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JenJenofAz on 12/6/2012 9:25:00 PM more reviews by JenJenofAz

Age: 36-43   Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Warm   Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine   Eyes: Hazel    

I usually destest chypres, as much as aquatics, but Jovan's Woman, is FANTASTIC! It's a warm, spicy, woody fragrance. LOUD and STRONG when first applied, but dries down VERY nicely! Somewhat sexy! I also find it to be a bit powdery. Maybe that's why this chypre works, when so many others failed. On another site, they listed this as a fragrance containing spices, such as nutmeg and coriander; orange flower, ylang ylang; in an amber base. I smell a bit of patchouli? Unique and classy! TOTAL FAV! Would love to have a lotion and powder! LOVE THIS! Anyway, purchased my 2oz. bottle at Walmart, for $13 and it was SO worth it because this smells quite expensive for something found at Walmart! Oh, and it lasts ALL day! I applied this lightly, to my wrists and neck, in the morning hours, and could still smell it in the evening! Really, for drugstore fragrances, JOVAN does it best!

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*TOP REVIEWER* tessture on 6/23/2012 5:18:00 PM more reviews by tessture

Age: 44-55   Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium   Hair: Brunette   Eyes: Brown    

Goes on as a classic chypre, with green notes, powdery stages and a total return to the 1970s. Then it dries down through that powdery green stage into a lovely soft green incense that is gorgeous. At the very end of the day, there's a resinous note as well. Lovely and somehow doable. It doesn't smell as dated as I would think.

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*TOP REVIEWER* Wyrmiax on 5/7/2011 4:49:00 PM more reviews by Wyrmiax

Age: 44-55   Skin: Very Oily, Fair-Medium   Hair: Brown, Straight, Medium   Eyes: Hazel    

I'm a fan of chypres from way back, so when a Walgreen's ad offered to "find a fragrance to suit your personality!," this is the one I tested. Lots of patchouli and oakmoss in this one (maybe more moss than in some high-end scents these days!). Reminded me a lot of Paloma Picasso, and a little bit of Prada. If you like either of these, but don't want to pay department-store prices, definitely check this one out. Hey, check it out, anyway. I've been impressed by the quality of all the Jovan classics. They're definitely your best drugstore deal.

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lindam on 11/19/2010 9:30:00 PM more reviews by lindam

Age: 56 & Over   Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium   Hair: Silver, Wavy   Eyes: Brown    

What a blast from the past!

I had heard how great this was and stumbled on it at Walgreens. I was 18 in 1972 when it first came out and it is a lot like the fragrances of the time. Chypre, leathery.

It has great sillage. A day later I can still smell it faintly and it like a 2nd skin.

Might have to go back and get the lone bottle that is left

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mindynguyen27 on 4/1/2010 4:09:00 PM more reviews by mindynguyen27

Age: 19-24   Skin: Acne-prone, Medium, Warm   Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium   Eyes: Brown    

i got this perfume in satisfaction bc i smelled the sample in a cosmopolitan magazine and omg it smelled sooooo good and sexy! i had to go out and buy it! the best part is its only 18.00 and the smell lasts! i usually use estee lauder, elizabeth arden, lacoste, dior..etc.. but this smell is especially unique! i usually change out my perfume but ive been wearing this everyday since i got it...i love it! the packaging is ugly but who cares.

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alpharabbit on 3/2/2010 11:32:00 AM more reviews by alpharabbit

Age: 36-43   Skin: Combination   Hair: Blond   Eyes: Other    

Oh, where have you been all my life Woman? I have had this scent in the back of my mind since the 70's when I must have smelled it on my mother's friends. I finally purchased it after looking everywhere, and its just perfect, warm, not too sweet, smooth, and comforting. Love it, now on to the next conquest...

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*TOP REVIEWER* highrise on 1/5/2010 11:11:00 AM more reviews by highrise

Age: 36-43   Skin: Other, Fair, Cool   Hair: Other   Eyes: Brown    

I was on a Jovan kick recently, and stumbled on mentions of this one, from 1978 I believe but long discontinued. I like hunting for vintage perfumes on ebay, and lucked into a great deal on 5 purse-size sprays of Woman.
I'm biased - a chypre addict, with nostalgic memories of the late 70s. This sounded totally up my alley, but I'm still worried buying unsniffed - I've had scents that sound note-perfect come out all wrong on me.
Not this Woman! Right away I get the marvellous sharp/powdery chypre *poof* that dissipates fairly quickly - and upon the drydown, I can think of no other way to describe this but 'adult'. Lots of depth and reach, resinous, nestles beautifully into skin. Warm, woodsy and clean, it is old-fashioned in the best possibly way. Makes me feel sexy and somehow, home.

Many, many thanks to the MUAers for a fantastic discovery!

NB: Have also found it available on the FragranceX website, luckily - I will definitely need more of this lovely stuff!

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*TOP REVIEWER* youdroppedabalmonme on 7/26/2009 11:12:00 PM more reviews by youdroppedabalmonme

Age: 36-43   Skin: Oily, Fair   Hair: Red   Eyes: Brown    

Hurrah! Huzzah! MUA has once again steered me to a fabulous "forgotten" scent that I wouldn't otherwise have tried. I thought I would look up the reviews on this frag after seeing a few bottles of it at local drugstores, with the intriguing '70s-style lettering on the fugly brown plastic cap. I wanted to see if it was worth a $15 gamble. And oh, baby, it was!

The minute I smelled this, I realized that THIS was the mysterious "empty bottle of Jovan perfume" that my mom used as a sachet in her purse 30 years ago. I used to open the empty bottle and sniff deeply, enjoying the juxtaposition of dry chypre and soft, clean florals that made it smell
like "pure womanhood" and total glamour.

The stuff still is amazingly magical after all these years; with much chagrin I must admit it's a much better chypre on my skin than Aromatics Elixir or Paloma P. or Knowing, for a third of the cost. (For those needing a more contemporary comparison, it's like Kate Moss' "Kate" scent meets amber.) With most true chypres I have to suffer through phases of "cat pee" or "funky jasmine" or "aldehyde blast" before I get to the lovely woodsy forest beneath, but not here. **24 hours later** OMG, it is heaven! Heaven, I tell you! All day long a delicately sexy, woodsy, fresh scent emanated up from my shirt and delighted me. HG, and great value. $15 for a 2-ounce spray bottle. **1 week later** That's it, I have found "my" chypre. Bless you, Jovan.

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LizzardVanReptile on 7/11/2009 7:35:00 PM more reviews by LizzardVanReptile

Age: 44-55   Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium   Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine   Eyes: Green    

I'm going rate this all 3's, because I haven't smelled it since high school, when Man and Woman became available in the interlocking bottles (they were so suggestive!). While my memory of these scents is positive, it's ancient...

I do seem to remember, however, reading in women's magazines at that time that these fragrances were made with pheromones, which could account for why Woman continues to have such an effect on the men according to the reviews here. I can't find anything to support this on the web, but you can find some great tacky 70's advertising here on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-KTb5QYoxU

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*TOP REVIEWER* hadas on 7/3/2009 5:32:00 AM more reviews by hadas

Age: 30-35   Skin: Normal, Fair   Hair: Blond   Eyes: Blue    

My grandmother, Kay (bless you, wherever you are), wore this as her signature scent. As a child in the 1980s, I would visit Grandma in So. California and every time I would come near or give her a hug, I would marvel at her incredible scent. She smelled like soapy yet leathery rosey-spicy-amber-wood. It blended with her chemistry so well that it became more than the sum of its notes; it just smelled like it could be her own lovely natural smell, not really perfumey at all. It smelled sooo delicious. It was one of the only perfumes that made a positive impression on me as a child. I've always remembered that she once told me that perfume was called Woman. So as an adult, after Grandma had passed on, I stumbled upon this perfume at K-Mart and purchased it. I now wear it -- not as my signature scent, as she did, but fairly often nevertheless. It always makes me feel like she's close at hand when I catch of whiff of Jovan Woman wafting up from my wrist, although truly I don't wear it as well as she did. Her chemistry worked magic upon this scent. It is truly a stunner; after the strong opening notes dry down for 30 minutes or so, it evolves into this soft, dry woody-floral that is VERY distinctive and lovely. Although not technically a chypre (there are no citrus topnotes and no oakmoss in the base), Jovan Woman definitely reads as a chypre, with its complex and unique spicy, woody floral accord. Give it a whirl, you may enjoy it and, if you're lucky, might have the chemistry to make it sing as my grandmother did.

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*TOP REVIEWER* brownie_953 on 4/11/2009 1:03:00 AM more reviews by brownie_953

Age: 44-55   Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool   Hair: Silver, Wavy, Fine   Eyes: Green    

Jovan Woman (in the dark brown plastic cap) is a scent that I've gone back and forth to, over the past 20 years or so. It's an unabashed oriental that has never been given its due and probably never been advertised; but clearly must have a following because you can find some bottles tucked in the glass shelves of some pharmacies, Kmart and Walmart.

I've received so many compliments from men, when wearing Jovan Women! It's an inexpensive man-magnet (though I'm not sure if really young guys would dig it, as their scent buds have been raised differently than men 40 plus).

If you want a nice cold weather scent and/or 'night' scent for just a few dollars, Jovan Woman (in the dark brown plastic cap) is worth it to check out.

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*TOP REVIEWER* chayaNY on 12/6/2008 2:29:00 AM more reviews by chayaNY

Age: Unknown   Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Warm   Hair: Brown, Wavy, Medium   Eyes: Brown    

i have worn jovan musk since high school. it's the only perfume i have gone back to consistently. yrs can go by where i don't own any, then i sniff it on someone or see that familiar orange cap (with the vertical ridges) and i want it all over again. i am never disappointed and wonder why i hadn't used it more recently? i had not known about jovan woman, or rather, i really thought everything with an orange cap was the same. i bought this based on reviews here. i got 2 bottles, one larger, one smaller (i forget the ounces), at rite aide last week for $14.99. i gave the smaller away as a gift to someone who also loves jovan musk but had not heard of this as being different than that, either.

i smell that old "jovan" not to be mistaken for anything else, scent right off the bat. but this is deeper, more intense, not as light, as it is much stronger. it's hard to do plain ol' jovan musk, but jovan for women in 2 squirts can be too much. i do like it a lot. the other is still my favorite. it's universally liked it seems, never offensive to anyone's nose, people will just say you smell great. this will not be to everyone's liking in the same way. i think they both have similar lasting power. this is more sophisticated and grown up than the other jovan, in my opinion.

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mametsuki on 11/10/2008 11:30:00 PM more reviews by mametsuki

Age: 44-55   Skin: Other   Hair: Other   Eyes: Other    

I am a total perfume geek. I look for the unattainable and the exotic. Vintage Shalimar, Tabac Blond, real ambergris to use along with my perfumes to make them stronger and more intense.
That said, I LOVE this product. It is a heady mix of disco sweat from the 1980's, Tabac Blond and Jolie Madame. And then again, it's nothing at all like anything I have ever smelled. Try it. It's cheap and if you don't like it, someone you know will love you for giving it to them!

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*TOP REVIEWER* OSusanna on 8/17/2008 10:44:00 PM more reviews by OSusanna

Age: 30-35   Skin: Very Dry, Fair, Warm   Hair: Brunette   Eyes: Green    

Someone I worked with used to wear this. I'm glad I had asked her the name because I had always liked how our office smelled. It's strong stuff, easy to overdo. It's not a sweet perfume, it's very dry and a little smoky but very warm without having amber or patchouli as obvious notes. I think there might be a leather note in there too. This is a loud and proud fragrance, cheap and classic.

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*TOP REVIEWER* Gretchen76 on 5/18/2008 11:57:00 AM more reviews by Gretchen76

Age: 30-35   Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool   Hair: Brunette, Curly, Coarse   Eyes: Blue    

I had never heard of this offering by Jovan until I joined MUA. Up until then, I hadn't really found anything by Jovan which I liked, mostly because I associated Jovan only with their line of musks. Musk generally doesn't work for me, though I have tried. I saw reviews for "Woman" and was intruigued. There is not much information out there on this, howver, Jovan's website does list it. My local Kmart offers it, but after some recent customer service issues with them, I figured I would never get to try "Woman" out for myself.
However, a few weeks ago I was in my local Rite-Aid and lo and behold, there it was, a bottle of "Woman" on display, 2 oz. for $14.99 with a $4.00 off coupon stuck to it (how often does THAT happen?) To make a long story short, after much debate with myself, I caved in. I got in my car and immediately put a small spritz on my wrist- wow! It reminds me of a Paloma Picasso, Aromatics Elixir, and Cabochard and others I can't name at the moment. It's VERY dry, not sweet at all (which is just fine with me), chypre, I detect no floral in this. Though it is only cologne strength, it lasts more than a couple hours on me, with lovely sillage.
Thank you to the ladies of MUA for putting this one out there and your helpful reviews!
I suggest if you live near a Rite-Aid, go try this out. You won't be sorry!

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philprof on 11/3/2007 1:55:00 PM more reviews by philprof

Age: 44-55   Skin: Combination   Hair: Brunette   Eyes: Black    

I'm on my second bottle of this--its not so easy to find (Kmart).
Woman is a very pleasant surprise--cheap in price yet reminiscent of more expensive scents. It is a spicy-warm-musky-chypre scent that melds beautifully with the skin. Lovely. A great alternative to the all the sweet fruity stuff that's out there these days. This is a winner and a great buy!

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*TOP REVIEWER* mochasplash on 9/27/2007 10:08:00 PM more reviews by mochasplash

Age: 19-24   Skin: Combination, Tan   Hair: Brown, Straight, Medium   Eyes: Brown    

i love the smell of this perfume. it's very unique and well priced...
not over powering or under scented.

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Cally79 on 5/21/2006 8:28:00 PM more reviews by Cally79

Age: 44-55   Skin: Acne-prone   Hair: Brunette   Eyes: Hazel    

Well Glamdiva you haven't steered me wrong yet and I picked this one up today and I love it! I think it's just lovely.
I'll go with the four lippies for now and update soon after testing it out a while. Great scent for a mere pitance!

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*TOP REVIEWER* GlamDiva on 10/24/2005 9:19:00 PM more reviews by GlamDiva

Age: 44-55   Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium, Warm   Hair: Other, Straight, Fine   Eyes: Hazel    

Jovan Woman with the chocolate brown cap is a chypre from the old school.
Don't let the house and price fool you. Woman could just as well be a Balmain or a Rochas. I'd call
Woman a powdery rose chypre. The leather comes up stronger in the drydown, but in a feminine way. Lovers of Fendi, Azuree,
Eau de Soir, Parfum Sacre, Femme Rochas, Royal Secret, Cuir de Russie, Miss Balmain, or Avon Unforgettable may want to give this Woman a whirl.

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