Privilege Parfums Privilege for women

Privilege was a favorite of mine, still is except I'm a fan of layering and you can't get the soaps, cremes, shower gel or perfume anymore except for a spray. I loved because it smelled EXACTLY like the tiny wild tulips I grow every spring. Not a fragrance for everyone. Not fruity at all, more soft musky floral. The dry-down is warm and fresh like a spring day when the humidity is high and you can smell all the flower scents carried on the breeze.

I'm by no means an expert nose, but I was quite surprised to see this fragrance listed as a Floral Fruity. I would probably classify it as a Floral Aldehyde. I don't really get a "fruit vibe" at all, and to my nose there's more to this than just the jasmin and fruit notes listed here. But what they are, I am clueless to say! [Hangs head in shame!]

It's a fragrance I wore in the 80's, and I think it's a good representative of that fragrance era... not a 'soft-spoken' fragrance, it has great sillage and is very long lasting. It's bright but not overly sharp, certainly not creamy or what I would consider warm. Yes, it's a "power fragrance". It's one I liked a lot and always gathered many appreciative compliments from when I wore it. Don't readily remember where I first discovered it, but am thinking more drugstore v. department store. Even back then, though, it wasn't widely recognized or popular.

Several months ago I was looking at the offerings on an internet site and was surprised to see it listed, and for a reasonable price, so decided to treat myself to a new bottle. To my recollection - some 20+ years later - it smells the same as I remembered it, and it's just as lovely as it ever was. It reminds me quite a bit of a somewhat 'brighter' Van Cleef and Arpel's "First". Top notes through the dry-down are wonderful. Still smells way more expensive than it is.