Versace Essence Ethereal
3.9
Overall
Accords
floral
green
fruity
powdery
woody
violet
musky
sweet
fresh
Notes Pyramid
Top
wysteriapeachWisteriaPeach
Heart
jasminemimosavioletVioletMimosaJasmine
Base
muskirisIrisMusk
Community Verdict
Pros & Cons
- ✅ Versace Essence Ethereal has a marvelous aroma that fits for women who are experienced and know what they want. I love it on me as the fresh sweetness is so sophisticated and really exquisite to the nose. Its as if i'm covered in a veil of ethereal beauty when wearing this. Lasting power is very good... my loving special perfume!
- ✅ I find this to be an excellent fragrance, albeit poorly named and inappropriately bottled in the old flacon from V'E (an homage here is ill-pointed; there are no similarities in scent). "Essence Ethereal" also is of a more artistic and restrained genre of scent than Versace normally issues, hence it challenges what the sniffing public expects from this house. If this was released under an apothecary line, in a plain bottle, and named "Memories of a Solstice", or somesuch summery reference, it would be a hit. I think the "ethereal" refers to the ghostly and sometimes intangible effect that cool Iris has on a perfume. In this case, however, it is amicably warmed by the Peach, in a tasteful way. The Violet lends a modest powder, and the Wisteria a piquant sweetness. The Musk is pale and transient. A lovely perfume for early summer.
- ✅ Oh what a good, nice and mature scent, love this perfume. It is fresh, sweet but not too sweet and realy" Etheral"to me. It surrounds you for a long time. In some way it reminds me a little to my" oblique play "from givenchy, also great. It's my new love. Stayingpower is very good.
- ✅ Received a sample of this with the purchase. I enjoyed this very pleasant powdery scent with a modern twist. It is long lasting. Added to my wish list.
- ✅ My friend gave it to me long time ago. I was using it as my "mean" perfume when I did not like situation at work and tried to offend others. It is very powdery and smells like someone with tons of cosmetics on. Strangely enough I used it all :-) but not dreaming to repurchase. EDIT: I actually miss it now and thinking about repurchase. I remember it as almost niche sounding: very unusual, old actress boudoir in girlish pink colours: all best things are in the past, dusted and tired. No regrets though.
- ❌ Whoever is naming the Versace's fragrances needs to be replaced. Pronto. All of the Versace fragrances I've owned to date have been grossly misnamed. Blonde is more of a seductive brunette than a ditzy blonde. Crystal Noir is more of a blanket than anything remotely crystalline. And there is NOTHING ethereal about Essence Etheral. If you sniff the bottle, you catch a little bit of delicate spicy floral. Spray it, though, and the first impression is a alcoholic cloud of spicy fennel peach. I grow wisteria, so I know there is NO wisteria in the opening, unless it was rudely killed by the alcohol. Of course, the alcohol fades off, but it deposits its harsh abrasive tone to what's left of the composition. The heart and base is easily dominated by violets a la Kenzo Flower. If you enjoy loud harsh violet fragrances, this might work for you. I completely agree with Snobuni77; this is Heavy and very much like a funeral home. If Nikos Sculpture is "light" in your book, though, you probably would be able to handle the spices in Essence Etheral better than I could.
- ❌ 20. march 2016 I cant say anything good about this scent (not a hateful review however), because it is to me a very depressing and mourning fragrance. I think in general i dislike a very outstanding iris note so that has to be my problem with this fragrance: it has very pronounced iris note also mixed with violets which makes it even more depressing to me. I can´t see much of developement in here, it is soft and calm, but too calm for me, that´s why i call it a scent of mourning. Few scent give me negative associations (beside those ones that i really hate) but this one will still probably haunt me years after with an after memory of a depression, that it gave me association of. It didn´t turn powdery on my skin however and i wouldnt call it "old lady" in any way, it was just something i didnt like or wouldnt wear in any occasion. I had to get rid of it and i do not regret any moment. hopefully someone will make a better use for it and like it better than i do. Please do not remove this comment, since others might find it useful. Not every review should be positive, so people like me wanted to make a blind buy might find it very informative. Thanks.
- ❌ This very much screams "old lady scent". It's heavy and depressingly floral, like a huge bouquet that's been sitting in your livingroom for about a week too long, if you know what I mean. NOT AT ALL what I expected to find behind something named "Ethereal Essence". Sad face here.
