Gianni Versace by Versace
Women 1981
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Description
Gianni Versace by Versace is a floral chypre fragrance for women. Launched in 1981, this olfactive composition features spice, aldehydes, fruity notes, and bergamot in its top notes. The heart of the fragrance unfolds with carnation, neroli, narcissus, gardenia, iris root, jasmine, and sweet pea, while the base notes reveal oakmoss, benzoin, myrrh, frankincense, amber, sandalwood, leather, and patchouli.
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Leading answer I own it
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Leading answer Love it
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Season
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Time of day
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About Gianni Versace
Gianni Versace by Versace is a floral chypre fragrance for women. Launched in 1981, this olfactive composition features spice, aldehydes, fruity notes, and bergamot in its top notes. The heart of the fragrance unfolds with carnation, neroli, narcissus, gardenia, iris root, jasmine, and sweet pea, while the base notes reveal oakmoss, benzoin, myrrh, frankincense, amber, sandalwood, leather, and patchouli.
Spices Fruits, vegetables and nuts Flowers White flowers Woods and mosses Resins and balsams Musk, amber and animalic
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Longevity
Leading answer Very long-lasting
106 votes
Sillage
Leading answer Strong
137 votes
Character
Leading answer Traditionally feminine
61 votes
Value perception
Leading answer Fair price
36 votes
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“La Madame Despiadada”… Two Italian geniuses, Armani and Versace, released olfactory bombs that same year as if competing for the most narcotic perfume of the decade. To me, Gianni is synonymous with La Madame Despiadada: I can see her thinking, fixing her hair and her extravagant dress, strolling between Ysatis and Coco (who look at her frivolously), ignoring El Diva and Poison. She looks down on them, their reactions mattering not a whit. She possesses that exuberance of the 70s and 80s: incense, brassy woods, exquisite moss, fine patchouli, and spices. There are also opulent floral accords. What makes her unique are the resins and balms, tons of myrrh and benzoin, turning her into an exotic, penetrating, and voracious woman. A glorious carnation with white flowers accompanies her. It is an orgy of flowers, balms, resin/incense, and woods of astonishing quality. A touch of patchouli in the background, calm, without stealing the moss’s spotlight. It closes with narcissus and lily root. Imagine walking through the salon and arriving at the door where the Giorgio Beverly Hill awaits you for the five o’clock tea. They get along well; they are the same age and understand each other. I have the early 90s spray version, with colossal longevity and high sillage. Jerry Drake’s review is excellent, and for fans of intense 80s perfumes, this is a MUST.
The unforgettable Gianni Versace was a visionary, a genius, a King Midas who turned everything he touched into gold, becoming a shooting star and an icon in a short space of time. I had the luck of living through his wild baroque fashion era with bright colour combinations. Very few like him have created works that transcend time and return to your reach as witnesses to the golden age of perfumery. Now he is back in my possession. I cannot recall how many years passed since I held him in my hands, nor how many times I wished to smell him again on the silk skin of a woman, capturing his sublime depth and opulence, like a train of femininity without brakes. This Versace for Women is a marvel. It is hard to find perfumes so good; their distinct personality and persistent atmosphere make me imagine an elegant woman in heels entering a public space and capturing every gaze. Once Gianni wraps around you, he becomes a second skin, with dark fruits and spices sprinkled with an animal leather of sorts that is quite extraordinary. It has a progression of notes, moods, and cumulative effects that create sublime sensations. It evokes an old theatre or ballroom with furtive glances and passionate encounters, with aldehydes that stun you at first, but soon you see that the olfactory journey heads towards a floral and spiced opulence with few rivals, powerful, with standout neroli and carnation that slide into the embrace of amber, incense, and a light leather that envelops it like an oriental veil from the Thousand and One Nights. It remains usable today, and it is curious to note that, when everything has become interchangeable and soulless, Gianni Versace would be even more of a superb niche. You simply have to find it and trust yourself if you wish to release a spectacular and eternally elegant aroma. Enchanting power made into perfume, highly recommended for anyone who wants to capture the pulse of time encased in a bottle.