White Diamonds

yes I had this Edp in 100mL. I love GreyChypre's review. as a (gay) Guy of 6.2', half of a Twin with my brother Straight, I always w(h)ore female perfumes and started the 1980s being 23. and those are the perfumes I love. (my Brother wore the Gent's scents.) perhaps bc it was the Netherlands but I never heard complaints and I had an attitude of Fuck You anyway. and those specific perfumes also had that Poise. If I spritz on a Guy's scent I do not feel like myself. what a spectacular perfume this was, and is. it had a specific (the word that A.I. uses plentifold and in suffocating measure) truly LUMINOUS quality. either if it gave Light, offered Light (mind you I am NOT religious), soothed you in a Lighter athmosphere. but at the same time this was a rather present, full of Flowers, emanating, suffusing perfume. already the Edt was great but then the Edp was more to my liking. I both love Marilyn and Elizabeth. her entire perfume portfolio is smashing. this is a Classic, Aldehydic, Full Flowery, Musky and Mossy perfume that stands out but without the vulgarity (which I love !) of the most notorious Hookerperfumes of the 1980s: Cartier's Must & Panthère, Chanel's Coco & No5, Giorgio & Giorgio Beverly Hills Red, Fred Hayman 273, Gale Hayman's Beverly Hills, Beautiful & Knowing, Eternity & Obsession, Poison & Dune, Donna Karan Donna Karan, Bijan Beverly Hills etc. yet White Diamonds had some demureness (if a quasi-demureness). then Elizabeth's perfume Passion is also such a Fabulous Perfume. the specific feature of White Diamonds is her Champagne Fizz. you feel like a Million Bucks. (and with the Joaillerie of Elizabeth to back it all up,)

All 4 of the original gem perfumes (Rubies, Diamonds, Emeralds & Sapphires) smell pretty much exactly like each other with nuances of one thing or another. Too muddy with ingredients, too similar to the others. This one was both my husband's & my least favorite of the group. VERY potent old-lady smell that lasts through multiple washes. Smells identical to White Shoulders & is about the same price +/- $2. Might smell better in time but Passion wins hands down over this as a much nicer profile, kinder to my nose. 3/10 The pros & cons listed online are accurate!