Laura Ashley No. 1 Laura Ashley for women

Had the chance to purchase a 100ml bottle of this, new and unopened, from eBay at a low price. Normally sells at a premium but this bottle was dry oil so many weren't interested I take it. The other bottle went cheaply too. Incredible. It smells wonderful, and is perhaps less overpowering than I used to find the EDP testers. Probably the reason I never bought it back when it was in Laura Ashley. Glad I was willing to try something new. For those of you who paid a fortune for No. 1 I won't disclose just how little I paid, you might get upset.

i had this perfume one of the best smells ever carnt belive you carnt get it any more plz bring it back

I was having an email conversation with my mother about perfumes recently, and I asked her what she had within reach... among some of the real 80's stinkers like Poison, Red Door, and Opium, she had the Laura Ashley No. 1. I told her that she should hold on to it tight because its discontinued and can cost $350-$800 for a 3.4oz on the secondary market!

Well, she said she never uses it anymore, and it is an original from the 80's... so she's bringing it to me next summer when she comes to visit!! yay! I'm very excited. Especially since I have not had the chance to test it yet! I like florals when they are done well, and it seems as if this one fits that.

I'll update next year when she brings me the precious potion! If I hate it, I'll be throwing it onto eBay and buying my long coveted: Guerlain Elixir Charnel Gourmand Coquin!!!!!! (I almost hope I detest the stuff)

I loved this fragrance. There must have been a lot of raw materials in this juice as I had been stalked by bees many times. No joke. Beautiful floral. I wish they would re-release it.

Most incredible perfume ever. Eau de parfum is the best. I wear it to bed even when I am by myself! So sad it has been dicontinued!

I miss this stuff. It is a basic floral, but where it differs from today's florals is that it had a sharp Chardonnay-like note that gave it just a microscopic bit of edginess.

Estee Lauder Pleasures Intense is VERY similar, but ELPI doesn't have that one edgier note, instead it has a softer, pretty common musk note that is pretty boring.

Walking in a garden filled with flowers in spring. That is the impression you get if you smell this. One of the best flower fragrances I've ever smelled, it smells like fresh flowers. Very pure and soft perfume without the sometimes overwhelming aquatic scent. Fits everyone who likes flowers. I don't think they still make it, I would love to have a bottle of this again.
Update: I purchased one on Ebay, a 30 ml bottle eau de parfum, the smell is still marvelous, I'll be very greedy on it!

I had a bottle of No.1 when I was in my teens in the early 90´s, and it was one of my best-kept treasures as I absolutely adored this fragrance back then. It was such a lovely, ultra-feminine and sparkling floral with warm hints of vanilla, cinnamon and musk. It had an amazing staying power too, as the scent was still there after two to three days after I had sprayed it onto my clothes...that's why it took years to actually finish the bottle and its contents! And I do remember that the bottle and its package were so cute that I didn't have the heart to throw them away, so I used to keep them as decoration long after the fragrance itself had worn out.