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Conishua – :
I received a micro mini of Moods, with less than a quarter of scent remaining. Which is a shame because Moods is beautiful!! Big opulent floral with strong lasting powers, Moods should be far more popular than it is. Italian perfumes should be more popular in general!
Usually I can’t tell specific flower notes in a perfume, but lily of the valley is obvious in Moods. So is an assortment of ripe fruits, I think there’s some honeydew melon included. The fruit notes are strong but not overwhelming. This perfume is definitely feminine – there is a version for men, haven’t tried it – but it isn’t sweetly girly.
Moods is intense and beautiful, finely crafted and classy. Why it isn’t more popular is a mystery to me.
A reviewer posted that perfumes like Moods aren’t made any more, and that’s sadly correct. I take a scent like Moods long before I’ll try out the newest flanker from a more famous house.
The beauty of this scent inspired me to buy another Krizia perfume (Krazy K.), I’m hoping it’ll be as good as Moods.
SvetlanSehpz – :
Received my vintage new 1.7 oz bottle in box today.
Having sniffed this years ago, it stuck in my mind all this time. The first spritz was sharp…like the opening of Ralph Lauren Safari…(not saying this smells like RL Safari). I get woodiness first..then smooth floral…and greeness. Great blend. The dry-down is magical !!!! Longevity is moderate…as is projection/sillage.
It is a true “classic” scent. They just don’t make em like this anymore !! Vintage feel…retro vibe…totally pleasing scent. I am loving this. With this one you have to “get past” the opening to really enjoy/explore this scent. At first,some may feel it has the smell of…”OH,this scent has gone off”….but WAIT and let it develope on your skin…then WOW !! Also…I get a Chypre vibe to this one…??..maybe. Happy to have this “forgotten” gem. Oh,Yeah !!!
idexe – :
so pretty; green, huge orchid, some LOTV and cyclamen, musk and some cedar in the base to deepen it; beautiful sweet floral without ylang
ovan1971711 – :
Krizia Moods has an unexpectedly gorgeous white Jasmine opening that reveals a jazzy musk. Not the Narciso one liner musk but like a blonde civet wrapping itself around the arms of the fragrance, like a fur wrap on a flapper listening to jazz tunes. I really enjoy the oak moss that comes to play which gives feels like a nod to Mitsouko. It’s clean yet dirty and I like it 🙂
rsf845speagoessenda – :
Due to an unexpected decants present from lovely Lilah, I got to know this gem. Frankly speaking – among hundreds of fragrances in my test list – Krizia Moods didn’t find the place. I thought it is something on manner of Molinard Molinard, something “just-green-and-vintage-nothing-special” – quality wise
First spray took my breath away, literally so. I was just sitting – and playing inhaling-exhaling game, thinking – “Am I dreaming?.. What IS that?.”
After certain amounts of vintage-tests even vintage lovers getting bored and often predict their reactions on certain notes. But when something REALLY surprises them – it is always a tremendous joy and excitement.
Krizia Moods is, like some reviewers have mentioned – buttery, creamy. Very talented composition of drained in plant juice floral undertones on a very powdery, woody base. Chorus of all different notes that embrace each other and becoming One Whole Great Thing. Cloudy musk covers everything like a veil, it is so fairy like, not sweet though, more like spiced dry meadows. If Houbigant is fresh and day-meadows, – Moods is dusky, evening time of upcoming autumn. Very self-reflective, loving, charming. So very unusual and I do imagine everyone’s life experiences will take these notes into other dimension, but it clicked with my soul and I am happy. Waiting for my full bottle to arrive, wishing everyone to be able to smell it as well, until it didn’t disappear in History.
*review was about EDP splash”
Meppd480Unlogrere – :
I happened across an empty mini bottle of this vintage fragrance which was shipped to me as part of a larger lot of estate sale finds. It had a drop or two left in the bottle. I opened it to sniff its contents, only to find myself deeply inhaling a narcotic sweet aroma.
It was definitely a good olfactory find and have acquired a full bottle since then.
The scent’s composition is simple and linear, and I have to say reminds me just a little of Gio, but softer and maybe with a tiny hint of a buttery note.
The linearity is appropriate for its fullness. It’s perfect in its grand simplicity.
sprud – :
This is fantastic! I’m wearing an unknown, but definitely vintage edt splash. The juice is dark golden syrupy brown and completely lovely. While I’ve shied away from “floral”, “fruity”, “powdery” fragrances thinking I was strictly a patchouli-vanilla-spice-and-everything-is-nice kind of girl since my first declaration as a perfumista, this one drew me in instantly. There is something so green and fresh, but drenched in something creamy (is it honey? orchid? orris?). Perhaps I lucked out with a vintage splash bottle, maybe my tastes are evolving; I want to bathe in this lovely juice, this is the honest truth. It’s floral but not brash; there’s a spice which I can only describe as a combo of cedar and a floral note (really, I like jasmine now?).
I would have never reached for Moods based on the notes alone. On my skin, however, it’s a whole new world. Spicy and fresh. Floral and creamy. Dare I say a woody, green Oriental? Perhaps because I have a very vintage version of this juice I don’t smell the citrus at all unless they are contributing to the crisp green top notes. It’s all creamy florals and green woody spice. I’ve been wearing it now for a good two hours. I’m still getting what I have to believe is a strong green orris. It’s sweet without being sugary. Green without being astringent. There is something so completely Krizia and perhaps totally Italian about this creamy masterpiece. Make no mistake, it’s straight up florals and green with a creamy twist. There’s not a whiff of patchouli. It’s bold and classy in a way my trite and uncouth palate can only describe as Old School. I find it clinging close to the skin, which, again, may have to do with it being a splash bottle.
The scent hasn’t evolved much in the last hour, but I am perfectly happy with my nose glued to my wrist. After 2 hours, I’m getting a soft floral powder, not unpleasant. Very subtle. I have to say, I do so enjoy the top notes and I miss them when they’re gone, but I’m not giving up on Moods. If you’re curious, give Moods a go.
Scuscuctodo – :
not in chile …. shame . a mastrepiece.r.i.p. krizia
TomiBacic – :
Believe me. I’m right now under a dozen of linden trees in florence. Night time. And I am Wondering who’s wearing Moods by Krizia. No one. Really. Linden trees in blossoms smell like this wonderful creation. I have this fragrance. I gave to my mother as gift in the 90s more than one bottle. And maybe I’m crazy. But Florence in June surrounded by linden trees is exactly Moods. I’ve always thought this, and now I DECLARE it.
AaAndruha – :
I think the perfume changed, for I got it a couple of years ago where I thought it was the same I had in my early twenty’s, but it was nothing like that: it was desirable then, very soft and warm, blooming, where it is now flat and disgusting to my nose, where others think that I am offending their nose, where it’s just mine!
UPDATE: I think I misjudged,
for I thought I used this perfume,
the way I use it now,
where I think now has changed,
how I used it before,
for I use it like cream,
on my wrist as you wish,
where I think it is pulse,
for I pulse as I use this,
as a wish as it is,
it is future to me,
as it was in the past,
when I used it before,
without knowing what was,
as it was like I wished,
as it was like I am;
ME!
Oooh… [sigh}
Arik14 – :
I just got this one! I like it very much I can tell you that my best description is it is like taking a walk in a fall forest with a light sweet smell of wet leaves…. The first 15 minutes and then A sweet honey/carnation smell begins to evolve. The scent is unique and has been on for over 7 hours and the scent is there still. I don’t classify this for any particular season but the name is fitting….wear it for whatever Mood your in! Truly different and uplifting for sure.
primadonna – :
let’s put it this way, i was sick all day laying on my bed instead of going out as i planned to, needless to say that i woke up in a very bad mood, i went through most of the bottles i have, i needed something to cheer me up and not suffocate me as i’m still not that well, 3 spritzes of this one and i’m… happy? i really don’t know how but i truly am feeling better (emotion-wise), the scent is really comforting because jasmine and greens are the notes that stand out the most on my skin so i feel like i’m outdoors already ^^ LOVE IT. i had to log in and express what i’m feeling right now, everyone should really give it a try 🙂
славон – :
I just wanted to add that if you are familiar with Krizia fragrances, you know they are very unique, almost to the love or hate point. I noticed that Moods just like Crazy Krizia are not wrist sniffers for me, but I love how they project off the skin.
So chances are you will either love it or hate it. Im my case- it’s love!
vitenko22 – :
Indeed Olga, I was thinking before, are you sure you are passing on THIS one?? This is a masterpiece!
But luckily you changed your mind! and RIGHT you are!
guf96 – :
First of all, I would like to thank you, my dear Fragrantica members, for that little verbal scuffle over Moods( funny, that there was so much excitement coming from people who never tried it). That really intrigued me and boosted Moods to the top on my wish list.
I finally got my EDP and I think it is one of the most unique and beautiful green florals I ever tried. Very deep and complex, something like Caron would produce.
It is so naturally smelling, and wearing it transports me to the oceanside with the palm trees and a light breeze filled with salty air and the scent of tropical flowers. I love how it changes in the drydown to the honey-sweet scent.
Sillage- great, longevity-excellent, at least 12 hours.
Definitely no associations with any age group coming from me. Just try it for yourself and don’t take other’s descriptions personally!
oxinizk – :
I don´t feel like i should appologize to anyone by saying something about age or body type or something else, because if someone takes it personally it is their problem! I don´t even know anyone personally from this site so if someone is overly sensitve and taking things very personally it is their problems!
Like “Olga1780″ said: ” different scents evoke different images, memories and associations in different people, and they just try to describe their emotions”. That´s absolutly correct!
I read a LOT of comments saying “this is an old lady scent” or “This is a strictly for younger girls” and i have never taken anything personally. On the opposite it just inrigues me to try them out. It is whether i like perfume or not. That´s all.
As i have wrote in my introduction i always try to explain why i like it or not, not just “thumbs up” or “thumbs down”. Not every review should be positive, because it helps other blind buyers like me sometimes to decide to buy or not to buy….
I still will stay with my opinion about this fragrance because it is my association with it and i am free to express my opinion.
Yes, to me this is a not pleasant fragrance that i have purchased blindly based on the good reviwes here basicly saying LITTLE ABOUT FRAGRANCE ITSELF, and to me it was a waste of money and broken expectations. So what i wrote it is just my opinion hoping it will make someoone else to make a desicion about this fragrance. If someone has different thoughts they are free to express them about a FRAGRANCE here, without getting over to the personal level.
chegevara_76 – :
I purchased it and going to write a review sometimes next week. In my opinion, different scents evoke different images, memories and associations in different people, and they just try to describe their emotions, maybe not always in the most constructive way. But in any case, no need to project other’s reviews onto yourself.
spoopsskali – :
I’m redheaded, full figured, in my early 40’s (40 is the new 20 you know)and I love Moods. It’s one of those fragrances, since it’s not easy to find you can safely wear without smelling like everyone else in the world. Very unique and strong. I haven’t worn it in a while-I should spray some on and do a review.
It gets tiring reading these “age suggestions” for perfumes-it cuts me out of many, if I paid much attention to them. That being said, I know I’m guilty of writing somewhere that the super sweet, candied fragrances are a good choice for the younger crowd, I’ll try to stop myself the next time. Perfume is for everyone, no age limits, it’s just a matter of personal preference.
ahrost – :
Girls, no fighting, it’s just a perfume, one in a million! LOL
Actually I am looking at the awesome deal EDP. Let me get it and see what’s going on. I am crazy about Crazy Krizia, no pun intended.
I am 31 with a very muscular athletic figure….let’s see if it suits me, whatever that means. LOL
grey_ks – :
Ah, well, how to be tactful in response to Passionata20’s review. As a brunette woman in her 40’s who is full-figured in a good way I think, I find your comments weird. Why should this fragrance suit me, or my “type”? You don’t like it and you couldn’t get rid of it, but it should suit me? Why? Do burned incense sticks and dissonance and disaster suit me? Just wondering how you know this is so. I don’t mind negative reviews at all. In fact I’ve never tried this fragrance. What is it you know about us 40-odd brunettes that we don’t know? I ask this with amused sincerity because your conclusion is so definitive. I love the sound of this floral and want to try it oneday.
Edit Aug 2011:We’re all entitled to add our own reviews, questions and observations here, that’s the beauty of the site.
serrrj – :
Passionata, Thanks a lot fo your review! Informative indeed. I had Moods on my Ebay watch list….i think i will pass now, leave it as a last resort when i get too desperate for unique and different scents. With Krizia you never now every time I guess. I love Crazy Krizia, but I found Fiori disgusting on my skin.
lo_ony_d – :
They say that there is only one step from love to hate…
This is my case with “Moods”. When i smelled my recently purchased EDP spray full size bottle from the lid i thought it have all the chances to become one of my favorites: the delicious honey note was overwhelming (though i don´t see any honey listed in the notes). The rose is also very nice. mmm the flowers dipped into honey, where is the hell those green notes that everyone is talking about???
So i sprayed myself only twice before going out to my beautician. After going out in the open air i began to detect the green notes also. And i got the strange feeling that something is not right, out of balance. While in a bus i got a weird looks from people, the girl who was sitting next to me, left for another place, i began feeling myself moody indeed… I stepped out of the bus a bit earlier to take a walk and since it was quite chilly and windy i experienced the fragrance to the fullest. I began to understand that this is a total dissonance as a fragrnace to my nose. It was like a disaster. It is very 2-sided fragrance: very sweet on one side and very freshly-green on the other. To me those two sides just don´t clap, they collide. Then later one woman nailed it, asking “who burned stinky fragranced sticks” when i was at my beautician. YES, it does smell like those sticks, that are been burned in chinese massage cabinets etc. Now i finally understood how i smell like.
I had to rush to the closest perfume store and chose to spray myself liberally over with “Hot couture”. What do you know – 10 hours later since i sprayed myself with “Moods”, and then generally oversprayed with “Hot couture” i still could only detect only “Moods”! The staying power is enourmous for the EDP.
I think that this is more for a brunette woman in her 40´s with a little fuller figure. This is another Krizia i sadly do not like, i had problems with “Krazy Krizia” before also, but i looove “Teatro alla scala”. So far this is my second worst experience with fragrance in my life ever, after Marc Jabobs signature fragrance as well. I have tried to understand “Moods” but even the sniff from the lid makes me feel very bad instantly. Oh well, this was a blind by after all and i am not suppose to love all the fragrances in the world 🙂
Please do not remove this comment, since others might find it useful. Not every review should be positive, so people like me wanted to make a blind buy might find it very informative. Thanks.
tofi – :
I think the review of LaPetite really nailed it. This perfume can be very addictive. Everytime I wear it I am amazed about its influence on the wearer!!
MASTERPIECE!
shtirlets666 – :
My mother owned it when i was little , and a few months ago i became obsessed with it , don’t know why , i guess i want to remember my wonderful mom by buying her favorite scent for myself …
My memories are 20 years old, but i remember this wedding of citrus and flowers , so 80’s . In the 80’s, 2 types of perfumes were trendy : Or the very opulent and strong ones , or this kind of perfume, fresh , for the natural woman . Which is Moods . Too bad it’s not famous 🙁
Aceton – :
My sister gave me a bottle that she had with a little bit left in it. I wanted to try it since I used this fragrance when I was a teenager. I had forgotten how it smelled and wanted to take a trip down memory lane. All I can say is that I now find this perfume to be dated. This is an edt but the staying power is that of an Edp. It is really strong and smells more like fruits but to me nose is more like rotten fruits. There is nothing fresh about it. I was glad that I tried it, but no thanks not for me!
aragongen – :
This is a lovely, slightly green – spicy fragrance that is very addicting. I had it about 15 years ago, I never see it in perfume stores anymore. It has such a depth, it’s like you always want to get more of this. It’s gourmand and gives you a very cosy feeling, like you always want to keep it on you. Really should try to achieve a new bottle of this.
konnat270655 – :
It is EXCELLENT! It is a wonderful blend of notes, flowery but in a deep way with green but not too green. It is excellently balanced, for the intellectual women I would say.