Destiny No 79

This is virtually impossible to find nowadays, so if you stumble upon it, consider yourself very lucky indeed. I remember this scent so vividly, and this line only came in rollerball sizes in a very giftable and tasteful clear glass vial with a ceramic base. You can't even get presentation this nice from niche houses most of the time. I picked up a half-full rollerball on clearance at Marshalls for $5 about 10 years ago and still miss it dearly as I haven't smelled anything like it. It was a very juicy and transparent dewy honeysuckle with a strong kick of zesty ginger, a hell of a lot of jasmine and an herbal and bitter 'mixed drink' feel thanks to wormwood/davana. The ginger here was very dewy and easy to like, and the jasmine was surprisingly sweet, refreshing and doesn't have a soapy or indole feeling whatsoever. I've never smelled anything like it and it smelled like an insanely invigorating and potent ginger cocktail without the sharp alcohol smell. If you're a ginger lover, or love a very bold and unconventional take on a fresh floral scents, it's an absolute must try... if you can manage to find it anywhere at all... and if you can I'm in the market for one too!

Lovely, unique and a bit quirky, this honeysuckle-forward fragrance gets new life thanks to the addition of the invigorating, kicky ginger note. I'm on bottle number three of this, which is rare for me, as I've been on a lifelong search for the perfect honeysuckle and rarely find a keeper. Not a soliflore by any means, as the honeysuckle and ginger share top-billing, with jasmine in a strong supporting role. I don't detect rose and I'm not sure I'd recognize artemisia, but it could be the slight bitterness that I've attributed to the ginger. The honeysuckle aspect is equally green and floral, the ginger is freshly sliced and the jasmine is lovely and fresh with no detectable indole (thank gawd!). All three main players introduce themselves immediately upon application, staying fairly linear throughout the wear - Destiny No 79 maintains its initial vim and vigor, never settling into the usual generic softness of so many florals. I can't say that I've encountered any other fragrances like this, certainly nothing close to a dupe, so if you're in search of a distinctive-but-still-pretty white floral, you may want to check this one out.

I had to warm up to the soapy note in this, but once I did, I've enjoyed it as a very reliably lovely option for work, everyday, or a casual al-fresco meal. The ginger is a sharp bite; balanced by the sweet roundness of the honeysuckle and the aforementioned soapy note, which is reminiscent of luxury hotel bath products as opposed to, like, Irish Spring. Nothing like my favorite ginger scent, Roger & Gallet Gingembre (which probably accounted for my initial "meh" feeling) but interesting and very wearable in its own right.

a heavy dose of honeysuckle and jasmine... that's what you're getting here. i bought it because i wanted a scent that reminded me of warm california summer evenings when the night blooming jasmine fills the air. i loved it for about a month and then had to put it away due to its intensity and an aversion i developed to its strength. destiny is a pure white floral madness, roll on with discretion, tis quite potent. ;-)

I loved it. My husband didn't. Until I put it on and it just mixed with my body chemistry amazingly. If you're the type that doesn't do well with sweet fruity scents but mixes with woodsy ones this works without actually being woodsy.