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Blackbird – :
Avon Odyssey was an impulse buy when I spotted it at a secondhand perfume event. I think I’d seen it mentioned on Fragrantica threads where people were waxing nostalgic for another era. This smells a lot like Jovan White Musk to me, but it has a little more sillage. Musk is the main note of Odyssey but the other notes (mimosa, lily of the valley and magnolia) combine to create a very soapy feel. I like to always have a soap type scent in my collection, so if you like things like JLo Glow, you will probably enjoy this too. You really won’t smell like you’re wearing perfume, more like you took a hot shower and then applied lotion, deodorant, and talcum powder. It’s very clean and no frills but also warm. Your flushed skin wearing freshly laundered clothing. It’s not going to challenge you but it will provide a sense of comfort. And don’t we all need a few perfumes in our collection that just give us that reset feeling?
Antonio – :
I bought this recently on sale through Avon. Having smelled it so long ago, I was looking for nostalgia and boy is this the ticket to nostalgia! On parent’s nights out in the early 80s, my sisters and I would go sleep over at a neighbor lady’s house and watch Night Flight until the wee hours. Eurythmics, Police… those were the days. That lady wore Odyssey (although from having a grandmother who sold Avon, I am otherwise familiar with many of the older Avon scents). Night Flight and Odyssey, now that’s a recipe for some serous nostalgia!
Odyssey starts as kind of a lavender-esque mess. I’m surprised lavender is not in the notes. On first spray it has that messy “drats, kids have been mixing perfume together again” smell, but wait. It seriously calms down in a minute and all that initial “cluster of cheap perfume” odor evaporates, leaving what is to be loved about it.
I am not one to lean toward perfumes that are so safe they are just boring. This includes clean simple florals, yet that is what odyssey is. However, there is something very unique about it, serious nostalgia material… so it holds my interest. I would call the dry down something like “vintage jasmine soap”. Jasmine is not mentioned in the notes here, but it is mentioned on the avon website. I can’t believe no one has mentioned it. I pick up way more jasmine than musk. Any hint of muskiness just comes off as true jasmine to me. It is not a candied jasmine. Odyssey is not really sweet, but it’s herbal quality is lush enough that it has this pseudo-sweet quality. It is the jasmine!… and it is a GREEN jasmine. I’m talking leaves right off the bush put into a creamy, almost sweet vintage soap.
The creaminess IS the soapiness, as strange as that sounds. Many creamy smelling perfumes are all about creamy vanilla, similar notes, and body chemistry… so “clean” and “creamy” are not words put together frequently to describe perfumes. There’s always exceptions of course, but I would say that more often than not these two different words are used to describe different types of perfume. That is where Odyssey is weird and interesting. Clean, creamy, soapy, green jasmine.
Vintage yet safe. . . and interesting enough that I have actually been wearing it as opposed to many of my other super cheap perfumes that I just smell frequently, spray on linens, and kind of “enjoy without actually committing to wear”. I wouldn’t say it is jaw-dropping, but it’s nice, simple. Fun but mature.. and if you smell it enough, it is bound to leave it’s imprint on your memory. You should try it by associating it with enjoyable relaxing moments, like watching “your show” or taking that relaxing drive on a cool spring night while listening to your tunes. It’s THAT kind of perfume. It’s not date night perfume. It is an atmospheric way to build memorable associations around those little everyday me-moments, and it’s cheap enough to spray on lots of stuff.
AVXuqu85 – :
This brings back memories, my mum had this on a regular! I remember spraying this back in the 80’s nostalgia!!
Avon some of their perfumes are terrible and some of them are on point!, and this is alright.
Good longevity back in the day! and a nice perfume!!Ahh memories, that is why i love perfume! to me a liking to pictures but my life in perfume!
duammapummark – :
Thank you Fragrantica reviewers for making me smile with glee. Yes – Odyssey is High School in the 1980s! I had it in every form, including a waxy “pencil” that I applied to my wrists all day long. I even had this in a roll-on deodorant. It used to be sold as “Mimosa and magnolia with a memory of musk.” (mmm) It’s clean and soapy and musky, but absolutely unmistakable.I can’t think of another fragrance that smells like this! Odyssey is such a happy scent…I need to buy a new bottle soon, for the memories.
Vitalii19 – :
i had to chuckle at all the reviews because i totally feel the same way !!! this was THE perfume of high school….i think every girl owned a bottle of odyssey & yes we all bathed in it LOL…….i loved it then & still love it today 🙂
when i wear it it evokes such happy memories 🙂 its a feel good , comfy cozy , happy scent for me 🙂 and even though it is on the stronger floral side – its a nice clean refreshing floral & it does have super lasting power………i would say a little goes a long way with this scent for sure lol and avon please never discontinue this scent……its a classic to keep 🙂
natalqwe – :
I just had to review my beloved Odsyssey. I haven’t worn it for a couple of years. People will probably find it odd that I like it, considering I’m more of a Chanel girl…Cristalle, #19, and #5 l’eau. My fondness for Odysssey is from way back. It’s a special scent memory. I wore it when I was 15, back in 1982 and continued to wear it all the way through 1983. It was the perfume I wore when I was in love for the first time. When I smell this perfume, I do think of my boyfriend at the time. I just got a bottle last week, and I’ve been wearing it every day since then. I just keep reaching for it. Every time I smell it, it comforts me. I enjoyed it at 15, and I’m still enjoying it at 50. Enough of my boring sentiment…now for what it smells like. To me, Odyssey is very reminiscent of soap, in a big way. It’s also very powdery and musky at times. I think it’s the magnolia and lily of the valley that I like…they make it really fresh. I’ll be happy to keep wearing this and Chanel Cristalle for the rest of my days.
mgorkin – :
Oh my god i didn’t know science had invented such a thing but this perfume is a liquid time capsule! I never heard about this perfume before but apparently oxygen must of been composed of Odyssey back in the 1980’s. I really want to do a fair review of this scent, but with each sniff I keep dematerializing Quantum Leap style and re-materializing in a flash of blue light into the past. It’s chaotic, colorful, and that song Funky Town is blaring like a soundtrack. Despite these challenges I will attempt to push through with my honest perception of this perfume, so here goes. (Sniff) Well this perfume is gently and sweetly floral…”wont’t you take me to”…and musky…”FUNKY-town!…and smells cool, grey, and atmospheric…”won’t you take me to”…and kind of aquatic and…”funky-town”…this scent smells linear to me and doesn’t change too much from…”won’t you take me to FUNKY-town”…beginning to end…”won’t you take me to”…and has a youthful vibe to it…”FU-uuunky-TOWN!” and that’s pretty much it.
vasilisa_alisa – :
I lived in Odyssey when I was a teenager…the soft, clean scent enveloped me (it definitely had staying power) and as it warmed…the lovely musk would make an appearance. It was a lovely scent, or so I thought back then…I might not like it now.
I recall the shape of the bottle at the time was futuristic and I felt so grown-up when I slid the silver cap off to douse myself liberally with the juice. My apologies to my parents who had to deal with that and my Aquanet hairspray. Now that I think of it, I probably reeked.
I may get a bottle of this again to go down memory lane…back in the day I had the body cream, powder and perfume. I LIVED Odyssey!
ilyin_di – :
Well, I have found an Avon Lady, and I have ordered a whole bunch of vintages. Odyssey is one.
WOW!! This will take you back. It is not an old scent at all. Airy, soft, creamy and sexy. That’s the texture.
The blend is so well done, it is hard to break it down. To me it is a constant scent of the same fragrance, but oh, how lovely.
It does, however, smell a little bit like Occur.
I didn’t like it so much when I was young, but now. This is going on my gotta have it list.
I love it
endymion29 – :
Just a note.
Odyssey has been around earlier than 1981, as I distinctly remember packing a bottle of this before 1978 in my hometown, before moving.
insogantist – :
How did I miss this one? Well, for one, I’m not a huge fan of Avon scents, especially the reformulated Soft Musk – ugh! I found an unopened, unused jar of the perfumed body lotion for a really good price, and thought ‘d give it a try. What a nice surprise. I really like musk scents, and this one didn’t disappoint. I personally don’t feel that this musk hits you over the head, or maybe, on me, it’s close to the skin. I like it. Not my favorite musk fragrance, but it’s very nice.
bublik2892 – :
No offense if this is one of your favorites, but not everything works on everyone. Also, I’ve heard the vintage version was different. In any case, this was a blind buy from the on-line site during one of their super-duper sales. The current ODYSSEY is a very sweet, soapy floral that on me, smells like a giant box of dryer sheets and causes my husband to make a face. Sillage is strong and longevity is excellent, which in my case required a shower, but would have been a good thing had my personal chemistry been different.
Gorjanka7 – :
Oh my goodness, I just bought a vintage snowflake bottle of Odyssey and let me tell you it is fantastic! The current version is just blah! I never cared for it, but the vintage formula is the bomb! It’s rich, rounded, smooth and delicious. There’s a creaminess to this one almost like a spicy vanilla floral. No kidding, find a vintage and you won’t be disappointed.
swg91124 – :
My favorite perfume is Avon Soft Musk (discontinued in the USA). I ordered Odyssey because someone said it was a sister to Soft Musk and when I don’t wear Soft Musk, I occasionally wear lily of the valley perfumes. Other reviewers commented that it was ultra feminine but I find it to be masculine in a barbershop way! I won’t say I completely dislike Odyssey but it is opposite of its feminine floral notes. I think I smell leather—a white leather!! This has no spices but something about it reminds of Imari, which I liked but couldn’t bring myself to wear because I am a busy person always sweating, which amplified the spices and made me smell like Secret Powder Fresh (good) and curry (good for tasting, bad for smelling like!). With Odyssey, I expected a musky citrus with Lilly if the valley, like a spring time version of soft musk. But odd, it smells like a masculine Windsong, which is a lily of the valley. Other reviewers said it was for an “natural” type of woman so I thought it would be a simple and easy to wear perfume for a busy person who needs to smell good around others in close proximity. While not beautiful in a feminine way, it is complex…I would enjoy it on a man to give him a feminine touch–like he just went to visit my grandparents, had a close shave at the barbershop, and hugged a Windsong wearin’ granny!
vlad0000000000 – :
I have a reformulated, tall, slim bottle which I bought in 2006, and which may well be vintage, lol. Everytime I smell it, I’m back in time, I’m 14 years old. A naive girl with soft, golden brown hair, smelling of musk or something musky only. I would combine Odyssey with the body cream, and I would look for the next bath time eagerly so as I could repeat my “queenly” ritual of immersing myself in Odyssey, in our tiny bathroom once I finish my shower.
The smell was simply lovely, it still technically is, enough to remind me of the old days. What I cannot handle now is I guess all the naivette I associate with this scent.
Super lovely, super sweet, super lady-like, super and SOFT all the way. I still spritz it on my wrist from time to time and I sometimes happen to wear Soft Musk too, which people still do love like they love Odyssey!
It just feels like I’m fooling myself into way too much innocence nowadays and that’s all 🙂
Xeroxbhjkp – :
I have so many happy memories flood my mind every time I spray on Odyssey. In my early teens, the lady next door to us was our neighborhood’s Avon lady. She hired me to carry and deliver Avon brochures throughout our neighborhood. It took a long time, and a lot of walking, to get the job done. Luckily for me, my best friend accompanied me most of the time. That really made it a fun job. The best part, however, was that the Avon lady “paid me” by letting me choose items from the current Avon campaign. I remember that Odyssey was the first “adult lady” scent I had ever purchased, and my goodness, was I happy with my choice! Everyone I knew made comments about how good I smelled (except my Dad who never liked any perfume except my Mom’s Chantilly and White Shoulders). Odyssey was definitely my signature scent all through my teens (of course that was before I knew that people had signature scents. I loved all of the notes between the first spritz and the dry down. As I continued working for the Avon lady, I “purchased” almost all of the perfumes Avon carried at that time, and I don’t remember disliking any of them. I loved Pearls & Lace and Pavi Elle, but it seemed no matter how my collection grew, Odyssey was the scent I reached for more often than any of the others. Odyssey is still in my collection, and will continue to be as long as It Avon produces it. It is a true gem!
n04n1k – :
Odyssey. One whiff of this scent and it brought me back to when I was little and my mother was our local Avon lady’s best client. She wore this fragrance in the 80’s. It has been reformulated and still sells and according to my mother who recently bought it smells the same except with less musk. I had the pleasure of smelling this fragrance once again recently. To me it’s a cool summer scent. It’s perfect for both spring and summer but on me it’s more of a summer perfume. With a name like Odyssey and the look of the bottle I had hoped it would be an aquatic floral scent and that it would be something like L’Eau D’Issey of the 80’s. I love Homer’s Odyssey the ancient Greek epic about the fall of Troy and Odysseus’s adventures sailing from island to island in the Mediterranean Sea as he tries to find his way back home to his wife and son in Ithaca. If they have a fragrance that evokes that great story, I would not hesitate to buy it and wear it. But this fragrance is not what I’d expected. It’s not an aquatic scent although strangely enough it can sometimes evoke fresh sea air. I don’t know how they did that because none of the notes should wear like a sea breeze. The first spritz is aldehydic and fresh like a wind blowing on your face. Though aldehydes are not listed most vintage Avons contain aldehydes. There’s a brief passing fragrance of citrus but it’s clearly the mimosa that begins to release it’s aroma. It’s a beautiful mimosa, fresh, delicious and sunny. The magnolia flower tags along and the lily of the valley. So this was in simplest terms a citrus-white floral and yellow floral fragrance. I’ve experienced scents with those accords before. They are rather uplifting and energetic, and always remind me of sunshine, flowers and the summer time. This is a fragrance I fell in love with for the second time. The musk at the dry down was originally heavier and performed more like incense or myrrh. The musk was strong and it even turned into a nocturnal scent, smokier and more aromatic, reminiscent of Elizabeth Taylor’s Passion. The new formula is missing musk and it’s probably a vanilla or amber base note that it dries down to. Gorgeous, sweet, cool refreshing fragrance. I’ve been wearing it for a whole day and have been on a nostalgic Cloud 9. I highly recommend this fragrance in both it’s vintage original form and it’s latest incarnation. This smells so nice and if you like your Avons with a little more complexity and sophistication than the garbage it produces today you shouldn’t think twice about getting your hands on Odyssey.
cp99 – :
I am getting something different from this one than a lot of the other reviewers here. To me it’s a soapy, powdery, musk. I don’t get sweet at all. And the florals are muted and in the background. It’s pleasant and another great after the bath or shower cozy wind down your day scent.
DarioSrna – :
This is definitely a great summer perfume. So many of my perfumes are too heavy for the summer months, they’ll induce headaches in other people and at times even irritate Odyssey is not one of them.
It’s very exotic- the cool tropical flowers mixed in with the Earthiness add a nearly “woody” smell. On whiff of this while walking has people asking “what is that you’re wearing?”
I think it’s the subtle familiarity of magnolia and the mellowness of the woods. Definitely a keeper.
gmo002Unlogrere – :
This is my after bath perfume. Smells so lovely on the sheets. I do wish it would last a little longer once applied…
maximilianus – :
Original formula: So creamy, sweet, musky, powdery, balmy, intoxicating heaven. Such a soft an innocent smelling perfume ideal for a girl, yet still feminine enough to assert its heavenly presence. Coupled with the body cream in the lilac jar, simply irresistible.
Later reformulation (tall, slim bottle) is only a shadow of the original. Utterly flat in comparison and lacks something quite vital.
kli54 – :
All I smell here is clean. After I have had it on awhile, I really cannot smell it at all. So I decided that I would review this based on compliments. This is my 2nd day to wear it and on the first day, I had 2 compliments, which was very nice.
This fragrance actually might be a bit unisex. It’s not super girly, not really flowery. Clean, muted, perfect for wearing to work.
While it might not be the perfume I would carry to Gilligans Island, it is nice and a great value.
olp355Negeltzex – :
It smells of laundry detergent, it’s clean and white and clear and pleasant, and somehow screams 1970s to me, perhaps it reminds me of my grandparents 1970s beach house that was once an Ashram for the Hare Krishna. Cuddly and wearable
extesanonse – :
This makes me think of wind for some reason, air and wind.
I usually like to wear incense and musk fragrances but today I decided to put this on for a fresh from the shower smell. It is not overpowering in any way. Just clean. LOVE IT!
ETA
I absolutely love this! But I am trying something; I bought a vintage bottle of this on ebay that is actualy an edp. I didnt even know that they did this! So now I will see if the vintage is actually better since someone said it really was. Will keep you posted. 🙂
sergeyhopper – :
What a nice fragrance! Odyssey has a clean, soapy smell to it. It’s a powdery, floral musk. The nice thing about Avon fragrances is that you can buy perfume with coordinating shower gel, lotion, deodorant, and powder: it’s easy to make the scent last all day. They’re also incredibly affordable! I love that Avon still makes these classic scents.
vadim.fesechko – :
My favorite after shower/bath scent. Light and clean with lily of the valley and musk. There’s more to the notes, but that’s what I get the most. It’s been around forever and the bottle is outdated, but it is refreshing in the heat and humidity. Two sprays lasts about 6 hours on me. Plentiful (and cheap) on Ebay, too.
LestdimaJesse – :
My grandmother wore this. I still remember a couple bumble bees following her around like puppy dogs once while she was wearing it outside. I keep meaning to buy a bottle for myself, but haven’t because you have to order it from an Avon rep instead of just a store.
odio – :
Odyssey is a wonderful fragrance! I see people say it’s strong, well, that’s the way I like my perfumes! I don’t see it as strong. I love the musky, floral scent. Very alluring and feminine.
fedorovds – :
I wore this in junior high, which looking back, this is a crazy choice for a pre-teen. Now, everything is fruity sweet, but this, this is MUSK. It dries down to a musky clean, almost like strong shower soap. I know people think oh, cheap Avon; folks, there’s a reason why this is still around after decades. However, I can’t decide which bottle is uglier, this, Fred Hayman’s 273, or Liz Claiborne’s triangle nightmare. Regardless of tacky triangles, I had to rebuy this after all these years.
керя – :
This perfume was absolutely intoxicating but very powerful and overwhelming. I love the sweet musky smell that dominates this perfume. But it is really strong. I suppose if you used the body lotion, etc instead of the perfume it would be lighter and maybe more wearable.
gattLeard – :
The Kind of Woman I can imagine that would wear Odyssey, is a Natural Beauty, Nothing Overdone or Artificial About Her, she is simple, not pretentious, and very elegent in a natural way. She is Health Concious, Practical and very Real. I can see her with a glowing complextion. shes a nature lover, wearing sandals her blue jeans, and a tasteful top walking through fields of flowers hand in hand with the man she loves, on a sunny spring day. She’s the kind of gal, guys fall in love with. If your her or would like to be more like her I highly recommend this sent!
Assassin 777 – :
What a Perfume You could get on Occasion Under 10 dollars that would be the Bigest Bang For Your Buck Ever, Here It Is!!! Odyssey will Not Disapoint! 4 Simple Ingredients In Perfect Simple Harmoney and Ballance Odyssey Has Proven that Less is More and All You Need. It has Momose. Magnolia, Musk and Lilly of the Valley in Syphoney Together. I don’t recognize the Momse but I get a Perfect Ballance of Magnolia r and Musk with a tinge of Lilly of the Valley for a fresh sent, It’s Sweet but not syrupy ickey sweet or sugar candy sweet but gentle tasteful floral sweet, Magnolia is a Heady white floral and the Musk with it makes a Statement of Refined Aluring Beauty and that gets you noticed by the Guys and Complimented by the Gals. The Pice Tage is Cheep but this does not smell Cheep in the Least No weard Artifical Smells, or anything to Heavy or Unpleasent, It’s Probably what I would call the sent of an Angle. Id HIghly Reccomend it refualr avon Price for it is 1dollars however I have often seen it on sale do 7:50 at Avon. It’s a Great Spring or Summer Sent.
beyondall88 – :
I think of Odyssey as the official fragrance of EPCOT Center. The name, the bottle, the scent…a take on the future from the past. I would never wear this fragrance on a date or to an important event, but there is something comforting about it, in an old timey sort of way, when lounging about the house on a dreary day. The scent reminds me of damp, clean wool. It is quintessential vintage Avon with those musky notes classic Avon fragrances always hit.
wheenarrera – :
I wore this all through high school. I first smelled it on a woman at the grocery store, and stopped to ask what she was wearing. I went right out and bought it and didn’t stop wearing it for several years. On me it smelled like soap but better. It was a clean, powdery scent. I didn’t get a lot of musk at the time. I get tempted sometimes to purchase it again, but I have a feeling I would be dissapointed.
shcrew – :
Not my favorite but it is a fragrance to be appreciated. I can’t normally wear musk well and I especially don’t like it when the composition is too linear as I like my fragrances somewhat complex. This is a simple, clean soapy fragrance that lacks a little depth. Overall, the drydown ends up warm but the fragrance doesn’t have that sophistication I’m looking for. Other people tend to like it as it just smells clean so it gets a boost for its inoffensiveness. It can spray on strong, be careful. A little goes a long way.
lacidon – :
Oh, Odyssey, Odyssey….misnamed and with such an ugly bottle….such a disadvantage. Like the geeky teenager of the perfume world, Odyssey gets overlooked and misjudged for her external characteristics, rather than given a chance to stand on her own merits. Yes, the bottle looks like there should be a disclaimer “must be worn with legwarmers, shoulder pads and/or 4 inch bangs and Aquanet”. Yes, it is a subtle musky floral that harkens to secret grottos rather than legendary adventure. But Odyssey is a jewel of a perfume, I recommend giving it a chance.
Odyssey starts with a very harsh, chemical note. The first 3 minutes are unpleasant. Then it quickly settles to a clean musky floral. Clean and yes, “soapy” (maybe because everyone has subconscious memories of Avon soap in this fragrance from their childhood). Not powdery, but very fresh and clean. It is a similar scent to Jovan’s White Musk, but with the addition of lily of the valley. It is a skin scent with a bit more projection than some—a pleasant perfume aura. I must for white musk lovers, and perfect for casual spring or summer days.
Picture this: an early, cool spring morning. You wake up, shower and throw on some comfortable jeans and a cozy sweater. In the dawn light you trek down the green fields filled with violets and jonquils, the dew gathering on your shoes like glittering gems. You find your favorite spot, the clear and cool creek at the bottom of the hill. Parting the hanging branches of the willow tree, you settle onto a large, flat grey slab of granite to watch the sunrise through the willow buds in the cool shadow of the tree. Around your feet and the roots of the tree, lilies of the valley bloom in the spring morning. The scent of lily surrounds you, mixed with the smell of the dewy morning air and your own freshly washed skin. This is all of the Odyssey you need.
-cliche- – :
one of the first perfumes i ever had, probably about 8th grade! i felt so sophisticated! It’s s strong scent, im amazed my mother let me wear it. And I can’t wear it anymore, but oh it has fun memories.
artman1977 – :
i can almost smell this one while im writing about it had this years ago as did most of my friends we felt grown up wearing this i quite liked its clean soapy smell probs would buy again if it was around.
калян – :
I smell osmanthus in this, but its pretty light ( even though its not listed I believe I remember reading that this was one of the main notes) This is def. a memorable one for me from the 80’s. It was unique & very femme. It also didn’t hurt that my mom was an Avon rep. around the time when this was popular- I got to sample & own some really cool frags. for a small amt. of money, brings back good memories.
Dizereivy – :
This one stands out in my mind as my older, married sister had it sitting on her bureau circa 1983. I took a sniff and said ” where have you been all my life?” and wondered where in the world it came from, because I had never seen it in the drugstores and we certainly didn’t have department stores in the little town where I grew up. Oh, Avon? It was a staple for a number of years but as time went on I began to enjoy more sophisticated scents. I would have to say that this is the first fragrance to ever really catch my attention, at age 21. Before that, I pretty much thought perfume was “yucky” because the stuff sitting on my mother’s bedroom table was – however she didn’t wear it, so maybe it had turned after sitting there for 15 years. Anyway, this one still is nice for young girls, I don’t get the Grandma thing. I wouldn’t wear it now, but who knows? It might turn my 50-something husband into his 20-something self and I just don’t know it!!!
hur477speagoessenda – :
when I was child (9 years old), i saved some coins every week during some months to buy a very small bottle for my mother´s birthday, an unforgotable memory
zirf – :
A fresh, optimistic, woodsy white floral (Lily of the Valley, type of white floral), with a kick of green. It has an interesting, dry sheerness that smells like astringent, wet wood. Some have called it soapy, but I don’t think it’s creamy and powdery enough to pass as soapy. It’s sheer and watery, a litle trickling brook in The Woods.
The woodsy, slightly sweet pulpiness in the base of “Odyssey”, is what I call “Avon Accord” — and I love it. Part of this love might be tied to nostalgia, but I appreciate any brand that respects women enough to offer them sturdy, wood or moss bases in scents aimed at a female audience. “Odyssey” is a smart girl’s scent. A professional could wear this and still be taken seriously. But so could a hiker, romantic daydreamer or athlete.
By drydown, the musk still doesn’t really emerge on my skin, it blends with the wood and dry grass notes, to give more of a sandalwood vibe. I just get a clean, grassy freshness throughout, topped with lush bunches of pollen-dry mimosa. It’s like a more pristine, daywear version of my other fav (though I can’t say signature, since it’s been discontinued), Cacharel’s “Eden”.
Warder – :
My mother wore this when I was a little girl right about the time it came out. It brings back so many memories…..very comforting. I just picked up a vintage bottle at a thriftstore the other day and was super excited to try it again after SO many years.
I don’t fancy myself a musk lover. I do like musk on others (with the right chemistry) but usually on myself, I just end up smelling like a ferret or some other gamey,furry,little creature….hmmmm.This one doesn’t bother me….it’s actually very pleasant and definitely vintage smelling.Soft and subtle. It also has a definite *Avon* smell about it….If you grew up on all those fun little bottles too,you know what I mean…..a slight acrid quality. Although it’s vintage, it’s still classy and very wearable.A refreshing change from all the syrupy, teeth-rotting sweet stuff being made these days.
228aye – :
For a brief time, I wore this in middle school. In retrospect it seems an odd choose for a 13 year old. Clean and soapy is how I remember it. I might have to pick up a bottle just for nostalgia.
Onishhuk – :
I tried this perfume as it was the signature frag of one of the most popular girls in my high school. I hated it; it smelled like cheap soap on me. Thank God it has no staying power. I bought a bottle a year ago; had to give it away as it smelled just as I remembered back in high school. Sorry for the fans of this frag, I guess it does not agree on me.
maiers – :
This is an old friend to me .I dont know why I like it …ever since it came out. it is a clean scent i dont know how to explain it but I need to have it in my collection. I just cant be without it. Just love it even thou I dont use it everyday.
Evga-007 – :
If you were a kid I. The 80s this was the “adult” 80s smell.lol It def.is an 80s smell but not a bad one.it makes me think of my mom wearing it,& she would go out dancing or doing things adults did while you stayed home (wearing baby soft) it has a fun smell.I purchase the lotion & will put in on after a bath.its nice.could be worn night or day.im too good w/ discribtion of smell but I just feel its a fun sent.not fruity fun,but grown up fun if that makes any sense.its worth it to own a bottle to wear just to switch things up.for me it’s a winter smell.
Josepper – :
I had worn this through my teenage years and always received compliments. Very creamy, musky, soft, powdery, comforting, nice fragrance. I still keep a bottle of it -though I suspect reformulated-, but would I wear it now… well I don’t know, I sometimes smell it!
gromadina – :
I love this frangrance. It smells wonderful on me and it is inoffensive. It smells light and delicious in an addictive kind of way and not at all irritating to me. Many fragrances bother me but this one just smells wonderful and light and yet it has depth to it, also. It is well-crafted and that is why it is still around after all these years. What a bargain and yet I would never, ever call it cheap. It’s not for everyone but I am really comfortable wearing it for any occasion or even just to bed. It smells that good.
Shusha – :
I have always smelled the mimosa foremost. It is an odd floral. I like it. It lasts forever–I have smelled it on a sweater even after it was laundered (or perhaps that is the dryer sheet? )
m01ot1 – :
My great grandmother used to wear the Odyssey talcum powder, whic