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CHyVaKK2008 – :
Fruitty peony.
Extremely fruitti splash in the face with allot of cranberries, caramel, and peony. Osmanthus, cassia, and the sandalwood are quite big here, and the peaches, & patchouli aren’t the dominant at all! It’s extremely obvious that it’s a peony fruit blend.
Too sweet but not cloying. nice but not for me.
Alternative_28 – :
When I first smelled this right out of the bottle, I thought “YUM”. I was sure this would be a newfound love, but when I put it on I realized after the dry down that we weren’t meant to be together. Osmanthus was the problem. It creates a very unfortunate chemical reaction on my skin. This perfume truly is something you should try before buying. There are plenty of tiny (and darling) bottles online for a small price. If this had smelled on my skin as it did in the bottle, it would have been a true love affair.
potapch – :
I think it’s an absolutely beautiful scent. I’m always pleasantly surprised when I decide to wear it,… how the fragrance is very RICH smelling, with a definite presence all it’s own. My experience is that men seem to love it. It’s been d/c’d so my advice would be to grab some before the price goes through the roof.
yshome1 – :
I am not surprised that this perfume went from $100 to $10 in a decade. Something about it isn’t quite right. I’ve decided this perfume tried to walk the line between vintage floral and disconnected modern and tripped.
I feel mean for writing that, but I was disappointed with this. I’ve been searching for a perfume with a strong osmanthus note and this was yet another one that doesn’t give me what I want.
Another edit: I’ve been reading reviews of this from when it was released and I’ve decided people wanted this to be great based on their admiration of the designers.
Lisskoobonna – :
Blind buy: What a LOVELY Fragrance! Warm,sweet, little spicy, fragrance matches the color and notes! Definitely recommend! This somewhat reminds me of a darker Tresor!
I have (3) 1 ounce spray bottles available for swap or sale, message me! The bottles look like refills for a purse spray. Does have sticker damage due to transit, but Badgley Mishka is the Label. I 100% guarantee everything I have!
Fredik – :
It’s not really like Gucci Rush and Al-Rehab Rasha, is it?
piortioli1975 – :
old Hollywood glamour..very intense..love the bottle
ura1100 – :
all i cane smell is patchouli in this. If you love patchouli, this fragrance is for you 🙂
WantedDrunky – :
Mischka Parfum!
Sweet, with a load of Peach, Red berries, Amber and Caramel, in great mix with Musk, fine Patchouli, Sandalwood and airy Cinnamon. A little bit too sweet for me, but a very nice scent – with a hint of the 90’s way of smelling, a bit heavy, a bit sweet, and a real bit womanish.
Mischka Parfum!
Söt, med en rejäl laddning Persika, röda bär, Amber och Karamell, i en fin mix av Musk, ljus Patchouli, Sandelträ och luftig Kanel. Lite för söt för mig, men en otroligt fin doft – med inslag av 90’talets typ av dofter, lite tung, lite söt och rejält kvinnlig.
PatrickJNK – :
Unbelievable, I meant to sell a gift set containing this today, but decided to give it a go and I’m so happy I did! Usually it was sour patchouli on my skin, didn’t like it at all. But today it was completely different delicate & soft citrusy zing on top of buttery popcorn caramel base! I can’t believe it and can’t stop sniffing my wrist. I suspect that the difference was caused by pure olive oil treatment which I had today. I’m so amazed how it has changed my experience.
Oldboi – :
I love the spicy opening, and then it turns to fermented peaches. Looking at the reviews, it seems like body chemistry is a huge factor here.
15alex100 – :
Perfect blend of spicy & sweet.
In the beginning far to much cinnamon for me but in awhile that changes as sweetness steps in 🙂
Very well done & very sultry scent .
“love” it in winter .
Good longevity & sillage !
монгол – :
I bought this perfume in Nordstrom in 2006 the first time when it was launched, the cost was so expensive , I paid for this around a $100.00 the 100 ml ( 3.4 oz). A few months ago I found this perfume in TXMAXX store and I got Badgley Mischka just for $9.99 dollar!!!it was so crazy. My question is why? Well, I can say about this perfume is good but nothing special 🙁
andreshukluyj – :
A nice, sophisticated blend of woody notes and ambery, fruit liqueur. I would possibly buy this is I didn’t own Rochas Femme, which is somehow similar in intent, but better in my opinion.
Lowebdesignpo – :
I admire Angel but after undergoing a switch from colorful mishmash wardrobe of youth to a newfound neutrals and minimalism streak, I can’t wear Angel well. And that cotton candy can really be nauseating. I hate to admit it since this one is so much more prim and better behaved, but Badgley Mischka may be a vast improvement on Angel.
The caramel with patchouli and pulpy, oozing fruits are more cocktails than candy. Intoxicating sillage, impressive longevity. Optimistic, though not simple; extremely sunshiney but with hints of darker depths in its pure excess. Bright and hygienic. The patchouli is remarkably clean but still not neutered as it is in most fruit-choulis. A chic earth mother radiating sensual good cheer. One of the few neo-chypres of quality and substance. The peach is so expertly conjured that it joins the ranks of Rush (sluttier), Mitsouko (smarter), and Femme (sexier) in the peach reference category, but this one’s still to be found cheap–and is maybe the most everyday-versatile of the group.
mcf181Unlogrere – :
sweet peach and bitter patchouli almost smells like leather on me. There is something borderline unisex about this fragrance, but it’s beautiful, lovely and glamorous.
Ladcaluagma – :
Badgley Mischka makes me think of vintage glamour and old Hollywood. Very 1940’s, sophisticated, and elegant. I must say that Badgley Mischka is the strongest perfume in my collection. I was very surprised the first time I smelled it, I wasn’t expecting it to be such a heavy patchouli bomb. Fortunately it softens to a sweet peach with a warm caramel undertone. I know the Badgley Mischka fragrance is now discontinued and I like it, but I don’t think it was worth the exorbitant amount of money I paid for it. I loved the bottle so much there was no way I could pass up trying this scent. It’s definitely suited for evening wear, preferably on a cold breezy night.
evu236speagoessenda – :
the pure parfum is gorgeous, seductive yet sophisticated, & quite intoxicating. This is the queen of booze soaked pitted fruits, warm, slightly spiced & covered in caramel. Soft white florals bloom in the background, melding into molten amber, musk powdery sandalwood & fuzzy patchouli.
Makvin – :
This is very feminine giry fruit and floral with carmel and light musk after a bit it seems to last a few hours not too sweet like so many fruit florals I think it is very lovely and understated and could be worn as a daily fragrance classic and beautiful
coockabAbsori – :
Well, I wandered into TJ Maxx the other day looking for some cheaper pet toys for my dogs. The perfume section has a giant magnet hanging over-head I’m pretty sure and before I knew it I was standing before 10 feet of all kinds of perfumes brought in for Mom’s Day.
There sat this small bottle of Badgley Mischka for 9.99 and I knew it was mine! I really like this scent! I love the fruit and patchouli a lot. I would not have guessed this had caramela in it since I get none of it, which is fine with me. Smelling like a caramel sundae isn’t really my thing. The dry-down of patchouli and wood is quite nice and not heavy handed at all. In fact, this goes on pretty strong, simmers a bit and then mellows out and has a medium sillage rate I’d say. I kind of wish it would last longer actually.
I’m pretty happy with this blind buy.
javanshir – :
Impulsively and regrettably, I swapped a full bottle of Hypnotic Poison for a full bottle of Badgley Mischka, unsniffed. It was spring, and I wanted a change. I already had a bottle of Hypnotic Poison parfum, and felt the EDT was going unused. I wanted to shed my heavy, gothy, rosey, tuberose, and decadent notes for something just as sophisticated but sweet, fresh, fun, different. The review in Perfumes: the A-Z Guide made Badgley Mischka sound like the perfect fit- a gorgeous and sophisticated fruity floral.
I can be traditional in that I love unabashed, feminine florals, many of which do fall into the “fruity floral” category. However, I don’t particularly like fruit notes except for peach, and only when it is an accent, not the focus. Badgley Mischka is all fruit, as Sanchez says, “a big, breathtakingly gorgeous fruity top note”. Well, the adjectives work if you like fruit, but if you don’t, replace gorgeous with stressful and you have my reaction upon receiving a full bottle in the mail. I immediately had swapper’s regret, and have missed my Hypnotic Poison EdT ever since.
Today my Badgley Mischka is once again headed out for swap, and I’ve tested it just to remember my reaction. Anything is easier to appreciate when you know it will soon be gone, and so this time, I notice the jasmine middle notes, and the patchouli base and woody dry down. As far as fruity florals go, this one really is sophisticated, and would stand out among the other department store fruity florals as chic, subtle, and glamorous. However, those fresh, fruity, synthetic top notes still nag me, and I will not regret sending it off to someone else who will hopefully appreciate it more than me.
amarok2011 – :
Well today I picked this up at TJ MAXX unsniffed for $9.99. I must say I am very happy with my blind buy. Boozy fruity sweetness is what this is on my skin. It reminds me a bit of John Varvatos and a few other perfumes. Not bad for $9.99!
***Edit*** I tried this three more times and it just does not work on my skin. I love it out of the bottle but it hates my skin chemistry.
Slim_Line – :
When I first sprayed this on, it had that dusty, strong, ‘has been in a box in Grandma’s attic for a few years’ quality. That disappears in about two minutes and leaves a juicy floral scent. Now, I’m not really a floral or a fruity floral girl, but I am really loving this right now for spring. I bought it at TJMaxx for super cheap on impulse, and I actually had it on a swap list. I didn’t think I liked it due to that initial dusty-attic-gone-bad scent, and I scrubbed it off. I decided to try it again one night, and it’s very comforting but not overwhelming in it’s sweetness. I could see this working well in any season.
jugan777 – :
I don’t get any of the notes listed here! Maybe the sample I smelled had gone bad? It just seems musky/masculine/cologney/dark/heavy and… gross! Also, I sprayed it on white tissue paper, and IT STAINED IT YELLOW!!!
rudoplon – :
Whenever I smell this I think of 19 year old girls drinking cheap white wine. It’s sweet with a very slight acidic/sour note that I can’t quite put my finger on – I can only compare it to those last few dregs of white wine left in the glass the morning after the party. That’s not such a great smell…
Somehow I just can’t imagine a grown woman wearing this, only a girl in her late teens or early twenties. She’s getting ready to meet her friends for a night out and the smell of her perfume is mingling with the smell of hairspray and makeup. It smells the way my younger sister’s bedroom used to smell when she’d decided she needed to keep her door closed ALL the time – the room was never aired enough (despite my mum’s best efforts) and resulted in a permanent smell of hairspray, makeup, perfume and sweat.
Sorry. :-/
pip101 – :
Overripe fruits galore – like a juice bar’s garbage bin. I mean this in a very good way – it’s such a melange of peach, nectarine, berry, pineapple, guava … almost alcoholically fermented. Nothing like most “fruit-chouli” scent these days. These elements are simply bolstered by the florals – osmanthus being a major player against the fruity jasmine and lilting peony. It’s rather seamless in this regard – like a liqueur-infused ambrosia that’s been on the summer picnic table for a while.
However, that phase doesn’t last for too long – the patchouli and musk peek their heads up as does a surprising addition (read the ingredient label) of actual oakmoss extract. The fruits and florals are still there, but they quickly lose volume and projection to become just a nice skin scent pillowed by the rather weak base notes mentioned. This is the EDP I bought, and I’ve read that the parfum is better at retaining the “wholeness” of the composition – will be trying this next since it seems that all formulations are being sold for really inexpensive prices lately.
Anyway – very pleasurable for the ten dollars spent (!). I’m quite amused and surprised 🙂 Hope to report about the pure parfum soon – maybe the body lotion will afford some staying power too. As cheap as it is at the moment, I feel okay to buy and experiment. Oh -just to keep that opening!!! It’s addictive 🙂
Белик – :
Badgley Mischka is a rather linear chypre peach. The only development is that at the beginning BM starts out quite tart (due to the berries I guess) and at the dry down there is slightly more of this nostalgic patchouli powderyness, which I happen to really like. The staying power is good, and I think Badgley Mischka is a pretty ‘safe’ blind buy if you’re loving anything between the lines of Coco Mademoiselle and Miss Dior Cherie, though I would dare to say BM smells slightly more mature. I myself own John Varvatos (another chyprefruity alike) already so I don’t feel the need to buy this as well… Even though there are some good deals on the net!
аваптпрьтмипитпарст – :
this one took me by surprise.Did not know what to expect. It was like opening a present. Fruity floral and exotic. love it.
wemAbalfflile – :
Smells like yummy, boozy fruit. Delicious and the bf complimented it, too. One of my new favorites, smells expensive. Nice sillage and lasts for about 3 hours on me.
Edit: This is definitely an Autumn/Winter perfume to me, I wore it yesterday after not wearing it much in the Summer and got an amazing 12+hours with this. I could still smell it the next morning. Amazing. I also wanted to add that although BM starts off boozy and rich, it mellows out to a clean, fresh and musky peach-scent that I really like….which is good, since this stage lasts and lasts on me, apparently.
Eugeniu – :
I just grabbed a bottle of this, not having the slightest idea of what it was supposed to smell like (I got if from TJMaxx for $9.99) and I am surprised that I liked it.
lenka555 – :
This is a cheapie my sister got for herself, but just today, gave to me. I’m getting something like a honeyed-fermented-peach(?). That sounds horrible, but it’s not quite as bad as it sounds. I find it similar to John Varvotas, and I’m not a fan of that one, either. I do appreciate the fruitiness of it, even though I do think that peach in perfumes is very redundant these days(I’m still stuck on Tresor, who hit the bulls-eye with peach). Perhaps this one will grow on me, so we’ll see how it goes… I will give it more time. She told me she picked up this 100ml for $12.00, so as she says, no big loss, either way. 🙂
Анастасия1994 – :
Bought the 1 oz size unsniffed for $9.99 at TJ Maxx- not much of a risk in case it turns out to be a true stinker.
I’ve read previous posters who were reminded of Chanel- both Coco and Coco Mademoiselle. I get some of the Coco Mademoiselle drydown.
On my skin it is about 80% what Chanel Allure Sensuelle does- I couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t believe just how close to Allure Sensuelle this one turned out. Just with slightly more ‘drunk’ fruit. (only more test runs can tell if the fruit is ‘too rotten’ or just ‘rotten enough’.
Chanel seems a bit ‘sparklier’.
Aside from that my skin chemistry LOVES Badgley Mischka the way it loves Chanel. I planned on buying another flacon from Chanel directly as Allure Sensuelle is no longer sold anywhere- but I had to save up. Badgley Mischka gives me what I was looking for in that regard- without having to break the bank.
And without carrying the waft of ‘cheap drugstore copy’ around. Very nicely done- I guess your chemistry either works, or it doesn’t.
Sillage is excellent.
bara bum – :
I bought this fragrance untested on discount (as many others have), based on it’s reputation. Perhaps I am not being analytical enough, but this seems like the most straightforward perfume I have yet to try. The kind of scent that could be put in a lovely crystal bottle labelled, Perfume, and presented to aliens as an example of what western cultures call “perfume.” I like it, seems easy to wear.
DANC – :
This was another blind buy based on many favorable reviews here. I found it for a steal at Winners and there are no regrets! It’s a lush and boozy fragrance for sure, emphasis on the peach schnapps in the opening which then rounds out to a caramelized middle with a bit of jasmine in the mix. I immediately thought of Varvatos when I first applied this perfume, it feels deeper tho, more sultry. I love Varvatos in the spring and summer, now I have something similar to wear in the colder months. I look forward to wearing this more often, it truly is lovely.
Alex26 – :
Very enjoyable, but it changed into 3 distinct perfumes on my skin over the course of a few hours. Hit my skin smelling like the bottle stopper: juicy and complex. An hour later the boyfriend shied away from me because I smelled like “a bowl of rotting fruit and toffee”. Unfortunately, I agreed. For some reason, I didn’t immediately run to wash it off, and within the hour I was salivating at the floral, spicy incense and wood emanating from my wrists. A bit schizophrenic, I’m afraid. Perhaps this one requires a few more test runs?
mashxxx – :
I feel like someone smacked me in the face with their Fendi hobo…. But this does smell delicious… Just awfully strong…
Fakc on – :
Jajajaja i love your reviews Sherapop i really do…Luca Turin and Tania Sánchez are sooo overrated; that i really got tired of them.
Deroxsfmus – :
A *masterpiece*? BADGLEY MISCHKA?
Clearly I’m missing something. Sure it smells nice enough, but there’s no no cause for olfactory ecstasy in this genteel ANGEL derivative. (Isn’t that actually a contradiction in terms?) To my nose, this composition is a essentially a weak solution of the ANGEL base with some stewed peaches (no extra sugar added, thankfully) thrown into the mix. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that BADGLEY MISCHKA might have been one of the Angel of Stars, “Angel La Pêche,” well, except that it is way too weak, so they’d have to bottle the extrait as the edp (which is in any case what Thierry Mugler appears to have done with all of the ANGEL namesake flankers—that’s why a lifetime supply can be found in those apparently small .8oz bottles!).
I disagree with the categorization of BADGLEY MISCHKA as a fruity chypre. When I think “fruity chypre,” I think YVRESSE or DECI DELA or FEMME ROCHAS or MITSOUKO or BRYANT PARK. Patchouli alone does not a chypre make, IMNSHO. In my perfume book, chypre is an honorific term denoting a texture and depth entirely absent from BADGLEY MISCHKA.
Nor is BADGLEY MISCHKA a fruity-floral perfume, as Luca Turin’s wife maintains—she claims in her review of FLEURS DE NUIT that BADGLEY MISCHKA “unexpectedly perfected the much-maligned fruity-floral genre.” Say what? Since when is patchouli a flower? Clearly the authors of “The Guide” are banking—and I mean that, I really do—on the fact that most of their readers are utter ignoramuses. But I digress…
Although the opening of BADGLEY MISCHKA is an attention grabber, it is short-lived, ceding nearly immediately to a polite, very light oriental with middling longevity. Because it has been the object of a serious “mission civilisatrice,” BADGLEY MISCHKA will not remind many of ANGEL, I realize. Perhaps aesthetically it would be better compared to FERRE edp, except that the latter is a much more beautiful perfume, with a unique and distinctive identity, rather than being simply another distant relative to a famous perfume. (okay, it is related to IRIS POUDRE, by the same perfumer, but it’s still unique…). In FERRE edp, fruit is skillfully deployed to complement iris. In BADGLEY MISCHKA, the fruit is just trying to break through, even to be discernible amidst the dominant, albeit dilute, ANGELesque base.
Happily, the bottle really is a work of art.
max1950 – :
I once came back from holiday to find my fruit bowl had turned my kitchen into Badgley Mischka.
It was obvious that the fruits had painted their nails, got drunk, partied & mingled with each other & then collapsed in a boozy heap on the table, their golden juices oozing out of their porous terracotta container. Naughty!
Next to them I noted my virginal, white blooms has wilted… their dank, green stems slightly rotten, sharp & tinged with a pond-water note. The fruits had obviously corrupted them, poor dears.
The kitchen had that warm, honeyed, sharp-&-sour decay note that only over-ripe fruit can create….not unpleasant & worth quite a few repeat sniffs, but nil by mouth. I left the room a little queasy – high sugars and ethylene threatening to cause a headache.
Now I own Badgley Mischka I can confirm that it is a grown-up fruity scent that may be appreciated by non-froooty lovers. It is like finding a PhD in a beauty pageant – what a pleasant suprise! Pretty AND clever!BUT don’t expect the depth, class, sillage or longevity of a niche chypre and enjoy it for what it is: a template for what fruity scents should be like.
One fruity gal with a bit of experience and bite. Not at all sexy & quite possibly a bit irritating until you get to know & love her…Mischka is strictly no cuddling. She can battle in the boardroom & collects diamonds like ex-husbands. She owns an acerbic wit honed by one-too-many brandies, has a twinkle in her eye & laughs like a drain. Intoxicating.
gansss77 – :
hm this to me is like smthing totaly different from what im used to. It opens almost like a glass off Wine, sweet white vine whit a hint off plum..
it is not overly seet in any way but a bit strange ..I like it:)
The plum note sticks whit me for a long time makes me thing off Coutore coutore and a bit off Varvatos yes , but this is less sparkely and more warm on my skin.
I feel this is a warm comfy scent for a warm personality. I can imagin this one a very good friend that is realy into hugging. he he , im a hugging kind off person and i would love to be welcomed buy this wonderful warm perfume..
i can feel the Caramel and peach blending whit the flowers , i cant realy tell the flowers apart so it is a good mix
first time i tryed it i feelt like it faded to fast, but trying it again , i have to give this more off a try. lovely lovely
kox803InsuffBooni – :
My liking Badgley Mishcka is akin to the person who hates all white florals loving Fracas. I don’t have anything against the notion of the fruity floral per se, but I’d never smelled one that I liked (at all) until Badgley Mischka. It proves that if a thing’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing. The fruits are fermented, the florals don’t show their innocence, just their decay. The patchouli is a sweet undertone to the sloppy drunk feel of the beginning, but you know when it’s great? Put it on, start to sweat a bit, and the patchouli combining with the hootch makes you seem like a bit of a hippy lush. People think this stuff is ‘old-Hollywood’ soigné? Really? I find it much more blatantly queer than the mock-normalcy (and its mirror image, feral ambition) that I associate with old-Hollywood.
I think the key is the part with the fewest spoken lines: the florals. If there’s jasmine here, all I get is the indole. If there’s peony, it’s that ammonia-smelling angle of peonies just starting to turn. If these floral bits were any stronger, Badgeley Mischka’s first words to you would be bad breath. As it stands, they’re more the, “Hello! Darling!” kiss-kiss greeting of a fabulous friend meeting you at the door as you arrive just late to his cocktail party.
Kailykate – :
Utterly feminine and lovely .Top notes for me red berries mixed with a slight peachy, musk . Jasmine and caramel in the background .Sharp at first but a lovely dry down . Innocent fragrance that is beautiful. Would wear day or night .Lacks a bit of come hither but nice all the same.
memiGarcemces – :
Once again, skin chemistry determines whether a perfume works or doesn’t…I found Badgley Mischka to be a surprise hit for me. Although I do love flowers in nature, I’m rarely thrilled by the anonymous “white floral” notes of floral perfumes. There are exceptions, of course, but more often than not those are soliflores dedicated to replicating a single flower, often with a complex structure of many other notes for depth & interest. (DK Gold comes to mind.) But many floral offerings strike me as generic, sickly-sweet, lacking in depth, or unfortunately synthetic. And they tend to go even sweeter on me… Badgley Mischka went on both bright and lush, happily lacked any prominent artificiality, and went on to develop a warmth that underlined the exuberant florals with a hint of ripe fruit and a ghost of spice and/or resin (?), giving it some real backbone. It’s a fairly subtle perfume on me—definitely not overblown or strong—and settles into skin scent within the first hour or less. In fact, opposite to what others have experienced, that is its main weakness for me: it lacks tenacity & projection. If it had more oomph, it would go on my favorites list for its quality and skillful blending.
Admig – :
wonderfull! a chic sophisticated,feminin,sweet but elegantly,seductive,abundant,intoxicated perfume. the next fragrance i want!
ezu976JeomiWogkig – :
Very nice fragrance, extremely warm and feminine and I don’t find the sillage too big, could be worn day or night. Gorgeous sweet and soft dry-down, Lasting power is great.
sadova – :
According to Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez, “Mr. and Mrs. Perfume,” Badgley Mischka is 5*.
La4etti – :
I realy, realy love this one!!
A delicious citrus, fruity scent.
Nothing bold for me.
If I must compare it to another scent, I should say;J`Aime Precious Edition La Perla, lovelyyyyy.
made75 – :
This is a 5* beauty in the guide, but something is just not right for me. It IS beautiful, but it is too sharp, and I seldom reach for it.
It is just not for me.
It smells alot like Miss Dior Cherie, but I like the Dior better.
This is HARD to wear for me.
JonnV – :
I’m wearing it around the house layered with the lotion,to get my money’s worth, and still not getting any of the aforementioned greatness, sophisitcation or headiness…..nothing but some muddled sweet notes,mostly pink pepper. Kind of similar To Pink Princess by Marina de Bourbon, both in scent and poor quality.
On the positive note, the bottle is gorgeous!
If you like this perfume, you should try Montana Parfum de Femme….it’s a much much better quality floral oriental that would be the closest to this one.
vadesxl – :
I got it blindly as a gift set because it was sealed and i couldn’t smell it and it was a real steal: $ 25 for a large EDP and a large body cream.
What can I say….I cant believe all these favourable reviews. It’s not a nasty scent but honestly- as mediocre and flat as can be. To me it smells like a drydown of Mariage or some other oriental florals, or one of those celebrity scents. Cheap or not cheap, I feel like I wasted money. I can definitely use the lotion with any sweet oriental floral, and the only way to use up the fragrance is to layer it with something else with matching notes.
To me this is a fragrance with zero personality. Badgley Mischka should stick to making shoes and clothes.
pgb518elipseskism – :
I always get positive comments wearing this fragrance…it’s bold but the composition of this fragrance is amazing. I love this one for evening, it’s too sophisticated for day.
Oriemievy – :
Nice fruity floral ,not too overpowering ,seems a lot like Calvin Klein Euphoria but without the chocolate and strong patchouli.
This only lasts an hour or so before becoming a skin scent.May work better layered with lotion (and my skin is drier in winter).
ekichi – :
Badgley Mischka is like a retro revival, classy with an updated twist.
Opens with fresh, full bodied fruits with a deep green leaf note to it. The juiciness disappears rather quickly but leaves behind its fleshy trail.
A nice combination of florals congregate to meet the opening notes, expressing themselves with romance, grace and integrity.
Beautifully warm finish which is predominantly a caramelized patchouli, however not gourmand or dirty in any way–very grounded and seductive.
Categorically fashionable but not trendy, yet in the most elegant way.
Perfect one for the boardroom too if you want to be unintimidatingly compelling.
This is the second Badgley Mischka I’ve tested and I’m really impressed with the masterful balance of these perfumes.
68stas93 – :
Very pretty chypre, and please don’t bother with it if you don’t like chypres ’cause this is pretty classic. I love that the patchouli is just “part of the team” in this, just giving it a bit of earthiness – it’s very well balanced. Romantic, potent, classy evening-out fragrance. I get the boozy reference in other reviews, it does remind me a bit of brandy. If you love this but don’t like the pricetag, I have found Yves Rocher’s So Elixir to be quite similar.
yxy805intitytek – :
I ADORE this perfume – it exudes sexy confidence! I received compliments immediately upon wearing it! YUM!
dima1949 – :
Thanks to all of you whose enthusiastic reviews made me revisit this perfume. The first time I tried it I was punched in the face with jasmine and an overwhelming fruit note and spent the next few days hating the stuff. The reviews made me reconsider and this time I approached the juice with a much lighter touch and now I know where the love comes from.
This is a huge 80’s style perfume full of fruit and flavor, clean big florals and a base of amber and sandalwood so beautifully balanced that it’s hard to find the notes. Whiffs of it float up to me as I type and it greets me shyly when I come back into my room later in the day. The fruits in this seem almost overripe but that means the usual sugary fruit has fermented a bit, as if it’s thinking about becoming wine or liqueur. I haven’t found the caramel yet but so far I’m not missing it.
A comment on the bottle: the glass shape is elegant and architectural as you approach it. Then you pick it up and see the metal name plate, which clearly escaped from a bowling trophy. As of today, the only off note I see.
Sillage: very big, very well behaved
Durability: excellent
Fabulosity: full diva–coloratura soprano
Price to value ratio: excellent, compares favorably to many $150+ perfumes
9.5/10
mmmmmmhjhhh – :
A beautiful, lush floral that to me is nostalgic…..it reminds me of the big floral chypre perfumes from the ’40’s or ’50’s that are no longer in fashion. The bottle is also a throw-back to a past era of glamour. Very romantic fragrance.
eduboymans – :
I wore this to a winter ball on a dark and rainy night. The look and feel of the beautifully cut bottle was the start and as the evening wore on the fragrance was rich and indulgent -bourbon and smooth creme brulee. Perfect for a glamorous evening on a winter’s night.
integral2011 – :
I love the classsic bottle design, it screams opulence (tho not too opulantly priced) and conjures images of a yesteryear Hollywood starlet spritzing on her way out to a movie premiere with handsome hotty in tow.
I dont have to smell this to know I’ll love it, just reading some descriptions here I had that sense of it being that kind of smell that you just want to devour and bought it untested. Removing the lid for my first whiff, ….. and ahhhh yes, it is every bit as yummy as I had imagined. Brandied ripe fruits, warmed mulled wine, and fresh green floral undertones. I am pleasantly appreciative of it being a scent that smells great (to me) straight out of the bottle, … a trait that makes me particularly partial to Lancome scents – they smell great from the bottle to last dying whisper.
Seconds later I recoiled in horror as this much ant