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Sung Alfred Sung 1986 Eau de Toilette

7.5 / 10 82 Ratings

A popular perfume by Alfred Sung for women, released in 1986. The scent is floral-green. It is being marketed by Revlon Inc..
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Main accords

Floral

Green

Fresh

Spicy

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Hyacinth

Ylang-ylang

Galbanum

Bergamot

Lemon

Mandarin orange Orange

Orange

Heart Notes

Iris

Jasmine

Lily of the valley

Osmanthus

Base Notes

Orange tree wood Vetiver

Vetiver

Amber

Sandalwood Vanilla

Vanilla

Ratings

Scent

7.582 Ratings

Longevity

7.966 Ratings

Sillage

7.664 Ratings

Bottle

6.559 Ratings

Value for money

8.920 Ratings

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Reviews

13 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/17/2012

7.5Scent 9Longevity 9Sillage

Michelangela
89 Reviews

Michelangela

Helpful Review 5

About Sung

„May I introduce?”
His name is SUNG, Alfred Sung!
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Been forgotten? Or ferment unknown? To believe hardly!
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The presentation misleads about the contents. A graceful simple flask which allows to expect a rather androgynous classical-sporty smell, maybe also a harsh Chypre...

I spray to me something on the back of the hand and a hurricane of most delightfully fresh flowers, hard, immensely floods me a wave, no, rather it, wholehearted and absolutely unsweet. The lemon marks underline the flower drunkenness and give him a light green flair.
This is a bomb! An explosion, a nasal orgasm! I am completely overpowered.
This immense flood already stops some minutes and I imagine that I should be maybe a little more economically with the dosage not to kill my dear sphere with it. However, thus as every passionate storm ends once, this smell also finds his quiet pole and slips slowly in a creamy bed to pause there still long as an expressive companion.
The smell is elegant and very expressive, absolutely passionate female.
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Silage: terrifically
Durability: excellently
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Result:
This smell is no shy little flower waters, but an absolutely successful Powerscent of the early 80th. I would never have expected behind this simple flask such a wonderful flower power which lies down so quite unsweet, even a little green on the skin of her bearer.
Thus I am over the moon to have bought him by chance and blind!!
True flower fans should on no account miss this smell....

04/11/2014

3Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage

DarkMatter
24 Reviews

DarkMatter

4

Dirty Lily!

I really wanted to like this '80s gem. I love powerhouse perfumes from that era, it reminds me of my teen years when I worse far too much perfume, hairspray and had gargantuan shoulder-pads!

Knowing that it was going to be a big fragrance I only applied one modest spray so that I could see how I liked it. I could always apply more later right? I was so sure that I would love it. The notes looked so right and there was nothing that jumped out at me from the list that scared me off.

I also wish I could give you a list of the different florals as they developed, as they played with each other. I can't, I'm very sorry. Initially I smelt lily of the valley. Now I love lily of the valley, in it's fresh soapy incarnation but here it was downright indolic, dirty and grimy, slightly urinous. I couldn't tell if it was the lily or another note that was giving this impression because on my skin Sung is a very linear perfume. The notes didn't develop, change or sparkle. The dirty lily just clung to my skin for the better part of 7 hours until it became more powdery, but still very dirty.

I want to appreciate it, but I can't. Sung seems so very dated. Perhaps if I still had huge hair and matching shoulder-pads, I would feel at home with it. Perhaps the original formulation back when it was released was more complex? I don't know. But for now, I safely assert to anyone who has the curiosity to try it, get hold of a sample before you buy to make sure it really is you.

09/19/2023

Exciter76
78 Reviews

Exciter76

4

If A Perfume Could Smell Like A Victorian-Era Porcelain Doll...

Originally reviewed on May 6, 2012:

I remember my best friend from high school had this on her vanity back when everyone else had Sunflowers and Tresor on theirs. I used to snoop around in her collection as our tastes ran similar. Sung was my favorite in her collection. I believe I even used up her bottle and tried to offer up a rancid bottle of Primo (Kmart’s answer to Giorgio Beverly Hills) in exchange. She was a true friend—she forgave both my overindulgence with her bottle of Sung and my reparations in the form of an insult-in-a-bottle. Fast forward about fifteen years. I had long forgotten the name of my friend’s emptied bottle but I knew the scent immediately. It was about time for a long overdue reunion.

Sung is a very verdant white floral that I cannot help but associate with white lace. To be exact, I smell lily-of-the-valley first and foremost, sweetened by other white flowers and grounded by woods. It dries down smelling of soft and powdery white flowers, a real gem among rocks for white floral lovers. It has real tenacious staying power and it is quite the sillage monster, a quality many contemporary fragrances lack. It is as precious, as romantic, and as much an anachronism as lacy gloves. It is a fragrance that may seem a bit out of place these days but it will endure fads and whims of the present and find its place among the classics.

Revised reminiscence on September 19, 2023:

I take part in an online project, "Monthly Perfume Tray Project," in which I create a tray featuring a small subset of perfumes from my collection. It's an ideal project in which to take part because I'm able to focus on my collection in an very intimate way. It has (mostly) tamed my desire to acquire new bottles and helped me cull those bottles that no longer speak to me, assuming they ever did. This month I added Sung Eau de Toilette to my tray.

I'd always loved Sung Eau de Toilette but, at some point in the 2010s, my mother discovered it, too. She got a whiff of it on me and was reminded of a perfume her grandmother wore, a long lost Avon. Once my mom got a hold of it, it was no longer my high school nostalgia scent—it was one of mom's signature scents. I felt awkward wearing it, so I gave her my bottle.

My mother passed away in 2021. I inherited her perfume collection, which included a new 100mL bottle of Sung Eau de Toilette. I tried to wear it soon after her passing but I found it too painful. Fast forward to September 2023: I'm able to wear it but it's taken on new facets and associations. I find it much mossier than I remembered. Maybe it's my body chemistry, or maybe it was my mother's chemistry that gave it a mossier quality that I couldn't "unsmell." It's also possible that the new bottle was a reformulation, thus giving the appearance of being greener and mossier. The white florals that I associated with white lace gloves became a little louder and brasher. Again, I don't know if that can be associated with my body chemistry, reformulation, my memory or any other combination of factors.

To be frank, Sung Eau de Toilette always felt anachronistic, even in the few years that followed its release (I discovered it in 1991). This may seem irrelevant but my aforementioned best mate in high school used to do some modeling, particularly vintage Victorian costume modeling. She was also a model for porcelain dolls. She looked like a turn-of-the-century doll, with porcelain white skin and large hazel eyes. She was the girl that boys were too intimidated to approach because she was so beautiful and otherworldly. Sung Eau de Toilette fit her and her aesthetic so perfectly; it, too, was hauntingly beautiful with its porcelain white essence and otherworldly presence. Much like Sung Eau de Toilette, though she was all those qualities listed, she was also very accessible and likeable, if you took the time to get to know her.

I'm glad I'm reconnecting with Sung Eau de Toilette. It still feels awkward to wear again. It's still anachronistically beautiful, nevertheless.

10/11/2014

7Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Fanny
67 Reviews

Fanny

2

Guns n lilies

Sung is a special song sung by high pitched voices.
I was very surprised by its extreme freshness, which I adore in this particular case. It is almost severe in its bite..., and I can appreciate that in full techni-colour.
When you are up to face a scary situation, this friend will be a step ahead of you, preparing the subject for an elegant but lashing whip.

01/09/2026

9Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

MaryMaven
3 Reviews

MaryMaven

2

I just repurchased my 90s holy grail.

When everyone else was wearing Tommy Girl, CKOne, and Cool Water, I was wearing this. This is a wonderful fresh floral. I know the formula is different. The sillage and longevity is not great now now, but it still smells*almost* exactly the same. There is a little bit of hollow feeling which I think is what is affecting the longevity. I have strayed far over the past few decades, but all in all, I am really happy I repurchased this. All of the feel good smell with none of the teenaged life strife lol.

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Statements

12 short views on the fragrance

Gold

3 years ago

8.5Scent 10Longevity 9Sillage

18

13

Alfred sang of tuberoses, wood, and moss, he didn't want to cuddle anymore.
No, he wants to hit.
Flowers! Right on target.
Insider tip! For Else...

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Helena1411

5 years ago

6.5Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

17

10

KN: Green herbs leave behind despite hyacinth peaks
HN: -aggressively-pressing white flowers of the arena,
B: -sandalwood-vanilla soothes the masses.

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Yatagan

6 years ago

7.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

15

4

It's like the intersection of Fruity Floral and Chypre (yes, there's moss in it, but no rose?), which was oddly innovative.

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Greenfan1701

2 years ago

8Scent 6Longevity 5Sillage

13

12

Smells just as good to me as Quelques Fleurs L'Original by Houbigant. Unsweet flowers, later sandalwood. Lasts only a short time. Unfortunately.

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Augenweide

5 years ago

12

THIS is truly spring-in-a-bottle, flowers flowers flowers, sunny and lush, has something cheerful :).
Just be careful with the dosage, even though it's EdT...

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