Stephanie

If no one mentioned the similarities with Egoiste I wouldn't recognize! I have old Egoiste and this, wore both surprisingly and didn't tell ! I agree Stephanie perfume is not that INNOCENT or feminine kind of scent, but comparing it to Egoiste makes it so, as the latter is “harsher” and gives me headach unlike Stephanie. If you have more than one bottle of this consider yourself a lucky object, this perfume hase almost evaporated from earth, what remains now is scarce. I just love it, I didn't do so when it was released and I wore it (1991), it wasn't my cup-of-tea then, but now, I really enjoy spraying it. The genius thing about its formula is that it goes with any season/time of day! In summer it is super citrusy and fresh, in winter it is dark and mysterious and very oriental, early morning it is gentle and school/office friendly, and at night it will be so romantic and sexy for a party or wedding or even intimate times! I really applaud Polge and Demachy for this artistic creative and genius formula. I found on a blog that after it has been officially released in 1989, a little bit later - withdrawn and discontinued by the designer! Maybe she is still enjoying it till now, I bet she is in love with its amazing smell, it is really a precious liquid..

This perfume is the best example of "gender change" in fragrance. In 1989 my mother wore it and it was anything but feminine and now 30 years later i wear it and it is a classy masculine just like EGOISTE de chanel was when it came out! Gorgeous and much better than the current CHANEL one.

I am desperate to get this perfume. If you have a bottle or know where I can get one, please contact me :) Thanks!

These were my first scent. I chose it to myself on present from my mother :) after first important examinations ,as I was 18 years old. There are very ethereal, exotic and oriental. Incredibly as very present. Remind to me Shalimar initial.

Does this smell at all like Quom Chlom by Stéphane Humbert? I received a sample of Stephanie and I LOVE IT. I couldn't read the small sampler label. There is something floral about this scent. But, I smell a slight warm, dark, cherry scent that might be the carnation mixing with the lilac which is why I thought I had a sampler of Quom Chlom. They are both described as oriental and androgynous. I don't think Stephanie smells like Egoiste. Everyone wore Egoiste at the clubs in the 90s which is why I chose the less heard of Chanel Antaeus to wear out. I suppose the scent of Egoiste kept the heard of gay zebras together as a unified scent. Maybe it was the amount of Egoiste I'm used to smelling. But clubs were almost offensively drenched with Egoiste in the early 90s. I'd leave with the smell still in my nose and if I was sensitive at all to cologne—I would have had a migraine.