Madness Chopard for women

Sparkling, individual, definitely not for any lady and moment. I cannot see a woman wearing this if she is surrounded by other women, it just triggers lots of intrigue and envy, though it is perfect as a mysterious seduction tool, at a classy dinner. The perfume speaks loud about the self-confident, mature attitude of a queen.

After reading the excellent reviews I had to get a bottle. well... this is the one. I was looking for something different, light fun , a little crazy. Here it is. not over powering but it's definetely ther! and what's even better, it's the first time i gt a compliment from this great guy I fancy! LOL

Is there a little magic ion the bottle?

madly in love with madness! madness isn t a scent for everyone. you have to be selfconfident and very feminine and sexual. a true get-attention scent but in a good way. men love it! reminds me to ultrared from paco rabanne because of the marshmellow note anf the redish sweet-hot vibe - let's call it madness' very little sister ;) madness is of course thicker, complexer, louder and edgier, rather suitable for nights out than for daywear. sometimes i wear it as well for a shopping-afternoon when i feel in the mood to style me up right :) it let's you feel vampy and it underlines the sexiness of a selfconfident woman dressed elegant and stylish, red lips, red heels, little black dress and black opaque tights. perfect >!<
now i m suprised to learn the nose behind is christine nagel... she's usually composing of course beautiful, but shy and soft scents as i know!
madness is a true gem in the perfumeworld, a unfortunately discontinued one. luckily you need to applie just a bit and a bottle goes along far.
nb. madness has also this poison-vibe in the bottom-note because of the complexity of the blend and the precious rose/rosewood-combo which you can find in all poison perfumes from dior (less pure poison). with closed eyes just smelling you could easely think of a new version of the poison range from dior.

LOVE LOVE LOVE MADNESS.....one perfume that i am always asked what i'm wearing. Hard to get a hold of. This was first given to me by my best friend duty free. Said as soon as she smelt it, it reminded her of me.

I bought my first bottle of this, unsmelled, at Big Lots for 5.00. 4 bottles later Im buying it online for 35.00, so maybe there was a method to Mr Chopards madness.;-) Im glad I bought it without smelling it because if I had I never would have spent the 5.00. This is one of those fragrances whos first impression isnt necessarily the best impression. My advice-try it on before you walk away. Its definately a jewel in the rough, so to speak.

Now this is an attention getter!!! Unlike anything I have ever smelled before in my life. I am not sure yet whether I like this or not. The wood note is overwhelming on me and I can't really get any of the other notes to come out on my skin. This is probably something I would never buy but I am very glad I got to test this. I am on the fence at this time. Not a like but not a dislike. I will give it another try later in the winter when the snow flies and see how it smells then.

I would like it, because it's a passionate fragrance, if only I didn't detect a burnt tyre in it! It ruined the whole smell...

It's a wild smell ;) I see a woman with some mental problems, loving a man very very much. It's a fragrance of a mad sex and calming down afterwards. Strong hibiscus, peppery note with wood, lasting power is good, the bottle looks OK. If only there wasn't the tyre :P

Pink peper. A note that gets to me almost every time. First sniff, oh spicy, it burns; yet it doesn't! Olfactory receptors start performing salto mortale and seriously consider harakiri.
Second sniff, yummy, stings like a sweet curry mix, erotic, exotic, intense, passionate, hot, hot, hot!

And so the 2 impressions interchange and intertwine until the second one prevails. That's what I mean when I say pink pepper gets to me.

My skin amps it up to high heavens every time and it takes over most compositions, leaving all other notes in the shadow but I end up loving it.

To stop my rambling I'll simply add that Madness, on my skin, is all about the p. pepper, a bit of rose and something sweet. Whether it's litchi or candy floss, who knows?! All I know is that the pepper makes me think things I won't share here and that I love the ride it takes me on every time.

This is a very peculiar combination of notes. Like a flock of individuals that came together only once in their lifetimes. And created something awesome!

The red colour is super fitting and the bottle looks like the juice inside runs on electricity and the wires are running around the squares; red, crazy...and every time you put it on it feels as if you licked the end of a half dead battery.

Wow.

i want this perfume so bad even i didnt get the chance to smell it but i love spicy fragrences n i liked the reviews also i was surprised when i read the name MADNESS it makes me feel calm n peace inside my soul i hope the perfume will make me feel warm too..

I generally favour orientals but I find Madness way too spicy for my taste. Sorry, not a fan. I ended up using it as air freshener in the loo at work.

In the 70's I used to wear a fragrance called Aqua Manda by Goya. I loved it. It was sadly discontinued. I bought 4 sample bottles blind off ebay and this was one of them. It smells very similar to Aqua Manda.
It is ripe and juicy with pepper and a lovely spicy rosy woodyness. A little goes a long way. Just a dab on pulse points lasts all day. Yummy.

I feel incredibly lucky having been got 2 bottles of this discontinued gem some 3.5 years ago, for only 3.70 GBP for each. It was a blind buy impressed by the price, but wow, it did surprise me.

Chopard Madness is quite a unique leather fragrance. It smells like a luxury leather sofa (to me the one I had in my living room then) + roses + cognac, and old books.

This combination conjures a vivid, particular setting in my mind: The library of an old mansion with baroque style vintage furniture, me reading as smoking cigars and sipping my red wine, rose petals around...

When I smell Madness from a different level, concentrating mainly on the leather and rose part, then it conjures a different image: a dominatrix. Yes, that's what would a dominatrix wear, I can't think of anything else to fit better.

Still from a third point of view this would resemble the smell of an old comfy leather jacket circa 1980s, or an old purse- of your grandmothers type.

Smelling Chopard Madness is like looking at an object from different angles, but what you'll see will still be the same thing.

Madness is one hell of a fragrance full of character to enjoy occasionally. Not your everyday stuff...

Loved everything about this one, the champagne like top note (similar to Yvresse), the fruity woody drydown, definitely not one you would mistake for anything else. The name and the bottle really suit the fragrance too, especially if you love red perfume bottles as much as I do.

I really love this one!What a unique fragrance!
To me it's woody bordering on gourmand.It's not as sweet as you would think looking at the notes, more woody-spicy, with a hint of sweetness. After about 10 minutes, it's just gorgeous, gorgeous! Especially I love the rosewood note. Literally makes me dizzy with its headiness.....but in a good way. Interstingly, too much spice has almost a minty fresh effect of your nose....never experienced anything like that before.
Yes, it has very powerful sillage (I have EDP), so you do have to really like it to be able to wear it.

Chopard perfumes definitely offer fantastic value for the price...very consistent with their quality.

I have done an about-face with my opinion of this scent (since the last time I tested it over a year ago) so now I know my chemistry (or nose) must have changed!

Madness used to fall flat on my skin...dusty, pale, and unimpressive. But now, I clearly get a pink pepper-litchi opening, with a powdery woody rose heart, and a soft woody atomic fireball base!

I especially love the heart phase where the sillage was at its maximum, and the fragrance feels woody, powdery and fresh!

Was not love at first sniff, but i gave it a shot anyway, and now its love :)
For me, this is a frag you'd def want to spray on 10mins before leaving the house. (i do have the EDP)
Starts off very sharp and with a complete 'madness' of cringe worthy scents.
But surprisingly has warmed down to something very winterly and alluring. I can definitely smell a hint of rose and like others say something spicy like cinnamon.
I'm def thinking this could be pulled off on men and will be trying it on my boy later, its very strong and masculine. Perfect for winter!!!

I have the EDT and its much more welcoming. I love the pink pepper opening and as it develops, I get a hint of liqueur and cinnamon with this fragrance. Warms up beautifully on my skin. A definite must-have for me on cosy fireside evenings or going on a Winter's walk all wrapped up with this fragrance wafting up to envelope me. Wishing for Winter.

The only reason I had this, because it was a gift with the Chopard watch I got from the same line. Where I live people more often use scented orietal oils along with the regular perfumes that everyone uses to add a bit of their own culture to how they smell. You wouldn't usualy smell regular perfume on its on on them. Except for this one. This has both mixes. its VERY oriental.
for my use, 1 spray is more than enough. The dry down is good, but not alot of people would tolerate it when they 1st smell it. I personally never detected any floral notes in it. its pure oriental spices.

Enjoyable but not spectacular. Warning: if you're skeptical about pink pepper you will not like this perfume.) Madness opens with wood and lots of pink pepper. When I raised my hand for my first sniff it actually made me sneeze. For about 15 minutes the pepper drowned out everything else. This was about the point that I was going to give up. Finally some interesting sourness (green litchi,kumquat) started to open up and the hibiscus made an appearance. The litchi warmed and sweetened and I'm now enjoying ripe litchi, hibiscus and a discrete underlay of pepper. I believe the rose is there but only because I read it in the notes. As time has passed it's continued to sweeten without the roughness fading. If there were a perfume group of Pink spicy, this would be in it; I have no idea how it could have been classified as a floral.

This is one of the nichier of niches. It's surprisingly sophisticated in the way that abstract modernist art is: it's not typical and it's not popular. This is very definitely for fans of pepper and hot spices. If that's a hole on your shelf pick this up. For that matter it's so inexpensive that you can pick some up for what a decant would normally cost.

Sillage: 4-5 feet but not aggressive
Durability: 3-4 hours
Fabulosity: Special interest. Probably spectacular on a man.
Price to value ratio: really high--a bargain even if you don't like it
6/10

Just another reason to try scents. After reading the reviews I was rather hesitant to try. On me, Maddness was gorgeous. I noted 30 seconds of peppery sharpness, with a drydown that morphed into whipped cream with a tart cherry on top, slightly sweet. Madness lasted over 8 hours, leaving me with the impression that it would be "mad" not too pass along my impressions

I am so glad that I ordered a sample of it first! It would be a waste of money as the fragrance is heavy, aggressive and suffocating. Everything in it is overdosed as for my taste.

To me its not floral at all,its oriental spicy, and i think its to strong so i dont like it.

I tried sooo very hard to like this frag...Believe me, I tried...The opening is way too sharp [for me]; the pink litchi turns sour on me...the pink pepper doesn't pop...the middle notes, hibiscus & rose don't harmonize at all...they fight each other to the point of masculating an otherwise feminine scent on me...I'm throwing in the towel & stepping out of the ring...I'll be swapping this one for sure!

Thanks to lovely Action I have it. Strong, harsh beginning which slowly fades in warmness.
Mature and modern scent at same time.Love it!!

This one is growing on me for sure! First I had a bit of trouble understanding it, but now I think it is a light gourmand with the cotton flower. I can see this being a child of Christine Nagel. It has a certain mystery that does not reveal itself right away, so it is a mature classy gourmand, without being too heavy.

I agree with the earlier reviewer that at first this perfume is too sharp to be civilised. After it settles what I thought was--"Christmas Tree!" There's a spruce-like woodsy smell that shouts (this is not a whisper perfume) "Holiday Madness!" I rather like it, but it's no everyday perfume, and it seems more masculine than femme to me. I'm saving mine for cold winter days when I want to smell like a forest. Or when I want my guy to smell like one.

this is a stink bomb! but in a good way. Do not wear this perfume if you don't want to offend anyone! you will be noticed from a mile away. I have just tested it on my wrist but am going to wear it soon for the whole day. I will come back and let you know what I think. This might be a winter frag.

very sharp at first.i smell the pink pepper and it is somewhat sweet,then a beautiful flower blooms that is paet hybiscus and part rose.equally beautiful and creamy sexy.very powerdy and smooth.after a while is mixes yet again,and a woody cotton flower scent waifs up to get my attention.i liver in the south and am very aware of the scent of cotton flowers,this is the first fume ive ever smelled vwith them.this would b beautiful for a starry night out with ur loved one.

downright hot and sexy....well on me anyway..i admit that it is a perfume that can instantly be 'written off' by intensity of top notes.however,if given time a beautiful sweet,yet mature vanilla wraps around me.the bottle is a standout,as is the liquid contained therin.....................go easy on application

A very polarizing scent. On me, it starts off with a huge citronella-like note, which obliterates any other top notes. I have to wait at least 30 minutes before I be in the company of others when wearing Madness, because everyone shouts disapproval otherwise. It does calm down somewhat and exhibits some nice rosewood and spice, but in the tug of war of softer vs. shrill, shrill wins out. (I can't imagine anyone wearing this in the summertime; it's definitely an autumn and winter scent.)

Great bottle and packaging, though the spray cap is counterintuitive.

The category gave me creeps at first but I decided to swap my Grain de Folie to madness and I don't regret it. (big thanks to a reliable member - ramonacpc :-)
That perfume is best for cool, frosty winter mornings, it freshens up and keeps you awake, in a positive way :-)
I cannot smell pink pepper, it is not as dominant as in ''Lola''.
I know what I am about to say now is awkward but please, Ladies bear in mind that sense of smell is different to everyone and we all have different asosciations with perfumes.
Madness notes remind me of freshly sharpened kajals (lovely wood notes) which have been put into the rosewood box along with a handful of fresh rose petals. And whoever put these into the box, had their hands mucky from munching cotton candy :-)
The fragrance may be of particular interest to rose & rosewood lovers. I have not worn it on warm days but winter days work with that fragrance well :-)
I could see some heads turning when I came into my office this morning:-)

This intoxicating aroma with the blendings of Pink Pepper Brazilian Rosewood rose yummy cotten candy pink litchi and i pick a scent of raspberry
in this perfume. deep sultry it wasn't
what i expected i expected more pungent
like with a cinnamon note but it a has a more deeper more laqcard woodsey
scent i just love the bottle i love
the Deep Red and the shape is a reminisence of a 1980's videogame Design i just love it.

As mentioned by others, Madness starts out strong and fades to a very soft warm scent. I wasn't sure about the strong beginning but after fading to the softer dry down it began to grow on me.

It has the sweetness of Lychee, a touch of rose and just the right amount of rosewood. Sweet, softly floral & woody. Madness reminds me of Queen without the strong Vicks cherry lozenge smell I pick up in Queen. It's in the style realm though.

For me it's definitely a keeper. Thanks a.k.a warum for swapping this with me!

Madness represents my childhood in lots of ways. Not in the mad aspect but from the way it smells.

From the first spray on the skin this fragrance was strong and fruity. I sensed strong candied raspberry, even though it is not listed here. I was always one of those strange kids that loved raspberry cordial with only a small amount of water. I hated heavily diluted cordial. Madness is that rich, syrupy red, raspberry flavoured cordial. It smells just like it.

I can understand that for some people this is sickly, but to me this is rich and sweet, the way I like it. Slightly masculine, but feminine and elegant at the same time, Madness can be rather conflicting.

The heart of rose and hibiscus reminds me of my mother's garden before she pulled them out and replaced them with a cactus garden. I used to take the petals and mash them up in a bowl of hot water to make what I called "flower soup" as a child.

The drydown which is mostly fairyfloss, I'm sure is a smell that most people remember as a child. The woodsy notes that compliment the sugary sweet fairyfloss makes me think of a Circus. The smell of sawdust and candy polluting the air.

A strange fragrance it certainly is, but a lovely one at that. For me the experience is entirely personal, but for others you may find other similarities to your childhood and if you don't you may just like Madness simply because of the composition. Either way I recommend.

This fragrance opens with a burst of SOURNESS. I am a fan of citrus notes, but lychee in this context gives a feeling of "Warheads" candy-have you ever tried those?

I have tried "Atomic Fireballs" and I don't like them-but, to stay on the subject, I see the comparison. It goes from "spicy" to sweet very, very quickly.

There is a small burst of pink pepper, however, Madness doesn't meet my definition of spicy.

Once the sourness subsides I smell a combination of rosewood-and the hibiscus and rose, which last quite a while on me. I am not a fan of cotton candy, so I don't like the smell combined with anything.

The cotton candy note here is indeed obnoxious to me, but makes an interesting contrast to the rose-rosewood, and the hibiscus which keeps a slight tanginess once the fragrance reaches the straightforward flowery powdery stage.

I would really enjoy this scent if there was more rosewood....But this far, I like it, that is, after the top notes pass, and before it becomes too sweet. I could do without it, but I love the name, and the bottle is quite nice. This might be better during hot weather, or wonderful layered with another woodier scent with rose in the center.

I will wear sometimes after I am being too hedonistic, wearing only scents that I love, that suit me well. This will be one of my challenging scents, and will probably grow on me.

I don't like this perfume! You almost smell like a man! It's so strong!

The olfactive group classification ALMOST scared me off trying this; floral woody musks and I don't usually get along.

However, I think the classification is inaccurate :-) This is more of a spicy oriental floral, or maybe oriental woody. On my skin, this goes from pink pepper to rosewood in 60 seconds--I don't smell the lychee or floral notes at all.

And that's a good thing.

This is another one of those scents where it wasn't love at first sniff for me, but now... I'm wearing it to bed on these cold December nights and loving what's left of the scent on the sheets in the morning!

Red hots, fire-stix jolly ranchers, atomic fire balls or hot tamales? These are subtle nuances, and I can't decide which one best describes the scent in which I am currently enveloped: MADNESS by Chopard.

Based on my experience with Casmir--and the red bottle, of course--I was expecting sweetness. But my expectations have been exceeded! The opening was more like pepper spray, but now that it has settled down, I feel that I have spent the day eating candies that leave your tongue bright red. Or am I now a fire-exuding vixen?

I can see wearing MADNESS on occasion, as a novelty scent--perhaps at Christmas time. In a red silk dress! For strictly a winter affair!

I wasn't as impressed with this fragrance as I thought I would be. Based on reviews, I was really hoping for bold notes, but on my skin it was incredibly soft, right from the start. In terms of intensity, it was like the ghost of an atomic fireball. I did get to experience the pepper litchi top notes, but it almost immediately became a delicate, slightly sweet, rose-cinnamon scent. It would probably be a good work fragrance for me, but I look forward to trying it in warmer weather to see if there is a favorable difference.

Madness is opening with a very spicy sharp, pepper and wood burst which is just MAD.After a few minutes it becomes gentler and calmer. It is a good winter scent in my opinion. It´s quite strong, not sweet and quite classy.I wish I could smell more of the litchi but the pepper and wood notes are just too strong. Madness is not love at first sniff for me but after wearing it a few times I can say that I like it. And what is good as well is that you can get it at bargain prices on the web.

A very atomic fireball candy scent , very hot , but I happen to like hot and spicy scents, food too , so that's working for me with this fragrance.

The florals seem to take their time to appear on my skin, so I get mostly the hot candy effect.

This is quite sweet in my opinion, it would of suited me just fine if it had more woods and rose , would be more complete somehow.
Still though -
Playful, unique , fun smell , like what a naughty little pixie would smell like...
The bottle is pretty cool too.

I want to add that its now a few weeks later; the weather has gotten a lot cooler and Madness seems to wear better on me in cool weather, not as sweet ( for me at least) Even better I can detect more of a rose with sharp woods now. Very nice !

I purchased it unsniffed, because of the fabulous bottle and the name (and great price of course:)) Expected something really brave. I didn't find it so.

The scent is missing something. It's nice, not ordinary and so on, but it feels like it's incomplete.
I got too much litchi and couldn't detect pepper at all (maybe it was my nose's fault). I'd like it to be more woody and spicy. Instead I got hot raspberry tea (it's a smell of litchi) mixed with anti-cold-flu syrup.
I found it more bitter than sweet. Actually, it is not sweet at all (i'm not a fan of sweetness, but where is cotton candy?). Just warm and soft enough to comfort you during cold days.

As I wrote before, it's a nice and uncommon fragrance, but... Unfortunately I'm not mad about Madness. I just like it. Not so lucky:) Well, at least, I didn't find it unpleasant as some of you.

This one opens like one of those red hot fireball candies - very spicy! I detected alot of woodiness in the the first half hour or so too. Then, all of a sudden, this fragrance completely transforms into a sweet pink floral. Madness indeed! It seems to have a split personality. I prefer the sweet to the spicy, but the whole effect is very interesting.

I'm still undecided. I bought a miniature of this. On first whiff I was getting lots of woods and red berries, yummy! Then on my skin the pepper quickly takes over with some more woods and now I smell something very close to Anglomania. Yes, leathery rose, but without the annoying Maxi Pad effect.

A few hours later it becomes a slightly softer woody-rose. I only get the ambery 'candy' warmth after 5 - 6 hours wear, I was hoping that it would be peeking out earlier, now it feels it's too little, too late. The phases don't seem to blend in with each other so the scent just falls apart. Plus it stays sharp for too long. I'll have to re-test it in winter, it may work better.

Madness was another "gamble" perfume for me, I bought it unsniffed based on the reviews, the notes and the other Chopard Perfumes I own and enjoy (Wish, Casmir).
The first time I wore it I stepped out of the shower after a day of wearing something sweet, fruity and oriental-ish (L by Lolita Lempicka), and I absolutely hated it. It seemed harsh and sour after the soft orange coziness my nose had become used to.
Stubborn as I am, I decided to try again after a day of not wearing perfume, and yes, I sort of "get" the magic. Although its not one the fruit salady concoctions that have become the standard of today, it is a classic composition.
It does start a little stridently, screeching through the pepper notes, but quickly softens through the slightly leathery nubuk (I suppose, although I thought "nubuk" was another name for "fake leather" used to cover couches). Its a strange leather/plasticky note, which trails the woods behind it wrapped in flowers and fruits.
I would not describe this scent as sweet or cotton candy like in any way, but then my skin has the tendency to obviate the sweet notes and race for the resins and woods.
This is not a simple, modern day "what you smell in the bottle is what you get" type of fragrance. Its very much a scent that needs to develop and meld with your skin's chemistry. When the drydown comes around, everything sings in harmony and it smells extremely elegant, very "wealthy lady femme fatale", and very classic.
Its probably reasonably well suited to office wear if you spray it on discreetly, although I see it more as an evening or special occasion scent. The sillage is good, although not vast, the lasting power on me is about 6 hours, which is decent.

Edit, one year later : This was actually more a test of endurance than a perfume. It took ages to reach a place where it didn't screech of sour pencil shavings, and although I am willing to "work" with perfumes that need to develop on the skin, this was never anything but uncomfortable.
I gave it away.

Wow what a Powerhouse Scent! The name Madness says it all. I Love the depth of this, Pepper is subtle and the Cotton Candy is simply delicous. This is sweetness like I have never smelled before. Very Loud and Feminine. I'm crazy about this Madness.

Multi-layered, almost boozy, very warm & sexy - a red bottle suits it very, very well. There's a LOT going on here considering the few notes listed. Rosewood & cotton candy do make for an unusual base! There's something of a caramel note in the drydown that makes it quite different from other ambery scents.

Lovely to spray on before bed, it reminds me more of fragrances from the 1940's than anything developed more recently.

Christine Nagel is also the nose for Fendi's Theorema. Madness has become a "must have" for me, so it will likely be discontinued...

Don't look at the notes and the shape of bottle.it's a very classic perfume in a modern package.
but who can deny that it's really provocative and appealing?it really is.it smells perfect for boudoir and the sales man told me that it has some provocative notes for the opposite sex too.
the perfume...hmm,I don't get any of the top notes listed here.I can smell about nothing related to litchi,but I smell so many rose.some kind of sweet and very provocative rose that reminds me a bit midnight poison.I should say that it's very sweet at the same time.there isn't any thing fruity over there.it's a warm sweet rose for a classic female.whether you're young or middle aged,you'll like it if you like classics,but if you're not into classic perfumes,it won't do anything to you.
by the way,it's REALLY long lasting.I have it on my wrist for 3 hours now and still it's strong just like the moment I wore it.
please don't wear it for office nor for casual.it's sexy and it can't hide it.

I bouhgt it withought testing.. In perfume shope, where young perfume sales man, who knows me wery well, said that is not for me. And I asked him: "Why?" -You are too young for it (kind of him:). I took a risk and now I am very happy about that. I understood, that salesman judged perfume only from its top notes, which really a bit remindes me of smell of wardrobe in old houses, but only some half of an hour.. After that it is nothing old, but warm and nice, not too sweet, not agressive.. I feel it like nice aura around my skin.. Staying pover also very good - few sprays survived from morning till dust..
Packing and botle are quite tricky. You can open box from several diferent sides and it makes your life more complicated if wont't find right one -it took me few times to discover, that:)) And bottle itself has sprayer which you have to turn befor you spray - so I managed first spray to do into my eyes:) I saw in the shop sprayer broken at all, that only proves - I am not alone to have problems with it;)

All I could think after all this experience is, that this stuf is not for a madd:)

Madness reminds me very very very much of Nu edt YSL and Agent provocateur ,mixed together

Oh my word the stayingpower of this perfume!! Usually they don´t last for very long on my skin but this one.. I sprayed it around 18.00. Did a lot of stuff like sauna, shower, sleeping, swimming, shower again and I still smelled it at 13.00 the day after. Thats incredible. Now to the scent itself:
Exotic fruity, sweet and peppery at the same time. The beggining is almost too strong but the first harshness fades away pretty quickly. I know there is no raspberry in it but I still think it smells a bit of it anyway. The drydown is warm, woody and almost incensy with a whiff of burnt sugar. Lovely, sweet and sexy at the same time.

I always have to have it in my collection. Chopard Madness cheers me up. To be honest I didn't like it at the very first time. I bought it unsniffed and I found it quite violent, but a few days later I smelt a very lovely soft powdery scent on my clothes and I realized that it was the Madness. I enjoy the red berries with pepper in the start-up and the cotton candy-ish drydown, where the fruits are still vivid.

I am still trying to get use to this perfume.The reviews below are pretty correct as this is a very sweet perfume(cotton candy"ish")mixed with pepper.
It is very different than anything I have or have tested before.The first time I put this on the pepper was really overwhelming "but" today it is more sweet & I have to "try" to smell the pepper (or put my nose directly on my skin).
It is a strong perfume so I anticipate having my 2.5 oz bottle for a very long time.I only need to apply a little bit of this to get noticed.
It will be the best in cold weather as it can be overwhelming & even a bit stuffy(its thick) if used at the wrong time.
This perfume is still great in my book & I am glad to have it in my collection

I love the name, I love the bottle, especially the color and I was really hoping to love the fragrance. Well, I like it:) But I didn't have this anxious feeling - want want want - after I tried it. I think it's too spicy for my taste.
It doesn't last long by the way - it's been only 1 hour since I've sprayed it on my hand and I can hardly smell it already.

Update: I'm taking my words back that it doesn't last - it does! it's been all day and i just sniffed my hand - it's still there, still spicy:)

I was given this at Christmas in a miniature gift set with various other perfumes. I really like it's spicy aroma and it seems to suit me but I don't like the name. Especially when friends ask what perfume you are wearing.

mmmm.... spicy pepper is right, i was afraid that i wouldn't like this because it has fickle reviews, but it was way better than what i originally could have imagined. i'm not saying i would spend the cash for a full sized bottle, but i'm happy with the mini that i have. it should last me a long time :). madness is a scent that is unique and memorable and not something that you can pick off of any shelf. :)try it if you're bold because this fragrances is NOT for the faint of heart! <3

Very hot! Pepper and sweet cotton candy -really a combination of extreme differences. Like it, but it is a little bit strong, suits for cold winter evenings

The duality of this fragrance is amazing-sweet and hot-aggressive and sublime- this creation produces pleasureable condradictions and harmonious discords. The stinging, and at the same time, bright pepper- ignites the scent, and cotinues- the initial zing doesn't fade-it stays- and toys with the stable velvety middle notes and base for hours. The middle notes and base are a delicious and smooth combination, incessantly accentuated by the constant dance of the fruits and pepper. The middle notes and base can be appreciated separately, too, even with all the commotion. The Brazillian Rose Wood (Pao Rosa Wood as listed above) and nubuck are almost undecteble individually, and the cotton candy is strong, however not an isolated single scent-it is constantly mingling with the other personalities. This is an intense, untraditional, incongruent, and yet homogeneous scent!

Madness is hot, with big temperament. In first phase smells roses and seasonings, first of all - pepper. Then, adjoins sweet, tender note of vanilla. For me Madness is oriental smell. Remember me a bit Rouge of Hermes, but Madness is more youthful and modern. Strong, original and very femine smell in the color red. Madness has very good energy for me. I like it.

It remindes me of SILENCE by Jacomo, it is strong, and tender in one.

It's a sweet n' spicy perfume.I love it from from sharp beginning to the cotton candy end.

For my nose this fragrance smells like raspberry jam with black and chilli peppers:)Sweet and piquant,incomparable to anything. Love it!

Very exciting perfume, I really agree that one must be brave to spray it on. Way too sour, way too much cinnamon in it, but my opinion is that the dry-dowm worths to wait for it.

its the strongest and one of the worst perfumes ive ever smelled. there are only a few i claim this of but its definitely one of them. it makes me feel sick

I wish I had been brave enough to spray this on my skin. However, one whiff of the spray nozzle, and I was off-put. It's unlike anything I've ever smelled! Perhaps the dry-down is different, but. . . perhaps I'll be brave enough to try it some other day.

I just received this in the mail today and have never smelled it before. I scored it for $6 on ebay, so I figured I didn't have much to lose if I didn't like it. It's lovely. However, WAY too powdery for my tastes. The powderiness is too much for me, but I adore the spiciness in the top notes and the dry down is fairly elegant. The bottle looks like it's for teens or younger women, but this is for a classy, sophisticated mature woman (I was totally surprised by this). It's dazzling and luxurious. For winter wear on special occasions. I like it, but not for me. I have never been able to get a headache from a perfume before, but this one did.