By Woman 1997 Eau de Parfum

By Woman (Eau de Parfum) by Dolce & Gabbana
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7.6 / 10 70 Ratings
According to EssenceVitae Research Team A popular perfume by Dolce & Gabbana for women, released in 1997. Furthermore The scent is floral-spicy. The longevity is above-average. It was last marketed by EuroItalia.
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7.670 Ratings
Longevity
8.252 Ratings
Sillage
7.452 Ratings
Bottle
7.062 Ratings
Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 11.03.2024.

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Silverfire

130 Reviews
Silverfire
Silverfire
Very helpful Review 6  
A Fantastic Girlfriend Scent
BY Woman is a warm, aldehyde-creamy, musky, strongly feminine scent. If you sweat at all, it becomes a vanilla-sweat thing that doesn’t smell bad on a woman, but it’s kinda skanky. That phase is the scent of almost-forgotten girlfriends after makeout sessions.

By six hours it’s down to a skin scent, a cedary musk. Then it returns with a spiciness in addition to the cedary musk that would smell divine on a woman. When it ends for real (right around eight hours) it becomes creamy-fruity-musky, which results in a warm, magnetic, feminine "come and cuddle me, you big oaf" vibe. Comparisons to Country Chic aren't far off, although BY Woman is subtler and softer.

I know they don’t make this stuff anymore, but I can see why it had its fans. It has a little bit of an attitude, and it might be “masculine-leaning”, but make no mistake: this is a woman’s fragrance. However, this is the kind of fragrance I’d like to smell on a woman. It’s not plain florals or sugary sweetness; it’s interesting, complex, and a little bit mysterious, all without screaming sex (aside from that little bit at the beginning). I think it might be fantastic scent for a girlfriend or a wife; it appeals in many ways. If you can find it, buy this for the woman in your life.
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Jubliant

70 Reviews
Jubliant
Jubliant
Helpful Review 0  
so strange
On my skin it is all licorice! Which fades into a bubbly licorice, which becomes licorice rootbeer.

Wearable, but strange, It stays close to my skin. Lasts 8hr+
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stephaniek

44 Reviews
stephaniek
stephaniek
Helpful Review 2  
An Easy Lay
An easy lay, this perfume is what I call my "whore lure." It's sex, raw, straight up. The closest I've found to it is (so weird to admit) Boyfriend by Kate Walsh. It's not a dupe, but it's that same "one night stand" mood of a scent.
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Rubyred

49 Reviews
Rubyred
Rubyred
1  
leathery smoky metal
smoky, leathery, licoricey (is that a word) and metallic. I class it as oriental vanilla, although I have seen it called a floral woody musk which I think is a bit of a tame description. Huge projection and sillage. A power perfume - very bold. One spray only will knock out a whole bus load of people. It's a bit masculine for me. I can't get through my bottle. In the same genre as Shalimar.
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8
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9
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7
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MrsGuerlain

309 Reviews
MrsGuerlain
MrsGuerlain
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The ‘something else’ note
Something really strange meets the nose, when spraying this. It smells like fruit and something else. I can not work out what ‘something else’ is exactly, but it fits the scent so well. Later on By Woman changes into a spicy warm experience that keeps momentum for a long time. This is one of the scents that smell like you have spent four hours in bed - in a good way. Longevity is great and sillage is good.
I love the bottle. It is both fun and from a time, when a lot of women wore the animal patterns with style. I myself had matching bracelet, ballerinas and scarf. I felt great when I put on all this ‘merchandise’ and went out. Those were the days.
216/365
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