St. John Eau de Parfum St. John for women

I own the St. John by Marie Gray (circa 1994) and wondering if this is the same scent, but I doubt it. The coloring is orange instead of yellow and the packaging is definitely different.

Product Description: Created by Marie Gray in 1994, St. John is a luxurious, oriental, floral fragrance. This feminine scent contains a blend of flowers of the orient combined with honeysuckly, jasmine and gardenia, with lower notes of amber, apricot, sandalwood, and musk. St. John is recommended for romantic occasions.

Classy and classic. A nice modern floral minus the fruit.

An interesting perfume indeed.

The first impression was floral to gourmand then to gourmand to oriental floral. The apricot and tangerine is definitely there, but the vanilla is too dominant in my opinion.

Thanks to your reviews, I've made another successful unsniffed purchase!

Very few floral fragrances seem to work well for me, but this one does. The marigold is a bitter note on me, which I enjoy very much. For a while, after the initial spray, the fragrance smells like a bitter-fruity concoction. I love that phase! Then it settles down into a creamy base that is so similar to Brit, as essija mentioned. I really like Brit, but I can't wear it because it stays so sharp on my chemistry. This fragrance has a dry-down like Brit, without the sharpness. It's delightful! Definitely a warm weather fragrance for me.

The only downside to the fragrance is the bottle. While it's a nice design, it looks very cheap up close. The cap is a lightweight, clear plastic, and the charm and rhinestone band around the neck of the bottle are like a plastic-metal. The original price of a 1.7 oz. bottle was marked on the box as $70.00. For that price, I would have been horrified to discover the tacky bottle inside. Because of the actual fragrance, it turned out to be a very worthwhile purchase.

St. John is a very odd fragrance. Upon first sniff I thought that I liked it, came back to it and thought that it smelled a bit elderly and now I'm back to liking it. I envision wearing something like this when I'm a bit older. It begins with a citrusy type of floral notes, slowly dominated by the more floral heart notes. That apricot note gives it a little tartness that I loved. During the drydown the florals linger and the fragrance becomes softer and slightly musky.

At once, it smells cloying but classic...fusty, yet feminine. I suppose that I love it more than I hate it, so I'm sticking to it. Excellent longevity and sillage. I rate it 7 out of 10.

St.John perfume smells across between Boucheron (minus the civet) and Burberry Brit. St.John has the sharp fruits and powdery vanilla of Brit and the strange smell of tagetes (marigold) flower in Boucheron. Marigold smells sharp, soapy and a bit rusty and green. However, its subtle and flowing in this fragrance. All the notes in St.John are in Boucheron except freesia but somehow this ends up smelling more like a classy, expensive, glamorous version of Brit.

I don't know its an odd one for me but I like it! St.John is very strong and heady with fantastic lasting power and silage. The bottle is simple but I love the charm around the cap.

This is a delight, Zesty and Citrus comes to mind. actually reminds me of Burberry Brit, I really like this. Wow, this is great Love it...