Description
Back in 1946, when she was a girl, Natalie Wood acted in the movie “The Bride Wore Boots” together with the movie legend Barbara Stanwyck, who was wearing the perfume that thrilled Natalie during the filming. When the filming was finished, Barbara gave a bottle of the perfume to Natalie, who used it during her whole life. When a friend or a family member complimented Natalie for her perfume, she used to send perfume bottles as a gift to them, which continued the tradition of giving and spreading generosity as Barbara taught her when she was a child.
Natalie Wood’s favorite perfume is a vintage version of Jungle Gardenia from 1932, which was re-launched by Coty in the 1990s as a completely different fragrance. As it turns out, Jungle Gardenia was worn by Joan Crawford, Michael Jackson, and Elizabeth Arden!
One of the most beautiful actresses of all time and movie legend Natalie Wood had two daughters, Natasha and Cortney who carry the strong stamp of their mother’s favorite perfume on their memories of childhood. This year, with a wish to recreate the fragrance that marked their mother’s life in special way, as well as their lives, they introduced a fragrance called Natalie, created of essential oils and top quality raw ingredients as a sentimental creation dedicated to their mother, Natalie Wood.
“We created this fragrance with a lot of love and attention. Our wish is that you love it as much as we do.” – as stated by Natasha Gregson Wagner, daughter of Natalie Wood.
The top notes of Natalie blend notes of neroli, bitter orange, freesia, and rose oil as an overture to natural gardenia enveloped in orange blossom, daffodil, hyacinth and jasmine in the heart. The base of the composition provides a harmony of notes composed of vanilla, soft wood, and leather musk. Natural gardenia is the key note of the creation precisely because gardenia was Natalie Wood’s favorite scent. Natalie is available as 50ml Eau de Parfum.
Natalie was launched in 2015.
кирил – :
Starts out very citrusy with the bitter orange and the rose turns lemony. A buttery narcissus appears,orange blossom, jasmine follow up and the base woods stir in the background. Gardenia enters the scene .
It does echo parts of Jungle Gardenia. Its modern with a nod to retro scents of yesteryear. The beginning is a little rough to get over, but wait it out until it smooths out. Its a lovely floral and unique to find these days.
81duka – :
My mom wears it and I love the smell of gardenia and orange blossom! I even wear it in Miss Earth 2017!
apardyStopany – :
Did a blind buy, because I love white florals.I like this scent, but I don’t love it.Maybe it’s the woody notes, that ruins it for me…The celebrity white floral scents I do love are Jennifer Aniston’s first fragrance and Denise Richards fragrance..Even Jovan’s Island Gardenia and Sand&Sable smell nicer to me.
Adward196 – :
I know nothing about perfume beyond what I like and what I don’t like. I do know that I tend to like floral scents, will happily bury my nose in a gardenia and that the description of this scent was appealing to me. So I sent for a sample. Thank goodness that’s all I got. I sniffed the open vial and turned up my nose. But okay. Maybe mixed with my own body chemistry, something magical would occur. I dabbed the tiniest bit and waited.
Much as I’d love to tell you how wonderful the result was, I can’t. It was nasty. And despite the fact that I put only the tiniest bit on my wrist, it screamed for attention. I imagined myself in an elevator full of people, everyone glancing around, noses atwitch, trying to determine the source of the unpleasant odor.
I ran to the sink to wash it off. There’s still a faint ghost of the smell, and I just don’t like it.
But let me stress again that just because it smelled disgusting on me, doesn’t mean it won’t be heaven to someone else. Our tastes are different; our body chemistries are different. And I really wanted to like this product.
Deroxlxsws – :
Fragrance Review For Natalie Wood
Top Notes Neroli Freesia Bitter Orange Rose Oil
Middle Notes Gardenia Narcissus Jasmine Orange Blossom Hyacinth
Base Notes Vanilla Musk Wood
I avoided testing this fragrance because I was looking at it from a perfume snob point of view. Hollywood actress Natalie Wood wore Jungle Gardenia by Tuvache which I really enjoyed in vintage form as I’m sure she did but after about a year or two of waiting I finally got my hands on this beautiful white floral fragrance. No it wears nothing like Jungle Gardenia nor even attempts to have the slightest resemblance to it. This is a white floral chypre that has a classic vintage feel to it while at the same time being very modern. It has authentic floral extracts and a very real rose oil that smelled like rose attars from Middle Eastern perfume companies. This is a fragrant heady smell of gardenia and rose the likes of which I had not smelled before. This is a gardenia flower smell with pronounced vanilla making it very modern but because of the old fashioned rose oil/rose water it also smells very old fashioned. It also has additional white floral scents of jasmine. Lots of jasmine. At the dry down is a musk scent that really holds everything together. Classy, mature for sure but amazing. It makes me feel very lady like and elegant. It has an Old Hollywood glamorous quality. It could have almost turned into White Diamonds by Elizabeth Taylor but fortunately that vanilla kept it sweet and not at all spicy. Beautiful. I am sorry I waited too long to appreciate it. Highly recommended for fans of white floral fragrances, vanilla, woods and rose oil as well as the perfumes that evoke the glamorous Old Hollywood movie star decades of the 1930s 1940s 1950s
urbaclela – :
Okay, here is a review of the actual fragrance. The two top notes are gardenia and lemon/citrus. It’s a light scent, but comes across as very natural. It uses very good quality oils, and is more artistic than commercial. It has a lot of white flowers, but the fresh gardenia is front and center. It’s not an indolent, creamy gardenia, but more of a green, fresh-cut flower gardenia. If someone sprayed it on you and told you it was Creed, you’d believe them. I like it, and have been wearing it several days in a row. It takes a while to “figure out” this scent, which is also the sign of a good scent. I was getting dressed today, and realized there was an intoxicating gardenia scent on my jacket and shirt. It was very natural, like being in the sunshine and walking past a gardenia bush. That decided me. I do love this scent and will order a full bottle.
kesha_o – :
If I was God (or Jeannie from “I Dream of Jeannie” or Samantha Stevens from “Bewitched”) , I would blink and have this turn up on T.J. Marshall’s red tag clearance rack for $14.99 TOMORROW morning !
Day-um I love all those ingredients !
Анежала18 – :
Arguing about perfume….LOL
22rrr22 – :
Gosh, I’d love to read some, you know, actual reviews instead of seeing insults being hurled and tirades about the good ol’ days when we could bathe ourselves in the most overwhelming fumes without a care for anyone who might get within arm’s radius.
paull – :
OMFG!
This is getting good now!
I just can’t! LOL…
Now I wanna try this fragrance! Seriously!
And… The next Fifi Award winner for best “Quarrel fragrance” is…
Who doesn’t fancy one of that?
Skvisgaar – :
@Gina Ky
When people run out of arguments and reasons and starts to insult and go for personal discrediting, it is not usually a good sign.
You should think about that, although I know you won’t.
spaxorspoumma – :
@Gina Ky
I think you are mixing things. And about the story, I don’t care a hint, because in my opinion is just another advertising gimmick to milk money from the people, by predating on their nostalgia and longing of glamour. Why don’t they just re- release the original fragance with its original name, which is what they should do? I tell you, because they wouldn’t sell it as well as a celebrity fragance.
And last, but don’t less, please, be more polite and do not insult people you don’t know only because they don’t think like you.
You welcome.
tct356bedyWelty – :
Another perfume with the name of a long deceased celebrity..? Oh, dear. They could even squeeze money from the stones…