Serpentine

The top notes are strong and a bit strange to me. I actually liked it about 4 hours later, so this is obviously too strong for me.

Gorgeous. Scent matches the stunning bottle. No cheap plastic in sight. Juice is elegant. Peppery, sandalwood, white/yellow floral. Subtle fruitiness but more like dried fruit. Reminds me a bit of Desnuda.

It’s fast growing on me. Fresh, comforting, interesting, bright, playful. Lovely!

I have a little bit left in my bottle so spritzed some on today to run errands and was pleasantly surprised! I loved it so much, I kept smelling my wrist. On me...it has lasted all day long and the dry down has a soft powdery tropical white floral with a hint of violet and soft sandalwood and has a similar base note of a gourmand vanilla floral type scent on me. Very sophisticated, pleasant and alluring. I seem to be drawn to violet and jasmine and sandalwood fragrances, and I adore a true soft vanilla-ish scent. Anyway, even though my bottle is years old...I think it has actually gotten better with age, rather than rancid. I wish I had a new full bottle. I may have to grab a vintage bottle off of ebay! It's worth a repurchase for my chemistry. I like it a lot!

What can i say for this. It's soft and elegant. Deep and mature. It reminds me old stars of hollywood! Appropriate for mature women but for young girls too. Now I'm 39 and i m wearing since i was 20. It's one of my favourites the definition of glamour and it doesn't matter how old are you to wear it. One word elegance! The bottle is very nice too.

Basic, generic, and perfumey oriental floral scent which is sadly nothing to write home about. The bottle on the other hand is an art piece. Poor longevity and sillage. Bummer.

When I wear Serpentine, it reminds me of Cool Water. It has that same tropical, clean vibe. I really love it. I just wish that it had not been discontinued.

Serpentine sounded promising based on the notes and name, but it is kind of a disappointment. It’s pretty, but kind of boring and silage and longevity aren’t great either. It really doesn’t live up to the name. Amber perfumes are my favorite type of perfume, but there are better ones out there. There are some that have more spice, more floral or more vanilla. This is just lacking. I think I’ll give YSL Cinema a try and see if that one is better

This was perfect for today; waxy white florals becomes an amber-forward spicy tropical oil with frangipani and tiare. It's not a traditionally suncream-style tropical fragrance; this is much more sultry and oriental. Perfect for summer nights and warmish autumnal or spring days. Projects very loudly for the first two hours.

I liked this one. Smells classy.

Floral-amber scent that smelled a bit bitter in the opening due to the citrus.

DEWY HONEY & GARDENIA. Signed by perfumer Jacques Cavallier, this beauty is overall a dewy gardenia scent, with the other notes enhancing different aspects of gardenia. Opens with a white floral burst with dewy and citrus facets, and then blooms picking up more dewy, creamy, tropical, peppery & near-nutmeg tones all resting on an balsamic-amber & creamy sandalwood base that reads as creamed-honey. This is in the family of dewy scents like Miracle Lancome & Omnia Bvlgari, but leans to gardenia. An hour or more into the drydown, you do get a faint rootbeer note that catches a glimpse of scents like Cinema Yves Saint Laurent although overall these two are quite different. Average or slightly above average performance for a year-round wearing experience. Enjoy! Miniature 5ml sample Batch code: P1065 0Y1 or 1065 (2011-03)

Lush, tropical mango, but not in a typical fresh way. It feels very humid and luxurious. Like a faded star with facelift in a jungle. Yes, it reminded me of that reality show I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here !

I love it! Its such a shame that it doesnt smell longer!

I love this perfume. It's sultry, slightly powdery and had a heavy amber/sandalwood vibe that is divine. I don't get tropical vibes from this as other reviewers have mentioned. I don't even get a big floral hit, but then... I can't say I've ever smelled mango blossom (is this a common flower?). This reminds me of Dolce and Gabbana's Pour Femme in it's powdery opening, except I think this is better because the pepper and sandalwood keep this spicy rather than fruity and sweet. I think Cavalli was ahead of it's time with this scent and it's a shame it's so hard to find these days.

Too ‘perfumey’ to be tropical, but too ‘ripe’ as a perfume. This makes me feel old when I wear it, or like I’m wearing a 90s perfume left too long in a hot car. There’s just something…fresh missing. It’s a dense fragrance. I live in the tropics and this fragrance doesn’t evoke anything tropical to my nose. It does feel oppressive when I wear it though. The bottle is absolutely stunning! I will pass on to someone I know will love it.

It is a tropical fragrance, but in a different way as you think... The beginning is green and white. Later it starts to be the yellow scent, really warm elegant and sexy, full of luxus and comfort. It is intense, but not heavy. You can wear it during the whole year, it is the safe scent.

Underwhelmed. Was a blind buy becuz I loved the bottle. Creamy yellow flower floral. The snake bottle made me think it would be more edgy sexy.

This Serpentine fragrance used to be such an overpowering & piercing freesia beast when I first bought mine at TJ Maxx, about 10- 15 years ago or so. It's faded quite a bit now that I sprayed it again. Much lighter & now a skin scent. When it was at its' beast mode strength, it reminded me of Versace Bright Crystal, (the original bright & juicy one), quite a bit. And it had great blooming projection and longevity, too.

I have bought a second hand (EDP) barely used bottle of this as I felt I would love it based on reviews and the notes listed. I have sprayed it about 10 times - and I get such a tiny whiff of scent 😞 really disappointed. The tiny bit of scent with loads of over spraying is lovely but it’s so weak I feel I would need to bathe in it to smell of this! Does this perfume not last well? Anyone else have issues with it being very very weak?. The notes I can catch with LOTS of sprays are a very subtle frangipani and very faint sun lotion-y slightly orange vibe. I am definitely not picking up any pepper, sandalwood or amber…. I love the bottle and the hopes for it so don’t want to part. Maybe it would work better layered with something else… I’m not sure what though… ??

I like it, it's an inoffensive aroma, fresh, pretty, elegant, youthful with a touch [tiny bit] of personality. I did get a slight image of the color blue or violet as I smelled it and then saw it has violet leaf. Safe wear, more formal, with a touch of animalic or sexy dark smell.... but not too promitent, it's a safe perfume if you like those things. Not memorable though... Rating Wear 7/10 safe Aromateraphy 1/10 Artistic Creation 1/10

I love this perfume. I used this when I was a teenager for occasions and maybe that’s why I still love this and for sure will be always in my collection as long as I can find it. I find this elegant, sophisticated strong without inducing migraines, which is a big deal for me. I see this as an oriental perfume, I don’t find it floral at all but spicy and sweet. The longevity and sillage are amazing on my skin and for the price is more than great.

What a pretty perfume this is. White flowers and black pepper work together to create a sweet (not sugary) fragrance on the base of amber. I love some of Roberto Cavalli's creations but I'm not a fan of his signature scent in the gold bottle - there's too much orange blossom for me. This is one of his that doesn't have the orange blossom; instead, it's mango blossom and it works for me, a little unique from the usual fruity florals. I get great longevity with this and moderate sillage and it could be worn year-round. Beautiful and feminine.

Uninspiring and generic although I love the bottle. I'm relieved I only purchased a mini rather than the full bottle, as this fragrance is sadly as forgettable as they come. I have loved Cavalli for years, his dresses seem like they're made for me. This fragrance is all out boring, a sharp contrast to the sleek, unforgettable dresses he makes.

A weak floral non-starter that’s kinda similar to the equally as uninspiring Gucci Bloom. But dare I say this is worse, as there’s no venom in this insipid serpent.

This fragrance is a bright and cheerful one to me. I get the frangipani - tiare combo a lot, but it's not so easily described as suntan lotion - tropical party interpretation, actually I wouldn't wear this perfume during summer at all. It's deeper, there are some layers to it, but it is in no way overwhelming or complicated. There is a slight screechy quality which at some point even resembled urine very slightly (but it's not stinky, it's just a hint of the hint), perhaps due to the pepper. In my opinion, this is not an evening perfume, it's something that I would wear when I feel like something cozy, but not super warm or enveloping like the big vintage orientals. Maybe some casual errands on a moderately chilly autumn day.

I'm not sure where to start..It's absolutely gorgeous! Gold, sparkling, powerful, luxurious with a perfect blend of warm and spicy. My signature nigh time perfume and winter favorite. At the opening I get Amber, sandalwood, frangipani, mandarin and sparkles. Lasts for days on my clothes. Serpentine makes me so happy. What a stunner.

It has been on my curiosity list for ages so I swapped half a bottle with a stranger recently. I eagerly sprayed and here it comes... It's a warm late summer afternoon, sun shining, weather near 30 degrees. The scent goes will with this setting, so I'd say it's more if a summer scent to me than anything. On first spray I get sandalwood and some nondescript fruit, maybe mango. Then a few minutes later it brings Jean Paul Gaultier's Fragile into mind - at this point I adore it! Then as time goes by amber and flowers appear and the scent becomes more and more sweet, floating between these flowers and something reminiscent of mango or maybe pear even. Pleasant, but nothing to kill for. The sillage and lasting power is AMAZING! Now it's nearly 12 hours after that one spray, and I can still clearly make out the scent, although by now it has turned into something generic and sweet which is not necessarily of my taste. But I must admit the quality shocked me big time. The bottle is quite nice too. All in all if I am to rate this I'd give it a good 7 out of 10. To me it's more in the same team with some of the last decades' fruitchoulies, but not as sweet, more spicy, more acceptable and wearable for the somewhat older crowd too. Thumbs up!

It's average. A typical designer fruity patchouli floral. There must be patchouli in this and vanilla, not amber. It smells like heliotrope, vanilla and patchouli with some fruit. I like it, don't love it. Safe. Good price. Not a bad fragrance. So, of the notes, the mango blossom, tiare, frangipane and amber dominate but this doesn't really smell tropical as most good tiare and frangipane scents do. And it is not a rich amber but more of a vanilla. Leaning toward gourmand fruity floral.

Classic nightmarish quality of typical brand name floral....headache inducing synthetic loud and won't dissolve/dissipate without a fight (scrubbing off). Like sitting in traffic no AC just sun glaring heat and on top of that headache that throbs. I'll pass.