Comments on: Givenchy ~ Amarige Mariage and Ange ou DÃ©mon

By: liz

liz — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:08:24 +0000

Great letter to Givenchy — here here! About 15 years ago I purchased my first bottle of Eau de Givenchy and fell in love, about five years later I was perusing fragrances at Burlington coat factory and discovered Le De, didn’t purchase but its beauty was cemented in my brain and I vowed to return when I had the funds. Sad to say it was gone when I returned, but they still had some vintage Givenchy III which I grabbed thank goodness. These two beauties made me into a serious Givenchy fan until a couple of years ago when I purchased the reissue of L’Interdit after reading Jan Moran’s rave reviews. What a mistake, it starts out nice, sort of similar to Fleurissimo, but the drydown is pure Desenex foot ointment. If Chanel 5 can stick around this long, what’w wrong with Givenchy? The L’Interdit/Audrey Hepburn story is way more interesting than any Chanel buzz. Don’t they know Audrey is a real icon for young 25 to 35ish women. And for those of us who are older, all they had to do was make it a real substantial fragrance that follows through on its deceptively lovely top note. Good marketing Givenchy, I bought it :(

By: liz

liz — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:08:18 +0000

By: czarinasix

czarinasix — Wed, 16 May 2007 17:28:51 +0000

Regarding Amarige Mariage: This is my type of fragrance–I have been wearing my sample this week and while I like it, I know something is missing. Because of your comment, I’d like to test Nirmala (I’m not personally fond of Flowerbomb or Angel). Are there two versions of Nirmala, one current and one past? Thanks

By: Azzurra

Azzurra — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 23:05:03 +0000

Buon luogo, congratulazioni, il mio amico!

By: Scentzilla!

Scentzilla! — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:06:31 +0000

Thanks V :)

By: Victoria O

Victoria O — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 21:20:57 +0000

Diet Nirmala - brilliant!!!! Yes exactly!
I was thinking Prada wannabe, but you nailed it.

By: Scentzilla!

Scentzilla! — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 02:13:41 +0000

I think the VI for Men was nice, and I honestly recommend sampling it to others, but I didn’t exactly fall head over heels for it either… I guess I wished it was a little more, feh, I don’t know, just more “more.” You recommend the Oblique Rwd, too?? Shoot, I’ve got to dig around and figure out where on earth my wee sample ran off to!

By: Dusan

Dusan — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:25:36 +0000

You’re spot-on about the Very Irresistible for men, it’s not really irresistible after all, is it? I wanted sth mindblowing and was that much disappointed. I’ll second Marina in her demand to please undiscontinue Oblique RWD. Can I say *undiscontinue*? :-)

By: Scentzilla!

Scentzilla! — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 23:48:31 +0000

March, I’m sorry - you know, in all honesty, it looks like I may well be the ONLY one sensing a wee bit of burnt at the bottom, so I’m sure I’m just crazy and imagining it. I really just don’t get the reason Mariage exists, or least smell-wise why it exists. Sheesh. Poor Amarige. It’s being slowly flayed to death. Except for the Millesime version, which I loved, and you did, too, so we’ll make and exception for that one ;)

By: marchlion

marchlion — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 22:48:58 +0000

Your SFT (sorta fragrance twin) checking in here. I DIDN’T get the burnt note in Angie Demon, just the glum accord without the stripper, and am disappointed. The Mariage is utter crap, and I say that as one of the fellow lovers of Amarige. The poor SA at Sephora saw my bitter, twisted sneer and asked me tentatively if I was okay. Sigh. If I spend too many more years sniffing boring spinoff frags, do you think my face will stick like that?