Bijan

10 reseñas

Mostrando las más recientes primero.

• alfredo hernandez

  July 25, 2014

  

  My older sister has been wearing it for years. From what I’ve read, it smells like a wealthy woman sitting in the back of a limousine.

• Selene

  June 22, 2017

  

  Honey and amber on full blast! Bijan moves away from the 80s chypres into a floral oriental. The honey is narcotic, with a spicy, balsamic touch thanks to benzoin and tonka bean. Vanilla gives it that greedy, sweet vibe, while ylang-ylang and sandalwood seal the deal. In short, honey, amber, and vanilla are the stars. As it warms up, the citrus side comes out more. The floral, the carnation, stays very quiet compared to the rest. This is the current formula; I haven’t tried the vintage. A top pick for lovers of amber and vanilla perfumes. Bijan is much more interesting than Chopard’s Casimir.

• Beremora

  December 19, 2019

  

  It is an exquisite and refined fragrance, nothing like today’s offerings. It is floral, ambered, powdery, and woody, with a fine honey, nothing common or vulgar like today’s “sexy” scents. It is a classy classic that inspires you to act the part, with appropriate doses for the occasion. Like the fine ones, it has restraint and excellent quality; its trail is moderate to heavy and its longevity is long. I totally recommend it for cold weather and night. It is a forgotten beauty of the times, so its price is well below its great quality and the high luxury of the house. Totally recommended to try on skin.

• Beremora

  January 4, 2020

  

  An exquisite fragrance, refined, nothing like the current market offering. It’s floral, ambered, powdery, woody, with honey but fine honey, nothing common or vulgar like some scandalous honey perfumes today. While it’s a classy classic that inspires you to act the part, with appropriate doses for the occasion. Like fine fragrances, it has its dose of moderation because its quality is excellent; sillage is moderate to heavy and longevity is long. I totally recommend it for cold and nighttime seasons. A beautiful perfume forgotten by time, which is why its price is well below the great quality and high luxury of the house. Totally recommended to try on skin.

• CheriDemeter

  February 21, 2020

  

  A perfume with all the personality of the 80s: strong, complex, imposing, very far from today’s trendy fruity-chic and sweet gourmands. Here, sweetness is just one facet, complemented by amber and, unfortunately, sandalwood wood. It is a classic that earned its place by hard work, delicious and intense. Definitely not for the young; it is for a woman who does not mind centering attention on herself. It has a lasting trail and longevity.

• CheriDemeter

  February 26, 2020

  

  A perfume with all the personality of the 80s, strong, complex, imposing, very far from the current fashion of fruity-chili and sweet gourmand perfumes; here sweetness is just one facet, complemented by amber, and I really miss the sandalwood wood. A true classic that earned its place by force; it’s delicious and intense. Definitely, I don’t feel it’s youthful; it’s for a woman who doesn’t mind centering attention on herself. Very good sillage, lasting longevity.

• Espartaco

  July 13, 2020

  

  It is no surprise that Bijan would advertise such different women: the mother, the fatal one, the nude one, the working woman. In the end, the fragrance was for anyone who fell in love with the brand, but its wearer had to have guts: it was not for the timid. It is not a sweet honey and resin, but an almost masculine perfume. Whoever wears it does not have their guts hanging out; they have them tucked inside. It is an 80s essential, overwhelming and powerful, yet austere, with a terrifying natural mysticism. It smells like ultra-coarse talcum powder, like a dustpan left in a 1987 apartment, or an intact Hen of Pravia tablet after thirty years. It is a nuclear bomb, an explosion. Do not confuse its notes with the oriental florals of the era; there is nothing of Poison or LouLou here. It is talcum with a cat-tongue texture, acrid, cardboard-like, and heavy, where clove, ylang, amber, and jasmine seem preserved in paraffin, like an abstract French soap shop with the scent of a ruthless 80s millionaire. It has luxury and power, skyscrapers and shopping galleries, but it is functional and sober, a richly nuanced luxury soap. It lists vanilla and honey, but there is no sweetness, only a subtle, almost imperceptible floral-musky and fecal tone in the dry down, with shy flashes of jasmine and narcissus. Imagine a leaden, gray beach, a modern house in the Hamptons during a wild storm, while a woman who tells you nothing takes a black coffee on her porch. Bijan speaks of empowerment, of women who do not want to be princesses and will hit you if you call them “sweetheart.” Today it smells very masculine. They say it has lost its punch and richness, that it smells artificial, and seeing how past bestsellers are declining, it is no surprise. Imagine a Chanel No. 5 or a Madame Rochas with the most sinister 80s power. It is like eating a tablet of sandalwood, clay, and flowers soap and injecting it straight into your vein. A true gem.

• Espartaco

  August 1, 2020

  

  It’s not rare to see the different female archetypes Bijan advertised: the mother, the femme fatale, the nude woman, the working girl à la ‘Arma de mujer’… In the end, they wanted to say this perfume was for all kinds of women; Bijan was for whoever fell in love with him. But they did have a common thread: it wasn’t for shy ladies. It wasn’t exactly a jar of sweet honey and resins, though it might seem so; Bijan was almost a masculine perfume. The woman wearing it didn’t have two testicles hanging, because she had them tucked inside. Bijan is an 80s essential and I love it: being overwhelming and powerful, it’s a super austere perfume, with a terrifyingly earthy and natural mysticism. It has an ultra-rough talcum coating; it smells like a talcum powder box left in a 1987 apartment, like an uncorrupted Pravia Hay tablet from thirty years ago, a bottled place with incredible evocative power. My review is of a version from about thirty years ago, and I testify it was a nuclear bomb. Careful, don’t think of the 80s intoxicating floral and wood perfumes or floral orientals; there’s nothing here like Poison or LouLou. Bijan is a talcum with a cat-tongue texture, acrid, cardboard-like, and pot-like; a kilo of talcum where classic French notes like carnation, ylang, amber, and jasmine predominate, as if preserved in paraffin or acrylic, resisting time. Something similar to a functional, rustic, and abstract soap formula from classic French soapmaking, but with the typical ruthless 80s millionaire smell, with its animal and ultra-powerful thing. It has lots of luxury and power, of 80s skyscrapers and shopping galleries, but curiously it’s a functional and sober perfume, because it’s luxury soap, but richer in nuances. Vanilla and honey are listed, but don’t be fooled by the sheet; there isn’t a drop of sweetness here, only a faint tone of waxy, almost fecal flower in the heart phase, with flashes of very timid, treacherous floral things from jasmine and narcissus. Bijan makes you think of a leaden, gray beach, a modern Hamptons house, with a wild storm shaking the shrubbery while some woman who no one tells what to do takes a black coffee on her glass porch. Bijan speaks of empowerment (what a horrifying word), of women who don’t want to be princesses and who will punch you in the face if you say ‘darling’ to them; nowadays, it’s very masculine. I read somewhere it’s been tampered with and it’s not even a shadow of what it was; the current one has lost punch and fat and smells very artificial, and it’s no surprise seeing how past bestsellers go into decadence and are sold for two bucks. Imagine a Chanel No. 5, a Madame Rochas, a First, or a Fidji imbued with the most sinister and artistic 80s power. Bijan was like eating a tablet of sandalwood soap and clay and flowers and injecting it straight into your vein. A masterpiece.

• Catheantonia

  June 19, 2024

  

  Honestly, I think we are talking about a different perfume because I just bought it blind at a store. I relied on the reviews here and the $5 price tag, which is terrifying. Thank God I only threw away $5, because I literally feel bad giving it away, so I just poured it out; it doesn’t even work for room spray.

• ranb2021

  September 3, 2024

  

  @catheantonia, we are definitely talking about different scents. The one described here and known by those who own it is the real deal. It does not smell like dessert, fruit, or floral tea; it is a gem of perfumery. If you are looking for what the previous reviewers say, this is one of them. So I support you: it is worth celebrating that you were tricked, but only by $5, and that you were tricked, there is no doubt about it.