G Gigli

I hope these notes will get looked into and changed; it's no use to play with the what-appears-strongest feature, with so much missing. Anyway, a cherry scent. And such a divine little fragrance. Do you remember back when fruity did not mean banality? An in the nineties (whence this is from), fruits were popping as top notes of very sophisticated fragrances (think Balenciaga Talisman, or Valentino Vendetta). The market wasn't ready for thin, linear, candied fruit scents; they were just breaking out of eighties perfume aesthetic of heavy, morbid florals, dark-dry spicy Orientals, and all those unsweetened, utterly elegant chypres. My point is, these first forays into using fruity tartness and fruity sweetness to plan a perfume around were not all that well received. I remember friends I shop with then (how come I always shop alone now? [ oh, now I remember; I don't want my friends to see how much I buy]) picking up the sweeter scents that were appearing in the nineties and gagging. You see, we saw the influx of sweetness and fruits as an affront to our imagined sophistication and elegance... and the tradition we had carried through the eighties. Some Luckily, some of perfumers really did an incredible job of shrouding thie fruit feature in classical elements...to make the change less jarring for us green-chypre-wearing mavens and other traditionalists (Wait, did they always know? all along? That fruity fumes would take over the world? Were they perfumers on Mars. Did aliens send us 'the new aroma-chemicals human perfume manifesto', replete with threats? Do we have hope? Well, anyway, this little red perfume might be deceiving in its cuteness, but is one of the four really satisfying fruity Orietal fragrances, out of that early effort to construct fruit scents really well. The others out of that 'era' are all pretty great, too. I uphold similarly are: Mackie by Bob Mackie Vendetta by Valentino Talisman by Balenciaga Ballade a Venise by Capucci Yves Richer Shalini Rose Cardin by Pierre Cardin (another cherry scent!) Sometimes prototypes stink (and in these instances there was still so much to remove), but this bunch is really cool.

Cherry Dr. Pepper. Not the original high-test, syrupy formula but the somewhat bitter diet version served with a side of cedar chips borrowed from the stash meant for the hamster's cage -- and I really, really like it! Dr. Pepper has always been (in)famous for being an oddly herbal, even medicinal (hence the "Dr.") soft drink and I've always enjoyed bitter over sweet so I can easily concur with Perfume Patty's "Herbal Aromatic" classification. I can only persuade myself there are florals in the mix when I'm looking directly at the list of notes because my nose says this is all cedar and black cherry. Lots and lots of black cherry - and natural cherry at that, not sugary/candy-sweet. I don't care that it only lasts 2-4 hours. I've gone through 5 cute little mini bottles, opening each one weeks after the last, hoping all the while that it wouldn't smell as good as I remembered so I could convince myself a full-bottle purchase wasn't necessary... to no avail. I simply MUST have a full bottle. Wearing it again today makes me want to grab the self-tanning lotion, a yellow sun-dress and a big, wide-brimmed straw hat to hasten the arrival of summer when my fridge will once again contain a supply of ice cold diet cherry Dr. Pepper. Until then, I'll have a bottle of G, please.

If you love cherry's in a perfume, this one is THE ABSOLUTE MUST!!! It is not listed as an ingredient, put is DEFINITELY IS! I have the ingredient list in one of my books and it is mentoined there and for me THE MOST dominant note..

Ho usato questo profumo anni fa ed era una favola! Peccato non si trovi piu' nelle profumerie! Mi piaceva tantissimo! Un po' dolce-frizzante all'inizio e poi rivelava tutta la sua fragranza era aromatico e caldo!!! LO RIVOGLIO!

I decided to look up the notes in one of my vintage books, because there are missing some important notes: - Fresh wild FIG - Black current - Cherry - Heliotrope - Iris QUITE A COMPLEX PERFUME NOT???