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justsmile – :
I decide to blind bought Joop! Femme when I read all the very good review here but… it start very nice smelling but NOT my cup of tea so I have this brand new 100 ml of this baby if its someone fav! for swap if you want! 🙂
it is very different for me!
lex17 – :
What a lovely and unique fragrance it is. It screams 80’s all the way….or shall I say all day, because this fragrance will last all day long, from dawn to dusk. This is a great fragrance, pungent, sensual and feminine. Opens up with strong civet smell but then dry down to this woody, musky powdery heavenly smell. You can wear it any time, to any occasion as it is just perfect scent, and one last fact worth mentioning is that you will get a lot of compliments. Please try this unique scent.
kpssi – :
Joop femme is all about the dry down. OMG, SO good. It screams sensual vibes for hours. Such a vintage powerhouse. A must if you love big, bold fragrances.
BuAnNi – :
I’ve been reunited with this fragrance after many years and I’m thrilled. It is fabulous! They sure don’t make them like this any more. It’s a super sensual woody, animalic, floral powerhouse. Amazing!
hec412elipseskism – :
Gorgeous, sexy,and oh so feminine. This is a true power house. A little goes a long way. Woodsy, musky, gently sweet flowers and a touch animalac….purr. This is timeless…A true classic. Love it.
ermak62 – :
This is gorgeous. Lasts a long time and you only
need apply sparingly. One of my favorites.
Super femme.
zagor – :
This is the perfume you apply On Your Ankles, in order to stop you sniffing the wrist of yours. It lasts and lasts no need to re-apply during day or night.
Effefsneulave – :
I was so unfair to this perfume when I first got it. I received it in the mail during winter (cold juice) and I’m sure it was shook-up during transit. Now the bottle has sat for about 2 months in a dark, cool room… and I love it! I see it’s true potential now.
This should be my holy grail because I get everything I love: vanilla, incense, greens, resins, citrus… but for some reason it’s also still masculine.
This reminds me of a male version of Le Bain– buttery citrus, spicy vanilla, creamy. Except the spice/herbs, incense, and greens turn Femme almost masculine.
I wore this last night, after work, fresh into my night clothes. No horrible, strange bitter opening. Pure incense. SWEET. Now I see why it’s compared to Lou Lou or Poison. I def smelled Poison when I stepped outside to walk the dog. (it’s a sunny, bitter cold April in Michigan, about 30-40 deg with wind). However, it’s nothing REALLY like those scents. It’s more like… if you enjoy those you’ll enjoy Femme.
It opens herbal/spicy and citrusy, then floral/creamy but sandalwood dominates quickly. Underlying is the green/amber, making this smooth and yet… cheap/cloying? I have the Coty reformulation. I don’t really get fruits or aldyhydes. Super duper long lasting, but I went bananas with the sprays. The animalics/dirty blend nicely- just giving it a vintage vibe since you don’t smell civet in today’s fragrances. But overall, after 1-2 hours, it was distinctly masculine. Like Pi, if memory serves. Also had some Ciara-incense familiarity. Once 1-2 hours pass, it’s strongly linear, which isn’t a bad thing. Except that’s the masculine part that lasts forever. You may expect this to go chypre from the base notes, but alas it does not really. I also smelled a lil bit of Shalimar. Like mixing Shalimar with Le Bain. I really didn’t get anything powdery, surprisingly.
This is a scent to try and try again before you hate. I know it turned into a LIKE for me. Almost a love. While it stayed rather linear on my clothes/body last night, I do think this perfume changes every time you wear it, based on weather/environment/clothing, etc…
kneermelp – :
On my skin it is more a woody/civet sweet perfume than a jasmine one, jasmine has some input but civet and woods have more impact. Feminine London Burberry is more a jasmine perfume for me, but not in the Alien kind of way (which on my skin is not good), in a more flowery sweet way. Joop femme is long lasting and delicious, although I am speaking from the mid 90s version, after Coty bought Joop the aroma was much changed.
largo – :
I find it sublime,a real springs bloom,so romantic and feminine,a little in some Creeds perfums vein…
christinabhayess – :
Well, with so many ”stories” of reviews, made up, without trying or buying. I ask is this a jasmine scented perfume?
Sambac or poet? Or is jasmine just part of it all, neroli, rose etc. The user votes are usually right, message me or private me.
shalyn – :
Greatly adore this. It’s almost peachy in the opening, and reminds me so of Coco.
CNEVOL – :
Spontaneously bought this today, inspired by the nostalgia of childhood and the memories I have of smelling this on my aunt growing up.
Bright aldehydes coalescing with creme brûlée vanilla, amber and tonka bean create a sweet, medicinal aroma accompanied by honeyed jasmine and rich, creamy sandalwood. This is womanly, animalic and alluring. What a powerhouse!
Tpaxep – :
Oh, my goodness. Oh God, no. Look, I’m no wallflower, and I have no hesitation in wearing a powerful perfume, but this!? Good Lord, it’s like smearing your skin with the most unpleasant unguent. It’s a medicinal smell gone crazy. It’s like aviation fuel. It’s the perfume equivalent of TCP. This is not feminine, it’s not alluring, it’s … I can only describe this as a fragrance you’d wear for a dare. It smells like a very old bottle of perfume from the 1920s that’s been sitting in the sunshine since then. Horrid, nasty stuff. Amazing that our tastes differ to the extent that some people love this. Glad we all love different scents. But this (to me) is horrendous. Returned it for full refund.
stalker70 – :
Received this today.
At first spray, it was strong! EEKS! Not bad/not great.
BUT….as the day wore on it changed and got better and better. I can sense that this might be more of a “walk through” fragrance and this is what I will try next. It reminds me of Boucheron, but a bit stronger.
It lasted a very long time! I only sample-sprayed a small portion but can still smell it 5 hours later. One walk-thru spray might be the magical trick here with this one.
It smells very 90’s-ish. But I sort of have big hair so it works! LOL
gzt034Unlogrere – :
Well…. I’m not sure what to make of this.
It’s sharp, green and masculine. And strange. I have the Coty version (reform) but it has pretty good sillage/longevity. And I really don’t like it until it settles down… to a green/spicy/woody/powdery vanilla. At that point, I like it. It’s def different.
I got pickles in the first hour too. So I’m not sure how much I like this.
I even dug my white tester box out of the trash to make sure it said FEMME because this is very masculine. I don’t get any incense or Ciara vibes. It doesn’t smell dated, just unlike anything current.
I agree 100% with GourmandGirl:
“I absolutely detest it for the first half hour or so, but…. if you can get through that first blast without running for the nearest decontamination chamber with some heavy duty wire wool at hand, it really is worth the wait… sort of. It turns slowly into a powdery, musky, slightly dirty scent that has an almost (almost)dreamy quality about it. Never has a perfume taken me to such opposite extremes before, it’s a strange one for sure!”
I will say…. I wore it all day in winter and I could smell it fine… but later in the evening I layered with my current Cabochard– and the result was magic! The drydown of Joop Femme gave Cabo some floral/vanilla oomph.
Kelldantviell – :
Joop conjures up many different impressions for me. The strongest of those is probably related to how I wore it in the late ’80s and early ’90s. Back then it was kind of an “alternative” fragrance. Goth girls dressed in short skirts, purple lipstick and ripped tights would wear this to dance clubs where they played music you’d never heard before. People were smoking clove cigarettes. That’s what Joop brings to mind for me. But as I wear it now, some 30 years later, and I’m way past my clubbing days, Joop is like a visit from an old friend. I smell incense, fur coats, something like a cigarette (but not as unpleasant as a cigarette), something like the powder they dust the back of men’s necks with in barbershops. Joop is at once deep and smoky yet clean and soapy, which makes no sense, but so it is. It’s dark, but in sort of a cheerful way. It’s strong, and if you apply too much, it feels scratchy on the back of your throat. However, as it dries down, it develops sort of a “Black Shalimar” kind of vibe and notes of powdery vanilla and sandalwood make themselves known. It starts out kind of shocking and harsh, but it becomes softer and gentler as it dries down. It teeters between masculine and feminine; a guy could definitely wear this. Definitely more of a nighttime scent, and only for cold weather. I’d never wear this in summer.
hyg855InsuffBooni – :
This is the first fragrance in my collection that I would describe as “fun”, and that’s probably why my husband likes it. At first spray, it reminds me powerfully of Giorgio Beverly Hills, the sparkly 80’s floral. It slowly eases away from the flowers and toward the sandalwood, which is the most dominant and lingering note in this concoction. Even as it becomes woodier it stays exuberant, not smoky or incense-y, but something zesty and almost green. It has a character of fruitiness without me being able to actually pin down any actual fruit smells. I do not personally find this one to be heavy or overpowering. It has an exuberance and an energy that perks me up throughout the day when I catch a whiff.
Дмитрий Лебедев – :
If you can handle intense linear incense all day then this is a bargain scent for you, super long lasting smells like sandalwood and something about it is reminiscent of Ciara to me, but its too intense for me and gives me a headache.
aivis – :
I can see why this is so well-loved by many; in the bottle it’s delightfully retro, with the powdery, white floral and amber notes blending beautifully with the incense base. Sadly, on my skin it goes overpoweringly woody and musky. I tried layering with pure rose, which brought out a horrible burnt rubbery note. This was a blind buy and I’m so disappointed as I love 80s classics! Haven’t looked into whether the civet is animal-dervied though D:
Going to hold onto it and see if I like it better in time…
kozak58 – :
Oh how I wish I liked this….but unfortunately I don’t. I really like Joop Le Bain, but this is just not for me. It seems like all the notes seem to meld together. Too sharp and too strong. I was hoping the dry down after a few hours would make it better, but it didn’t. I envy those that can wear this.
sypsuplidwips – :
This is so different than what they are making today. This is PERFUME! Strong, sexy, woody, amber, incense, vanilla. It’s very dramatic. Less is more here! Go easy and it’s amazing.
chups182 – :
Long lasting gorgeous incense,,,
vdovin48 – :
Can you imagine a 13 year-old boy wearing this fragrance and absolutely owning it because that was me in eighth grade after I mistakenly purchased Joop Femme instead of Joop Homme. This is an 80’s power bomb! I received so many compliments when I wore it. I recently purchased a vintage bottle and it works the same wonders that it did ten years ago. This was a beautiful mistake that I made. Never judge a scent by its given “gender group” or age range. Love this one! Those fruity notes mixed with the jasmine are KILLER! Delish!
vyttuk – :
I’m usually into modern perfumes and Joop femme didn’t look like something I’d like.I don’t like dominant sandalwood(as in samsara forexample)and I’m afraid of animalic notes but when I received a 5mil decant of it as an extra in a swap,I was eager to try it.we don’t know when we’ll met an unexpected love,my experience with presley moments taught me that I’m capable of loving some animalic classics
After testing couple of light,fresh and clean modern florals,Joop femme seemed like a joyful new experience for my nose.I could feel it’s 80s vibe but not that I find it old or impossible to wear.aldehydes are there but not too much.on my skin it’s a deliciously sweet,slightly spicy floralfruity dipped in honey-like amber.I can’t say what are fruity notes here.they’re ripe and appear lightly just to give a delightful vibe to jasmine and orange flower.it’s delicious but totally different with modern gourmands.it has a balsamic-vanilla-woody,rich and deep deliciousness,mature and sexy.it becomes even better as time passes and dries down to a soft powdery scent of flowers,musk,amber,vanilla and woody notes
It’s also potent and wafts strongly while there’s also a softness in it.
Dear Joop femme welcome to my wishlist
Captaine – :
The 80’s fragrances have this distinctive animalic note that is usually due to civet. This one is no exception.
Civet is blended very well with the tones of notes here to give a final result of a “Niche quality” unisex perfume by today’s standards.
SUREN1983 – :
This is wonderful. I loved it way back when I was much younger than nowadays, and I still love it today. If I should ever be so lucky to walk down the aisle one more time, it will be with Joop Femme on me. She is so feminine, in a very sweet way. Not a femme fatale, not alluring, but still super enticing and romantic. She is not a love potion, but a frag you want to wear for a romantic stroll on a beach promenade in the night, lanterns lit and holding hands with the man you love. It puts my man in a “love to care for you” mood. You know, like someone lovingly wipes a strand of your hair out of your face before kissing you gently, or helps you into your jacket and then places a tender kiss onto your cheek. Somehow it evokes the care bear in the man I love, and that makes me love Joop Femme even more.
Aqvarius.nox – :
Fragrance Review For Femme Joop
Joop!
Top Notes
Aldehydes Coriander Fruit Bergamot Lemon
Middle Notes
Orange Blossom Jasmine Lily of the Valley Rose
Base Notes
Sandalwood Tonka Amber Musk Patchouli Vanilla Cedar
Oak Moss
German Song Bird Marlene Dietrich Lili Marlene
This is perfume with a capital P!
Released in 1987 from the German fashion house of Joop! This was and is a marvelous unisex & woman’s fragrance. Before I start my review, let me get something off my natural C cup chest if you don’t mind. I’m getting tired of labels, no seriously. Women’s men’s, aldehydic, floral, Oriental, chypre, etc. I realize that it helps in the selection and classification of fragrances the way that botanists classify flowers according to their genus. Personally I like to look at fragrances as my friends each with their own distinct personality and style, each with a different contribution into my life. Joop Femme is a cheap drugstore fragrance. You can buy this online between 15, 20 something and 30 something bucks. Affordable. But when I call it cheap I don’t mean it’s badly made. This is an absolutely gorgeous, powerful perfume for the woman who loves to dress up, wear her hair up, makes a statement, lots of make up, sequins, bracelets, jewels, necklaces, and that 1980’s greed is good ostentatiousness and extravagance. This is indeed straight out of the 80’s the era that brought us Giorgio Beverly Hills, Poison, Rumba, Coco, Teatro Alla Scala and Passion. I don’t think this fragrance wears anything like those perfumes but it does have that same aura of high power perfume from the 80’s. And I love that. This means it lasts a hell of a lot longer than the shy body mist weaklings that are produced today and have more complex notes, more notes than most perfumes, and a rotation of notes that smell amazing both individually and as a whole body of fragrance. This perfume kicks butt! I am so sorry I had not experienced it earlier as a fragrance slut.
The bottle is not as creative or attractive or artsy as some other 80’s bottles. In fact it’s downright plain. It also comes off as unisex. The scent itself in today’s context is a bit masculine-soapy or unisex Oriental woodsy musky but it can be enjoyed by the woman who loves strong fragrances and bold aromas that leave behind a trail that other women will follow. This is for the empowered woman in a position of leadership. I’m talking Angela Merkel, Theresa May, and in her day, Margaret Thatcher. Perhaps even Golda Meier. Hillary Clinton. You get it. A woman who makes decisions, big ones, not just what’s for dinner. This is a woman who takes herself seriously and whom others take seriously and have nothing but respect and admiration for. Serious aldehydes open the fragrance and conclude with woodsy notes.
The first minute is rather old fashioned harsh chemical aldehydes which turn fresh with a bit of fruit. Traditional formula notes of citrus courtesy of a lemon give it a unisex citrus touch. A really good lemon or citron scent right from the start. Fresh, zesty, citrusy. There is a touch of spice with coriander and it reminds me of the opening to Krizia Teatro Alla Scala and of Fendi. Bright energetic fresh aldehydes and citrus, and soapy suds. The nondescript fruit notes are not very clear because it’s so citrusy for me, but it’s a good fruity boozy aroma that I love. I can see why some have likened it to Rumba by Balenciaga or Lepidus. Very sweet and fruity as it starts, and classically feminine even as it progresses into the heart of floral notes.
The flowers come off as heady and fragrant, but rather soapy and not aggressive, powdery or green floral. I can smell the orange blossom which immediately follows the citrus notes and the jasmine. These are the 2 big florals to my nose. A beautiful and very elegant jasmine, an Oriental princess. There is also a lily note or rather lily of the valley and a citrusy rose bush. It reminds me of orange scented rose bush leaves. The orange blossom and rose are well matched. This is a pretty decent floral. For those of us who love florals but don’t want to wear anything too flowery this is the antithesis of bigger florals like Yves Saint Laurent Paris or Estee Lauder Beautiful. Still it IS floral and quite lovely.
As the fragrance dries, it smells woodsy and vanillic. Sandalwood and cedar wood are married together in the final stage of the performance. There may not be green florals but here we have a green dry down of green themed notes that are heavy hitters like patchouli and oak moss. The oak moss is a favorite note of mine in base notes and it’s quite noticeable in the dry down. Beautiful green moss. There is not as much patchouli as moss but it’s aromatic, green, herbal, and so beautiful as a chypre. There is amber and vanilla and musk. O God. I had to catch my breath. Every note towards the dry down was so lovely. This is a long lasting journey of scents and it’s on me for over 7 hours. All day. I love that. Mature? Yeah but we have to grow up sometime. There is enough musk in this thing including a controversial civet note whether real or synthetic, that smells masculine and very animalic. It reminds me of the civet in Passion by Elizabeth Taylor. There is also a touch of Chanel No. 5 and of Joan Collins Spectacular! The animal notes are fine but I wish this had included leather or suede. This is a good musky cologne for men if the man has no problem wearing a fragrance marketed for women. It’s also interesting to note that the Joop! Homme the man’s cologne version of this frag has a similar feel but is actually quite unisex and wearable for women. So the Joop! nose behind this scent Michel Almairac had a bigger audience or demographic in mind. It’s quite unisex without being outrageous. Beautiful powerful and a real perfume in a world of sissy perfume.
The fragrance is evocative of cabaret, specifically German Berlin cabaret from the 1920’s. It makes me think of Marlene Dietrich singing Lili Marlene in black eye make up and leather dress and boots. This is a very German-Euro fragrance. It has a luxurious soapiness that can only come from those old time aldehyde fragrances from Europe. This is a big show so when you wear it try it on a little at a time. Don’t spray too liberally because this is one of those headache inducers and nose hitters. This is asking you to wear her with grace and subtlety. For the hell of it sometimes I spray liberally because I love the smell but I make sure that I’m the only one in the house when I do that. Sometimes I do like to get noticed good or bad attention don’t care so I put on strong perfumes like this when I go out. Not always though. But this is a dreamy amazing and not to be missed fragrance. If you like luxurious cheapies check it out. This is fabulous! Go Joop!
Lionel461 – :
I love this fragrance on my girlfriend, fruity & woody smell.. just drags me in.
I would buy this again and again for her.
Cost about $20 for a 3.4 Oz bottle.
Sillage two feet from the body.
Last 8- 9 hours or more.
Would buy again.
NXLL – :
I always found Joop homme more “feminine” than Joop femme. I love them both, they were well balanced perfumes, round, Homme spicier and sweeter, Femme more animalic. Poor reformulations made by Coty changed them in mere parodies of their former selves.
artmur – :
I am a man and use this quite frequently without any fear of falling muffins. It is clear that Joop! Homme is based on this, there are lots of similiarities between the two but I find this one less spicy, more fluffy and pungently animalic with some inaugural metallicness. Cozy and powerful.
Oddly enough the bottle itself doesn’t have the Femme text slapped onto it. You can always ditch the box or put some tape over it if you’re intimidated by debatable marketing strategies.
LedySagrada – :
Its full on, Joop Femme…
I love intense, spicy, orientals like Shalimar and Samsara, and the original 80s Obsession was my fav, among other heavies like Poison, Hynoptic Poison, LouLou (still one of tops)..,
Joop Femme is strong, a little goes a long way.
Too much can be nauseating, especially after a meal, too much reminds me of Youth Dew, which I have and can only wear it on rare occasion.
Yes, I would wear it to office, but minimal 1 squirt, as I would wear all my heavies.
Life is too short not to love Big, including Big perfume, Big hair.
I reached puberty in the 80s, and partied on into the 90s, big hair, big nights….
qrd995speagoessenda – :
This was probably different and more expensive in the 1980s, but it’s not too bad nowadays. It feels a bit like buying a used car, but a decent one. Nevertheless, there are far better and more distinguished classics from the 1980s around.
***
Valdus – :
Im shocked that this was not compared to Boucheron. This is VERY SIMILAR to Boucheron. Soft and powdery. This is not a STRONG perfume at all. Strong to me is : Youth Dew, Beautiful, Estee. All the Lauders are fairly strong scents but this is not a STRONG scent at all. Its beautiful that much I can say about this but the scent does not last long. Im on a different planet with my review but I stand my ground on this writing.
kaizer81 – :
Need caution here. Has so many of my favorite notes. I often prefer and wear very heavy scents .. from sweet to animal. However, this is one where it had me nauseaus as the day progressed. It never really weakened and was sickly sweetsour without being a bad bottle. Maybe sprayed a few too many times. Lesson learned. First one I ever had to “scrub”. Alas, had to work an entire shift first. The femme and I are on a break.
Скам87 – :
goes on fruity floral, sweet then dries down drier and musky, animal, powder bit medicinal; interesting and unlike anything else I own; really like it; powdery, incense, reminds me a bit of Tauer but soft
kuuum93 – :
Noope. Aldehydes all the way.
On me it smelled old lady. Something my grandmother would’ve worn.
-But I gave the bottle to a friend, and on her it smelled nice. On her skin it turned out a bit more floral and powdery (the aldehydes were still there, but not as prominent).
Guessing it’s an excellent example of a scent that needs to sit on your skin for a fair judging.
I wanted to like it, but aldehydes and I aren’t that good a friends…
FantaFan – :
love love love this fragrance. It does settle down , being quite strong at the beginning.(to a beautiful warm creamy musky tone) It lasts forever on me. A great price too. Always get lots of compliments when wearing this perfume. Beautiful. always in my collection with Dior Addict and Revlon unforgettable
fncachaemvsetuta – :
Ye Gods, you seriously need nostrils of steel when you first spray this! It really is an ‘oh dear God, what have I done’ kinda perfume that could almost melt your skin right off. When I first sprayed this I swear I saw stars, it was like running head first into a brick wall!
I absolutely detest it for the first half hour or so, but…. if you can get through that first blast without running for the nearest decontamination chamber with some heavy duty wire wool at hand, it really is worth the wait… sort of. It turns slowly into a powdery, musky, slightly dirty scent that has an almost (almost)dreamy quality about it. Never has a perfume taken me to such opposite extremes before, it’s a strange one for sure!
It’s a real headache inducer, so if you suffer from migraines or sensitivities i’d steer well clear, unless you wanna be laid up in a dark room for a week. Goes without saying that it’s a beast, they’d smell you coming a mile off so be very, VERY gentle with it!
Agrishgaizess – :
I have always thought Joop for men was sweeter and more feminine than Joop for women. Now, I smell only incense/sandalwood instead of the vanilla/civet/jasmine/sandalwood combo that I was used to, so that goes doubly. Longevity used to be 12 hours plus and now is much reduced to 4 hours on my skin and sillage is still heavy but lasts less than an hour instead of 3/4 hours. I used to spray JF once and get to the next day with it as a skin scent, but no more. As the aroma doesn’t smell as it did in the 90s, that may be a good thing, as I won’t repurchase.
Vano657 – :
First of all I would like to start off with this: I am a man, and quite a manly man at that. It just so happens that I like some sweeter and/or floral scents.
I don’t go with all the Mens/Womens categorisation, which I believe is largely a marketing strategy. If I like a fragrance I’ll wear it.
Now for this one. Joop! Femme is easily carried off by a man if you want to wear it. I dislike when people say things like ‘If you have the confidence.’
You don’t need confidence to wear a fragrance that is marketed towards the opposite sex, you just need the desire to wear it and to enjoy it.
This to me is beautiful. Sweet, floral, musky and soft with more than an undertone of masculinity. I definitely get the incense vibe that others have mentioned too but I won’t pretend to know more than I do about individual notes so I’ll leave it at that with the description and move on to performance.
I have just tried a recent formulation two days in a row. Two small sprays on the back of one wrist both times. I was catching wafts of it off myself all day and I kept checking the sprayed spot to monitor any phases. It stays pretty strong but the slight harshness I found upon initial application dies back and it softens into a delicious and addictive beauty with a twist of unisex sexiness.
I checked on the morning after the first wear and it was clearly still there, not faintly either.
Longevity is brilliant and sillage is big. Then there’s the price. I can get this for under £20 for 100ml here in the UK.
Epic, awesome and superb all rolled into one!
Safe blind buy at the price but it’s really easy to get a tryout of this. Give it a go, male or female.
I just ordered a bottle and I’m becoming a fragrance hoarder so I’ll probably get more.
Love it.
Foonsezistins – :
After trying a mini of Joop, I just had to track down a full bottle, but I made sure to track down a vintage bottle that hasn’t been reformulated. I’m not sure how the reformulation is, but the vintage is really amazing. It’s a lovely oriental perfume that spicy and slightly sweet and floral and the sandalwood in the base just makes it really creamy as well. if you can try it out before you buy it, that might be good idea if you’re unsure if it’s going to be too strong for you to wear, however it’s really lovely and if you like Oriental fragrances it’s worth having in your collection.
alexandrbandit – :
i recently got this one thru a facebook friend on a reasonable price. mine was made by coty, but the juice seems weak. i can’t compare it to the vintage version but basing on the one made by lancaster, that one seems stronger. but anyway it’s still beautiful. i’d rather have this one than the recent dior poison which is similar in strength but a lot pricier
kipper777 – :
It reminds me of Nag Champa incenses – and I love it!
Enlil – :
ottimo floreale -sì, non sono impazzita- perfettamente bilanciato su note balsamiche di ambra e leggermente legnose di sandalo. il gelsomino, il neroli e la rosa sono così ben dosate, che si smorzano su un insieme morbido dove fanno capolino anche fave di tonka, qualche frutto non meglio identificato e patchouli muschiato. insomma c’è di tutto, come nella migliore tradizione degli anni 80. epperò il risultato non è datato tantomeno nauseabondo come mi aspettavo, anzi. ottimo vintage.
Thunder_M – :
Bit of trivia: In college I was a fragrance model. Yeah my friends mocked me, but I was making $15 an hour, unheard of in 1990 and for a college student it was the perfect flex time job (and I was young and cute way back then). Anyway I worked for JOOP!/Cool Water. JOOP! mens sold like hot cakes, everyone loved it…the womens? Not so much. As much as we fragrance soldiers pushed this, it never took off. To me its a pretty potent powerhouse bomb of the day (Ysatis and Safari and Treasor were all the rage). I kind of liked the oakmoss, jasmine and vanilla muskiness of this. Different and distinctive for sure, and very unusual. But then again, not a lot of other scents smell like JOOP! for men or women. True, it might seem dated now and may stick out like a sore thumb, but its cool to be different and not a cookie cutter of everyone else. I’m sure there are cool young chicks out there that could rock this retro bomb with pride. I say go for it.
777alix777 – :
This came to me in a precious vintage coffret with Anne Klein II, Perry Ellis 360, Bal A Versailles, Fred Hayman 273, and Animale.
I’d found and coveted the set because of my beloved and nearly impossible to obtain Anne Klein II, and I was interested in Animale, BAV and Joop , and curious about the others.
I just dabbed a bit on, prepared for the whole cringe-and-scrub show.
What a wonderful surprise! I smell heady florals I would expect in a perfume from this era,and the crispness of the aldehydes I have just now come to love. The tuberose in this is velvety instead of rubbery…nothing wrong with rubbery tuberose; in fact, I love it… this one just happens to be velvety, bordering on suede like.
While we’re on the subject, I *swear* I smell leather, identical to the one in Shalimar… and, strongly! Is it that animalic musk + aldehydes + oak moss= leather? Whatever the sorcery behind it (could be my own skin, or nose) I am happy to have it there, as I am happy to have leather in just about any fragrance.
Anyway, back to the floral aspect. I do smell tuberose, but there has to be more to this bouquet… I sense a good dose of narcissus and a whisper of ylang. Yes, I see the notes listed, and I’m telling you, I don’t smell rose or orange blossom (two of my favorites, so I am well-versed). I smell narcissus and maybe ylang, so there.
All in all, Joop Femme is a womanly, sophisticated, complex joy to wear. I’m working from a mini splash here, so perhaps not getting the throw or longevity I might from a nice satisfying spritz… but, oh, that *will* happen. 😉
RiffdisiotT – :
Softer and sweeter than Lanvin Arpege,more floral and balsamic than animalic in comparison to Arpege!
This perfume have strong identity,remarkable and is not to everyone.
Parfums doesn’t have a gender and age, use it if you like!
PAPAS-57 – :
100ml EDT
Well, Joop! Femme is mor