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Timeless Avon 1974 Cologne

7.7 / 10 79 Ratings

A popular perfume by Avon for women, released in 1974. The scent is oriental-floral. It is being marketed by Natura & Co..
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Main accords

Oriental

Floral

Chypre

Spicy

Powdery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Floral notes

Green notes

Heart Notes

Jasmine

Patchouli

Vetiver

Base Notes

Musk

Amber

Oakmoss

Ratings

Scent

7.779 Ratings

Longevity

7.962 Ratings

Sillage

7.557 Ratings

Bottle

6.861 Ratings

Value for money

8.311 Ratings

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Reviews

10 in-depth fragrance descriptions

12/19/2012

8Scent 5Longevity

Digindirt
47 Reviews

Digindirt

Very helpful Review 6

Timeless is the Truth!

This is a really very nice fragrance, too bad I didn't find it sooner. Thank you Jackson Spines for the free full bottle!

I must say that I never considered wearing Avon before joining this forum but I have now acquired quite a few.

Timeless reminds me of Femme Rochas and eerily like one of my signatures, Estée Lauder Private Collection. It's dry, a little on the green side, and some kind of powdery softness. I wonder if aldehydes or iris is the culprit.

Crispy and clean, not really grassy but a green freshness. I tend to dislike fruit and citrus but a few of my favorites, Patchouli, Amber, Cedar, and Jasmine hold me down and won't let me escape. Feels like a classic scent, no bubblegum, no pralines, just femininity and class. I'm impressed Avon! ^5!

09/23/2013

7Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

AmySourbutts
84 Reviews

AmySourbutts

Very helpful Review 6

Simply Elegant

This was my grandmother's signature scent from the early 80's until she passed away in 2006, so this fragrance is forever linked to my memories of her. All she ever needed was a spritz of this on each wrist and a little red lipstick to be glamourous.

Nostalgia aside, it's a lovely fragrance that smells "classier" than the average Avon fragrance. I agree with Digindirt: it does give the vague impression of Femme. (Sadly, I've not smelled Estée Lauder Private Collection). I like the simplicity of this. Everything seems to play an integral part in the smell, and while I can make out most of the notes, it's well-balanced. I smell the aldehydes and florals first, followed by the amber, vanilla and musk. The sillage and longevity are great with this, so you don't need much.

11/24/2013

10Scent 10Longevity 7.5Sillage

Sorceress
216 Reviews

Sorceress

8

Holds Its' Own With The Heavyweights

Timeless is an incredible scent for the few dollars it costs. There is a current version available through Avon's catalogs and vintages are available. There are discernable differences between the two that should be noted.
While the vintage Timeless plays the aldehydes strongly, the newer version is a creamier mix of honeyed vanilla that hits right away. The honeyed vanilla mix takes time in the vintage to arrive, but the wait is well worth it. The vintage version lasts much, much longer, is deeper in tone and reminiscent of Shalimar. Gardenia brings greenness, iris brings a rich earthiness, while jasmine carries this scent strongly to wonderful heights. There are so many notes in this perfume that mix together wonderfully to make it a blend that is pleasantly aromatic, elegant and one that belies its' own price tag.
Timeless is a perfume that could be worn anywhere-to dinner, to an event, to a gallery or with jeans. It is a perfume that wears the person, the person doesn't wear it. It is a mature fragrance, one that reminds you of notes found in many other remembered classics, like Shalimar or Emeraude or one of the Chanels. Its' rich warmth is its' own elegance.
This is a fragrance that is wearable year-round and since Avon offers shower gels, body creams and deodorants at a ridiculously low price, you can pamper yourself with a complete set.
Timeless wraps itself around you with a graceful quality reminiscent of older perfumes. You can wrap yourself in its luxuriousness easily just as you would an over-sized cable-knit sweater or a tuxedo jacket. It just fits quality, whatever you're wearing, whatever you're doing. It ripens into a mature scent that fully explores its many faceted notes as the hours go by. For its price, it absolutely cannot be beat. It fools many when they attempt to guess what perfume it is that you're wearing, and there is a reason why. The tonka bean, the opoponax, the vanilla, the patchouli and the amber are all similar ingredients to a few heavyweights in the classic perfume market and Timeless incorporates them excellently.
Vintage Timeless takes longer to develop on your skin, works longer to develop through its notes and stages and is more full-bodied. With today's version of Timeless, its end is its beginning. It packs a punch, yes, but you miss the soapy aldehydes in the beginning. The older bottle is amber glass, silverish-gold cap, cognac-colored liquid splash and 2 oz. The new is in a clear spray bottle with a rose hued cap, a light golden liquid and 1.7 oz. Longevity is about four hours for the new and much longer for the vintage.
Both versions are wonderful. The choice to make is whether you want to explore a more vintage feel for aldehydes and a soapy feel, a journey through a perfumes character when you choose the older version or if you'd rather go for the gusto with the newest version which gives you the immediate sense of scent. There is no wait, you arrive at your final destination immediately. Either way, Timeless should be a perfume every woman should try.

09/09/2015

9.5Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

DorothyGrace
107 Reviews

DorothyGrace

Helpful Review 3

Not the original but still pretty good.

I remember the original of Timeless with great fondness. It was a powerful beast, dry, earthy, balsamic, resinous, a little floral, very musky. One spray was enough whereas with the current formula it is quite easy to get through 1ml per application, but although tame in comparison the current version is nevertheless a lovely autumnal wear.

One of the main differences between the two, on my skin, is that the current version drys down with a noticeable cup cake vanilla essence note that I never noticed with the original.

02/28/2022

8.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Minigolf
2565 Reviews

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Minigolf

Very helpful Review 13

Rejoice, your timeless Chypre friends....

.....If you still manage to get a bottle of this. THIS is the original Avon and not the retouched and reduced little waters with the harsh edge, as it is today.
Here you have something of the rough, yet warm old "mature-people charm"!
Green galbanum and leaf sap in the top note, many herb-sweet flowers, slightly "biting" but good-natured country garden jasmine, earthy patchouli in the base, and lo and behold.... spicy rose!
Plenty of vetiver, but not in the scent of an embarrassingly mowed suburban lawn, but rather well "rooted" and a little "rough" and "scruffy." And then there's the oak moss! Long silver-gray filigree trails on ancient park trees.
All of this may seem somehow "antiquated" and "old-fashioned." And IT is. But it is precisely this established "old-school charm" that makes the allure of this wonderful fragrance. And that turns "old-fashioned" into timeless! I am thrilled with the good old creaky one. And this vintage quality is similar to what I have with the old "Aliage (1972) / Alliage | Estēe Lauder." Even if the scent direction is somewhat different!

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DorothyGrace

8 months ago

9.5Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

1

Another for my "Gone but not forgotten" shelf. Today I'm getting a smooth chypre with jasmine and vetivert.

Blkbrd

1 year ago

1

A rich aldehyde/iris/amber/et. al. combination that changes quite a bit as it dries but is good at every stage. Look for an old bottle.

FrauKirsche

3 years ago

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Through green glasses
flowers float
through patchouli
vetiver speckles shine
on timeless oak moss
warm embrace
until night...

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Ergoproxy

4 years ago

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The first few minutes are a bit harsh, but then it develops into a great floral-spicy scent with a warm base. It would still work today.

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Yatagan

6 years ago

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Takes a while to develop, then a rather dark, spicy, mossy Chypre with its own charm: yes, timelessly good!

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Gold

6 years ago

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Reformulated, I prefer Timeless so much more than many expensive hipster scents. Unpretentious, elegant, not sweet, just Chypre. Classic.

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Fabistinkt

4 years ago

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Warm aldehydes drip onto spicy oak moss, soothing its slight scratchiness. In between, sage. Reminds me of Miss Dior Originale.

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Morpheus1

7 years ago

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74er Timeless Original: Initially ethereal-green-minty, then floral-powdery-warm and gentle. This is how only a vintage can smell. A great fragrance.

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Jennytammy

8 months ago

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Dark blossoms, sweet and fine
Soapy delicate in the light
Classic, noble - a fragrant garment
Feminine and timelessly relaxed.

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Minigolf

6 years ago

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6

Old school oriental with a distinctive note. Jasmine-earthy with a moss base in patchouli mood and animalistic allure. UNFORTUNATELY NO LONGER AVAILABLE.

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