Description
Truth or Dare by Madonna Naked is a new version of the Madonna’s debut in the world of perfumes – the fragrance Truth or Dare launched in early 2012. Truth or Dare Naked is out in the fall of 2012, more sensual and daring than its predecessor.
The creation of this floral – woody fragrance is credited to perfumer Stephen Nilsen, who also created the original edition. The scent is described as a bold combination of creamy woods, vanilla and sparkling flowers.
The top notes are honeysuckle, peach blossom and neroli. The perfume’s core includes vanilla orchid, cocoa flower and lily of the valley. The base is creamy with Texas cedar wood, benzoin from Laos, oud accord and Australian sandalwood.
Truth or Dare by Madonna Naked is available as 50 and 75 ml Eau de Parfum.
Oncialek – :
I swapped this one away some time ago but started craving it shortly after. Unfortunately it became hard to find and prices skyrocketed.
Fortunately, I just bought it off a British seller on ebay, BNIB and sealed, 40 bucks for a 75ml bottle. It’s really worth it and I am so happy with my purchase ! Truth or Dare Naked is perfect for fall, it’s cozy, warm, sensual and offers just enough fun with its mentholated opening.
The cocoa offers some fruity apricot flavours and it dries down to a warm and creamy vanilla base, sweet but rough at the same time thanks to the woods.There is also a prominent boozy feeling throughout the development that makes it even more enjoyable.
It makes me think of a morning waking up hangover after partying, a little bit of everything, a bit of debauchery. Provocative, sexy, definitely not innocent. Some perverted holy water… Rough !
COLOUR: AMBER & SATIN GOLD
Idombaddy – :
The very first time I got a whiff of this was in 2013 and it was dead winter. At the time I had been living in the country for a few years and had decided I wanted to return to city living. Country had lost its charmed. So Im visiting the city, its dead winter and I smell Naked.
Oh my gosh it made such an impression I couldn’t get over it. Gorgeous and I had not smelled anything like it before. I immediately bought 3 big beautiful bottles.
But its so strange I never wear it and the odd time I reach for it I question why I liked it so much. I wore it to bed last night and had faint whiffs when I awoke in the morning.
Im giving a bottle to my bestie as she has 250 bottles of perfume and does not have this in her collection. Im glad I have it and am holding onto my 2 bottles as its initial magic just may well occur again but in the future.
bfmkmooetn – :
Yes.. I’ve ordered from Poland, and I’ve got this tester for 20 dollars, I was so happy during all the summer))
With the shipping. Half of the bottle has left for the next summer.
fi.si – :
Hello. in Poland, the last testers with a cap to get for 5 euros. Shock! I have supplies! I would recommend! smell of a drug! kisses. L-O-V-E IT!
chiga1795 – :
This is a fantastic and clever perfume that is super suitable when fall comes! I adore the slightly mentholated opening – tiny bit toothpasty. The mentholated aspect doesn’t stick around for a long time and I am curious about which note creates it. There is no tuberose here and tuberose can do that if high quality. The oud? Anyway, there is soft cocoa and it has got nothing to do with candy or other super gourmand perfumes- this is realistic, soft, steady. I also smell the honeysuckle and the benzoin and they complement each other in a lovely way. Nothing screams here, stands out; its truly well blended. The middle phase is mainly pleasant and the dry down is absolutely amazing when this soft, well-made scent melds with the skin and becomes just a very, very pleasant, yet quite original cloud of niceness. First I thought I wanted this scent to have more sillage, but now I realise that it would have made it strange. This is a long-lasting soft, mild yet steady cloud of mellow warmth. Oh, the cedar in it is also super nice- nice amount of it, well balanced and makes the scent stand straight in all its softness. This is by no means a coy and forgettable scent- its softness with a twist. Is this the bigger sister of Britney Spears Private Show, which is also quite nice. If you love the the Britney and feel like expanding into a more original terrotory- definitely try this one! Also, if you like perfumes like Balmain´s Ambre Gris try this!
zspawns – :
This is a strange one for me because I would have never picked the right notes from the pyramid if I smelled this blind. I get cherry, praline, and patchouli right off the bat.. akin to Katy Perry Killer Queen and Donna Karan Liquid Cashmere Black.. and even LVEB and Flowerbomb. It’s very fruitchouli to my nose.. a perfumey perfume, the cloud of scent as you walk into Macy’s. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, I love all the fragrances I mentioned. It just isn’t essential to my collection since I already have all of those scents.
Either way, this is a great quality celebrity fragrance. It has the projection and longevity of a heavy hitting scent like LVEB and Flowerbomb but considering what it’s going for on Ebay it’s not much of a cheaper “dupe” for either. Worth it if you’re a big Madonna fan but if you already have a decent fruitchouli collection you can probably pass on this one.
fotoAnton – :
When I first tried this balsamic scent I really didn’t like it. It’s amazing what a gap of a few years can do.
It smelt like hair spray back then.
Now I immediately recognise the Benzoin, cocoa and orchid. These three definitely dominate. I think the others notes in this must be overwhelmed by the big three. Quite an achievement with oud listed as being present.
The orchid becomes more and more dominant with time. It’s the same for me with TF Black Orchid. It is a nice scent that I often layer with. It doesn’t develop much at all but then it was very cheap. Nice but a bit boring. I’ve sniffed too many interesting scents over the years so sadly not enough going on here to excite me.
Good longevity and moderate sillage.
Li55i4ka – :
what a HUGE surprise! A stunning, expensive smell fragrance! Very close to Buquet ideale Xerjoff in a mixture with Lira. Fantastic. So sad gone too soon… For 40-50$ – 50 ml, still can be found. It worth every penny. Love it and so happy I have it in my collection. Well done, Queen!
OneTime – :
Personally, I can’t stand celebrity scents, and until yesterday I had zero in my collection. Well,not really,there is hubby’s Usher VIP,but none for me.
After stumbling across several reviews on Tod on here, I figured what the heck and blind bought both bottles.
I have to say that I find Naked to be a bit more original. Truth or Dare seems to be a rip off of Guerlain’s Mahora,they smell identical,so no points for originality. The performance is weak too.
Naked though, OMG! This is good.
Three words:
Boozy,cozy,delicious.
Radiates warmth.
In my opinion,both are safe blind buy. Discontinued, but with a bit of search and patience,both can be found at a great price. Do not fall for those sellers selling them for 100 bucks!
Great stuff! Oh,and the bottles are gorgeous!
diabbankeviveodx – :
This reminds me of Oriflame Love potion mixed with Roberto Cavalli Nero assoluto. Cacao, orchid, wood and benzoin. It’s a bit sweet and seductive, but appropriate even for daily wear i think. Not as special as TOD, but it’s a nice scent for a really good price.
leikat – :
Oh my gosh, this stuff is awesome!!! I’ll be honest: I resisted it for a long time because it’s, well, from Madonna! I was sure it would match her public persona (i.e. “smell trashy”). I am very, very pleasantly surprised. I tentatively applied a little on my wrists this morning and drove my kids to school. It was very gentle and delicious. Sillage is quite soft on me. It smells warm; like skin, but better. It’s not a cacao-bomb, but it’s sort of cozy and would suit in all weather and applications. After a couple hours, I completely doused myself on the wrists, neck, and hair with nearly the rest of my sample! It’s really that good to me and went straight to my “Love” shelf. It smells way more expensive than it is. Now I’m bummed that it’s D/C because I’ll never have a bottle of my own.
cezaramur – :
With TOD original being in my top 5, I wasn’t expecting Naked to overshadow it…. and it didn’t. It lacks the class and glamour of the original to me. Naked is lovely none the less, it’s a good solid, safe fragrance and I am stocking up whilst it’s cheap enough to do so but it could be a decent scent by any celeb in my honest opinion. The original moved away from safe and could have come from a top house. Love Naked but not as much as the original!
ZIGE-74 – :
If you are mourning the discontinuation of this lovely perfume, try Dalal by Al Rehab. It is not identical, but it has a very similar feel.
I’ve had Dalal for years, but only just received a decant of this and it was immediately familiar to me because of the similarity.
However, I’ll be getting a bottle of this too as it has a lovely added dimension (I think orchid) that Dalal doesn’t have.
Koverin-2011 – :
Blind buys can feel either courageous or foolish, depending on the outcome, and with a little hindsight bias I can declare I made a courageous blind buy when I saw this going cheap online! Bright, resinous woody floral, this is a complex and sophisticated blend. Soft spicy, warm, sexy and cosy woods; it feels like a fluffy enveloping cashmere knit. The scent is far more luxurious and sensuous than one would expect from a celebrity fragrance. Madonna clearly knows her perfume – something tells me that she didn’t stand by on the sidelines whilst someone else made the crucial decisions! There is something of her power and force in this frag: she isn’t a wallflower, she’s very confident in her own skin.
I love this scent, and it has already garnered multiple compliments in the first few days of wear. It has moderate-to-heavy sillage and great lasting power; it’s very much there without being annoying, leaving a beautiful trail of soft scent behind you. A truly great find.
pleolexx – :
I was wrong. Though I really dislike Sandalwood (Santal 33 makes me leave the room) and don’t enjoy sweet smells at all, TOD Naked grew easily and fast on me. I take back my cheap fragrance assoziation, this smells nothing like your average musked-up synthetic cheapness. It smells cocoa sweet which is really deluted in its sweetness but rich in its velvety character. The sandalwood is huge in this one but I don’t mind, I even start to crave this note. Big thank you to all reviewers, baught it based on the opinions here and already fear my bottle will be empty soon… the bourbon brown really makes this (well designed) bottle! Didn’t regret. Together with Aura, this is my summer sweetie for 2018. Swoon.
pcf152speagoessenda – :
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!! AND I DEFINITELY SMELLED SOMETHING LIKE THIS ONE BEFORE!!! (I know that I’m gonna go to bed tonight “haunted” by Naked ToD, as I still cannot think of the one that is also similar to it beside the similarity votings above…lol…). But I think what I smelled on my skin is something that has a vibe of Dior Hypnotic Poison or YSL Black Opium, or even Kenzo Amour…I could totally be wrong, but I really don’t care whatever it is similar to, as I just LOVE it!!!
First off, the bottle is “vintage-y” and SO cool looking. For some strange reasons, it reminds me of Madonna’s “Like A Prayer” video 🙂
It is over 90F degrees out there yesterday, but I did not care. The moment Naked ToD arrived in the mail, I grabbed it and sprayed. It was a blind buy for me based on the reviews on THIS PAGE. Considered a happy success. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH for your comments! And where was I all those years when Naked ToD was released???
I’m not gonna pretend that I could detect certain notes as I simply just can’t (such as benzoin…). Naked ToD performed beautifully on my skin. Sillage and longevity are great, well lasted. My husband and my 16 year old stepson helped me “figuring” out the notes, and they also liked the scent very much. According to them, Naked ToD smelled like the yummiest “Redvines Twizzlers with light vanilla coated licorice flavor”, or a “creamy vanilla root beer float” :))) (must be from the benzoin, orchid, honey suckle, cocoa, and peach blossom combined). But I myself could definitely tell that in the dry down, this one has one of the most creamy, lightly spicy warm cedar and sandal wood ever. And to my surprise, Naked ToD worked out great in the heat. Very well then, it is now considered a year-round fragrance for me, as no one in my house hold complains about the scent at all 🙂
This morning, I already placed another order for Naked ToD, because I don’t wanna run out. Hopefully the scent will not turn easily.
Will post a review for the original ToD soon and I’ll keep my finger crossed for that one, as I read that it has been a “tricky” one on many people 🙂
neadam – :
I blind swapped this and I like it a lot. It’s sort of sweet and hazy in a syrupy yet not heavy way. Floral- sandalwood- caramel and cherry soda. I think the benzoin is a resiny substance that gives it a richness.
I’m wearing it in warm weather but it’s fine in small amounts. In winter maybe a bit more. Happy with it!
Symnswosy – :
Im in the minority in disappointed. Was picturing something like Youth Dew but naughtier and younger. I am getting something extremely sweet but woody. I’m realizing I do not like benzoin much…there are underlying notes that I could enjoy it not for the cedar and benzoin. I am reminded of Baiser du Dragon feel but with the sweetness of cola syrup. Benzoin has this aspect that gets in the back of my throat and gives me a soapy taste. Another thing this reminds me of is the male Givenchy Pi. Which gets overwhelming very fast.
It smells pleasant don’t get me wrong but the floral notess are too light and the basenotes are too heavy. I wanted more cocoa and Lily but got oud, woods and resin. Maybe it’s the way my skin chemistry wears it.
I think a man could pull this off actually. I like the original Truth or Dare much better at least on me .
I blind bought so this will be up for swap soon.
1slav1 – :
At start somewhat cheap fragrance like something from Revlon, but also better: Boozy. Peach blossom soft. Warm and cold (minty feeling) at the same time. That’s really nice.
But also sticky sweet. Be aware that sandalwood is very strong in this one.
This is my sweetest fragrance and doesn’t fit my style at all. I baught it because of the unique bottle, the promised balsamic feel, the fact it would be nowhere to find one day. I will wear it in winter to see if the sweetness is as strong during cold weather.
Still it is a very uplifting scent, cocoon-y, feminine. Pleasant whafts. The color fits a 100 percent. I am actually sad for her that this somewhat interesting perfume has been discontinued that quickly.
BydayBagcum – :
I like this, when I tried it I racked my brain thinking of what it reminded me of from the 80s, then it hit me, it was very similar to Ciara by Revlon, same type of vibe, the posters who couldn’t think of which one I’m sure meant this one, I do prefer Madonnas though, very nice
Reckless2367 – :
A young man followed me around at an organic grocery store when I was wearing TRUTH or DARE NAKED which never happened to me with wearing other much strong fragrances.
TRUTH or DARE NAKED is a very warm sensual floral woody with a bit of oriental vanilla vibe. Whoever come really close to you might feel like a little kitten cuddled by the mother telling “Everything is going to be alright, honey”. . . with a Marilyn Monroe kind of sweet innocent voice.
This could be my signature scent but why are they discontinuing this??? Currently, this is the most popular feminine fragrance with agarwood(oud) on the search engine.
This inoffensive sweet with just enough depth to free your territory kind of fragrance is indeed needed.
sowsabarf – :
I have had both this and the original Truth or Dare for a while now and this is the first time trying wearing them in earnest today.
I am doing a side by side comparison test on both wrists. So far I am preferring Naked. It’s richer, creamier, warmer and smells more luxurious than TOD. The tuberose in TOD isn’t really overwhelming like it can be in other frags to me even when it’s not the starring actress. Not to say I don’t like TOD but don’t think I’d ever LOVE it. I’ll see how both progress throughout the day and come back here.
Edit: later on in the day, they both have pretty much the same longevity, it’s a matter of which effect you prefer, TOD Naked seems to be a warmer more intimate scent, while TOD still, to me, seems more “in your face” and more “shallow”, the “good-time, party girl here for a good time not a long time.
I don’t know how to put it another way, it just doesn’t connect with me, it doesn’t seem as grounded.
I think I prefer TOD Naked, you want her to stick around and get to know her on a deeper level. She has secrets to reveal, but she is going to make you put in the effort, make you coax her to to reveal them to you.
mednikolai – :
Never had the chance to try this one unfortunately. It really seemed like a scent I could like. Why did they discontinue such a popular scent?!
andr4 – :
HI. WOW! THIS is great! Very good sweet unisex, wonderful scent for every season, something wonderful keeps on my sweater for 2 days, very good durability, I have many compliments, smells very expensive and good. It’s a pity that production was stopped, I got 50 ml, for only 4 EURO! Proof that for such a sum you can have something very cool and expensive, a great bottle. Thank you, MADONNA! 10/10
XoмячоK – :
This is how I imagine ancient temples smelt – the incense is intense! At first I was blasted with the vanilla orchid and thought Oh No – another over-the-top gourmand I wasn’t warned about. That dried down though within an hour to the base notes, so Truth or Dare Naked can rightly claim to be a musky woody floral. The oud, sandalwood and benzoin are pretty apparent so it would possibly offend others in our hot, humid climate. I’d only wear this in the depths of Winter in Australia (where I’d barely get away with it, given that we wear t-shirts and shorts on many days in Winter where I live). Or I’ll keep my 10ml sample for Christmas time to get in the spirit of our oddly upside down White Christmas celebrations in 30+ degree heat. I don’t regret tracking this discontinued fragrance down – for the price it’s well done – but it just doesn’t suit my lifestyle.
Luтый – :
I detect
– A mix of sweetness and cedar wood that makes me think of Britney Spears Fantasy, Naughty Remix.
– Strong Benzoin notes that remind me of Ralph Lauren Tender Romance.
– and the Orchid note in this is similar to that in Beyonce Heat, Wild Orchid.
All in all it is a remarkable fragrance for the price (got it on eBay for au$30). Well blended notes, particulary the oud which can stick out like sore thumb when done incorrectly. Very well made for a celebrity fragrance, I am highly impressed.
igor-igorevich – :
minty menthol spearmint benzoin , old school band aid tape. warm and cold zingy, identical to original blistex lip balm scent. i went thru several bottles couple of years ago, now discontinued, lucky to be in new zealand where the odd one popped up again… if you like tigerbalm, heat rubs mixed fudge caramels, benzoin incense gum, you’ll like this. it has a bite-tho, heavy boozy, metallic. my skin normally eats perfume but this sticks! should be labelled as unisex. SO MUCH BLISTEX ! I LOVE BLISTEX ! i think its the camphor … theres camphor in this, surely, like rum fudge with mothballs. yum
dry down could dupe for ck shock for men but its more bitchy and spikey and less smooth
hmm rootbeer
HoganWard – :
Found a bottle of this on ebay.
what a shame its discontinued, its a wonderful fragrance!
I find it completely unisex and it instantly reminded me of Givenchy Pi, benzoin and (although not listed as a note) vanilla.
Its both masculine and feminine at the same time.
such a shame its discontinued!
васссяя – :
To me, this smells like chocolate coca cola with honeysuckle and a little benzoin. I feel like that doesn’t make it sound nearly as luxurious as it smells. Not what I was expecting at all, but loving it!
natiqwsx – :
Warm fruity floral. Meh. It’s ok I guess – I was looking forward to this as I really like the original. This flanker is a bit too much like all the other floral gourmand celebuscents out there. Not bad but, in fact it’s pretty well done for the genre, but I was expecting something a little more “Wow!” It’s your run of the mill pleasant, sweet floral with some edible notes. I’m surprised I don’t see any vanilla or caramel in the list of notes. I guess the perfumer’s idea of amber is sugary caramel? Again, not terrible but not particularly interesting. I regret all the effort I made to track it down. 🙁
Wait… there’s oud??? What oud????
drab600 – :
Sorry, my mistake… try looking for NAKED of course..!
Xzotik – :
You guys, you guys, you guys…………!
I am going to make a very bold statement here.
Let me begin first by stating that, generally speaking, I almost NEVER agree with perfumes that are supposed to be dupes, or resemblances that a good number of people agree on.
There are some exceptions of course – I am thinking Epice Marine of the Hermessence Line, and Declaration for example, but they are quite rare for me.
Having read that this particular perfume is discontinued, and being aware of some very positive reviews of my fellow Fragranticans (to whom all the credit they deserve), I decided to try a blind buy of NUDE.
After having received my bottle, I had a true AHA-Erlebnis at first spritz.
I checked with my Monsieur, who ‘recognized’ it too. (It may partly be due to me whispering something along the lines of “your girl scored a very very good deal”, but he did, absolutely, without any doubt, ‘recognise’ it.)
“GUERLAIN!
One of the Arts et Matières; one of the two sweet ones..!
Right?? I’m right aren’t I?! I know I am!
…
**me: smiling, but not saying a single word**
…
It’s the one with the rum note, the vanilla one! The one I liked most!”
So, there you have it peeps.
If “SPIRITUEUSE DOUBLE VANILLE” is not enough bang for your buck -which it most certainly no longer is for ours, once we discovered this little treasure, try turning your delicate and well-trained noses to the world wide web and grab yourselves a bottle of TRUTH OR DARE NUDE, while there are still some around!
You can thank us later. 🙂
Nb: My Monsieur wears it and it’s great on him. It’s a tad too sweet for my personal taste, but as I have written before: that doesn’t stop me from appreciating a well-made perfume when I smell one.
shandor2004 – :
This one on me smells…not good. To me, as a couple other reviewers have noted, smells like sweaty/body odor with a slight honey note. But mainly the sweaty body odor is what I get from this. The honey smells almost..burnt..? Weird. Perhaps that is what they were going for with the name “Naked,” who knows. I do like the bottle design, but the juice of this one does not mesh well with my skin chemistry. Maybe my bottle is bad, but was purchased from an ebay seller with a lot of positive feedback. Still, I think bottles can go bad. At least I see I am not alone in this unfortunate scent. I am so sorry, I know this frag has a lot of fans, but sometimes the not so glowing reviews can also be helpful, as well as the glowing reviews. Even tried spraying this on just my clothing before getting dressed, and even tried wearing this on cooler days. Just a no-go for me.
LEKS04 – :
This is beautiful,a wonderful , slightly boozy, somewhat floral, and a lot of honeysuckle and musk. This doesn’t seem like a “celebrity” scent at all. It’s very classy, I wear it more at night but it is not overpowering or anything so it could be worn during the day too. I’m amazed at the quality and class Madonna’s perfumes have. They are both simply wonderful.
PS…..I have been layering this with the original ‘ Truth or Dare’ and they smell fantastic together, in my opinion. Not everyone will like the combo but I sure do!
Ronkar – :
I bought this blind based on reviews and I didnt want to wait until its discontinued status only made it available for 2 weeks pay. I am a lover of sweet, edible scents and based soley on the description provided on this fragrances’ page I would have NEVER have thought to try it. woody floral? not my style. but to me this is anything but. kind of… It is very medicinal but not in an off putting way. It is sweet and edible for sure and the base is a woody vanilla heaven! I can only compare it to Hilary Duffs With Love. Not how it smells but because it is so different and comforting. Yes, thats the word, comforting! I thought it was nice at first, not amazing but now I crave it, an aquired taste for sure but one Im glad to have aquired
Laura32 – :
It smells like gummy bears when first applied, and then slowly develops into a powdery, skin-like scent. Dry down smells like someone butt naked. Great for nighttime, and daytime if you dare.
dutdagStook – :
i was 90% sure i’d love this scent, but now that i’ve tried it, i am just not feeling it. it’s not terrible or anything, it.s ok, just not my cup of tea, due to skin chemistry issues because i get a plasticky undertone. it’s a gourmand scent with hints of woods. i think i get mostly vanilla orchid, cacao and benzoin from this. i am honestly just a bit underwhelmed by this one.
shakir – :
I can’t believe this is a celebrity scent! Naked is sublime! I cannot pick out many notes, on me it’s all about the Benzoin, it is heavenly. So well blended, smooth and well rounded. It feels really vintage to me. Very dreamy and comforting. Of all my recent acquisitions this is the one I’ll be grabbing a back up of. Absolutely gorgeous scent. Sillage and longevity are moderate on me. Gorgeous! Gorgeous! Gorgeous!
wer540 – :
I recently discovered Madonna’s Truth or Dare Naked and it really is heavenly. This juice makes me swoon. It’s a benzoin lover’s dream.
My obsession with benzoin started in my early 20’s when a Tibetan monk gifted me some benzoin tears. He instructed me to carefully burn them on rounds of self-lighting charcoal. I instantly fell in love with the scent. I sparingly burned the resin as a special treat and saved a couple tiny tears to remember that monk by. They are kept in a small jewel box which is opened occasionally so I may inhale the magnificent scented contents.
I don’t detect too much of the floral notes in Truth or Dare Naked but definitely benzoin and woods. I love to spray it on just before bed as it is such a warm and comforting scent. I have the body lotion as well and slather it all over myself for an extra decadent treat. For me the lotion has excellent staying power.
I can’t stand Madonna but she put her name on this sensuous creation and for that I give her some respect.
f_first2010 – :
Blind swap. Love! This is just amazing. Best I can describe it? A boozy chocolate rum cake!.. Reminds me of my trip to the Bahamas..
Of course its discontinued, everything I love always is! Oh boy. Well, I do love it. Amazing celebrity scent, One of the best ive ever tried, hands down.
Also, the bottle is actually quite beautiful in person! Its sleek and the little “bumps” give it some cute girly flair! Im a HUGE fan all around.
odine – :
A blind buy for me – which usually means a scrubber, or just ‘meh’ (I never luck out very much with blind purchases).
But this? This has made up for all the bloopers.
It smells quite unisex, though probably veers toward the feminine side. But it’s weird and strange and like nothing I own, but my nose is very pleased indeed!
It goes on quite medicinal, like antiseptic cream, which sounds nasty, but it’s really not! (I am one of these weirdos who likes the smell of Deep Heat and cleans my teeth with Euthymol toothpaste – if you are like me, you maybe really dig this perfume) Perhaps I am reminiscing of school days in the sick room or sat in the doctors surgery with my mum, but either way, it is very pleasant. This, for me, is a memory perfume, it triggers something from the past, childhood, teens, I can’t place it. But it’s a positive thing. It has a root-beer vibe too, a little like Mandorlo Di Sicilia, but not as cuddly or gourmand. It also reminds me of Boss Bottled (before they messed with the formulation).
I shall slather myself in raw cocoa butter and layer this on top, hopefully that will bring out the cacao, which I’m having a hard time deciphering.
Warm, medicinal, original. And quite cheap too! Have a look on eBay – I managed to snag a 75ml bottle for little over £11. I would wear this all year round, but probably with a light hand in summer. I have a feeling it will be even more delicious in Autumn/Winter!
This purchase has given more the confidence to consider blind buying the original ToD (also cheap on eBay!). Heady times, indeed!
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EDIT: I’ve realised what this smells like; during the mid 90’s Faberge released a small range of drugstore body sprays and splashes called Addiction. I loved the Wild Ginger one, but this smells lots like Spice Fire.
EDIT No. 2: I’ve been wearing this for a few weeks now. I am ADDICTED. It is total comfort scent for me now. Its been brilliant on my skin in hot weather! It doesn’t last all that long though, which is a shame. So benzoin, looks like you and me are gonna be friends *searches for more benzoin fragrances*
Aleshken – :
I’ve already written a Previous review on TOD Naked but just wanted to add as I’m Finishing a 2.5oz bottle That This smells to me like a Musk perfume in the likes of Vintage 70s’Coty Wild Musk or even early 80s’Avon Soft Musk as those were 2 that My Mom wore in the past, so Yea I get this Simple Warm Natural Musky feel whenever I wear this and sometimes that’s Just Enough!
doorhankievcomua – :
Wow absolutely mouth wateringly delicious. Swirls of cacao,amber and benzoin blended in a fine bottle. Dessert spiked with sweet liqueur. Cozy and comforting. Unfortunately had to give it away due to me being allergic to whatever’s in it and I am so sad about that.
bobahtalm – :
I hate that bitch Madonna but my god she has taste in fragrances 😀 just got mine and I gotta say that this cracked the top 5 celebrity fragrances for me. It’s amazing, it opens sweet and stays sweet, nothing like Rebelle (which is my favorite celebrity fragrance), it’s syrupy sweet with a pinch of cocoa and has that hugable aura, very creamy. It doesn’t smell like doctors office but coughing syrup I used to love as a kid, it’s calming. I love it for strange reasons, I know, but this could be my summer secret frag (I always wear fragrances in a different season, makes people confused). Unisex, yes.
Could be part of Million collection for men.
I imagine that Katherine Hepburn smelled like this.
Great blind buy. Thanks people of Fragrantica 🙂
tatyna1000 – :
Kudos Madonna even if you aren’t the nose or brains behind this fragrance! I just wanted to say congratulations on selecting the notes and the approval of this perfume for your brand-fragrance line because this is amazing and very different from today’s sweet sugary candy nonsense coming from most celebrities. O my where do I start? I smell a lot of beautiful things: citrus courtesy of neroli, citrus-floral stuff, fresh and yet green with some honeysuckle and fruited with peach, floral with orchid and a lily-of-the-valley, gourmand notes of chocolate, like a very rich chocolate before it’s made into a bar or piece of edible chocolate or more like chocolate yogurt! The dry notes are all woods precious woods of cedar and agar wood or oud, which though derived from Arabic Oriental notes is not too strong, a good woodsy dry down, unisex a tad more like a guy’s cologne but nevertheless sexy and enchanting. I thought this was a great perfume for smelling mysterious and enticing for a date, or for night-club dancing. It’s warm and wintery perfect for the autumn-to-winter months (October through February) because it has a smokiness and woodsy air very pleasant and strong like a warm cup of hot chocolate.
Many a moon ago a Fragrantican advised me on how to wear perfume by layering it with another for more depth and staying power. I was having a difficult time with Fame by Lady Gaga and she suggested that this perfume might do the trick. I never followed her advice initially because I liked Fame and didn’t want to ruin it by mixing it up with another perfume. That being said, this perfume in and of itself is gorgeous and doesn’t require layering. It’s really quite a perfume that stands on it’s own. Madonna’s Truth or Dare is another. That frag was very vintage smelling (Fracas) and quite classy and womanly. This one is just as good but spicier and more unisex, definitely more