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leontev1979jon – :
My best friend & I wore this perfume all the time. We got so many compliments on it
vova4711 – :
WELCOME at TWIN PEAKS.
A couple of months ago I have found this strange cocktail for a ridiculous low price, I had vague reminiscences of the jus, tested a couple of times in the 90s, the summer was not the properly season to enjoy it. Autumn is. Now in fact, wearing it, I have immediately thought to Twin peaks. That tv movie crossed my mind. By instinct I was right. They both shares 1990 as birthday, so I probably just have join the time when Guess was in the air, with the time when Twin peaks was on air. But also, the notes of this fragrance make me think to something country-warm as the locations and the settings of that psychotic serial.
Nothing about fir or pine of course. But it is declaratory woody and it has something green and leafy, cassis, muguet plus citrus make that sensation. I notice a lot of cinnamon and obviously orange, and spices. So, all these elements make me think to an hot punch, spiced brandy, pullover in wool, tweed fabrics. It is powdery at the end.
Very nice creation. It has resemblances with KL by Lagerfeld (both: woman an man) and with Passion by Elizabeth Taylor (Both).
volobuev – :
I wored it! with the thickness and intensity of the releases of the glorious eighties! just intensity, intoxica, vivifies, creates a magnetic field …
It has the accents of Dolce & Gabbana for woman 92 … Obssession and Vanderbilt … The best of Guess! After this … Perfumes Guess completely decayed …
alecs108 – :
grapefruit, hyacinth, huge oakmoss in the top burns off, patchouli, sandalwood, amber, jasmine
Esossibiakigh – :
Thank you Marie96 for the dupe recommendations. I was gifted this in 1994, Christmas. My sister smelled it on a waitress during a trip to Florida and we both received the gift set. It included lotion, which was wonderful as it was a more subtle version of the scent.
I remember loving it, despite it being a “darker” scent. My sister really loved it. I would love to have a bottle now and for several years I have searched fruitlessly online for a bottle, to no avail.
*I think I want so many of the scents from my teens/twenties because they take me straight back in time. Isn’t scent the one sense that can bring you back faster and more completely than any other sense?
Closing my eyes,I can conjure up a spiciness, a subtle sweetness, a richness, sandalwood, some amber, a vanilla note…not foody, but a sensual vanilla. Yeah, this scent is sensual. It is more “do-able” for me than Obsession. It smells like the dark, caramel color in that fantastic angular bottle. Apparently the reason it was discontinued was that the dark fluid stained clothing.
The fragrance allowed me to feel sexy at 20, hot even. Guess reminds me of long, swingy hair, and flannel tops ( or a leotard) tucked into super tight jeans with black, leather mules, dark brown lipstick (Revlon Toast of NY), matte foundation, and large gold hoop earrings.
rashka62843 – :
My best friends mom had this circa 1992. We would sneak into her room and spray and mix all her perfumes and lotions. I vividly remember the twisted bottle and way it smelled. Heavy woody, Amber. She was the trendy hairdresser always dressed up full make up with red spikey hair. This perfume screams 90s rebel. What I would do to get my hands on a bottle. I recently purchase spark as it’s the only one I could find that’s apparently similar. Just anxiously waiting it’s arrival.
chess35 – :
Wore this my last year of college and it was oh so delicious. Orange blossom and Amber spicy goodness. I could never pull off Obsession. Loved the way it smelled on others, but just smelled “off” on me. This gorgeous beauty just bloomed on my skin. Would so love to smell this again to take me back to a wonderful time in my life. Lots of great memories.
aleksluka – :
I have only a few drops left in a mini obtained in a lot and am grateful to be able to wear this.
To me this is a perfect perfume blurring the lines between 80s and 90s style of perfumes because it holds both elements. Moreso, to me, on the 80´s genre as it is maybe a little more floral-white floral– specifically, than many of the 80´s of a similar vein such as mentioned Fendi, Anne Klein and so on.
A less smoky, less woody, more floral spicyish oriental a Floriental?
Now some of you writers are younger than me and perhaps missed the glorious 80s perfumes…And I see how many of you wish Guess resume production of this lovely one. Until that hopeful day, if I may suggest a list of perfumes which are similar. Now I know how a specific perfume is just that and these will not be the same, but nevertheless there are some ideas.
Lancome Magie Noire ORIGINAL pre reformulation…has multi coloured yellow orange bands on bottle rare and exopensive on ebay
Salvador Dali Salvador Daly original black opaque lip shaped bottle
Fendi original Fendi
Anne Klein original Anne Klein
Paloma Picasso original Paloma Picasso
Boucheron original Boucheron
Creature – Gilles Cantuel original..
Knowing . Estee Lauder
All these above are similar in some ways, and worth a shot perhaps on ebay for some minis.
Of those above, my tops are Magie Noire, Creature, Salvador Dali but all of the above will not likely disappoint.
dimmma – :
When I was wearing Guess in the mid-90s, it was a very popular fragrance worn by many young women. This is the perfume that got me random compliments from strangers, and they always had to ask — they could never quite recognize it for what it was. It blended with my own body chemistry and the result was something unique and, apparently, appealing to many people.
I’ve heard it described as “syrupy” and gourmand — one reviewer said they detected a chocolate note — but I never got any of that. On me, it was orange blossom, then warm amber and jasmine, with (what my nose interpreted as) a plum note that seemed to linger throughout. Something about it felt “spicy” to me, but I can’t identify any particular note. It did have a bit of sweetness, but it was never cloying.
Like so many others here, I’ve spent years pining for this. I bought a full size bottle on eBay and regretted it almost immediately; upon the first spritz, it seemed almost like a single note perfume with only a hint of the fullness I remember. This has been discontinued for so long, the fragrance oils in my bottle had undergone various degrees of oxidation. It no longer had any complexity.
I recently found a fragrance vendor who makes a lovely recreation of this, and while it’s not an exact match, to my nose, it’s very close. I have a fantasy that one day, Guess will bring this back by popular demand. If other perfumers can create something so similar, surely Guess can re-release the original (preferably in the same twisted bottle)! Fingers crossed.
Periafrip – :
I also wore this back in the day and wish I had some now!! Sexy scent – not for the fruity/floral types though I would think… It’s more a spice-y oriental IMO
DXM – :
This perfume is simply bad ass!!! And in a very good way. After finding a vintage bottle through the bay, having accidentally delivered to the wrong address then traveled back across the USA to me I am thrilled to have this vintage gem back in my collection. This came out in 1990. I was a mere 21 year old freshly into College and this fragrance was a scent you smelled often, but mostly by the girls who were bad ass! The fun ones you hang with at the bar all night. Not a fragrance for the prim and proper at the time.
Wow what a flash back in my ole factory senses. Spraying it again brings back fond memories. In today’s standards this fragrance might be viewed as mature which is so funny because it was worn by girls 14+ in the day. The lovely twisted bottle and very dark juice add’s to it’s mystique. A true gem.
catgav95 – :
Ok, I just have to write a review for this. My hubby actually has half a bottle in his closet. I first spied it when we got married almost eight years ago. I was like “Whoa, you have a bottle of this stuff??”. I explained to him that it was actually a women’s scent (he was under the impression it was for men) and that it had long been discontinued. Actually, it DOES have a masculine quality about it, but my hubby hasn’t touched it since and gave me permission to wear it (lucky me!), though I just sniff it from time to time.
Back to the scent. I did spray a tiny amount on the top of my hand tonight and whoosh, was transported back to the 90’s, when just about every teenager wore this scent. My older sis wore this scent as well, though she would over apply and nearly suffocate us to death with it. LOL I was only ten years old when it came out and mom wouldn’t let me wear it saying “You’re much too young for that scent!” And with good reason! It’s warm, spicy, sexy and just drop dead gorgeous! My how times have changed too! Seems like then, teenagers DID wear the more spicy, sexy scents that today’s teens deem “mature”. Heck, I don’t remember all the fruity stuff back then that we have now, not that I have an issue with fruity frags.
It’s so sad that Guess d/c’d this frag, it really is. It would be so awesome if Guess would relaunch this again. Oh, how I miss the 90’s!
ESSERBCUM – :
I had this in 9th grade back it 1990 when it literally 1st came out my mom got it for my birthday!! I couldn’t get enough of it!!!!!
I remember it being ambery,spicey initially but the after the dry down it was a beautiful spice/amber with hints if vanilla and a touch of floral…this stuff had excellent staying power.
AsPeReN – :
Spicy & sexy scent.
Loved by so many, but discontinued by Guess…
🙁
Gorbiciarnida – :
There is not much left for me to say, after all these great reviews.
I can just say that I became a “Guess” hunter after it became discontinued.
This is the fragrance I used to wear when I was eighteen…. Great memories! My boyfriend adored it and I felt very sexy and grown up when I was wearing it! It is a very distinctive fragrance, sweet and spicy and earthy, a blast of citrus and jasmine and gorgeous oakmoss and patchouli.
The sillage is enormous and so is the longevity.
I really wish it could be produced again… Until then, I will keep collecting bottles from eBay and hiding them away 🙂
Aerohopleneriodd – :
i loved this perfume so very much when i was a teenager. it smelled amazing in the bottle, warm and spicy, if i am remembering correctly. however, my skin chemistry did not agree, because behind the bold spiciness, there was always a weird, rancid sourness. if i had to guess, it was probably from the hyacinth, but i am ultimately unsure. i desperately tried it a few times to see if it would work for me, but no. it was my first brush with perfume disappointment! now i am wondering what i did with my slightly-used bottle…
zarix – :
This fragrance was the anthem to my late teens, and it must have been exactly right for my chemistry because I got continual compliments on it. I wish they’d resurrect this one, but until they do, I find that Chanel’s Allure is a near match with that sweet leather/vanilla/citrus and even that teeeny hint of patchouli. If your chemistry is anything like mine, you might like Allure as a substitute, too.
And how often would the badass Chanel play a bit part to Guess? Not often, I imagine. How interesting.
guzinni – :
Oakmoss and spicy vanilla ice cream! That might not *sound* good, but it SO is!
Someone, PLEASE, resurrect this stunning fragrance!
I hate to disagree with 11 people, but Spark, while I adore it and wear it, is NOT in the same realm, as it lacks the pronounced oakmoss and patchouli that is the backbone of Guess, and so is not a suitable substitute in my opinion..Guess, furthermore, lacks that inexpensive/drugstore quality that Spark has. Guess could pass as current-day niche. Spark could not.
eoj505speagoessenda – :
I really wish they would relaunch this one! I LOVED this one! But you did have to be careful when applying it. A Lil goes a long way! ♥
bulldoc – :
I remember Claudia Schiffer being the face of the campaign! But discontinued unfortunately…
Silos – :
This scent brings back so many happy carefree memories. Happy days in the 80s. (I am totally perplexed as to why they say it was launched in 1990) I’m pretty sure mine was in a grey patterned box. This scent was so powerful but I loved it. I dont think I could wear a scent like that now. It was as potent as a mans aftershave! I also think I was rather heavy handed with my application to. It certainly had serious sillage and would persist for hours on me. It was also murder trying to get the smell out of your clothes. I was way too young and innocent to wear such a powerful scent. I put it up there with CK Obsession.
vitali – :
I adored this juice in college into early marriage. It is the only fragrance I have ever gotten consistent and plentiful compliments on! I even remember being at a softball game of my husband’s and the people around me asking what my beautiful perfume was!
I wore it all the time and didn’t think it overpowering then. I remember thinking it was so warm and sexy with a sweet spiciness.
I still have a partial smaller bottle (after using up my 3.4oz!), but it is 20 years old!!! So it’s very possible that it has gone bad, but I don’t feel the love I once did. Now it seems masculine and woodsy and stale. (Probably is!)
I wish Guess would relaunch this so I can see if I still love it as much as I did.
edelshtain – :
That unisex note, I believe is the leather as noted below. Delicious.
emeleysantya – :
This stuff was great, it was similar to Obsession, Opium and Forever Krystle. All of which I still love. Sexy as hell, definitely an evening-only fragrance. A little on the unisex side. I well remember buying this with my very hard earned money at the time, 1991. Alas my very dull boyfriend didn’t like it….come fall I may splurge and treat myself to a bottle of this. Nothing at all like Nebras but yes, something like Spark. Enjoy this if you can find it/afford it.
oxk429bedyWelty – :
im a guy and this was a gift to my mom and i have liked it since then like in late 90’s when i was a kid. what a unique smelling frag classy
zztop.morozov – :
This is still my top #1 scent. I’m surprised it’s off the retail market, but good thing for internet availability! There’s one thing I see other’s haven’t noticed about it or mentioned, and also the main reason why I LOVE IT. It reminds me of SWEET LEATHER. A very noticeable part of it, but not too overpowering like a new leather jacket. I think they should include that in the options of description. My husband bought me a new bottle for xmas and I only wear it on super special occasions. Anyone know what else is the closest?
medvedulka – :
I miss this fragrance. Can’t find anything like it.
cac795Bessinepome – :
As soon as I put this on I had one of those déjà vu moments – it smells like Al-Rehab Nebras perfume oil (can’t vouch for the edp).
Nebras has more citrus in the opening and dries down a bit fresher. Guess has more amber and is a bit sweeter and sexier. That said, they could be sisters.
Original Guess turns up on eBay from time to time, but you pay a fair bit even for a 4ml mini. A 6ml Nebras oil, on the other hand, is dirt cheap. If you’re really missing Guess you might want to give it a try.
Sennaclelty – :
i love this old one, my second perfume and i still keep a little in the bottle
i hope it will be relaunched
malser777 – :
My sister purchased this at a perfume mania… We both were given a bottle from a aunt who is the perfume queen of Chicago…back in 1990 x-mas…my sister purchased it again at a perfume mania and we were laughing wow they still make this S****! it like deep tea from oreint mixed with some high fumes of colonge.. but it does smell great for a night out… it works well with my sister body chemistry…I smell like a man..over all try it out first, my husband said it gives him a headache and I can only were Alien by theirry mungler for the smack me in the face perfume.
jbeueipcmzq – :
I have had a bottle of this since the early ’90s, and it’s still good. It’s like an oriental with a sophisticated floral twist, kind of like a more mysterious Opium. Men swoon over it, as other reviewers have noted. Still, I’m careful not to spray it directly onto the wrist, because that’s how strong it is. One only needs to spray a little cloud and walk through it, and it lasts well into the next day. Too bad I lost the cap.
Mukolka_75 – :
Earthy, spicy, sweet, vanillic floriental – Wow!
40% Obsession
40% Spark
10% Moschino by Moschino
And like Samasara, has one of the most dramatic drydowns I’ve ever experienced!
Starts out, for lack of a better word, funky! Like, “eww, what’s that weird aroma” type of funky. Then about 30-60 minutes later, becomes the beautiful mixture that I tried to describe above.
el-kukl – :
I lived in this fragrance in the early 90’s-it was love at first sniff with all its oakmossy goodness. I had no clue it had been d/c until I went to buy another back up and it was GONE! Truly a pity.
Pinfloid – :
Sometime in the mid 90’s,I remember having tested Guess before I approached the cashier, a young male. His eyes got big as I approached and he asked me what I was wearing adding, “I LIKE it.” My husband standing next to me hadn’t said a word except, “Buy it.” I’d almost forgotten how it smelled until I saw how Spark reminded some reviewers of it. I’d seen a 3.4 oz. bottle of Spark EDP selling at flea market for $40, but vendor offered to come down to $25 (slow day, rough economy). Read Fragrantica notes and reviews, went back and bought it. Does it remind me of Guess? I can’t remember, but I’m crazy about Spark and so is my husband. Thanks, Fragranticans.
EASYCAHEK – :
This stuff was really nice. If I can recall properly, it was ambery, syrupy and fruity. However it was balanced with some dryer notes, unlike a lot of syrupy fruity fumes of today. In early fall it would cause yellowjackets to relentlessly pursue me.
Tolkachev78 – :
my aunt had this..i always wished to smell like her..i must have been like..9 yrs old…the bottle was sooo pretty to me..and that smell…ahhh..heaven
Nikitorik – :
This was the perfume I wore as a young bride. I love it. Where has it gone? It is a perfume of love, romance, beauty, sensuality, sexiness and promise.
Enromsneofs – :
I miss it:(. Please bring it back, Guess!!!
I’ll be the first in line to buy it!!! Hehe.
If it’s true it was discontinued because it stained clothes, that is a pity..I mean Givenchy Organza is still being made. What’s the problem here? Just don’t spray it on clothing then and roll up your sleeves like when spraying any other fume! I didn’t have any problems with staining with the Guess. Perfume is supposed to be applied to the skin, not on clothing anyway. Too bad people complained about that. Relaunch this fume please:D.
aspespetS – :
I also had this one in the 90’s. In my opinion, it was very different from others in that decade, but similar to an 80’s beauty called Daydreams (by Maybelline). The oakmoss/chypre was the magic in both fragrances. I received tons of compliments. Guess was so desireable, infact, that a girl who babysat for me (not for long) stole it. The fragrance was so distinct that another girl in the neighborhood smelled it on her during gym class and told me. I called the junior high gym teacher, and got it back! Sadly, there was less than a quarter of the bottle left. Please bring it back, Guess!
PlubsDubsally – :
sexy
валико – :
I adore this fragrance, I have a tiny version of it which I keep boxed & tightly sealed, in a dark cool cupboard, and I indulge myself occasionally with a stolen sniff!
Please, please, please bring this back guess, you are nearly getting there on the packaging alone on the latest offering (seductive??)…
One can but hope….
EDIT……. I’ve managed to purchase a new, unused 100ml EDT!!! ( and it’s just as perfect as my first ever bottle I bought in 1990!
I’m soooooo ecstatically happy!!!!! ;o)
3,80994E+11 – :
This one is surely missed! By many I see,including me.
Come on Guess! Stop bringing out mundane repeats of stuff we’ve smelled before. This little gem was a knockout and deserves to be revived. She deserves to be appreciated by a new generation.
UPDATE: I just scored me a vintage bottle of this at an unbelievable price!!!!! So happy! I feel like the luckiest girl in the world. She’s mine. All mine. My precious!
Андреич – :
I sure miss this one. I remember getting a lot of compliments on it. I remember the scent being a little bit powdery but also spicy. I think I started wearing Guess when I ran out of Opium.
One of the fun things about Guess was when someone would ask, What are you “wearing?” and you would reply Guess-lol It was like that old “Who’s on First” joke.
The last time I could find it in a store was 1998 and I paid 9.99 at T.J. Maxx. I wish I had known this would be discontinued and stocked up. I think I would be happier to have a case of this than a bar of gold. I actually think it would be worth more.
NateDogg – :
IT WAS MY FIRTS PERFUME!!! I loved it 🙂
byncabisymn – :
My all time favorite. I’ve never been able to find a fragrance that even comes close to this sexy delicious scent. It does bring me back to the 90’s. To me, it’s synonymous with the glamorous aspect of that era. It’s sweet and powdery and fruity and sexy and edible, and so much more, all at the same time! If I could wish only one discontinued fragrance back, it would be this one. I love it that much.
ariliassora – :
Ohh, I remember this one. I think this was the first perfume I ever owned. I used to bathe in it to go to the roller-skating rink in middle school. Memories…
pav052 – :
I would like to buy this perfume. My older sister sent this to my mother when she worked at Macy’s and about 15 other perfumes. I hid this one and used it until it was nothing but a corner of it by the time she found it, it was a corner left. Does anyone have this at a good price. Certainly I miss this scent, but $425.00 is out of the queestion.
killer_sawa – :
Very powerfull scent like all the 90`s scents.Very good for lovers of the classics scents,not quite my type.Yes it smells a bit like ck obssession but i think its more elegant not that animalistic.So it isnt that unique but a nice choice if you like that type of scents.It is very rare to find so if anyone is interested in it,i am selling my bottle of it.Just pm me:)
Deroxzstgh – :
My mom had this when I was younger… Never could tell the difference between this one and Obsession…Now that I’m older and wiser, I notice that they share many of the same components…
Seregas – :
Oh yes, the 90’s! Thanks Fragrantica for adding this truly beautiful and now very rare beauty!:-)
I’m just walking down memory lane…..
Picture this: 1990, summer, 11 pm around 28 c (but nicely windy coming from the beach) me and my friends having some nice “Margarita’s on the rocks” at the “Clevelander” at Ocean Drive, South Beach!
Just one sniff brings me right back to these wonderful times in my early 20this. Back then, I was an “au-pair” living in Key Biscayne (another beautiful place) and live could not get any better….. 😉
It was the time of the “super models” and South Beach just started to get a name in Fashion shootings. Claudia Schiffer was “the face” of Guess, all made up like the beautiful Brigitte Bardot, and the fragrance just smelled like her: veeeeeeery sexy!
The fragrance starts at first very spicy and strong, I do not get much of the citrus top notes, but shortly settles into a gorgeous, jasmine, orange flower with vanilla middle note. The base is adding a touch of sandalwood, amber and musk. I can smell some civet too, but it seems not be listed. To me it is more spicy than floral …thus, makes this perfect “Spicy Oriental” fragrance!
Rumour has it, that the fragrance got discontinued because it stained clothes….what a pity this is!
Just a couple of month ago I was lucky enough to get my hands on a new 3.4 oz bottle here in Switzerland for a very cheap price! On the internet you still can find this fragrance if you are willing to pay $ 425.00 for a 3.4 oz bottle.
If you happen to find this one for a reasonable price, go get it! It is truly a beautiful fragrance for all of you who love strong and spicy fragrances like “Fendi” or “Obsession”….