Private Collection

Estée Lauder

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3.7

84 reviews
69%
would repurchase
3.6/5
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    5.0
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    spitfireangel

    17 years ago

    I wore Private Collection in my late teens and early 20's and it was my signature fragrance. I adore anything with Patchouli and this fragrance has a subtle but distinctive note of that. This is...

    About reviewer (5 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    tessture

    17 years ago

    It might be me, because this fragrance isn't inherently nasty, but it smells very very old fashioned to me, like something straight out of the 70s. It's, in fact, a CLASSIC 70's scent ( I believe...

    About reviewer (1727 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    CecileCecile

    17 years ago

    Okay - now I am really, REALLY confused! I sprayed this on my arm and it smelled like MIXED NUTS. I stood there bewildered in the aisle wondering who on earth would ever want to smell like mixed...

    About reviewer (489 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Warm

    HairBrunette, Straight, Medium

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    5.0
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    rutgutpoo

    17 years ago

    My all time favorite perfume. I tried the lighter cologne version and also the pure perfume and didn't want to wear them. To me they were totally different from the spray parfum. I love to give...

    About reviewer (70 reviews)

    Age56 & Over

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    elsier

    17 years ago

    <html> <body> <p>Private Collection is probably the most serious perfume in my collection. Serious as in there's nothing frivolous or fun about it. A friend of mine is a former Estee Lauder SA,...

    About reviewer (84 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinDry, Other

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    glamourdoll

    18 years ago

    I hoped that this would work for me, but alas, it was not to be. My initial impression was green & fresh, but after several hours, it just turned powdery on me. I think the staying power is good;...

    About reviewer (477 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinOily, Fair-Medium, Warm

    HairBrunette, Straight, Fine

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    5.0
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    purplebird

    18 years ago

    A jewel in the crown of the Estee Lauder collection. No promotions, no sales pitches for this old beauty. Lost in the plethora of fruity florals, it stands alone--and green. First there is the...

    About reviewer (144 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    chiodancrgrl23

    18 years ago

    Ugh ugh, this smells awful. I used to work for EL and had to withstand this fragrance. I think just about all of us at the counter found it horrible. I remember we really didn't sell it that...

    About reviewer (1249 reviews)

    Age25-29

    SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Cool

    HairBlond, Curly, Fine

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    5.0
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    Ms_Stressa

    18 years ago

    Years ago, I used to work for EL, and Lord I hated spraying this product. The overpowering, sharp notes of the fragrance when you first sprayed it were just to much for me, and unfortunately, most...

    About reviewer (172 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinCombination, Other

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    Clearing

    18 years ago

    One of the few Estee scents my husband swoons over. It's sweet enough to catch his attention; it's "green enough" to keep mine.

    About reviewer (240 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    5.0
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    Libagrouchy

    18 years ago

    I love PC but only on others. I love to smell it on someone else. It is like so many of EL's fragrances or Cliniques Aromatics Elixir, so intense and strong that a little goes a long way, and for...

    About reviewer (12 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    JonMoss

    18 years ago

    This is plain disgusting. Smells like grass and is not even fresh. I guess the older girls like this scent since they continue to bash the 'young' for their own scents. Estee Lauder has improved on...

    About reviewer (272 reviews)

    Age19-24

    SkinNormal, Tan, Neutral

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    5.0
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    rosbergs3

    18 years ago

    Pure fresh floral pinetree greenness!!!!!! You know is some cities along the interstate they have a wildflower project going on? Where suddenly as you are driving you see a vast field of bright,...

    About reviewer (521 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinNormal, Other

    HairBrown

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    3.0
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    brownie_953

    18 years ago

    I'm revisting Private Collection. I first wore Private Collection in 1975, while in college. I remember wearing it in the heat and it smelled so verdant. Private Collection is lush, dense,...

    About reviewer (155 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinCombination, Fair, Cool

    HairSilver, Wavy, Fine

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    5.0
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    ayala

    18 years ago

    Strange, mysterious and elegant, Private Collection is a perfume of rare beauty and originality. Although I liked the EDP very much, I find the parfum far superior, and this is the version I chose...

    About reviewer (185 reviews)

    Age25-29

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    Ebovary

    18 years ago

    I am sorry but I do not understand this fragrance. It just smells of old, dry grass that got wet. It must be my chemistry, because I love Estee Lauder. I wore Youth Dew for years...starting at...

    About reviewer (28 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinNormal, Other

    HairBlond

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    5.0
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    DearAlexandra

    19 years ago

    Today I stood in line in a cafe behind a very delicately pretty woman in her 40s and she smelled divine. This is what she said she was wearing. At once luminous and hearty.

    About reviewer (188 reviews)

    Age19-24

    SkinCombination, Fair, Warm

    HairBlond, Wavy, Medium

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    4.0
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    syltetyta

    19 years ago

    Strange. Got this fragrance as a gift at least 15 years ago, and I hated the smell. It was kept at my parents cold/dark cellar instead of thrown out, because it was an expencive gift I guess. A...

    About reviewer (349 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinCombination, Medium, Not Sure

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    5.0
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    allisonburbank

    19 years ago

    My only fear is that these kids in EL marketing will phase out Estee's own fragrance. The sparkling powder is already gone from what I hear, and there is no shower gel. I get so many compliments...

    About reviewer (41 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    SuburbanSue

    19 years ago

    Starts off smelling like grass, kind of herbal and green, then within 15 minutes dries down to a horrid B.O. note. Also, smells rather synthetic, not like a "natural" green scent. Strong, like many...

    About reviewer (145 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinCombination, Fair, Not Sure

    HairBlond, Other, Other

    EyesBrown

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