Knowing (for women)
Designer: Estee Lauder Olfactive Group: Chypre Floral
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Knowing is a warm and elegant woodsy scent for a sophisticated and self-confident woman, a woman of 1990's.
The top notes begin with the floral freshness of mimoza, pittosporum, sweet rose and tuberose, combined with sparkling fruty notes of plum and melon. There are floral notes mingling with a sweet woodsy note of patchouli and iris and spicy clove and laurel. The chypre base includes precious woods (sandalwood, vetiver, patchouli), oakmoss and civet.
The perfume was created by Jean Kerleo 1988. The nose behind this fragrance is Jean Kerléo.
The top notes begin with the floral freshness of mimoza, pittosporum, sweet rose and tuberose, combined with sparkling fruty notes of plum and melon. There are floral notes mingling with a sweet woodsy note of patchouli and iris and spicy clove and laurel. The chypre base includes precious woods (sandalwood, vetiver, patchouli), oakmoss and civet.
The perfume was created by Jean Kerleo 1988. The nose behind this fragrance is Jean Kerléo.
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I found this fragrance strange years ago when I first sniffed it but it is a totally different story now.
Maybe my taste of fragrance has evolved but I find Knowing such a great creation and never knew what I was missing until very recently when I received a bottle for my birthday last month.
The lasting power is great, the fragrance smells great on me which is has so much character and have non of the pungent note where I remembered on my first sniff.
Now I know why it has so many fans and I am one of the latest addition.
A grand perfume with excellent lasting power and sillage.
With the right doses, the magic it weaved is fascinating.
Maybe my taste of fragrance has evolved but I find Knowing such a great creation and never knew what I was missing until very recently when I received a bottle for my birthday last month.
The lasting power is great, the fragrance smells great on me which is has so much character and have non of the pungent note where I remembered on my first sniff.
Now I know why it has so many fans and I am one of the latest addition.
A grand perfume with excellent lasting power and sillage.
With the right doses, the magic it weaved is fascinating.
04/28/09 11:17:25
very very very fine grand perfume, the highest refinement and subtlety
04/27/09 04:04:20
it`s most modern from Estee Lauder`s smells. It is where more consonant our time, what all unisex and fresh smells, together. Changeable, a bit contradictory. Womanlike without lusciousness. Would not name intelligent. But... Intellectual, very clever smell. A bit hypocritical. Bold undoubtedly.
04/25/09 00:19:32
I am not much of a chypre fan, although there are a few that I really love (Magie Noire, Ca Sent Beau). One of my favorite aunts wears this scent, and it's lovely on her. However, I could never wear this one: it's too sharp and sour, with too little floral, for my taste.
04/02/09 14:20:02
what a pity snobuni, it's a really good fragrance, my mother had it and it's high quality scent warm
02/13/09 19:59:17
This perfume totally grossed me out.I sprayed it on my wrist without hesitation because I had read that it is a great perfume & even a classic but YUCK! I really regretted putting this on.It is not a pretty scent at all.It has a stinky sourish note.It is pretty or sexy or anything it is just yuck.
So Sorry ladies but this one is not for me =(
I still think you should give it a try because it seems to work for many people
Me & "krisiva"(reviewer below) must have the same body chemistry.....
such a bummer for us =(
So Sorry ladies but this one is not for me =(
I still think you should give it a try because it seems to work for many people
Me & "krisiva"(reviewer below) must have the same body chemistry.....
such a bummer for us =(
02/13/09 19:43:35
GO easy on this one, becuase if it is too strong, the smell is sickening, like bug spray. HOWEVER, applied with a light hand, Knowingis an elegant, crisp and refreshing scent.
The first tiem I tried this perfume I was addicted. Love the mossy notes!
The first tiem I tried this perfume I was addicted. Love the mossy notes!
02/01/09 07:16:07
I really wanted to like this one, and I really did ….but only on a blotter. On my skin – no chance, it turns into aggressive, offensive scent, simply stinking. How strange, as the scent develops, at some point it slightly resembles Cabochard by Gres, which is one of my favorites, but I find more flowers and more warmth in Cabochard. Actually Knowing is the only scent I encountered recently that makes me want to rush and scrub it away from my skin as soon as possible. Probably it is a body chemistry problem, having the fact that generally I like chypres very much.
12/21/08 14:20:13
Fascinating perfume. I love the pittosporum smell and the heavy rose it is built upon. And I'm delighted by the name - KNOWING - this one is for a woman who is in the know of a quality perfume.
11/25/08 13:47:12
A very heavy fragrance.
Lovely for the holidays .
A bottle can last quite a while.
Lovely for the holidays .
A bottle can last quite a while.
11/24/08 16:55:41
Complex structure, well-built, a grand classic. Always a good choice.
10/04/08 03:40:26
I have to use this perfume from year to another.The bottle stays long time with me, 30ml can stay one year.I think the magic worked through its ingredients(litrally),thats why alot of people fall in love with it,asked about it and used it.NOTE:use a little of this one.
09/10/08 12:29:46
This one is crispy dry, these's no sweetnes at all. Definetly alluring like Chaosinmotion write too, good chypre and intresting. Longlasting, more than ten hours and more. Parfum de Nicolai Odalisque is almost identical to my nose like Knowing, and I like them both.
08/25/08 10:42:46
I feel delicious with Knowing on. In my opinion this would only work on a woman who is 'knowing'. She knows herself, knows what she wants and definitely knows what she doesn't want!
This is a great for fall scent. Knowing is also in a pretty bottle. It's very long lasting as well.
Downright sexy if woodsy florals mesh with your chemistry.
This is a great for fall scent. Knowing is also in a pretty bottle. It's very long lasting as well.
Downright sexy if woodsy florals mesh with your chemistry.
01/15/08 21:31:00
I love this perfume, I can't explain why other than it is a nice alluring fragrance that attracts me.
09/27/07 09:30:43
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