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ick168InsuffBooni – :
The best gardenia soliflore in the market with unbeatable price. The solid perfume captures the creamy gardenia fragrance the best. I found its spray version too sharp. Dame Gardenia and Kai are close 2nd and 3rd.
osnatur – :
All the other reviewers have nailed it when they say: this smells like a REAL gardenia. As with any gardenia perfume, especially in hot weather you’ve got to apply with a bit of a light hand, unless you want to knock everyone over. also, make sure you give this a few minutes to “settle” once you’ve sprayed it before you judge it. The initial blast is harsh-harsh-harsh! In fact, upon first spritz you might think, “… I’ve made a horrible mistake.” But wait! Within 5-10 minutes or so, it calms down from that first screech into a very realistic and pretty floral.
Because of its verisimilitude, this escapes feeling fussy or dated. Imagine a fresh gardenia tucked behind the ear of someone who’s dressed very simply, but nicely. If you crave gardenia, definitely try this one; the good news is it’s not at all expensive, so even if you don’t like it, you won’t feel bad about giving or swapping it away.
Angelina_fromAC – :
I went on a gardenia kick for a while and purchased Pacifica’s Tahitian Gardenia, Elizabeth Taylor’s Gardenia, Jovan’s Island Gardenia, Annick Goutal’s Gardenia Passion and a few less memorable perfumes with strong gardenia components. Disappointingly, none of them smelled quite like I remembered the large gardenias of my youth.
About midway through my gardenia fetish, I purchased the Forever Florals Gardenia. I tried it a few times, but thought it was loud, screechy, overbearing, and a too-high nosed chemical atrocity.
Maybe a year later, I purchased several everblooming gardenia bushes. The smell on my patio from their blooms was divine. One evening I realized that one of my gardenia perfumes had smelled quite similar. After going through all of them and repeatedly shuffling this one to the back, I finally tried it. It was a perfect match. Hit every single note of the original composition and did not stray beyond it. I had to amend a less than flattering review I’d left elsewhere after initially trying it.
My compliments to whoever came up with this perfume. It is a dead-on match for the real thing and it lasts without being pushy.
SENSor – :
Review for roll on:
This is IT. You want a fresh and devastating gardenia that doesn’t smell strongly like a Michael Kors modern take on white florals? Look no further.
Forever Florals Gardenia is similar to the gardenia found in my favorite, Island Gardenia, but without tuberose or the hints of coconut and ginger that beauty contains.
This is merely gardenia… with possibly some jasmine? If so it’s the freshest, dewiest jasmine, nothing at all indolic. Since sillage and longevity are both moderate, this would be fabulous for wearing all sorts of places, including work. Any time, in short, that you’d RATHER be in Hawaii! The only time I would not wear this? When you don’t want to be feminine, because that’s what this is. Simple, floral allurement.
Please don’t overlook the budget packaging and low cost. Buy a true Hawaiian fragrance that will bring you tropical paradise!
Absolutely Five Stars
wewee – :
I have gardenias in my backyard. I have also bought a lot of perfumes I thought smelled like gardenia as it is my favorite flower. In this category EL Tuberose Gardenia, Jo Malone Gardenia and Cardamon, and the original Michael Kors Michael come to mind. However, when compared side by side with a real gardenia you quickly realize they smell nothing like the real thing and actually contain a ton of tuberose. They are still lovely but not a real gardenia scent.
In doing my side by side testing each day with a real gardenia picked fresh the Forever Florals Gardenia nailed it. In a distant second place was Goutal’s Gardenia Passion.
I have not tried Kai yet but it is on my list for next summer.
PS I notice Fostermd is doing a similar comparison and our results are pretty much the same. Just skip down to read his outstanding review.
jfgsdtdpkuzkekzm – :
At first this will come out VERY HARSH and screechy . I tried to live with it for a while then gave it away.
Later I tried the solid.
It’s pretty amazing! What fostermd said below!
The solid has no screech! It sits close to your skin. (I cannot remember if the SPRAY sat close to your skin or not?)
So yes- this is an accurate GARDENIA (hooray!) and again- I am praising the SOLID PERFUME which was only like $7.99 !!
I will re-visit the spray soon!!
Forever Florals are very affordable but S T R O N G ! Use caution.
Xeroxddsfk – :
This is a lovely floral. Easily worth 3X paid. Makes Jovan’s Gardenia smell vulgar. This isn’t that overpowering, cloying or heady flower you may be thinking it is. Forever Florals has something less than creamy here, less then sweet, less than heavy. It is balanced yet fragrant and easy to wear. If you love Gardenia and/or floral this is a safe blind buy. If you do not? This is a safe risk.
4567 – :
In building my perfume wardrobe I sought a soliflore of each flower that I love that most accurately smells like the living flower. As a hobby perfumer myself I know that attempts to make a gardenia absolute have resulted in little success yielding an absolute that exhibits the smell of the fresh flower. I do have a pomade that was made through enfleurage that is about as close as I had experienced but it was rather weak and even fixed with natural ambergris did not last long and had poor sillage. All the gardenias on the market either do not smell like actual gardenia at all or they really are tuberose that they tried to tinker with to confuse us into thinking it is gardenia because it’s a white floral and not jasmine and not quite tuberose. Estee Lauder’s Tuberose Gardenia is a great perfume, but it’s a great example of this. It is a beautiful tuberose with something else…but that something else that is supposed to be gardenia when it comes right down to it doesn’t seem to be when you compare it next to a live gardenia flower. Well, this is one of those very few times in life where you do not get what you pay for. I do not know if this is all synthetic or how it is created but it does not matter because the result is the same: a great perfume that really smells like a living gardenia flower. For those of you who do not think so do not know what the actual flower really smells like. I have actually compared this perfume on my skin side by side with a freshly picked gardenia flower and they are identical. So in my book this perfume is a far better gardenia than all the others that cost more than ten times as much. I find that it does last a good while but it’s so inexpensive and it comes in sizes that are easy to slip in a pocket or purse so there is no problem to take it with you and freshen it up if you want to kick it up a notch again. I think that others smell it as long as they are reasonably close, but you are not going to fog out an auditorium. So if you are looking for a true gardenia soliflore, nothing less and nothing more at a very affordable price then this is perfect.
PrudenceRu51 – :
I’ve never smelled a real gardenia before, but I really like this fragrance. It is my favorite out of all the gardenia scents I’ve tried. Starts out rather sharp, dries down to a soft, warm scent that really makes me feel like I’m in a warmer place. Longevity and sillage are soft to moderate. I can’t wait to experiment with layering this one with my other fragrances.
Anarmollork1995 – :
I found this perfume when I was on vacation in Hawaii. Very cheap but a very realistic interpretation of gardenia!
When I was little my mom had a gardenia plant and when it bloomed she’d bring the plant inside the house and the whole house just smelled lovely.
simple, but nostalgic scent