Xia Xiang

Ha! Haaaa! Scored a bottle off Ebay! Yes! This brings back so many wonderful memories of people who wore this and places I visited (while wearing this). I also found a company (online) who recreates discontinued fragrances! This one is on their very lengthy list of options! The company is called Scentmatchers.com. Just google them. I emailed them and they are up and running! *Please note I have not ordered from them, yet. I wanted to receive this bottle first to compare. Surprisingly, I scored a sealed bottle still in the original packaging and the fragrance is still on point. There are now calls for Revlon to reinstate some of their classic fragrances and this definitely made the list! Xia Xiang can be worn every season. Due to some of the richer notes, I'd opt for; weekends/holidays, evenings and church. I would avoid extreme heat (outdoor weather), due to some of the sweeter notes in this perfume. However, you could wear this in an air conditioned setting.

Great... thanks to Fragrantica, I have yet another discontinued lovely to ache for, until it is mine again! I had forgotten this one, and I actually feel terrible about that... I wore it quite a bit in my teens, and I can smell it strong as ever just from memory. The adjectives that come to mind are warm, soft, sweet, powdery. It felt "young", but not juvenile. Often, powdery scents can go kind of "church lady" on me (nothing wrong with church ladies, I just don't necessarily want to smell like them, haha)This one did not. This powdery went the way of fuzzy sweater/ kitten fur. The vanilla was just present enough to make it warm, but not at all gourmand. I remember it smelling "pink"... but not in a rose or peony or cupcake way... maybe jasmine did it? I'm not sure about that, but I am sure that my husband will be coughing up $30 for .8 ounces on ebay, very soon. How in the world am I going to break this to him... ;)

What a gorgeous fragrance, and what a pity it has been discontinued! This made me a "Xia Xiang hunter", always looking for more bottles to join the ones I have. By the way, it is amazing that they still smell great after all this time! I keep them in a cool and dark place and the fragrance is still wonderful, even though I cannot detect much citrus anymore (I am not a citrus lover so I do not really mind)... the warm flowery heart, the beautiful chamomile and oakmoss are still there for me to enjoy... It's a shame that fragrances like this one are no longer produced and the market now seems to be focused on candyfloss/caramel perfumes.

I wore this perfume when it was launched in the late '80s and have such fond memories that I recently purchased an un-opened and sealed bottle off of ebay. I could immediately suss out that the top notes (amalfi lemon and tangerine) have turned, as citrus tends to do (and I mean, it HAS been 26 years!). Gradually the dry-down produced the familiar powdery oriental smell that I remember, but I do miss that initial citrusy spritz. Is it wearable? I can't really tell yet; I think I'm too afraid to commit to putting it on for a full day's wear, especially in hot weather, and especially because it's a bit sweet.

This was such a beautiful scent. One if the most beautiful powdery orientals. It was a very special perfume to me. I had the gift set perfume and dusting powder with a gorgeous dusting brush. It really looked lovely on a vanity with powder puffs and powder jar, the whole works. My Grandmother and I had the same taste in perfume so I bought her a bottle and she loved it. Ahhh, memories. I always thought this perfume could have came out in the 20's era, it makes me think of Claudette Colbert in Cleopatra. Exotic. Powdery. Oriental. Spicy. Makes me want to purchase it again.;)