The Phantom of the Opera Parlux for women

EDT review. I honestly only bought this perfume (blind) because it is Phantom of the Opera, and I am a big fan. I really was not fond of the juice. It is too white floral for my taste, and smelled a bit like fabric softener to my nose. However it is growing on me a bit to where I don't mind the scent once in a while. Best for the cold season, fall and winter. It lasts 8 hours

In the day, I used to collect clowns and I thought the bottle was a cute collectible. I still have the bottle. The smell was unique, I liked it then but I would not personally wear this scent nowadays. Not my first choice as an oriental.

One word for this scent: hair spray!

First, the bottle is a real cutie. Frosted black glass & a rose topper - very nice. This is one I'll display without concern that light will alter the juice. Alas, the juice...

At first sniff and for the first 20 minutes I get a nice, dark, classy floral that's close to Habanita in depth but the next hour is nothing but the smell of dust and old library paste -- the kind swabbed out of big jars by elementary school art teachers and eaten by the gross kid who also licked his own sn*t...

If you can make it through the first 90 minutes you'll enjoy 2-4 hours of a lovely,floral, older/classic drydown that smells much more complicated than the 3 notes listed here. Just don't expect Joy -- there's a smile here, but definitely no Joy. (This little bottle was a bargain but there won't be another purchase.)

Phantom is a classic, well-crafted floral, best suited for the above 25 crowd. This is one of my husband's top 5 for me to wear, and when I do wear it, it smells great. I just don't reach for it as often as I could because I find it to be very formal (not heavy, just formal), and I am not a very formal type of gal. Note: Can be found for a very good price online.

Are you serious??? Phantom of the opera!!! as an opera singer i have to say that i will buy this perfume without even sniffing it!!!!! i will love to have this perfume!!

Because I'm an actor and a singer it's hard to walk past a perfume that is called 'Phantom of the Opera'. I recently went to visit a friend of mine in the city, who like me, enjoys collecting perfumes. I especially love her collection because she collects many rare and interesting ones.

Phantom of the Opera is a rich floral and is surprisingly well-blended. It's somewhat of a classic and a mature type of scent, and I don't mean that in derogatory terms. While testing this fragrance I must admit I had Andrew Lloyd Webber's famous musical pictured in my mind. That image mixed with this fragrance did not disappoint. In fact, I can imagine someone wearing this as an evening scent and quite possibly dousing themselves in this fragrance just before attending a theatrical production in an elaborately designed, vintage theatre complete with velvet curtains and gold trimmings.

I asked my friend as to how often she wore this fragrance and she said very rarely because she found the scent to be very similiar to Joy by Jean Patou, which she wasn't a fan of. I personally have never smelt Joy, so I can't comment on that comparison.

My overall sum-up of this fragrance is one of elegance, sophistication and class. The bottle is equally as impressive with its rose detailing around the bottle and the cute rose shaped lid. Surprising however, was the fact that Phantom of the Opera smelt nothing like roses, so I questioned the reason as to why the bottle was designed in such a way. Perhaps the rose design was homage to the musical itself.