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kleopatra2803 – :
I hadn’t worn this for a while but, with a cold fall day today, it seemed appropriate. I spritzed it on and forgot about it. While riding the elevator at work this morning, I thought, “Damn! Someone smells REALLY good!” Imagine my pleasure when, everyone else having exited, I realized it was ME who smelled so fantastic!
borisch57 – :
I just purchased a bottle of Diva EDP and it is my first time to be acquainted with this fragrance . As others have stated , it was composed by J Polge , who also created Chanel Coco . I sense some sisterhood between the two scents , and I think Coco is the ,most brilliant and perfect perfume ever created .
I must say Diva is impressive. It is such a lovely escape from the candy scents that dominate the perfume scene now , most which are not original in any way .
Diva is not at all overpowering . I thought she would be far more intense after reading about her early days. Like many other fragrances that were once bombastic , she has been toned down to suit the tastes of current consumers . Fortunately she has not had pralines or marshmallows added to get a quick buck . Diva is a classic oriental and very balanced . There is no aldehyde blast or powder over kill . I find Diva to be a spicy floral with just right sillage that is lady like and not in your face . She will not overwhelm anyone, but she is no wall flower . She could be worn by a polished conservative lady or a risk taking non traditional female. I personally find her womanly , and not masculine .
This scent lasts several hours ( 8 – 10 on cloth or fabric ) and a bottle will last a lifetime most likely . And best of all, the bottle is so PRETTY !
evgen072010 – :
I had forgotten how deep and beautifully nuanced this one was. It doesn’t dry down; it unfolds. Dramatic, romantic, ornate, operatic. Just delivered of a bottle of the current iteration EDP. Opulent skank. (Also a great name for a band.) Adore it.
artemlikancev – :
A great find thanks to Fragrantica! I love chypres, but wasn’t aware of this fragrance until I saw it on the Fragrantica website. Oh my, it is fabulous! Warm honey-infused rose with oakmoss and musk. Gorgeous. I’m so glad to have this in my collection. Love it!
trikillos – :
As much as I enjoy aldehydes, I do find their presence in scents to be too dominant. For the first hour or so, it keeps the spotlight on itself, here, completely soapy and bright. But patience reveals the warmer, more sensual and stunning rose/oakmoss combo. Honey smooths it out, creating a warmth I wouldn’t expect from a Chypre. Normally honey disagrees with me, but here, its wonderful.
I just needed to be patient with her, and I guess one needs to be with a Diva. She certainly lives up to her name!
elb884Bessinepome – :
Sweet and spicy, intense and lasting, that’s Diva. I just received a micro mini of this scent yesterday and today I’m already looking for a larger bottle.
It’s a lovely scent, very feminine but not girly. One reviewer said it perfectly: Diva unfolds!
This fragrance classy but not old fashioned, mature in the best way. Diva is self confident and dare I say it, fun to wear.
abun 100 – :
During this hot sticky humid summer of 2018 I’m discovering that some of my perfumes wear SO differently in the heat! Or else they are “aging/settling” after I first buy them online and try them.
Take Diva. I bought a current EDP and my first impression was “meh” because it was a dated thick yellow floral with a hint of honey. Typical 80s, kinda like White Diamonds. I put it on my swap list, and decanted some samples for trades.
Now– maybe it’s because the bottle has sat for 6 months/year, or it’s this heat but DIVA EDP is now THE PERFECT ANIMALIC CHYPRE! Just like I enjoy!! HOT DAMN! Sour-animalic, mossy, green, just PERFECT! Pretty much along the lines of La Perla and Paloma.
I even bought a vintage splash/dabber of the Diva EDP for a great price on ebay.
pys1982 – :
I simply love this. It just makes me feel good.
Old fashioned? maybe, but I don’t care because I hate most of the new trends in perfume.
Who wants to smell like a walking cupcake? I prefer the honeyed rose of Diva.
It’s classy, it makes me want to be as polished as I can and dress smartly, but if I want to wear it with jeans and sneakers, I love that contrast too.
It’s a proper perfume, in the best sense of what a perfume should be.
So feminine by the way.
I have a 2006 EDT bottle, I don’t know if more recent formulations may be weaker or flatter, but I love mine.
mr.bean – :
For all that its baroque bottle and grandiose name implies, Diva is actually one of the most wearable and least dated fragrances from the ‘80s. I just revisited my EDP spray for the first time in several months and I had completely forgotten how fabulous this stuff is!
I’m surprised few reviewers have commented on the LEATHER note in the drydowm. That’s what makes this so wonderfully sexy. Yes, there are roses and honey laced throughout the Diva experience, but at its heart this is a dry leather Chypre perfume. It is much softer than Paloma Picasso or Clinique Aromatics— you won’t get any poopy civet notes, nor are there any sharp edges of pine, camphor or patchouli— but the dry down is extremely sophisticated in its suggestion of roses & amber nestled inside a brand-new leather motorcycle jacket.
This is the sort of fragrance you would happily smell on sheets after a very passionate encounter and think, “I MUST do that again!”
Great for men and women.
Tazetdinov-76 – :
Seeing this compared to both Coco & Passion for Women is both odd and completely apt. It’s a perfectly lovely scent and as I enjoy both quite a bit, I totally see the comparison. The new version, having never tried the vintage, is a better fragrance than many released today and I’m glad to see that many think it has stood the test of time. I still detect an oakmoss accord, however. The original probably had the real deal, and this might still have a small percentage of it as that is still legal. Sparkly at the start, actually sparkly … like champagne. Honey & roses… it actually feels like a Chanel scent, which I enjoy.
frysha – :
Ugh, I seriously can’t win today. 2 blind buys, both failures. Thank goodness for good return policies. Diva has consistently come up on the sidebar of likes for perfumes I really enjoy, so I didn’t think I was risking too much when I found a decent price. It isn’t bad but it definitely seems like a prototype for Chanel Coco, and Coco is definitely a superior fragrance. As I already have Coco and actually love to wear it, this slightly disjointed Diva will go back on the shelf where I found her.
dfc07 – :
A beguiling, commanding fragrance.
Diva is a skanky courtesan rose; she is unapologetic, foul-mouthed and embraces her sexuality shamelessly.
Animalic honey and civet wrapped in a veil of bright aldehydes that prevent Diva from veering into the realm of absolute filth. I get an undeniably dated (not pejorative) and exuberant 80s vibe that is reminiscent of Passion by Liz Taylor with intensified florals and honeyed sweetness. Incredible sillage (3 sprays was TOO MUCH) and great longevity (7+ hours).
Not my usual type of fragrance and not something I’d wear often, but I see myself reaching for Diva when I’m in a boss b*tch mood and need that boost of confidence to assert myself.
vasia23 – :
simply gorgerous
this has the vibe like Bill Blass Basic Black, Elizabeth Taylor’s Passion, Ted Lapidus’s Rumba and Picasso
fantastic,
warm ,woody and animalic at the beginning
special special of the sweet-sour honey at the beginning
then it’s wood
i cannot smell any flower here
tuberose maybe
to my nose it’s just honey+aldehydes +civet
no rose to my nose
long lasting and a master sillage
LOBODA196809 – :
This review is for the original formula (with oakmoss)
I’m on the fence about Diva. I like it enough to own two bottles, but, well, this is how it wears for me: I spray it on and immediately am hit with that rosy-aldehyde top and upper heart… but then, that part of the scent evaporates off pretty quickly from my body (within minutes), and i am left with just hint of the rose-ylang-ylang over the lovely chypre base. It’s like the top half of the perfume gets left in the room in which you’ve sprayed it!
But then… I do enjoy what remains. It has a moderate sillage, and lasts for a good while (~12 hours on my skin). Paloma Picasso performs the same way for me. Animale Animale holds together much better than these two, to be honest, but it has a slightly more “synthetic” vibe. Honestly, the best of these types of perfumes that I’ve found so far is ‘Le Maroc’, but it’s so expensive that I rely on these other three for my rose-chypre fixes. And Diva’s slight, civet-y edge keeps me intrigued and coming back to it.
I give it a ‘B’.
2,301E+12 – :
I have several bottles of Diva. I wouldn’t want to run out of this perfume. I have both the EDT and EDP versions. I prefer the EDP almost every time with any perfume. But the EDT of Diva is quite different and just as interesting as the EDP. I like strong scents that last. Diva, to me, is both light and strong at the same time. First burst is floral and sweet. Then the dry down is more musky and the rose and other florals relax. That is when the honey, civet and amber start to come up. The rose never goes away and a quite beautiful rose it is. The vetiver, oakmoss, and musk definitely beef this perfume up. Diva may have been hugely popular in the 80’s but I just discovered it in 2016. To me it’s timeless and very well rounded (affordable too). The bottle design and packaging are worth mentioning too. Either sex can wear this perfume.
СУГРАТСКИЙ25 – :
That’s an amazing scent. I wanted to test a vintage type of classic scent and it was what I needed. I love rose and sweet kind of scents. Diva is phenomenal. From the first blast I catch the rose and aldheydes/musk. Very clean and floral feminine. After that I recognize something a bit sweet, the honey I guess. And the most amazing part is the drydown which has an animalic quality and the smell reminds me of the natural body smell of a very clean,sexy,beautiful lady. That should definitely be the scent of a Diva!!
Agito2 – :
الشقيقة الكبرى الهادئة و المتزنة
المليئة بمسك الزباد
الرائع المغوي الفاتن
للاخت الصغرى المضيئة
والمشعة كوكو شانيل
..
ولدتا على يد نفس العطار
فارق العمر سنة فقط
..
العطران بغاية الجمال
لكن كل الوفاء لديفا ..!!
vzl576Unlogrere – :
I received this sample in a trade. I opened the bottle and put the tiniest bit on my wrist. Oh how lovely! It immediately took me back to the 80’s! That strong mature scent that every high school girl wanted to wear. As the scent settles the honey and rose lingered for hours. I forgot how strong and bold and beautiful these 80’s scents are and I am so happy I was reminded. My uncle had a girlfriend who worked for Estee Lauder back in the early 80’s. Her name was Lee. She was my first introduction into fashion and fragrance when I was 8 or 9. She always looked impeccable, and she ALWAYS smelled divine. This perfume immediately invoked these memories. Sometimes I feel like the vintages and almost vintages get lost, but if your’e looking for a little bit of retro nostalgia Diva is your woman!
DR_PRISTUP – :
Every year, I buy a birthday perfume – it’s a ritual for over 20 years. Diva is not real familiar to me, but a friend wore it years ago and I liked then. Fast forward 10 years, and because chypres are my thing in September, Diva seemed like the perfect birthday perfume.
Except I haven’t been able to love it…or even like it passionately. But apparently, last weekend I got some Diva on the leather strap of my favorite black watch…because the smell of it has haunted me all week. ‘Dirty hair?’ I ask myself.
And why do I like it?
Diva and I have a happy hour/dinner date coming up soon. Best to meet on the deck, at dusk, when the world is glowing from the sunset.
grourgich – :
It is hard for me to pick out individual notes. This is a very linear fragrance on me. It does have echoes of Paloma Picasso, Magie Noir just as a reference, just slightly more floral than either of those.
While I like this scent, I can’t say I love it. It is clean elegant, but comes across as somewhat “expensive soap”. Thats not bad per se, just not something I am in raptures over. The drydown has a sweetness to it thst reminds me of Estee.
Try before you buy…
Madeline_fromAF – :
Another 80s powerhouse animalic blend.
Magie noir, La nuit Paco Rabanne, etc.. got the idea
I can’t deny that i love these kind of fragrances specially the powerhouse animalic 80s, and La Nuit is one of my favorites, “Diva” is very similar with that roses, honey, aldehydes, civit, oakmoss, & ylang.
Interesting, and captivating.
Edit (7th May 2018) I realized why i didn’t purchased this, it was to dominant top note of dirty vetiver. That dirty vetiver is really disturbing, it disturbed my senses.
VHDanny – :
Diva original parfum bottle with the glass fan at the top is so beautiful! This was a parfum my mother’s French girlfriend wore in the 80s years. She was very sexy and this parfum smell good on her. I like this parfum in 2017. When I first wear her I was in love is a glamorous and fresh floral parfum. I smell mandarin orange and then the flowers of rose carnation ylang iris and jasmine. Is warm also powdery with vanilla honey amber musk, sandalwood and patchouli. This is strong perfume and lasts all day. Is good for day or night but smell better in spring or summer. For mature women who are 30 and up. This is so beautiful.
genam78 – :
When I first sprayed this on I didn’t really understand what I was smelling. The notes in this are very well blended, and in the opening that kind of makes it a bit hard to find out what kind of personality this scent has. It feels warm, a littlebit spicy maybe, and sligtly ambery and incensy – without smelling a 100% like any of those things. Because I had a hard time understanding this perfume I thought I didn’t like it. But thankfully I tried it again, and the Diva opened up to me and let me in – and oh my gosh, she is gorgeous!
This fragrance does open like an enigma of notes on the skin. But the deep red intensely arabian smelling rose emerges not too long after application and makes the scent a lot more understandable. It’s a very deep and sensual rose, it’s blended beautifully with other floral notes to create a diverse and interesting rose scent with so many facets and layers.
The deep, slightly animalic honey follows right behind the rose and lends a lovely ambery sweetness and depth to the scent. When the honey mixes with the oakmoss in the base I’m reminded of another classic fragrance: Lancome Magie Noire. Diva and Magie Noire is in no way twins, but they have the same deep green, mossy sweetness – but where Magie Noire is a fierce and frightening sorceress, Diva is a soft and alluring enchantress. Two very different personalities indeed, but they still have an interesting undertone in common. These two are both powerful ladies, but they exhibit their power in two very different ways.
After about one and a half or two hours on my skin, most of the rose is gone and I’m left with honey, a gentle oakmoss and the civet. Civet has always worked amazing on my skin, it smells like a combination of smoldering incense and dirty honey – and this scent is no exception. The drydown on Diva smells like I’ve bathed in milk and honey and then walked through a room filled with mysterious, fragrant incense smoke. This Diva has a bit of that Cleopatra DNA. And I love it!
Sillage is pretty strong, and dries down to a solid medium. Longevity is superb on me. It lasts all day.
slavens2 – :
Diva is DIVine…a sumptuous blend of florals, I have difficulty identifying specific individual notes. The result is a beautifully crafted homogeneous bouquet with good sillage and excellent longevity.
rus-planet – :
Diva
Emanuel Ungaro
Nose
Jacques Polge
Year
1983
Donna Donna The Prima Donna
She wants to be just like Zsa Zsa Gabor!
Though Diva has a reputation as an 1980’s go big or go home fragrance and from Jacques Polge who has been the number one nose for Chanel (i.e. Coco) this fragrance to me is more at home in the late 50’s and early 60’s. This doesn’t scream shoulder pads flashy jewelry or big hair. She is elegant but simple, like a backless evening dress in a champagne color, a sweet blonde in a French twist up do hairstyle. I don’t think of Diva as being extravagant or glamorous. This is a rose and iris perfume, powdery, sweet, alcoholic and vanillic. Perfect for either day time or night time but it’s summery and fresh. Today’s formula has taken out some of the fire and instead you have a very demure lady like scent.
Opens with aldehydes fresh and saturated with citruses like mandarin orange. There’s ginger and coriander but it’s not spiced up too much. I do pick up on a ginger which with the mandarin sort of smells like some kind of fruit cake. The florals are also edible with narcissus, sweet roses, tuberoses, carnations and iris. So yeah it’s floral, as in capital F floral. I prefer less flowers in my perfume but I’ve come 360 degrees full circle in life and now I gravitate toward mature florals. This is one of them. This fragrance with the classic glass bottle and fan shaped stopper makes a fine vanity dresser table decoration. I love to put it on right before I head out the door to a formal event in evening wear. But only in the summer. The fruity top smells of mandarin and a banana without being tropical or tutti-frutti. In the dry down I pick up on sandalwood and vanilla. This is a creamy and also musky but soft clean dry down, made possible through amber.
After the florals settles down, I pick up on a honey note. This was not as big as some other honey notes like in Vivienne Westwood Boudoir or Red Door Elizabeth Arden, but it’s like that anyways. It has a honeyed floral heart out of which the rose is prominent. But for me the iris or the orris root is strongest and comes off as powdery and pleasant, feminine. I read the gender bender article on Fragrantica and was surprised that guys wore this perfume. It’s a free country and they may do as they please but come on, don’t kid yourself. This is for women and smells like women’s perfume. When I close my eyes and inhale the aroma, I have visions of the early 60’s and women with bouffant hairdos, Jackie Kennedy wannabes in high fashion evening gowns and pearl necklaces, at like a fancy dinner, ball, cotillion or other big formal gathering. Diva is definitely a vintage perfume but I don’t associate it with the 80’s. It’s a polite rose floral powdery perfume.
Finally I want to say that I’m glad that this perfume was never discontinued. There is a huge difference in the original from 1983 and the fragrances selling on Amazon.com. You might be able to find a vintage original splash miniature parfum on eBay. The original was muskier and louder, heftier, a big floral musk with civet. The color was burgundy or red. The new formula’s color is honey-gold. Diva is a very wearable woman’s perfume if you’re used to florals and like iris based powdery ‘boudoir’ scents. A classy and fashionable fragrance for the lady that takes herself seriously and loves to look good smell good, wants to achieve the high society look even if you shop at the 99 cent store. This perfume reminds me of Dion’s 1963 song “Donna The Prima Donna”. It’s about a middle-class girl who only dates men who are her social superiors to attain wealth. The song makes a reference to actress Zsa Zsa Gabor who most likely wore Diva perfume!
sanchesvrn – :
Absolutely fabulous in every diva (or divo) sense of it.
What a fragrance should be like… especially apropos in this age of insipid room sprays that pass for perfume.
Rich. Strong. Lyric. Unapologetic. Intoxicating.
Satisfyingly long lasting, the EDP… in colder weather I get 24hrs even. However, it’s surprisingly versatile and delightful in summer, albeit at night to be sure. I’ve only made Diva my own for a few seasons now but the more I wear it the more I appreciate its smoothness. Not so much honey +… as an oriental feeling potpourri chypre steeped in honey… like an exotically infused mead almost… a lavish indulgence.
The opening is, as some have mentioned, one that needs time to calm down… 25 mins… but it’s a divine journey from there on out with a dry down that just lasts & lasts, envelopes, seduces, and delights. I get compliments from ladies & gentlemen alike. “Delicious” is the refrain. Brava from me to this Diva. All things considered, she’s a superstar indeed.
Fab bottle. Fab price!
★★★★☆
rusuolga1983 – :
I think this scent works in hot weather.
I’ve just sprayed some on the back of my hand after banishing it to the cupboard for some Months. I hated it at first spray back then, it was so sharp and felt like a punch in the nose.
We’ve got warm weather right now and I thought I’d retry on the off-chance I might change my mind, and my reaction to it was completely different, it smells warm, rosy, rounded, a bit of powder, and a bit of sharpness at the end of the inhale.
TycleLoolog – :
I am male age 47 and have worn Diva Ungaro for 27 years! I cannot wear traditional male fragrances particularly very citrus ones they go very sour on me so I tried Diva!! I put it on well before I leave the house so that floral sweetness disappears and I’m left with the soapy woody dry down that I get. It just smells fantastic not sweet or floral on me at all I get so may compliments every day wearing it and it’s been my secret for years and years both men and women ask what I’m wearing and I just say it is Emanuel Ungaro before Diva I always wore the original Fendi, when there was the scare in the late 90s that Diva was being discontinued ( I had a friend who worked for Chanel) I went out and bought about 20 bottles! The original incarnation is still the best the new version seems to have lost something but it is still fabulous! Incidentally I have recently been also wearing Terre D Hermes and that smells ok on me too. I love Emanuel Ungaro clothes and some of the limited homewares too
pitbul66 – :
This fragrance does make me feel just a little bit like a DIVA as it’s so rich and intense. The aptly named DIVA is a heady (yet still very fresh), honey-rose scent with underlying notes of aldehydes and spices. It’s a lovely one for sure. I have a modern bottle of the edp (batch code 20F62AC1, manufactured in June of 2015) and I’m not familiar with the original.
The initial phase is primarily about the roses and honey and these notes linger throughout the entire progression of the fragrance, but after dry-down, the spiciness becomes much more prominent. On me, the aldehyde notes are soft, but noticeable. I don’t find this fragrance to be particularly sweet despite the prominent honey notes – to me, these notes just add depth and warmth. DIVA is just a bit heavy in the sillage department, so one spray does it and the longevity is amazing. For me, the warmth and intensity make this fragrance more suitable for cooler weather and it’s not one for the office or a crowded theater (unless you’re the star). This is a scent that lingers in the air long after you’ve left the room.
frankus – :
I’ve been ignoring this perfume for years. As a kid, I assumed it was an old lady scent. I was so wrong. Diva is fan-freaking-tastic.
The aldehydes are gone in a flash, and then you are left with a perfectly balanced fragrance that’s woody, animalic, powder and rose. Officially, Diva is classed as a chypre, but with its warmth, amber, and sandalwood it hints at oriental to my nose.
I can’t believe how long I resisted trying this. So many years for diva-ness lost!
artemchik73 – :
Oh my Divalicious! Diva what beautiful memories we have together!
Diva is a Blast of Citrus Roses and Oakmoss Sensual animalic Civet and juicy intoxicating Honey layered with sandalwood Iris and vanilla Omg! Diva will leave you wanting more…
Jacques Polge’s masterpiece Diva will be remembered in my Hall of Fame and in many peoples Body and Soul!
Diva eau de toilette is citrusy roses ylang
Diva eau de Parfum is more Roses Honey and Oakmoss they’re both equally great one lighter then the other in all depends on how Diva you want to feel… And mind you I’m a guy! This is gender bender indeed! You won’t regret!
xxu450Diobtetty – :
I decided to buy this after I read one of the reviews from one of the editors of this website, I don’t remember his name but what it caught my eye was that it was a man telling the story of him wearing this fragrance and I got so interested to try it myself. Finally I decided to wear it today in a cold day, and I am pleased, so far I haven’t received any comments good or bad nor compliments, but well lets see how it goes during the day. I decided to disguise it a little with a Armani diamonds which it got totally killed by Diva, lol I can’t smell Armani diamonds at all… so there’s no disguise whatsoever, and its been barely 2 hrs since I sprayed it on, so I may update the final outcome at the end of the day.
-Well I got at the end of the day, and Diva stood strong and omnipresent, I had to wipe it off, sort of, because I had a last minute date and I knew that person was not much into colognes, but well at the end I didn’t get any comments or compliments about it which is kinda weird, normally I do get at least some acknowledgement, but not today. :-
Злата_Эллерт – :
Joker75 – :
This review is for the eau de parfum. I have both pre-2005 bottle and a modern version. I’d say taking into account ageing, that they are identical. The older one might be a touch sweeter if anything. Technically, this is a chypre blend with dominant notes of velvety roses, honey and musk. The aldehydic top notes including fresh coriander are bracing and loud. The base is quite animalic, long lasting and smouldering. This also represents one of the best values on the market today in terms of price and performance in addition to quality. This is an absolutely gorgeous perfume. One final comment, I don’t see the similarity to Paloma Picasso, which is often cited as similar. PP is considerably drier.
afn63 – :
I have been wearing the EDT for years and years. I almost can’t smell it properly anymore as it’s my signature scent for sure. I am not a fan of the EDP as it smells completely different to the EDT. I am wading through a bottle of EDP now and it smells dirty to me and I dislike it very much.
I adore floral chypres scents and this one is a classic and one of the best. I love the rose/woody/honey mix of this one. It feels luxurious and always makes me happy, satisfied, beautiful, and complete, as if I have finally ‘come home’. Weird description I know, but I react to perfumes on an emotional level mostly.
I don’t smell anything dirty or ‘off’ in this scent (but I do with the Frederic Malle ‘Portrait of a Lady’, which I adore on other people, but not myself). Diva is a little reminiscent of La Perla La Perla and Paloma Picasso but Diva is much more complex and chypre-like to my nose.
As it’s been my go-to scent for years, in order to really smell it properly I suspect I overpower everyone with my heavy handed spritzes. I don’t care! I always, always, always get compliments on this one, from men and women, more than anything else I wear. My husband loves it and I can’t see me ever growing tired of the EDT. It’s bliss in a bottle.
Unreaputtetry – :
super strong, i have to spray this on a cotton ball then dab a TEENIE weenie little dot on my pinkie toe. LOL
ok so not on my toe. wrist or ankle. not both!
the hubster says it smells like his gram. but he didn’t say it in a negative way. he loves his gram <3 AWE <3
and we have nicknamed it “THE ROSE EXPLOSION!” you have to say it with a thundering voice otherwise it doesn’t count.
i couldn’t imagine what Diva Rose is like! how could they make it MORE rosy?
oh well. it does smell nice. and the civet didn’t bother me. i was afraid.
EDIT and she was his gram that passed away, if you could see the look on his face whe he said it. we will be keeping it for sure. i wasn’t sure when i smelled it (it’s powerful) but when he smelled it on me, you could tell it was very sentimental <3
thank you em1986!! she sent it to me in a swap 😀
vir20z – :
Jacques Polge is the master nose behind many of the CHANEL’s most memorable line creations. Diva by Emanuel Ungaro and Senso by Emanuel Ungaro are Jacques Polge’s babies as well. Sad to say, I don’t own Senso, but luck am I, my BFF gifted me Diva this Christmas <3 In a bland post late 70’s – early 90’s perfume world, OMG this unique scent is pure class! One of the most elegant (not loud) aromas, I have ever tried. This honey laced juice is warmed with exotic spice, captured by a romantic floral bouquet, finished with a sexy animalic sting. The beautiful juice blooms close on my skin in perfection and lingers for hours. OMG I absolutely adore it! To conclude, this chic perfume created by an absolute master, is a certain MUST try for all sophisticated old school perfume loyalists. Happy Holidays to all 😀
serega1995 – :
the dry down of this is the EXACT and im not kidding dry down of Dior addict 2. The dior one is slightly more fruity though but YES!! the same
paniigor – :
I have a vintage mini of this, and it’s an interesting concoction indeed. The honey note in this one is the purest, most genuine that I’ve ever smelled in a perfume. This honey is a luxurious, golden, royal jelly which oddly sits right next to a smelly tanned animal hide in a little shop surrounded by an overgrown yard full of weeds posing as flowers. A few sharp, peppery spices line a shelf in the back.
I’ll admit to an overactive imagination, but here is the image conjured in my mind when I inhale this on my wrist:
It’s the days of the old west, and an ordinary man strikes it rich in the gold rush. His newfound wealth wins him a lovely bride, who arrives from the city back east all swirling skirts, prim bustle, and plumed hat, to set up housekeeping among the newly-minted landowners and cattle ranchers of the wild and dusty West.
Eager to please, her sweet yet simple husband lavishes her with the finest goods his new money can buy: golden honey, rich fabrics for dresses, and exotic spices shipped from the Orient and sold from trade wagons.
She hates the dust, the heat, and the incessant bellowing of cattle, but she loves the view from the veranda at sunset, the cool stone and warm wood of her sprawling ranch home, and the honest hardworking man who built it all from nothing and crowned her its queen.
One day she’s working in her kitchen, carefully turning out her latest masterpiece from the wood-fire oven. The aromas from her new spices hang thick in the air, as she opens a window against the wilting heat.
She closes her eyes and breathes deep, inhaling a familiar scent carried on the breeze. Rich, heady, sweet… yet somehow…wrong.
She opens her eyes to see a couple ranch hands out in the corral, bathing the rankest bull in the pen with her prized golden honey. A third stands by with armloads of flowers (aka wild weeds picked from the back field) to adorn the beast, while another hitches a horse team to the wagon. The Fair is today, and this animal is destined for blue-ribbon greatness.
A bit less prim, mildly amused, and fully resigned, she plops into one of the hand-carved kitchen chairs, pushes a stray tendril of hair from her face, and shakes her head with half a sigh, half a smile. She sits for a bit, breathing in her destiny, contemplating the wonders and woes of her new life as a frontier Diva.
I seriously get all that from one whiff of the vintage formulation on the wrist. I still can’t decide if I like it, but it’s certainly an imaginative, time-travelling experience simply not inspired by most modern perfumes. I’ve read that the n