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zazorg – :
Yet another preview: I just purchased this today in a batch of vintage Jovan scents. I’ll update when it arrives.
OK, so the perfume is here, and it’s a goody. Jovan isn’t one of my favorite brands, but this is a wonderful floral fragrance. There’s nothing cheap about this (once) affordable brand. The jasmine is intense and long lasting. I’m not a fan of the actual Jasmin flower scent, that is, the real flower blooming on the plant. This is so much better than the real thing! Too bad this has been discontinued.
gegcbr 3737 – :
I got a small decant of this sent to me by a absolute sweetheart here on Fragrantica (I’m looking at you, Britt!) While it’s not THE Night Blooming Jasmine soliflore that I had hoped for, I think I like it! It doesn’t really smell like NBJ to me, it smells like jasmine incense before it’s lit or burned. If you picked up a unlit stick of Jasmine incense and smelled it, this is what you would smell.
It has that same soapy, dusty thing going on that floral incenses have combined with what I’m fairly certain is sandalwood (even though it’s not listed). More testing required but it’s alright so far. However I would advise that you don’t go into it expecting a true NBJ soliflore because you won’t find that here.
doctor5516 – :
I bought a decant of this, along with Tatiana, to rekindle childhood memories. Today, I put one small drop on my wrist. The entire room filled with the scent of jasmine. It is true to the scent of the jasmine flower, if not the softness of the real bloom. I live where jasmine blooms at night and it perfumes the air with a lovely, heady scent. Although powerful, real flowers have that underlying softness that is hard to describe and impossible to replicate in a perfume. That said, this fragrance is a nice representation of jasmine for sure, but harsher, more intense, more chemical.
It starts jasmine and stays jasmine, there are no other subtle flowers involved. It did bring back memories-and a slight headache. It’s just too strong for me now, at least for a daytime perfume on a warm day. I think this is an evening perfume. Wear this when you are going out to dinner on a patio or a movie under the stars. You should try to be that night blooming flower. Outside, people will smell it and enjoy it and perhaps think a jasmine plant is close. Inside, some eyes may water.
If you like jasmine and want to smell a popular perfume from the early 1970s, then try it. It is a white flower scent of that decade that holds up. But this is not for spraying or putting on every pulse point. One drop will do. Sillage is immense.
ReStar – :
Was in the mood for a really intense perfume today – something like the original Jungle Gardenia of my teen years. Just got this from Jovan to try, partly because I like their Gardenia scent so much. Also because I love the smell of real night blooming jasmine flowers. None of the perfumes saying they smell like them so far have even come close, but I still want to try.
This one in a tiny dose really does remind me of the real thing! It’s more of an homage than a duplication, but in a small amount it’s wonderful. I get the connection with real night blooming jasmine flowers. Wow!
Sillage and longevity are very good, so a tiny drop is all that’s needed. A larger spray smells cheap in comparison. Oddly, it also doesn’t smell like jasmine, but a white floral chemical mess. More is not better with this perfume. This bottle should last forever!
Odobiapaino – :
I love the scent of night blooming jasmine !!!!!