Byblos

This review is for the one in the dark blue bottle. I don't know if there is any difference . Gardenia is prominent from first spray & throughout. But in the first hour all the fruit notes definitely are a case of to many cooks spoil the soup- :( maybe the combination of Pineapple and Passion fruit ,but something is very off putting and ruins it . In the final dry down however it does turn into a nice soft Gardenia just a little sweet . Quite different and lovely for summertime very refreshing . A good bargain fragrance especially if you like Gardenia.

Another perfume i used to use as my signature scent in my teens. It was such a loveable juicy but dark and mysterious powdery and slightly bitter violet and cassia blast in the opening, sweetend up with sweet creamy heliotrop and jasmin, yet it settled down to a warm honeydripped, slightly spiced up rain of sweet whispering berrish accords and earthy woody hints in the background along with soft fowers. Hmmmmm, it felt so modern, sexy and special at these times. i think it is still very wearable nowdays. Stunning bottle! I purchased an empty vintage bottle of the edp just to recall the lovely scent in my memory.❤️

I wore this in 1992/93... I was in my early 20's and remember this being the first perfume that a total stranger complemented me on and wanted to know the name of. He was an older man (in his 40's which I thought was old at the time) who wanted to buy a bottle for his wife. I tried to tell him the name but wasn't pronouncing it right, so I ended up writing it down on a scrap of paper. I haven't smelled Byblos since then, and it's been so long that it's hard to remember much about it, only that it was light, fresh and so different than the big scents I wore in the 80's. Fruity florals were new and Byblos was my first. Even then this scent was somewhat under the radar with no big ad campaign. I've been contemplating buying a bottle now but is it the same formula? The bottle shape is now more "squat" and the color of the glass has changed from turquoise to cobalt. I'll probably take a chance though because it's fairly inexpensive online (haven't seen it in the stores for years) and maybe it'll bring back some memories. :)

i almost bought a bottle of this today because it was on sale for ten dollars at a perfume store. the bottle looks nice and it smells okay but is not memorable. try it out before taking the leap to buy it off the internet. you may love it, you may hate it. :)

I came across a bottle of this scent in a box lot of fragrances that I bought at auction. I knew nothing about this fragrance and had never heard of the company. The bottle appears to be one of the original scent,it's the short bottle of EDP that looks like it's wearing a big hat. The fragrance smelled pretty in the bottle,but when I dabbed it onto my wrists,it took on a life of it's own. This is the fruitiest scent I've ever smelled. I kept thinking that the fruitiness would subside, but it kept intensifying. Then a very unnatural sharp note appeared and got stronger and stronger. It was very plastic like and the whole potion started smelling like a child's cheap bubble bath or perhaps one of those play bottles of perfume that come in little girl's fake makeup kits. Finally, I had to wash it off. For 3 days I tried over and over again to wash it off. With each scrubbing, the water seemed to invigorate the smell and bring it back to life. Normally I'll try a scent at least 3 times before discarding it, but I just can't bring myself to risk another similar experience. I'll leave this fragrance to those who who enjoy it.