Sunset Boulevard Gale Hayman for women and men

I received it as a gift. I have never smelled it before. I love orange in fragrances. I find the union of orange, flowers and honey very original and fresh, but sweet. I like it.

Sunset Boulevard quickly settles down to a pleasant skin scent. It opens with a blast of all naturally sweet orange juice, honey and jasmin, very lightly spiced. As it dries, spices fade out, and the honey thickens to support the heady blooming mix of jasmin, lily of the valley, and orange blossom. A touch of orange remains throughout, but it is a sweet orange marmalade, not tart sparkly citrus. It's not too sweet, so it is easily unisex.

This particular mix of white flowers is definitely a retro style blend found in many older classic perfumes that are most often used with oakmoss or musk.

However, instead of musk or moss, Sunset Boulevard relys on a thick underlying base of honey-sweetened orange marmalade and this effect makes Sunset Boulevard ultra smooth, soft, rich, deliciously beautiful and unique.

Wearing close to skin, lasting power is about 8 to 10 hours, with silage soft to moderate, depending on how much you use. Sunset Boulevard is not at all loud, overpowering or offensive. It's pleasingly easy to wear anywhere, any time of year.

Be patient with this noiresque beauty. If you're looking for something unusual and something that develops slowly over time, then this is the fragrance you've been searching for. It has quite a sharp, masculine, spicy opening which threw me at first. After a couple of hours, it's quite powdery and floral with a hint of sweetness with the honey and a hint of incense. I think the bottle is gorgeous! It's a real throw back to the 30's and 40's. You can see the bottle sitting on Gloria Swanson's dressing table!! I bought a large bottle for AU$15.00 and was wrapped at how unusual the fragrance is. I recommend it to anyone who likes taking risks with sophistocated, haunting scents. It really is gorgeous!

I bought it as a present for my mum and I love it. It is not a light perfume but not a heavy one by no means, at least IMO. I don't find it sweet at all.
In fact it smells much more complex and expensive than it really is.
It lasted the whole night through on my wrist and I only sprayed a tiny drop gently, just to test it.
There may be people who can't wear it but one thing is for sure, it worths its money. I may keep it.

I forget sometimes just how nice Sunset Boulevard is! I have so many perfumes now that this one tends to get lost 'in the shuffle' at times and gets a bit overlooked. I've been wearing it today though for the first time in awhile and it does really appeal to me.

I really don't detect the orange in this at all, which is a good thing because orange isn't a favorite note of mine in perfumes! What does come through, luckily, is the white flowers and the creamy smooth honeyliciousness (yes, that really is a made up word!!) which is just right and not too sweet on my skin. The longer Sunset Boulevard is on my skin the better and better it smells. It's a very unique perfume and smells very classy to me despite it actually costing very little compared to a lot of far less impressive perfumes. So, it gets a big smile of satisfaction and 5 out of 5 from me. :-))

This fragrance is surely intended to have a very retro feel and transport you directly to Cecil B. de Mille's close-up on Gloria Swanson. That thought is a little disconcerting, like the perfume. Why? Because it has a sweet note that just doesn't belong here, now. I find it disturbing, just like Gloria's eyes, looking through the camera and directly into mine. Unique and unsettling somehow, I'm not sure that I want to wear it too often. How does a perfume manage to make me feel like this?

Just had a spray of my first bottle of Sunset Boulevard and unlike other reviewers I dont find it that sweet smelling.I can def smell some honey and lily of the valley and to be honest it is an ok smell.Not overpowering at all.My only problem with it is that on first application I think it smells slightly like Elizabeth Ardens Red Door,which is one perfume I really dislike.Will give it a chance to settle,it was cheap so cant complain too much.
Will update later on how it develops

Cloying and headache inducing at first.
After a long while it settles into a tolerable floral honey mix with a hint of orange, still a little too sweet for my liking.
I recognize lily and jasmine and there's at least one other flower that I can't quite place (might be lily-of-the-valley?).
The honey takes its time but once it's unfolded it feels rather cozy. I like the creaminess.
It lasts about 7 hours on me.
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Update:
I'd like to revoke the "at first".

I certainly wouldnt consider this an oriental, its very sweet (quite sickly at first) & after an hour i can still smell honey.

I detect a very slight orange smell but the white flowers do come through, id say it was more lily of the valley with a heavy honey base than an oriental.

Not unpleasant but not brilliant either. Thankfully this is a bargain price so you wont feel you have wasted your money if you dare to try it.

Update 3 hours later.

This has really come out now & i take back what i said earlier about it being not brilliant...its really rather lovely. Just like Royal Secret, this is one that needs time to mature on your skin for the true scent to permeate through.

I say try it if you can.