Jessica McClintock (for women)

arladanielle

The floral kick got me!!I have used 3 bottles of this scent to the last drop and how could i not love it? I live in a world of work and more work, amid high rise apartments and tire screeches and the only thing that will remind me of home is this.I've earned real friends, patched up my marriage woes, and sent my mom's mood swings to a stop ,with them smelling me wearing this, I swear!!
Though some can't stand it, I guess most like it!! Lasts a long time and makes me feel special from sunrise to sunset.

Patty Cake

I love the fresh, clean top notes of this fragrance. It is sweet but the green notes balance the lilly of the valley notes. I do not like the dry down. It does have a funky, musky or soapy "something?". It is too bad they cannot improve the formula. I've also tried Diorissimo but found it uninteresting

Chat Lunatique

Firstly, I would like to apologize to fans of all the JM fragrances...

I have to start here with the marketing of the JM line. As far as I can tell: this is a line of fragrances geared toward women who are obsessed with some sort of super puritanical, straight-out-of-BRIDES notion of romantic femininity and dollhouse "aesthetics".

Associations are to Hallmark wedding cards, plastic, pre-fab wedding cake filigree, American, petit bourgeois Anglophilia, Harlequin romance novels, and the wholesome side of Victoriana...

That said, the fragrances inside these ultra-gauche bottles deserves a modicum of recognition for aptly living up to the worldview its packaging espouses. It's a perfect fit, and I am somewhat impressed by the achievement: these smells pretty much do evoke goodliness, pristine, guarded, chaste womanhood, and full cookie jars!
This one, "Jessica McClintock" is for the sexless, tight-lipped matron, who still knows girls should smell like flowers, you see;
"Jess" is for the younger, more carefree prude, whose hair may even be seen a tad unkempt, while she spins hopefully under a white pagoda clutching a white rose to her breast;
"Silk Ribbons" (I have not smelled it, I confess) must be aimed toward that luckiest girl in all the world -- the one with impending nuptials and a ballerina-themed cake!!!

The whole line makes me want to scream in the night.

guynspfld

While not for everyone it is a scent that I feel is timeless. I have worked with many women who have worn this and it was unmistakable as to what they were wearing. It seems to have great lasting power. For I floral I find it classy, but uncomplicated. I guess I would call it refreshing. So if you like florals TRY IT.....

kgill

I had a sample of this and my husband then bought me a whole bottle because he loves it. I do not. The first whiff is very sweet and then it starts to smell "off". Something about this scent gets into the back of my throat and is very uncomfortable. But again, dh loves it, so clearly it appeals to someone.

sharyssa

Got this for Mother's Day and gladly returned it today! I tried it and it is a big no! It smells like alot of lemon and basil and very green it was making my throat itch and I have never had a perfume do that before. I didn't like the big old fashioned cheap snug fitting plastic cap either. This perfume is just nasty and I don't get why it is still sold at Macy's.

Chatnoir

Wow! A silage monster! I sprayed some of this on my wrist in the store, and my husband claimed he could smell it the rest of the time we were there, though I was several feet behind him most of the time. This is Lily of the Valley first and foremost. I get something a little warm under the lily after a while, but this smells almost like a soliflore to me.I really like it, as I am quite fond of lily of the valley, but it is so much like my Caswell-Massey lily of the valley, I see no reason to run out and buy it. I might purchase a bottle after my Caswell-Massey runs out, as "Jessica McClintock" is easier to find, and there are some good deals out there on it.

guest_Robina Pseudoacacia

Jessica McClintock is a fresh, yet "heady" perfume and should be used sparingly. All perfumes change when mixed with our own chemistry, so if you like the scent, my suggestion would be to spray it lightly on your clothing. If you are concerned about staining, spray it on the inside hemline or under a color and such. You may also try it in your hair, but not too close to the scalp. Hair holds ALL scents/odors alike and the heat emitted from your head will keep refreshing it. Again, use sparingly. Enjoy!!!

dollladie

I was given this as a gift the other day; and I LOVE the scent ... but, not on me. Immediately it smells fresh, like light lily of the valley. then, it fades to a rank weird thing ... too bad; it's so pretty.

KATHLEEN

i have this and use it for some special occasions only... coz its too strong and for me its lasting=] xoxo

lilinah

All my life I have tended to wear orientals and woody/spicy fragrances. Back in the early 90s i decided i should expand the types of perfumes i wear. During my search i tried Jessica McClintock. I liked the scent - while it contains many white florals, it also has some deeper spicy notes as a nice balance. To test it, I sprayed some on at the perfume counter of a major department store, then wandered around for a while. Sadly, it had no staying power on me, lasting only about 15 minutes.

tessture

Classic 80s white floral. Fresh and clean and easily worn, but also very much of a type.