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Fenida – :
I would describe this as a green chypre. My nose smells something like a slightly bitter citrus at the top. It is balanced out with an almost sweet patchouli underneath. Gorgeous….so well combined making an interesting interplay between sharp and sweet. This is a timeless fragrance. It has a fresh aliveness to it with a woody sweetness in the background to give it depth. This perfume becomes a soft skin scent rather quickly. I wish that it projected more and had stronger lasting power
forexauto – :
Quartz by Molyneaux is categorized as a floral, but this fragrance is a green chypre to my nose. Sparkling aldehydes are the opening notes. Orris root, oakmoss and a hint of ripe melon develop several minutes later, followed by fresh cedar. Overall, Quartz has a dry, herbal composition. Quartz is a refreshing departure from my usual floral fragrances. If you like Calandre, Rive Gauche, or Coriandre, then give this a whirl. Another reviewer mentioned that Quartz was “alive”–which is quite accurate! The beauty of Quartz is that it’s versatile (appropriate for boardroom or cocktail party) and affordable.
Sillage radiates about 2 feet, but longevity is outstanding (7 hours). Quartz could easily be worn by either sex. Men seem to be drawn to this fragrance. Be prepared to get noticed when wearing Quartz! My husband adores this perfume–and he is incredibly finicky. When I was Christmas shopping this afternoon, a man actually followed me into a store and said “Oooohh. You smell sooo sexy!”
kalinovsky_es – :
For me…This is a classy, sophisticated, timeless scent. It’s absolutely beautiful and so feminine. I put this in the league of Rive Gauche and Cristalle. If you like those, you will love Quartz! My mom wore the original and I can detect a difference, truth be told, I prefer this one. Longevity is good but sillage is quite soft on me. This is a classic scent for a classy lady.
dmitrii111 – :
My signature scent of the 80’s. I thought it was discontinued for I haven’t seen it in the 2000’s. If I see it again I will definitely buy it.
I would call this a WOODY CHYPRE.
levka6480 – :
I am sure I will need to give this one some more time but my intial impression is that I like this, could become a love. My taste are changing and I am enjoying fragrance with sweets less and less. There is the tiniest bit of sandalwood and amber in the drydown, which I can’t stop sniffing. My bottle looks nothing like what is pictured. It is more squat and flat and the cap is cut on a wavy diagonal.There is no designation of femme or homme. Im going to give it a full test run out in the cold tomorrow!
qnl194speagoessenda – :
Fresh, somewhat soapy, complex and quite alive.
I am having a hard time discerning the specific notes here. This is a good thing! This is one of those perfumes where the notes mix together seamlessly and create a beautiful abstract whole.
To my untrained nose, this is like a sort of soapy Chypre. Feminine but still abstract, mossy and floral, serene but complex. Understated but not linear. A bit old-fashioned but in a good way… And very very wearable. Office-friendly, child-appropriate and adult women-appropriate as well. I only own a mini, but if I had a full size I could see it becoming a workhorse in my daily perfume rotation.
I can smell the carnation, the moss, something vaguely soapy and warm and a delicious, warm human musk base.
Good and enjoyable.
Dr-Hack – :
Definitely a crisp fresh green smell. I can imagine this was divine compared to what they produced in the 70s but 40 years on it smells cheap. A little soapy alcoholic and bugspray if I’m honest. I get no fruit notes either. Won’t be a keeper in my perfume box…
*edit: few days in I like it better, but still not a love…lasting power not amazing, you can only smell it faintly and up close after about half hour.
** this is growing on me quite a bit the sharp crispness I think I am acqiring a taste for it which happens sometimes. Still not amazing lasting, but definitely a like.
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Intallhiladlys – :
Have just seen a shameless price asked for this little darling ,but am sure things are not right with that ad. Anyway, I decided it’s time to speak up and do the due ,thing that I was to do looooong back.
This beauty with v little lasting power, who needs to be reapplied over and over again is twin to Shocking You – Schiaparelli .
On me Azzaro 9 is not resembling to Quarz , Azzaro is mostly about a flower ,linden flowers ( need to check again).
What Diorella is doing on the reminds me of ,is a big mystery to me .
Have never understood why on the reminds me of list ,also reminds me nots are placed and stay there forever.
Strange thing the logic,especially the illogical one 😀
dgb330Unlogrere – :
assai simile al classico diorella, si tratta di uno di quei profumi cyphre verdi che tanto andavano di moda tra gli anni 70 ed 80. qui, come per altri accordi simili (vedi anche chanel crystalle e fidji di guy laroche), le note iniziali sono di una freschezza polposa di frutta (sostanzialmente pesca) che vira sull’iperclassico muschio di quercia, restituendo la componente verde e legnosa. immancabile in ogni collezione che si rispetti, al pari di alri profumi simili, come archetipo unisex seventies. buono.
batay – :
Magical, just magical and enchanting! Scent of who knows what in fact is know to be fragrant (a), that breaks the dates and times with characteristic of a period in which the act of perfuming consisted apart from being with a scent applied itself, but in the certainty of being dress to please someone or an audience. Quartz pour Femme is a classic Moulyneux Cyprus 1977 this period that perfumery houses strove among themselves, in their releases, with the purpose of those who cast most bottled pump time. The fragrance opens with a citrus and deep powdery explosion, with old makeup nuances, due to the very dry Iris presence noticeable and pronounced right from the exit. At its heart its class increases with chunky flowers, highlighting the heaviest Iris that at first, red roses in large doses and shoots Mandressilvas, giving the fragrance, in my perception, the same “dry down” of delicious champagne Yvresse YSL basically both have the same combination of iris and red roses that characterize this similarity. His farewell is virile, starts growing mustaches and sideburns this woman and she begins to thicken his voice is quite prominent the presence of oak moss humidified by serene, sequinho Vetiver, almost roasted, and touches of Patchouli roots that resemble houses of natural essences of my region (Pará – Brazil), which markets the manipulated plant for various purposes. Quartz pour Femme, ensures intense perfuming and a fickle golden for more than 9 h, and boot praise and / or twisted noses when it is the case! It is worth the investment as it is more a fragrance for the list B.B.B. (good, beautiful and cheap).
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SnotowhokNank – :
Oh Gosh yes this was the fragrance of my youth. When I wore it I felt beautiful n so sexy. Yes n it did make me feel sophisticated n wealthy!
sinumeric – :
thIs fragrance is now very different from the original one, it does not have anything in common with it, although the name, the box and the bottle are the same. The original version did smell basically of green tangerine, they used to say came from Calabria. It was a very unusual fragrance, sharp and slightly bitter, with plenty of character. Now I would classify it as a green chypre. It does remind me, in the drydown, like the members who voted above, of Diorella and Crystalle. It does smell of galbanum and oak moss. But I find it more similar to Y. I do like it a lot, find it very pleasant and sophisticated, although I think the sillage is not that good. I detect in the opening what I think is mint, in a very nice contrast with a warm patchouli plus oakmoss base. i think the green galbanum character comes from Vetyver, the way it is combined with the other notes.
centurino – :
I started wearing this in 1983, so not that long after it came out, but only read what the top notes were fairly recently. I agree that the initial impression is fruity, but instead of peach and melon, I get passion fruit. Also, although it is fruity, unlike modern fruity perfumes it isn’t sweet. The overall impact is feminine and warm.
TMazerT – :
An older-fashion green chypre to my nose, with excellent longevity and sillage. It has a fruity-floral opening, more floral in the mid-tones while retaining a crispness The dry-down reflects that chypre oaky-mossy tone. It is lovely, easy to wear, and it is clearly a child of the late 70-early 80’s larger than life fragrances.
olyaоля – :
I used to wear this all the time in the eighties in my late teens and early twenties – my mother had a bottle which I sampled and fell in love with. I recently found it again and had to have it. I sprayed it on yesterday and kept thinking it reminded me of something else I wear. It took me a while but I figured it out. Hermes Eau des Merveilles. No wonder I love it too! Both are so clean, crisp, fresh and elegant!
yuradaod – :
This is a very unusual and multi dimensional perfume. I’ve never smelled something like this before.
It’s a bit lemony, sweet and bitter at the same time. A very interesting combination. As time passes it becomes sweeter and more feminine.
A great perfume with character which if I had to give it a name, I would call it “Different”.
GmbH – :
I didn’t like this one. There was nothing to it. It is like you spray it and it’s gone right away- you can’t even smell it. One-second smell
kie117InsuffBooni – :
Quite similar to vintage EAU SAUVAGE by DIOR in the drydown and DIORELLA although I don’t really smell the “peachy” notes in QUARTZ.
Alex_killer – :
One of the most wonderful perfumes in the world, classic, current, modern, inimitable, sexy,,,, There is no other like it, only in its entirety. I love it. Always ask what fragrance you are wearing. unforgettable
vectram – :
I am happy with my blind buy despite not very favourable reviews for this perfume. I find it refreshingly uplifting and delicate, green-herbal-mossy with some very thin flowery hint showing through in the middle stage of development. In no way heavy, sweet, musky, honey, or any other current trend, Quartz has a transparent quality of the fresh, very distant tangerine, a hint of green juicy grass, with some delicate aroma of the white flowers showing through. To me, it is blended very smoothly, sits close to skin but is lasting, and, in spite of the masculine sounding notes of citrus, vetiver and oak moss, is surprisingly feminine. I can imagine it comes from the 70s, even though some reviewers mention that the current version is completely different. It has a retro vibe but not in an obvious way. Like “quartz” itself, it is light, transparent, sparkling and timeless.
dustul – :
I received a sample of Molyneux Quartz Pour Femme (thanks Lavallectra) and I like it very much.
It opens with beautiful, juicy, tangy citrus with a hefty dose of oakmoss. It reminds me of O De Lancome, which I had in my teens. I think Quartz leans more on the tangerine and oakmoss, and Lancome has more lemon.
I’m going to have to re-think my perfume preferences. For many years, oakmoss and I did not get along. Having recently found Vent Vert, now Quartz, I’m keen to explore more chypres and see if my tastes might be changing. We never know when our perfume assumptions will be challenged. Mine certainly have been, and in a good way.
supermarry – :
Oh the memories!!! I wore this in my late teens, early twenties and I looooooved it. Reviewing all the scents that I used to love as a teen and the ones the I love now, I can say that I’m a pretty consistent floral-chypre kinda fan, who sometimes strays to the green-fresh-fruity realm. But back to Quartz, I remember the smell as sexy, intriguing and somehow clean and round. It gave a strong, in charge woman vibe. I wish I had been as confident a lady as I appeared by wearing this piece of beauty… but alas!! As I was naive I was blissfully ignorant and did not know that this was too big for me back then. I wish I could find it today, I think it would sit really well alongside my Coco Mademoiselle, Elle and Beautiful in my increasingly insane perfume collection.
Dan_MC_107 – :
Oh, sooo French and classy! Yes, it’s very much like Cristalle, except for the peach accord. It also reminds me of Cartier’s So Pretty. I love the honeysuckle note, elegant and clean. When I smell this scent I think of a polite and cultivated lady all dressed in white…
hramcov – :
I really don’t get these notes listed, here’s what I get: mint, lemon, basil, bergamot, jasmine, cyclamen, coriander, oakmoss, musk, cedar. I also perceive Quartz as a chypre floral, agree with the reviews that mention similarities to Diorella and CRISTALLE. I’m sure it’s the basil. And totally agree that this smells like money, to me basil smells elegant as in old money. A beautiful fragrance for a lazy day shopping for antiques in a quaint little french town, and maybe coffee with pastries afterwards. Summer staple.
CoKoJI_333 – :
think of a smell of rich people
swetik1966 – :
Tangerine adds a definite citrusy fruity punch to this fragrance. The problem is that on my skin, the chypre (moss, LOTV, etc) element is overshadowed by that fruitsy-citrusy tangerine which is evident in all stages. I liked the classy beginning of this fragrance but it faded into tangerine juice on my skin. Vetiver, unfortunately, was very faint as i like it to be quite prominent.
I liked Quartz on paper better but i do think about trying it again in autumn.
oleg123 – :
I love this scent!!!!
Classic!
ANDRYAN23 – :
I have used and adored Quartz for about thirty years. That long term is surprising because some fragrances that I loved, I cannot bear now: Ecusson by Jean D’Albret, Robe d’un Soir by Carven, Quadrille by Balenciaga, Boucheron, Fidji. Perhaps, it is because Quartz is not as strong a fragrance. Does anyone know whether the perfumers change the method of making the older fragrances so that they don’t smell the same? Are they using chemicals instead of naturals now?
I’ll have to try Diorella some of you mentioned because I think it is important to change your fragrance from time to time so that you don’t lose the scent.
malish_1001 – :
This scent surprised me in a positive sense.
The first few times,I did not know if I would
dismiss it once and for all,or at least I`d like it
a little. I took out the bottle now and then sprayed a
bit thought it was a sharp mourn with hairspray
as the “lead singer” of the group. After a few weeks
I thought about what,repeatedly smells so fresh,
clean,attractive but straightforward. I must have
mixed several fragrances and produced this lovely scent..then I tried several fragrances when the
opportunity arose,in various places on the skin,and tried to convince me to distinguish where and what
I sprayed them! Nowadays I know that it is by no means loud,I can take a ride even if the horse is a bit
nervous/inexperienced,without “top gear goes in”
before the start..
5manut – :
I am a fragrance snob, an I fell in love with Quartz maybe 10 years ago, but can’t recall how it happened. I especially like to wear Quartz in the fall when the air is cooler. I can wear this to work without feeling like I am trying to seduce or overwhelm anyone. I enjoy this clean, woodsy and floral combination fragrance and have an extra 1 or 2 in the cabinet.
seol9 – :
This is a lovely spring or summer perfume. On my skin it opens with a burst of green notes or aldehydes or both, but I see they are not listed in the notes. These are gone almost as soon as they appear, and then I get a brief soliflore, I think it’s the jasmine. That is also gone quickly, then the soft blend of orris root, sandalwood, melon and peach appear. The other florals and the oakmoss are faint. I love the opening of this perfume on my skin. Maybe it’s a little similar to Cristalle.
I bought this blind after reading reviews that it was similar to Diorella. This might be Diorella’s shy sister.
I like this very much. I may spring for a larger bottle after I go through my mini. It may help with the expense of my Diorella addiction. 🙂
I have reached the drydown just as I have written this, and the oakmoss is stronger now but tempered with the cedar and a bit of benzoin. I get no amber or musk on my skin.
aleksey119 – :
I was offput by Quartz at first try because it smelled like a chic 1960’s hairspray in the opening. I put my bottle away, thinking I’d resell it on ebay. But I revisited it recently and decided to give it another chance. Boy am I sure glad I did! It develops into a very smooth, elegant, refined cyphre floral with citrus undertones (I pick up the tangerine). Soft, feminine, clean and fresh. Not offensive or synthetic at all. I started using it as my daytime scent a few weeks ago and have layered it with baby powder. It becomes sheer tender loveliness after a few hours!
Molyneux Quartz is pure class, a truly fine French perfume. Some say it reminds them of Diorella or Cristalle. If you like those classics, I recommend you give Quartz a try. Extreme quality at an extremely affordable price – I’ve seen 3.4 oz. bottles on sale on ebay for $9.95 with free shipping – what a bargain! Can’t wait to try more Molyneux scents.
nemo1112 – :
That burst of citruses was one of my favourite smells ever! ages ago….I wish I could smell it again!
сowboy120 – :
I love shypre fragrances, but this one is just plain nasty, especially after a little while like LaPetite mentioned. after about 5-10 minutes, it turns very soapy , chemical and bitter. Can;t do this one.
pellmell – :
He was in the first time of perfumists and this is one of the most remarkable fragrances , like Ysatiz, Vivre and Chanel n5 .
Nergal – :
In my opinion it´s a too much serious frangance, but at the same time femenine… This is a scent to wear only during winter nights because it´s strong and heavy at first, but then when the hours go by, what you get on the skin & clothes is a more romantic and femenine smell ( less strong and more sweet) .
УУУУвася – :
In the dead of winter I seem to be stuck on fresh and green fragrances. And I’m not sure if this review is going under the correct Quartz though. My bottle is a 100ml EDP tester with a description of the fragrance on the back, in French.
Translated through babel fish:
Flowered Green fruity agreement on Modern Chyper bottom manderine green, grapefruit, jasmine, Chevrefeuille and hyacinth, patchouli Singapore sandal mysore
I have to agree this is very green, crisp and fresh, and a tad sweet, but not sickening sweet. The drydown is a cozy patchouli. Silliage and longevity are great. But the bottle’s notes do not match up with any of Molyneux’s Quartz, Femme or Quartz Modern. Whichever it is, I’m going to put this away until spring. I need something warm right now 🙂
podymov.sm – :
Quality ***
Versatility ***
Durability ***
Sillage ****
Top *
Heart ***
Base ***?
Final score ***
Minireview from a partial wearing, I don’t like nor dislike it, not much else to say about it.
99999999999 – :
This is heaven in a bottle!
For me Quartz smell like a Fruity Chypre fragrance, a tender watery-peachy-melon version of Yvresse.
The notes in this fragrance are so well balanced that they do not overpower but helps to harmonize and bring out the best of each other. I absolutely love its unique scent.
The powerlasting is good.
x19x – :
Perfect for the office….I wore this when it first came out in the 1970’s, when I wanted something light and fresh – but not heavily sexy – to wear to work. It was sooooo nice!
polfiniks – :
Thank you, Michele and Chat Lunatique! You rule! 😀
Now I’m curious about the earliest version of Quartz – something I’ll never know… 🙁
Quartz was launched in 77 – the year I was born – and it makes my curiosity even worst (because I like to know anything about that year, a very special year, for sure, hahaha… silly :S ).
Whatever…I like my “Quartz pour Femme”! 😀
BuAnNi – :
Thank you for trying to help me, Michele!
I think “Quartz” and “Quartz pour Femme” are the same chypre, and this database is confusing us! LOL
Shipilov9 – :
I find that this is a very nice light scent to wear in Florida because summer never seems to end! I can’t wait until the weather cools off and I can wear some of my heavier fragrances.
Optokspit – :
Zalenska, I wish I knew. I just bought Quartz pour Femme and it doesn’t smell the same as I remember. I’m thinking that I must have worn Quartz years ago and when I bought this, didn’t know the difference. I still like it but not as much. Oh, well.
LOYANDAMADO – :
People, help me!
What’s the difference between Quartz and Quartz pour Femme? In the box we read “Quartz pour Femme”. We open it and in the bottle we read “Quartz”.
OMG
Quartz is Floral.
Quartz pouf Femme is Chypre Floral.
OMG
What’s the “real” one?
o_O
Iren__1003 – :
My scent when I was a teenager. very fresh and clean. I could wear it again in summer or in the office since its the kind on non intrusive fragance ideal when you work around other people.
Its also timeless. It brings sweet memories to me, of all the hopes and dreams I had. It was also my introduction to the world of fragances and I could not ask for a better one.
It’s responsible for my current adiction to fragances and scents.
vip-moto – :
Probably the most crisp summer scent ever!!!! very light for my age anymore, but definitely special!