Vintage Gardenia
22 ratings
From your scent profile
Jo Malone Vintage Gardenia is a floral, green scent built on hyacinth and gardenia, made for women and now discontinued.
Skunky's take: The floral side leads, it arrives with a bouquet.
How does it perform?
From 22 community ratings, all out of 10.
Keeps you company for a few hours, a quick refresh fits nicely.
Leaves a light trail and stays polite in a crowd.
Sits nicely on a shelf.
Blind buy risk
55% of votes are positive, the rest are more reserved.
Notes
They open one after another, from the first spray into the evening.
Top notesfirst 15 minutes
Heart notesfirst few hours
Base noteswhat stays into the evening
Accords
From most dominant to most subtle.
- Floral
- Green
- Spicy
- Woody
Floral
Green
Spicy
WoodyWhat does Vintage Gardenia smell like?
Hyacinth opens with a fresh, green floral note, and gardenia takes over in the heart. Sandalwood, cardamom and myrrh form a woody, spicy base that softens the flowers.
Voters rate its longevity and sillage as moderate, so it stays fairly close to the skin. It is classed as a feminine perfume. The warm spice of cardamom and myrrh balances the gardenia without weighing it down.
How it changes through the day
First minutes
- Hyacinth
First hours
- Gardenia
Towards evening
- Sandalwood
- Cardamom
- Myrrh
When to wear it?
Seasons and occasions, by user votes.
- 43%Spring
- 38%Autumn
- 10%Winter
- 10%Summer
Spring
Autumn
Winter
Summer- Daytime31%
- Casual31%
- Office27%
- Nighttime8%
Least picked for nights out.
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