as a memento of Prince's passing (may he rest in peace). The packaging is over-the-top, and very-fitting as an extension of his style; I was surprised to find that the title was a real brass plate adhered to the front of the bottle- and not simply painted on. Totally glam. The fragrance, however... I have been wearing it on the back of my hand for a few hours, now, sniffing it from time-to-time to see how it develops. It starts off quite sharply, and hits your nose with citrus and piercing "green" florals; sadly, none of them are natural and complex whatsoever: they are like "blocks" of monotone notes juxtaposed against each other- like an abstract installation of matte-textured cubes, suspended from the ceiling at varying levels... There is no further adornment to catch the eye, no unexpected flourish of iridescence as you shift point-of-view. This style of perfumery is, in my opinion, better suited to a "functional product" such as detergent, hair-care, or air-freshener- something that the consumer might only endure briefly and in passing. I am not against this style entirely: the Clean brand has a few gems amongst its offerings, and Escentric Molecules has its place, but I don't find 3121 particularly *wearable* or engaging. It is extremely linear, highly-synthetic, and simple- and even those traits would be forgiven if I found the end-result at least *pleasant*. Understandably, there had been many folks who lived until the time of Prince's passing totally unaware that this fragrance even existed. There might have been a good reason for that. I now know it exists, and a part of me wishes that I didn't. To be blunt: I honestly don't think it becomes him, his image, or his personality very well... and I'm surprised that he approved of this composition when it was first presented. I respect anyone who actually does enjoy this fragrance, but, for my part, I will be passing my bottle on to someone who might appreciate it more, while I myself will seek another kind of memento to honor the passing of such a great artist from our midst.

For some reason my previous review did not go through. So, let me try again... I ordered a mini of this the day before Prince died... I couldn't believe the news when I heard it. I'm just glad that I was thinking of him before he died, rather than only remembering him after he had passed on to the other side, as too often seems to be the case with people, over all. 3121 starts off bright and feminine, a very old school perfume scent, the way a perfume should smell. It then turns quite masculine and predominantly cedar. As it settles in some more, it morphs back into the feminine realm. It is such a wonder. I think this would be good as a mixer with another scent that may be too sweet, to put a bit of an edge to it, or vice versa. (on second thought- nah! leave it as it is, changing it defeats the purpose) I love Prince, I always have. I will cherish my beautiful little mini 3121 bottle for the man it 'represents'. I think it's such a gift that it morphs the way that it does, no doubt intentional, as it really is like an essence of the iconic man. The man who always stayed true to his artistry. A game changer indeed. Passed on to the other side, but he is now eternal. Prince will never be forgotten. RIP there's no one like you and there never will be again! Prince!!