Fendi (for women)

Carla

I am a longtime devotee of this Fendi fragrance. I wore it in the mid 80's when it was the scent of the moment and today it still holds it own. I would not label it an "old lady" scent but rather a mature scent that demands to be worn by a woman with discriminating tastes. It is fully loaded with a variety of spicy, floral and woody notes and because it's intense it requires a very light application, hence, it will not be elevator-friendly if too much is used. The twist of lemon in the beginning is invigorating. The rose flower in it's center is in full bloom while the geranium lets you know it's there.The base notes announces a heavy accent on amber and the nutmeg warms your senses. This fragrance takes a good twenty minutes to perform it's excellence but the end result is like a hidden treasure and you feel complete. When adorned with this scent you possess Style with a capital "S"!

Leesee

I wore Fendi for a short period of time during the early 1990s. I remember it as a big-boned floral with a generous dollop of spices and musk. Fendi was never as youthfully audacious as the heavy hitters of the day, i.e., Gucci Rush, nor as timelessly elegant as, say, Guerlain's Mitsouko. In its own way, though, Fendi still managed to be both charming and well-mannered in an era when the most popular perfumes were anything but -- no small feat then, and probably no small feat now.

woogyjones50

I may be an old lady, but I know a great perfume when I smell one!I have come to the conclusion, after reading many reviews here, that I have 'old lady' taste. So here I am, back again, giving love to a scent for the old broads. But, what can I say? I am an unabashed Fendi fan and love their fragrances. This one is no exception.

On my skin, it is an oriental that opens with cardamon and a weird but delightful lemon scent. That doesn't last long because it soon goes into a cypress and ylang-ylang combination. The best part of the perfume, however, is the base and there is alot going on in that base! There's a little leather, a little sandalwood and even some patchouli thrown in for good measure. But before it gets entirely too weird and heavy, a nice (but not sweet) vanilla scent mixes in with everything else.

It is a complicated perfume and certainly one to be applied with a light hand. It lasts for a good while on the skin, so you might want to be sure you like it before you make the commitment to wear it! However, if you are a woman who likes a big, brassy, and beautiful perfume that's on the heavy side, this is a classic one to try. And, old jokes aside since I was kidding about my old comments above (kind of!), I think women of all ages should give scents a try-even if there's a certain perception that they have about a particular perfume. You may fall in love with one you never even expected to like!

CaraMia

A seriously complicated floral chypre, luxuriant in its bouquet and bouyed by the chypre base. Lasts well and is best in its EDP format

Aeternitas

My mother has this. I wore it once and found it to be headstrong and sexy! It is strange because I smell mostly rose from it on me, whereas on my mother it smells strongly of the oriental notes. Because of that, I don't wear it. If I got more oriental notes, I'd wear it often. It's a great fragrance and I would only wear it in cold weather. Fendi is a very fashionable, confident perfume.

grati

definitely my signature scent, on me it reveals itself fully; every time i wear it people ask me what is it:) i always make stocks, because in my country you can't find it anymore..

rebella

This one I like a lot! I think it´s a close relative to YSL Opium, but in a very good way. It reminds me of Opium, but without the headache I nowadays get from it...

It´s very oriental, but in a soft way, the notes are well blended together, it´s feminine but in a daring way. It´s longlasting and you don´t have to put on a lot. The drydown is terrific, very nice... sensual, spicy and still soft, caressing, soothing... Indeed a perfume worth trying if you looking for a classy retro...

Aiona

What a strange, strange smell! It is not the typical floral perfume that's being put out by celebrities, these days. When I sniffed this in Drug Emporium a few months ago, I loved it! (I had sniffed Angel, Alien, and Fantasy just a few minutes prior.) Then yesterday at Walgreens, I sniffed it again (not on my skin), and it smelled really different. Stinky, but loveable! I don't smell any flowers in it at all. . . only bizarre scents that remind me of Peggy on "Married With Children" but a little classier.

elgab89

80's at their best. pump those aldehydes. I couldn't use it anymore, though.