Envy Gucci 1997 Eau de Toilette

Bottle Design Tom Ford

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7.6 / 10 183 Ratings

A popular perfume by Gucci for women, released in 1997. The scent is floral-green. The production was apparently discontinued.

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Main accords

Floral

Green

Fresh

Woody

Fruity

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Bergamot

Freesia

Pineapple

Magnolia

Peach

Heart Notes

Lily of the valley

Rose

Hyacinth

Jasmine

Violet

Base Notes

Cedarwood

Oakmoss

Sandalwood

Iris

Musk

Perfumer

Maurice Roucel

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Ratings

Scent

7.6183 Ratings

Longevity

7.3127 Ratings

Sillage

6.6116 Ratings

Bottle

7.2124 Ratings

Value for money

7.016 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 17.03.2024.

Interesting Facts

The face of the advertising campaign is model Liisa Winkler.

Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

03/14/2024

8
Pricing 9
Bottle 7
Sillage 10
Longevity 9.5
Scent

MrsGuerlain
288 Reviews

MrsGuerlain

2

Irresistible…

When this was released I remember falling in love immediately. Envy is fresh, floral and totally irresistible. It is the smell of summer.
The beginning is sharp. Fresh. Fruity. Lovely. Modern. It lasts for more than ten hours and I often wear it at work. It is however a scent that is not wearable by all. A dear friend of mine smells like rotten fruit and dirty clothes. She loves the fragrance, but she turns to Chanel no. 19 or Gres Cabotine instead. I have not been able to work out which note it is that conflicts with her skin but maybe I will one day.
Well done, Tom Ford, designing the bottle.
247/365

07/15/2012

jtd
484 Reviews

jtd

Very helpful Review 6

Floral imitation.

Why is this called Envy? Should it inspire envy? Symbolize envy? Should I value envy? Sounds much more like a Calvin Klein fragrance wanna-be name, but I bought it, so who’s to say the marketing didn’t work? No. 19 is a sharp green floral, PR Metal is a flinty green floral, Alliage is a cool green floral. Envy is a sour green floral. Bitter works wonderfully in perfume, hence all the great leathers and chypres. Sour is another story entirely. Sour, as in acidic, can add balance to food, but doesn’t really have a comparable place in fragrance. It’s sort of like coffee in that respect. Bitter coffee is an ideal, sour coffee is a shame.

But the sourness here adds a bit of fruit that ties together the green and white florals and makes the whole thing soapy, if a bit cold. I wear it occasionally, and, interestingly, this is one of the few fragrances that people smell on me (a man) and comment positively on. I think sour reads to some people as a sibling tone to the popular “fresh” and “sport.”

I come back to this one occasionally, but I’ve never really grown fond of it. It is an insecticide-like floral, with references to floral notes but not the feel of bloom to it. I think it is the soapiness that makes me not write it off, but I can’t say it is an enjoyable fragrance.

03/28/2012

7.5
Sillage 10
Longevity 4
Scent

Sherapop
1239 Reviews

Sherapop

Helpful Review 3

I Became Green with Envy

Gucci ENVY edt opens propitiously with patches of lily of the valley peppering pastures of springtime grass gently swaying in the breeze. Fresh and clean, green without the mean. If I could call a halt to the trajectory of this fragrance at about the thirty-minute mark, we would be best friends.

Unfortunately, what ensues is a metamorphosis into a synthetic-smelling drydown, as though the flowers became frozen in motion through a process of plastification, and the grass suddenly hardened to artificial turf. These disturbingly sturdy components may well last for eternity--or until the wearer decides to take a vigorous bath, whichever comes first!

With such a splendid array of notes, I had high hopes for ENVY, especially when I found out that it was a floral green which I had somehow neglected for so many years. Now it becomes clear, however, that it wasn't meant to be. The reason is as plain as can be: ENVY does not like my skin or me!

01/26/2012

5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 7
Scent

Missk
1165 Reviews

Missk

Helpful Review 2

Modern green floral

I don't usually like fresh, green scents, however in this situation I really enjoyed wearing Envy.

Upon first application, Envy is very green and quite refreshing. The fruits balance themselves out nicely along with the magnolia and freesia. Thankfully pineapple is a subtle note here, because with most perfumes pineapple likes to rear its ugly head and cause me to dislike a scent.

As the fragrance settles on the skin it becomes increasingly grassy, but not sharp like Chanel No.19. Envy is tame and polite, it doesn't like to make a loud, obtrusive statement.

Envy feels very modern for its time. Its slight metallic-like quality captivates me. Although Envy is something that I probably wouldn't wear, I am very intrigued by it. Envy fascinated me from the very beginning to the very end.

The lasting strength is average, if not a little better than average. Like I mentioned before this isn't a particularly strong scent, so I'd say it is fairly intimate. A green floral that I do surprisingly recommend.