Woman Nº 2 Betty Barclay 1999

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7.1 / 10 160 Ratings

A perfume by Betty Barclay for women, released in 1999. The scent is powdery-floral. It is being marketed by Mäurer & Wirtz.

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Main accords

Powdery

Floral

Sweet

Fresh

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Bergamot

Rosewood

Heart Notes

White musk Violet

Violet

Sandalwood

Base Notes

Bourbon vanilla Amber

Amber

Cedar

Ratings

Scent

7.1160 Ratings

Longevity

6.0130 Ratings

Sillage

5.7121 Ratings

Bottle

6.4136 Ratings

Value for money

8.654 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 05/21/2025.

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Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/18/2024

7
Pricing 6
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 6.5
Scent

Lauser93
886 Reviews

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Lauser93

Helpful Review 1

Not really my cup of tea

Well... Unfortunately, there was no spark between me and the Woman Nº 2. In places, the scent reminds me of the eau de toilette version of Laura Eau de Parfum (unfortunately, the link to the EdT doesn't work) and I don't find this scent particularly great either. The longevity on my skin is around 10 hours with a moderate sillage.

The top note is dicey... It could well be tipped. I mainly recognize synthetically sweet fruit aromas of green apples, peach, honeydew melon and blackcurrant. The heart note then becomes more pleasant. This offers a sea of flowers consisting of freesia, garden carnations, rose water, jasmine blossoms and rose geraniums. Iris and violets add a touch of powderiness. The base smells a little creamy but still sweet thanks to bourbon vanilla.

As I didn't really like Woman Nº 2, my miniature is allowed to move on.

07/01/2020

8
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 10
Scent

LeYlaK
1 Review

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LeYlaK

Helpful Review 8

Beautiful Betty

Admittedly, I didn't have much love for Betty Barclay fragrances until now. Except for one, Voice, which was one of my favorite scents in the mid 90's along with Noa Noa and Vanilla Fields.

I found Voice so special at that time because I rarely smelled this kind of sweetness in a fragrance. The liqueur plum was so indescribably beautiful. As it is, these three, to my sorrow, were hired shortly after that
I was so happy when I found the twin fragrance of Voice thanks to Parfumo: the Quelque Note d'amour by Yves Rocher.

Betty Barclay Woman 2, I wasn't paying any attention.
I don't like scents that are too citrusy and fresh, but the blue bottle reminded me exactly of this: Sea, salty air, seaweed or detergent, masculine and tart. I also found the bottle boring and unimaginative...
After reading the comments here, I have to agree with the perfumes, Woman 2 is none of this.

Right at the beginning in the top note I smell lemon/tangerine/bergamot. This doesn't last long, because shortly afterwards I smell sweet almonds or almond pudding, although the almond is not listed in the fragrance description. Maybe this is also the amber?

My strongest smell is the rosewood. It is present from the beginning I don't know what violet smells like, but I can imagine that it is responsible for the beautiful powderiness. The cedar makes Woman 2 never too sweet despite the bourbon vanilla and amber
What I was very surprised about was that after testing, I noticed that Betty Barclay Woman 2 is amazingly similar to Yves Rocher Folies de Saisons L'esprit dans les etoiles en Hiver, the winter scent. No wonder, both were launched in 1999 and have almost the same scents.

Woman 2 is a powdery-warm sandalwood-vanilla-almond fragrance. I associate with Woman 2 the winter, snow, Christmas market, but also the Orient with its sweet delicacies, almond biscuits with icing sugar, nevertheless Woman 2 is never sugar sweet.

I am glad to have found a worthy replacement for the already discontinued Yves Rocher fragrance.
In the future I will no longer be deceived by the colour of a fragrance. Because behind the supposedly "cheap" drugstore fragrances there are one or two little treasures hidden..