Fidji Guy Laroche for women

How come it took me so long speak about "Fidji"?
It is a French perfume with an American identity that came out when women started to take good care of their career and lifestyle (well I guess so, I wasn't even born the time this came out).
It appears that everybody's mother has worn this sometime in the past, I can confirm my mother was one of them.
The bottle and the packaging were different and recognisable but I don't think they ever did this wonderful perfume justice.
The smell is like the 60's fresh, that doesn't lack luxury or smartness and please do keep the word smartness, it is Fidji's main quality.
I have no doubt this is one of the finest perfumes ever made but today's version (yes one can still find it in Athens) doesn't last at all. I am sure "Fidji" wouldn't have such a remarkable career with such a poor longevity so apparently a reformulation has taken place.
Still, if you have never smelled it I suggest you did. Soon!

Wow, this is the very first perfume I used ever and I can still remember the scent of it. I wish I had it right now.

When I read the earlier revue just below ,I realized this was actually one of my first perfumes....
My father gave it to me after beeing away on a trip with work. I could have been somewhat about
eleven to 13 years old. Havent got it since then, nor tried it and what I recall is a vague memory of lime and cucumber.
Now, checking notes I would say it was daring of my Father, to pick this for me, with all those notes....

Now I would love to at least try it again to see if I get any whifs from Childhood days

My mother wore this in the '70's, and I remember thinking it was heavenly, but after she started wearing Inoui, I didn't want her to wear her Fidgi, her Emeraude, her Zen, Norell, My Sin, Arpege, or anything else! I haven't smelled Fidgi in years, but my memories tell me it is a scent with a fantastic galbanum topnote, and a clean, sandalwood drydown. As a little girl I thought of it as the smell of the secret "grown up" life, and elegance.

It’s hard for me to get over perfume associations sometimes, especially with classics. I find myself unable to review them due to powerful olfactory memories of their wearers. In the 80’s, a woman I knew wore this perfume. I was just a child, but I remember unlike most adults, she was playful and very kind to me. Fidji fit her essence perfectly..

Fidji is quite herbaceous and free spirited (oak moss), yet it’s classic and crazy smart, romantic and sophisticated. I always thought this lady smelled like the beach, with beautiful glowing skin and windblown hair…I agree this perfume is in the same category of Y by YSL, but I smell flowers instead of fruits blending with oak moss.. It’s not the type of perfume I go for,as this type of perfume still makes me feel like I'm playing dress up. Even so, I’m very happy with my little vintage bottle of it…I'm not sure when the reformulation took place, my bottle is from the 80's and even with the top notes long gone,the base is still in great shape.

This was my signature fragrance at age 21 and wore if for years - would love to use it again but it doesnt seem to smell the same on me anymore.. times change! Such a a beautiful fragrance

Amazing, amazing scent. Never reformulated, never variated (Fidji eau d'été, eau légère, eau sublime, parfum initial, you name it). It just reminds me of a period of my life, confused love story, and I can never wear it again. But I like to smell it when I have the occasion in a store and then all the memories come back...

I wore Fiji over 30 years ago, and almost forgot about
it. Thanks to Ebay, I found it again....and still love
this perfume after all these years. On me, a little goes
a long way. One of the most alluring fragrances I've ever worn.

I have no idea why, but every time I wear this, it makes me think of the scenes in the 1973 movie "The Long Goodbye" with Danish actress Nina van Pallandt as Mrs. Wade. She plays a cagey but stunning woman who drifts through the open floorplan of her custom Malibu beachhouse in silky, printed caftans and similarly flowing garments. Everything about her from her long, straight hair to her tanned glow is '70s chic. She's very cool and controlled, in contrast to her clothing and the wild, pounding surf and ocean breezes outside her door. Of course, since it's film noir, she's hiding something. I'm sure the scent she wears is Fidji.

I just received a bottle of EdT. Nice smel, but doesn't last on my skin.

Fidji is one of the most feminine,soft,powdery,elegant and joyful fragrance ever produced!
It is so suitable and wearable for decades...almost aproppriate for each occasion and age.It has grace,character which is rarely for todays modern,all-the same,sweety perfumes!!Its even more discreet and gentle than two great classics Chanel 5 or Shalimar!
Perfect floral,sensual harmony!Masterpiece!!!
I have just ordered one bottle from Amazon...

I put it right next to Y, Madame Rochas and Byzance, bacause they seem to share some similarities in character, especially with Y by YSL. But I think Fidji is a bit smoother and a tiny bit sweeter.
Love it!

Strong and long lasting soap smell. I smell ONLY soap in it.

You are right Sherapop!! I do have this and I do love this!! Actually, Fidji is one of a kind!! It does have some great similarities with Balenciaga's Michelle, and Madame Carven vintage so if you are loving this you with certainly love that!!

Good luck!

My! It was so sweet, I just couldn't stand it! Didn't remind me of a paradisiac island at all!!
The staying power was very good, though.

Fidji is "paradise lost" by todays trite efforts. No Transatlantic flight was complete without bringing at least a sample of this luscious chypre with lots of florals. In its time, it caused a lot of attention. It was French perfume that appealed to an American audience.

Its discontinuation is perhaps one of the greatests losses of the perfume industry. It was clean, smart and sexy and had nothing to do with Tahiti. It is a beauty from a bygone era and should not be missed by vintage fans.

Love, love, love Fidji! It is absolutely unique and there is no other scent like it, the cleanest and freshest fragrance. But, it has ZERO staying power on my skin. Even so, that never stopped me from buying it -- when I can find it, that is. Also it has become suddenly and inexplicably very, very expensive. In the seventies it was medium-priced compared to the Diors, YSLs and Chanels of the time. Does this label make any other scent?

Love Fidji! I just recently tried it again after not wearing perfume for almost a decade. Wonderful! But the EDT sure doesn't last long on me - an hour or two and it had faded quite a bit just after 30 min. Is Guy Laroche still making it? Does anybody know if it's been discontinued? It sure is hard to find now.

I'm reviewing the EDT, which is just absolutely wonderful. This perfume somehow evokes a tropical garden without any headiness or cloying tendency which many other 'tropical' scents have. This is fresh and light as a summer breeze, and is very complex in its composition. It manages freshness without either being citrus or aquatic based and yet projects the same message. Don't be misled by the galbanum, this is not a cold or bitter scent, and everything has been used with a light hand. I've been looking for a while for a good summer scent, and this ticks all boxes. Unbelievable that this timeless scent was composed 40+ years ago. I would be most impressed if Hermes released this, Ellena is the only perfumer today who manages this type of effect.
Sillage and longevity are fairly short lived and discreet.

I bought this perfume for my now late Mom, it reminded me the scent of my childhood in 70's. I am not sure if my Mom loved it but she used the whole bottle with pleasure.

Me and my mother, we used to share all parfums, but this one I was claiming for my own:) I loved it in 80s a lot:)

My mother-in-law used it. On her it smelled divine, but at this moment I was young and a bit afraid of her :)) so I needed time to "give the second chance" for this perfume. Feelings.. Nice perfume, perfect staying power.

Fidji is great! Simple and natural, starts smelling creamy and is constant in its freshness. Very similar to L'air du Temps of Nina Ricci, another classic smell, but fresher and more perfectly refined.

This was my wedding day fragrance, in 1979! I cant wait to buy it again!!!!!!

This was one of the first fragrances of which I was aware as a child - I remember thinking it was absolutely beautiful. I cannot for the life of me remember what it was like, though! I am going to seek it out and try it again, all these years on. I will report back!

wohooo!! that's my mom's signature scent, too sexy ;) i remember she once had more than one bottle of this one, as i was going through her perfumes one day *coughs*curious cat*coughs* i found a bottle getting really really dark, i was too young then and i thought maybe it was... rotten? XD little did i know, that was the pure essence in it and it was filling the whole bottle which suggests not much of alcohol was in there, GREAT, not like other fumes when you forget about them then you go look for a certain bottle just to find 3 dark drops at the bottom, that's when you know you were scammed... funny it says EDT on the bottle, isn't there EDP or even Parfum? i was kinda sure it wasn't EDT :S

I bought my first bottle of Fidji PP while skiing in Cervinia, Italy in 1975. It is still in my fragrance wardrobe. I am now in my 60's but I feel just as comfortable with the fragrance as I did in my 20's. I agree with Aalia that this is an energizing, crisp floral. I also really appreciate the lingering sandal, amber and moss aspects of the base notes. I have never detected the sour note she mentions, but perhaps that is because I only use the PP? I think that classic scents like Fidji are making a comeback with younger women. I hope that the new EU regulations don't spoil these fragrances for them.

i have had a tiny bottle of fidgi for 20 plus years and has not gone off it's scent just purchased a 1.7 oz online and am thrilled-everyone should try this scent-it's floral heady and light all at the same time-which it shouldn't be but somehow it is-started wearing it again recently after retiring it for awhile but am planning on putting it back in rotation-brings back great memories of my life in hawaii-

Wearing Fidji I feel classy, elegant and oh so confident. Definitely a head-turner, as it says 'I love you' to people around you :)

Fidji is an elegant, sophisticated woman, drinking tea in her garden on a nice spring afternoon. Nice, friendly, but somehow mysterious. I really, really like this scent.

This is how Ombre Rose Chant d'Aromes should smell!!

It opens very fresh with a a hint of creamy rose. It is linear, But It doesn't even matter because this is just a pleasant and pure scent.

A classic fragrance that will never smell outdated for modern women. Fidji worth a try!

Notes from blind sampling. Thanks, Kterhark. I had never sampled this treasure before!

Just dabbed it on. It screams classic: fuzz, wood, moss. A wee touch of clean fruit. Galbanum. A bit sharp at first. I expect it will simmer down. Sweet (but not screechy) floral note on top I can't ID. Perhaps some lily of the valley in there, but that is not the dominant floral note.

Phase 2-it becomes earthier, a tiny bit dirty (as in earth, not as in skank)

Phase 3 (about 30 minutes in and longer)
As time goes on the floral notes become more prominent. It is a green, sweet floral, what I think of as an English garden bouquet. I suspect hyacinth . Why? B/c whenever I describe a floral this way and cannot ID the note, it turns out to be hyacinth. Hyacinth is the U2 of perfume notes for me. (Whenever I hear music and say 'Who is this?" it turns out to be U2) Is there a touch of jasmine in here, too?

This is a complex fragrance with distinct phases of development. I thought it was going to head into chypre territory at the beginning, even leaning toward leather, but it is blooming into a fresh, green floral. A tad soapy in the way that still makes it seem more classic than contemporary. While I smelled oakmoss at the beginning, I get more wood (vetiver or cedar) now.

I feel as if I time-traveled from the moment I dabbed it to the drydown.

Intoxication, Guy Laroche FIDJI is your name! Wow, this is a beautiful composition. The moment it hit my skin I was transported to a vast garden of damp tropical flowers and lush greenery with colorful birds chirping off in the distance. Rich and seductive and complex, FIDJI is not a fragrance but a breathtaking bouquet!

Luxurious. Resplendent. As rich and compelling as FRACAS to my nose, but not at all the same. This is one of the only tropical floral creations I've tried that does not evoke images of beaches and suntan lotion. Definitely not for those looking for a nondescript, inoffensive office scent. This is a special, dress up in a silk dress and high heels perfume. I'm impressed! Du vrai parfum! Where's Action? Nyoka? You ladies would love this! (-:

EDT (now in store) is NOTHING like PP (it's production is stopped as I heard). I'm searching Pure Parfume for my mother <3

As for many other scents , i know this one thanks to my Mom . My father gifted it to her and this scent made me dreaming everytime my mother would use it in front of me . A few years later when i was 15 i got the set with the EDT , body lotion and a cute shell shaped soap . Now i'm 31 and i think i'll buy it for this summer .
This perfume is fresh and yet very gentle at the same time ( how do they do that ? ) . It meminds me a bit of Ivoire de Balmain (which i love too ), but as if it was an "eau of ivoire de Balmain" it's more wearable , less serious , less heavy .

I tried this because it was formulated in the year that I was born. I really like it. It is a bit strong as a first blast and then has a wee bit of a soapy tone, but then it settles down beautifully and becomes a lovely warm, lush floral. I can smell the carnation in the blend, which pleases me greatly as I love carnation. I think I will use this a lot when the weather comes warmer. I'm really pleased I tried this.

I haven't smelled this for a while now but I remember it to be a sweet, gorgeous, classy, potent scent. Lovely smell!

One of the greatest fragrances ever!!

I had never heard of Fidji until recently, and all I knew of Guy Laroche was Drakkar Noir, which I hate. (How can you fully appreciate a scent that became THE dude-car-freshener scent of the century??)Happily, Fidji has proven to be a wonderful accidental find. Even with a tiny dab, it opened very harshly, chemically on me--so much so that I almost scrubbed it. But I got distracted, and a while later, I kept catching whiffs of something heavenly...intoxicating. As it settled, it became the most lush floral I've experienced in a long time. It is sweet, but not sugary or edible. It is creamy, but not heavy and lotiony. It reminds me a little of Monyette Paris. Despite its age, Fidji is remarkably modern and youthful.

Ahhhh like lots of others this was bought in my 20's, first trip abroad with my friend (she bought Blue Grass,) just recently bought another bottle and all those memories came flooding back. It seems to smell a bit different on me now but hey another 20 years have passed and your skin changes

This perfume also brings me back to my 20`s...I even remember the wording in the advertisement: "Every woman is an island". I try to keep up-to-date with perfumes but this is such a wonderful creation that its got to be in my top three alltime favorites and it regularly pops into my mind - like today, which is how I ended up reading your comments here. I`ve GOT to get a hold of a bottle again somehow.(online from France probably - I,m in Portugal) Merry Christmas everybody, may you smell divine in 2011!

I LOVE Fidji. I'm with TakaBeata on this - it smells like a summer holiday. I wear it often in the summer - it is one of my go-to scents. I love it's absolutely balanced, flowered perfection. It is clean, pretty, never cloying - simply gorgeous! I feel confident and happy when I wear this one. Highly recommended.

I don't like it at all.It smells too strong for me,i gave it to my my mother and it seems it fits her skin well.

I absolutely love this perfume but have found it difficult to come by until I found it in a local chemists! I had this perfume in my early 20's and am so glad I found it again ... brings back so many lovely memories and is such a lovely scent and would recommend it to anyone

im so disappionted with this fragrance!!!!! i read comments and i decided to give it a shot and...i didnt like the smell at all.it reminds me of something old.i expected it to be summer,light fragrance perfect for summer according to its name but its light years far from that!

What fantastic reviews of such a classic perfume.I was born in Fiji way before Fiji Water and Pure Fiji.I remember as a ittle girl the adverts in all the resorts displaying the model holding the big white conch shell on a gorgeous golden beach.My Mum and all the females in my family each had one and I couldn't wait to own my own FIDJI perfume.!!This is a very personal choice for me coz it reminds me of the beauty of my islands and it's culture and people....

(Vintage Parfum review)

Wow. how in the world did I go so long without trying this? I'm wearing the vintage, which is oily, sharp, and dewy sweet. Hyacinth gets top billing here, which is so perfect.

Five minutes into wearing this I pictured it on my perfume shelf. As a green floral chypre it has few competitors.

A truly gorgeous composition

this perfume is absolutely beautiful: it's a clean floral scent, quite "grown up" but not "old"; I don't sense anything sour though, it's more like a very fresh floral, but deep and classic at the same time. it makes me nostalgic for some reason, even though I don't remember anyone wearing it during my childhood. an EDT lasts relatively long on me, but I wish to find an EDP - this is so gorgeous)))

Found this little gem two days ago in an outlet shop- last had it about 15 years ago so it takes me back in time!! for me it smells like a beach towel at the end of a long sunny day, with a whiff of that Ambre Solaire sun tan oil that used to be used in the 60's. also conjures up a picture of my mother in psychedelic halter-neck sun dress and pink sandals, with her blonde 60's bob.it's a warm, gentle, sunny and optimistic smell, not too strong, not too sweet, definitely recalls the 60's for me, which i saw from my pushchair. the warmth of it reminds me a bit of madame rochas, but then without the aldehydes. glad i found it again!!

The fragrance is amazing (EDT)!

I don't really love florals for the most part, but I do enjoy wearing Fidji from time to time, especially in the summer. It is lovely and uplifting. I find also it reminds me so much of Norell, which is a lot cheaper than Fidji...and they are both were made by Josephine Catapano.

It is the fantastic scent. It smells like holidays. I was in Tunisia where the exotic vegetation and flowers had also beautiful scents , because I tower that on Fidji so it smells.To have the unrepeatable charm. This splendid to find scent which so transparent and recently smell. I feels as went out from the bath with flowers.
I Love Fidji.

U.N.I.Q.U.E !

Just what I can describe & I do mean it.

This is what I'd call a beautyful fragrance! Very classy and yet very modest!

It is a flowery scent that succeeds to be fresh. Warm and cool at the same time. Wearing it, you'll feel open minded to the notes it sings...Lovely!

You'll find that its hard to get though outside of France...In the Netherlands only perfumery's that sell niche perfumes have it. It is still on the Guy la Roche official website, so luckily it is not discontinued...

For me, one of the best light florals. Not cloying but well blended. It would be one of my desert island 3.

I also associate this scent with my mother, back in the Eighties that was a rare thing to get in Poland- I remember German magazines we were being sent by relatives ( my mum would look some fasion up, as a reality of living in a communist country was sort of grim)and they all had the adverts for Fidji. That seemed to me like a breath of a distant, elegant world. Then mum bought Fidji in "Pewex" and I couldn't get enough of smelling it from the bottle. Could easily have it again, it's timeless.

So many beautiful reviews had made me feel enthusiasm about this perfume, although I didn't know it yet. Now that I have tested Fidji I want to test it again... The resin note is very original, noticeable and long-lasting; it is also intriguing: I imagine it as some kind of envelope, the petals of a flower opening like the ones of a peony, showing slowly a fragant heart of a different character: deeply, softly floral and femenine.
Until recently, I knew very few things about Guy Laroche; some days before I saw in a magazine a wonderful dress from this house, tye-died in coral and grey, very well cut; now this perfume reminds me that dress, and also a teacher I knew... I am practically sure this was her smell; she was wonderful, but she was a nun, so probably I have mistaken.

This is the perfume which instantly makes me think of my mother. Recently I got her EDT again, I just HAD to buy it for her. I still remember the extract parfum she used to wear when I was a child and of course EDT version is still the same Fidji but it is not as deep and sultry. I think EDT has a much more 'tropical flower' feel to it while parfum was very 'french'.
A lot of older perfumes smell almost the same to me, but Fidji definetely stands out. A classic.

It was 1977, I was 15, and in France with my school's Brass Band as part of my home town, Harlow, twinning with Velizy. I was going out with a lad a year or 2 younger than me, but lovely. One day I found a small vile of Fidji Perfume in my cornet case, he had got it for me and I have loved the perfume ever since, the lad and I parted a year later. But I am now 48 and still love it as much although it is increasingly harder to buy. I used to have the powder puff and bath oil but haven't seen them since. Love it love it.!

When I was a teenager in the 80's my best friend and I used to share a mini of this and bring it on nights out in one of our bags. I always meant to get more but never saw it - I might buy it again as it's available online. Nice stuff.

Wore it on Holiday to Greece and met my future husband on the island of Ios it was romantic carefree unforgetable time .I thought that Fidji had disappeared along with that time. Shall be getting another bottle

I wore this perfume in my youth. I remember the english summer of 1976, it was very hot and I was in love with a French young man. He always commented on how beautiful my perfume smelled. Our relaionship ended and a few years later I bumped into him, he was with his new girlfriend. We had a drink together and when I went to the ladies room with his girlfriend she sprayed herself with Fidji, she said that my former french boyfriend had gave it to her. I felt a inner glow and never ever mentioned it was my former perfume.

I first bought this when I was 23 in a set with body lotion. I loved its subtle exotic floral scent. Now when I smell it I remember how it felt on my fresh young skin. As someone else said, it is a young woman's scent.

To rdoonanuk: Thank you very much for your discribing.
Naina

This is one of my mom's favorite fragrances. She really loves it.
I mostly feel iris and sandalwood in this fragrance. The iris note is really good here. Smells delicate. But actually I think that the noticeable sandalwood note spoils the floral notes beauty a little bit in this fragrance. As for me I can't say that I like this fragrance a lot, but I really respect it because this fragrance is worthy. It smells really elegant.

This is my signature scent and it's been in my collection most of the time for the last 15-20 years. I think it's suitable for young girls and women in their thirties.

Naina, I have the EDT as it seems to be easier to get at the moment and it still lasts all day on me. Also, unlike a lot of perfumes, you can wear it all year round.

I haven't found a floral quite like it although I would like to try Alfred Sung as it might be similar.

A winner for me :o)

Can somebody tell me the smelling difference between EdT and Perfum? I know, perfum is much higher concentrated and lasts longer, but is there another difference to a EdT??? Does it smell more exotically, or cheap???
Best regards! (Excuse me for my English!)

Adoro este perfume. Não encontro no comércio local. E, há alguns anos estive na Argentina e uma vendedora disse que não produziam mais o Fidji fiquei muito triste. Estou louca para usá-lo novamente. Ele é simplesmente marvilhoso. E uma curiosidade: minha mãe não era muito fácil de agradar com perfumes, mas o Fidji a conquistou também.

This is a energizing and complex floral. At the first moment of application I thought, "Oh, what a great pick-me-up scent!" It's a great sunny and vibrant scent, and flowers seem to burst from the scent. It's truly amazing. It's so natural and bright, and I wonder if this is what the wildflowers, sands, and breezes of the Fiji Islands really smell like! Wearing the scent I can imagine crystal blue waters all around me, and tall palms gently rustling from a Pacific Ocean breeze. The drydown is just gorgeous, well rounded, full of all the top and middle notes and with the earthy, spicy and resinous notes coming forth.

I do like bitter and sharp perfumes, and, well, Fidji is bitter and sharp, at moments- but moreover Fidji is very crisp, fresh, in a lovely way This sour note is vinegary, distinct, unrelenting! I can actually taste it. I also recently tested Alfred Sung Sung, and it too had a similar sour note, with the same frustrating effects. I was with high hopes for Fidji and Sung to be the perfect florals, but, this ugly tone in both of them is really bothering me. Perhaps the sour note is only developed by my own skin chemistry, as no previous reviewers mentioned it. On that note, I also find the scent slightly similiar to MaGriffe by Carven. Overall, I really enjoyed the scent,(minus that one detail!) it's gorgeous!

I absolutely adore this perfume. I was introduced to it when I was 21 and am now 50, but it is still my favourite after all these years, even though I have tried others along the way, just as we all do. I would say it is my signature and interestingly enough I wore it just recently to my brothers 25th wedding anniversary party where I was inundated with enquiries from both the men and the women as to what perfume I was wearing.For me it really is a timeless classic and will always be the perfume my children will remember me by.

it was my mom's favourite fragrance:) extraordinary, tropical, exotic and very unique.

I love Fidji, I wore it long ago and now I have another 30ml bottle. On my skin is silky, even floral oriental. Lasts long enough, but it bothers me that Iris was quite noticeable. The fragrance is nice and somewhat romantic.
Used to be popular, but now seems to be rare.

Fidji does still come in the EDP concentration, but it's only available in France. The parfum can occasionally be bought in the US at perfume shops and online. If you know someone going to Paris ask them to bring you some back.

MJ

Lovely scent! It now comes only in EdT which is very bland, still nice, but it lacks depth. I used to smell Fidji many years ago as it was my mum's signature scent. I was enchanted. It smelt divine on her. It smells worse on my skin, but what is important in Fidji is its intrinsic beauty and elegance, the virtue of being light, elegant and sexy at the same time. Very feminine with a very light sparkle quality, it boosts an aura of tropical smell. No coconut, no suntan lotion, only a light floral breeze among woody branches. A winner!

Very pretty! It's truly a tropical floral scent, but not at all sweet like the more recent tropical scents from Comptoir Sud Pacifique or the Michael Kors line. Fidji's version of "tropical" is beautiful white flowers tempered with tart citrus and an earthy/woodsy dry-down.

It strikes me as a scent that's perfect for just about any age and any occasion.

I only wish the EDT lasted a bit longer. I get just a few hours out of it. Looks like it might be tough to find in a higher concentration, though.

I absolutely love this one, too bad I am right out. No where in town can I find this one. I might have to order it on line. It is the most feminine and fresh fragrance out there. It is in line with L'air de temps, but not that powdery. It agrees better with me.It is a soft floral green which really does make you think of the island of Fidji. Some place they compared it to Sung! I have to tell you it is nothing like Sung. Much much lighter and way more beautiful. Sung is actually a bit heavy and sticky compare to Fidji. Fidji is L'air de temps without the powder and carnation.

This wonderfully balanced melange of flowers on a bed of sweet greenery virtually flies out of the bottle and onto the skin, then dries to a smooth, powdered-floral sheen. I have loved and worn this scent since I was a girl, and it captivates me now, some thirty years later, just as it did then. In a word, marvelous.

This was one of my perfumes bought for me when I was 16. I think it is lovely and reminds of of hot sunny days in the English countryside. I really does take me back to my teens.

Fidji is the essence of beauty captured in a bottle. My all time favorite. This scent has it all. Clean, fresh, sexy. Timeless classic.

Interestingly enough, it was my first fragrance, too! And that was in Bulgaria, Europe in 1989. I remember the purity of the initial impression and the sweet musky aftertones. Years later, I have dreamed of looking for it and not being able to find it - a serious nightmare ... Love Fidji and want to buy it again very soon! One fragrance you will never forget, even after 15-20 years! Fidji is truly enchanting!

This was my first parfum I purchased,I loved it so much and I'm thinking of getting it again because it's a magical clean and perfect scent!

It used to be the perfume I wore at my high school days. I recently repurchased it to realize I still like it as much as I did back then. It's a real classic, smells refined and very stylish.

My mother also wore this in the late 70's early 80's

It was my mother's summer fragrance for many years, and I loved it so much!
Unfortunately on me it's not so interesting like the effect on her skin.