Rykiel Woman Eau de Toilette

Absinthe? Broom? Syringe? Yohimbe? What is even going on in the notes? I strongly prefer this one to the EdP, I don't find them to be similar at all actually. This is a nice semi-jammy rose with a slightly herby twist, musky, a bit effervescently sweet-and-sour. I have smelled things similar to this before, despite the unique notes, whereas the EdP is truly one of a kind.

This is pretty but nothing special. Basically, a vanilla floral. It smells like other things out there. Like the Mon Guerlains of the world. I like but don't love it. I'm sort of indifferent. The florals meld together to give the impression of "floral" rather than distinct flowers. And, it is tonka heavy.

Heidi lynn describes this scent very well. Just adding the projection is as low as the longivity unfortunately :/ pitty. If it was stronger i could really like it, because it s not at all a common pink scent. Mysterious and quit intriguing!

it's simple, not unique but i like the scent very much - it's light but sensous. Anyway longevity is not very good - lasts only few hours on me.

I bought this purely and absolutely for the bottle and its box too (like I did the edp!) because I ADORE them!!!!! They're absolutely gorgeous!! Especially this one's beautiful pink colour!!!! Feminine!!! I quite like the perfume too though! It's quite sensual and exotic, and even mysterious, and I love the slight bitterness, and the lovely pink pepper, and the flowers especially the heliotrope, and tonka and benzoin which I love. It's very unusual, but very interesting, and quite refined and elegant. It's still growing on me, and actually, even as I write, I'm quite falling in love with it!! I love the champagne note, and things I don't know like Dyer's Greenwood! It's wonderful! A real treasure box!! I think I love it!

It doesn't last on my skin at all, almost nothing. I have tested it in summer. Weak and quite boring (especially if compared with EDP version), no spices I was looking for. In my opinion a category of oriental spicy is misleading. It could easily be oriental floral.

Rykiel Woman is an interesting scent, one that never crossed my radar until gifted it by a fellow Fragrantican. My first gut reaction to the first spray (that first thought that came unbidden to my mind) was “90’s hairspray!” But, I quickly sniffed my wrist to come away with a more subtle impression. I smell pink pepper, certainly, and could have sworn I also smelled patchouli—but maybe that’s the wormwood or the dyers greenweeed? There is a faintly exotic and antique-y smell; it’s like opening a chest in grandma’s back bedroom to be surprised by the faded finery inside. It’s a dry, herbal smell—not too pungent, not spicy, a bit bitter, and quite powdery. Of all things (and despite the pink bottle!), I’m getting such mixed messages....this is a woman with champagne in her hand and roses in the back yard....but also a woman with wormwood, broom and greenweed drying in the rafters....a quiet woman, mysterious and maybe misunderstood....maybe even called a witch.... Yes, to me this is a witchy smell. Dry and cool, herbal with a hint of roses, bitter with a touch of sweet. Sillage is low on me, longevity 3-4 hours.