65%
would repurchase
4.2/5
package quality

price range

Reviews

Reviews


4.0
Created with Sketch.

19 years ago

This is a most unusual perfume. It is definitely gardenia with smoky topnotes, that in my opinion is what makes this so different. I gave it a four lippie b/c I find that this doesn't last very...

About reviewer (275 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinOily

HairBlack

EyesViolet



5.0
Created with Sketch.
from

19 years ago

Bought this decades ago and have always loved the soft, unusual rendition of gardenia- oddly, more authentic than any other out there. My only complaint is that "celery" note that shows up in most...

About reviewer (78 reviews)

AgeUnder 18

SkinOther

HairOther

EyesOther


3.0
Created with Sketch.

19 years ago

I love this smell but I just cannot seem to get it to stick to me. It fades to a gentle green scent on me and just doesn't last or have the strenght to stick out in a sea of stronger scents. ...

About reviewer (31 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinCombination

HairBrunette

EyesBlue


4.0
Created with Sketch.

20 years ago

First of all, I LOVE AG bottles/packaging, they are so pretty. Gardenia Passion is the first AG frag I've ever sampled and it is delightful, so feminine and lovely. Unfortunetly, it doesn't last...

About reviewer (27 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinNormal

HairBrown

EyesBlue


3.0
Created with Sketch.
from

20 years ago

Beautiful, fragrant, fresh, romantic floral. It's not a straight ahead gardenia. I also smell tuberose and jasmine. Gardenia is a notoriously difficult floral to capture and this scent does it...

About reviewer (166 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinOther, Other, Not Sure

HairOther, Other, Other

EyesOther


5.0
Created with Sketch.

20 years ago

Hate the name, but love the fragrance! The name actually put me off from trying the scent(silly me--book and it's cover, right). I've had the little spray sample for at least a year before trying...

About reviewer (37 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinDry

HairBlond

EyesBlue


5.0
Created with Sketch.

20 years ago

The reviews here are pretty split-- the first page expressing disappointment, and the second page just a bit more positive. I agree with the more recent reviewers that AG Gardenia Passion is more...

About reviewer (287 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure

HairBlack, Other, Other

EyesBrown


3.0
Created with Sketch.
from

20 years ago

This is not a Gardenia scent, I find. Rather a tuberose one with a smoky dry down. I mostly associate it with the Fracas tuberose category. Not fresh, for sure , a bit bitter in the drydown, can...

About reviewer (129 reviews)

Age

SkinOther, Other

HairOther

EyesOther


2.0
Created with Sketch.

20 years ago

Gotta agree with a previous reviewer's opinion: cloying, overly sweet and somehow artificial or "not fresh". I've been trying lots of florals lately that hit me with a sickly sweet opening, this is...

About reviewer (36 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinVery Dry

HairBrown

EyesHazel


5.0
Created with Sketch.

20 years ago

This has been my absolute favorite fragrance for years and I am usually very fickle with perfumes. Often gardenia fragrances are cloying and synthetic smelling but for me this is as close to...

About reviewer (45 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinNormal

HairBrown

EyesBrown


1.0
Created with Sketch.

20 years ago

i bought a sample of this perfume at ebay and good thing i did because i won't be buying it again. it has a floral scent but not the gardenia scent is missing! it does not smell anything like a...

About reviewer (42 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinOther

HairOther

EyesOther


4.0
Created with Sketch.

21 years ago

Love this fragrance as does my husband but is not for the faint hearted as it can be a bit overpowering. I prefer this in the EDP version as the EDT does not last nearly as long. If you like...

About reviewer (241 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinCombination

HairBrown

EyesBrown


4.0
Created with Sketch.
from

21 years ago

My opinion of this perfume has changed. Years ago, my mother discovered this and went nuts over it. She bought me a large bottle and I never used it. Out of the blue, I decided that it smelled...

About reviewer (30 reviews)

Age56 & Over

SkinOther

HairOther

EyesOther


3.0
Created with Sketch.

21 years ago

Very evocative of another era - wide porches, hoop skirts, fragrant cigars wafting across the air mingling with the heady flowers from the garden. Did I say heady? Yes, extremely so. Like being...

About reviewer (22 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinOther

HairOther

EyesOther


2.0
Created with Sketch.

21 years ago

I guess I don’t like gardenia. I didn’t like this one. I don’t know what else to say except it made me feel physically ill :-(

About reviewer (48 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinDry, Fair-Medium, Cool

HairSilver, Wavy, Fine

EyesBlue


5.0
Created with Sketch.

21 years ago

I bought a sampler of Annick Goutal perfumes with my first ever paycheck. Gardenia Passion was my favorite. It reminds me of the Gardenia perfume my Grandma brought back with her from Hawaii....

About reviewer (8 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinNormal

HairBrunette

EyesHazel


3.0
Created with Sketch.
from

21 years ago

I adore any gardenia fragrance, and thought this one was merely ok; not all Gardenia fragrances are created equal. I got this in a mini version on Ebay, luckily before I bought the full sized...

About reviewer (1543 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinNormal

HairBrunette

EyesHazel


1.0
Created with Sketch.

21 years ago

yuck. i swear, i would expect such a 'high-end' perfume to smell better. even more to the point, i'd expect this to actually smell like gardenias. i love love love gardenias, and i have yet to...

About reviewer (53 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinDry

HairBrunette

EyesBlack


5.0
Created with Sketch.

21 years ago

Beautiful, fresh, and happy. This smells exactly like my gardenias in full bloom, as the scent mixes with jasmine in the night air. There's a hint of orange blossom, but the gardenia note remains...

About reviewer (54 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinOther

HairOther

EyesOther


2.0
Created with Sketch.

21 years ago

Le yuck. On me, Gardenia Passion starts out as chokingly loud flowers (which might or might not be gardenia), then dries down to a sickly sweet funeral-parlour fragrance. Sadly, this one's not...

About reviewer (572 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Neutral

HairBrown, Curly, Medium

EyesHazel