Envy for Men Gucci 1998 Eau de Toilette

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Envy for Men (Eau de Toilette) is a popular perfume by Gucci for men and was released in 1998. The scent is spicy-woody. The longevity is above-average. It was last marketed by Scannon.

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Main accords

Spicy

Woody

Green

Oriental

Leathery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Coriander

Pepper

Mandarin orange

Rosewood

Heart Notes

Sandalwood

Carnation

Rose

Jasmine

Base Notes

Leather

Patchouli

Vanilla

Vetiver

Perfumer

Jean Guichard

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Ratings

Scent

8.4372 Ratings

Longevity

8.2303 Ratings

Sillage

7.5289 Ratings

Bottle

7.6293 Ratings

Value for money

7.077 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 14.04.2024.

Interesting Facts

The face of the advertising campaign is model Liisa Winkler.

Reviews

17 in-depth fragrance descriptions

08/15/2020

8
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 10
Scent

HJK63
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HJK63

Very helpful Review 11

I miss you...

First of all: If I would wear a fragrance for the rest of my days, it would be Envy for Men. Never again have I encountered a fragrance with which I was more in tune. You don't have to understand, but I do. If I remember correctly, the first version was rather yellow, then came a pale green and finally a strong green. According to my olfactory memory, ginger in the top note and sandalwood in the drydown were much more dominant in the first version than in the successors. If I had known then how much I would miss Envy for Men today, I would have acted like Helmut Schmidt, who allegedly stashed Reyno menthol cigarettes in his cellar before they were banned. Anyway, missed the chance. Today, I only have a second-generation, quarter-full bottle and it is guarded like the apple of my eye, because I'm not going through the bidding madness for leftover stock. My first Envy for Men bottle was a gift, by the way, and at first it caused me to shake my head: "I'm not running around with a fragrance that I can't stop thinking of as 'Envy' But after the first spray, the resolution went to hell. By the way: On my search for a twin fragrance for Envy for Men I was recommended by Floris Santal and Carven Homme. Both unfortunately only distant relatives, but for me definitely not twins. So I continue to sniff my way through the fragrance landscape in search of the holy grail that Envy for Men was for me.

04/16/2019

6
Bottle 8
Sillage 10
Longevity 9.5
Scent

Sabanco
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Sabanco

10

400 € for a 100ml bottle - that says a lot

After reading all the comments here, I wanted to join the disciples.
It's a shame Envy wasn't produced any more. Rumor has it Tom Ford split from Gucci's main brand and took his recipe with him. Somehow it doesn't quite match his shares in the company, but due to the fact that he now has his own perfume brand, I suspect the recipe was torn apart in the air by both parties during the spin-off, or aliens stole it.
No matter what speculations are circulating here - the fact is: this perfume is worth putting on a pedestal.
Here's my story:
Towards the end of the production period Envy was still available at Douglas. I, who liked to wear Dior Addict and Gucci Rush, once again went to a Douglas to give myself hope for a new perfume. At the end of the round I made a bow and ran past the men's scents and there she stabbed me with her at that time unusual color and bottle shape with this massive lid in the eye. I thought, what's this? So I went there, dressed like magic, and tried it on. The salesgirl looked at me in amazement, but in the moment when the scent went through my nose to the furthest corners, I forgot everything around me. Grabbed the packed bottle and went with it to the checkout.
Now from there on, that was my perfume. My number one. Followed by Dior Addict that I hardly take today.
The really amazing thing about this fragrance is that it adapts to the wearer. I gave it to some of my male friends for testing. With them a tangy woody tiger from the jungle spread out - typically male. For me, this fragrance is transformed into sandalwood, confectionery and lemon. And it holds out, it holds out more and longer than so many high-priced neighbors and even longer than my recently purchased "Noir" from Tom Ford. Once a month on the coat 2-3 sprayers and that is enough.
Normally I like spicy, woody vanilla scents with a hint of mandarin, but not too much. This is the big exception.
To come back again to the term "Not of this world":
Fitness studio, summer, heat, sweat reactivate this scent when it is applied to the décolleté and it mixes with everything your body emits - and it smells even better. (Just think of the old advertisement for this fragrance)

Too bad Envy is no longer produced. There is unfortunately nothing comparable.
Also his Dupe of Larise smells too masculine to me, musky.

Who has the money to put 400 € into this perfume, congratulations on the purchase, use it sparingly, the unicorn.

02/01/2020

8
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Morpheus1
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Morpheus1

5

Egyptian mainstream designer at moon prices

In my 2 years of parfumo activity, I have learned a lot about fragrances and tested many things
At first you think this fragrance is the holy grail. Everyone wants it, it's coveted and expensive.
That's what I thought at first too.

But in the end it is not about having something in his collection for others,
but to find his own style and show individuality.
After all, you don't have to chase every trend, not even with fragrances.

Here they tried to create a spicy green fragrance at the end of the 90s with modern elements for the new millennium These elements are flowers and leather.

If you've had a taste of the real vintage classic world of the 80s, this Envy looks relatively normal He's okay, but he's not the greatest scent hit

For me his composition unfortunately does not work:

The flowers, especially the rose, mixed with leather are alarming in my nose Somehow I don't like the green Envy that much, it has something bitter-sweet-acidic that doesn't harmonize very well with or even through the green spice parts.

It is slightly sweet, but above all strongly floral and leathery. That doesn't go together very well in my nose. Vanilla is very subtle in the background. A very mature, strong, loud fragrance for men from 40-50+ one might think. A slight old baking is not to be denied.

To wear this fragrance at the age of 20 to 30 years would seem ridiculous and inappropriate to me, just to follow a trend.

In conclusion, it is definitely not worth 400€ / 100ml.

11/07/2018

8
Bottle 9
Sillage 9
Longevity 10
Scent

Farneon
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Farneon

8

You smell so good ... envy allowed!

Well, now I dare something! :-) I give (so I think) for the first time 10 points for a fragrance! It's a shame you can't buy it anymore. I was probably lucky with a pretty cheap eBay deal ... the rest is a love story, although it only started a few days ago!

"Envy actually has what it takes to become my signature scent. I went to the cinema with him on the weekend, immediately received a compliment ("What are you wearing today?") and bathed in my own Sillage during the film. I didn't give a damn if I'd put on too much. I just thought to myself (the movie was quite boring): "Man, what do you smell good!"

What actually always frightens me off by a scent is leather. However, I don't consciously perceive this here, so everything is (more than) in order. The rest is a combination that I consider unique and have never smelt before: masculine, seductive, spicy, woody, paired with a gentle spiciness and balsamic base. I don't want to go into too much detail: I can hardly imagine a more beautiful fragrance for the moment!

The result: I am really happy! :-) I still have a sample box with 15 scents, which arrived today, and I don't want to try it out any further. For now, that's obvious, but it's been four days now. From now on every new fragrance will have an extremely hard time competing against "Envy". Let's see what else Daniela Andrier, unknown to me so far, has conjured up ..

11/21/2019

Osbornecox
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Less helpful Review 3

ENVY seems to be very popular...

I bought a bottle around 2003. I liked the scent, but I still used it very rarely. About ten years later I threw away the cube together with some other old scents. It stood unmoved in the cupboard and occupied storage space. What do you want with a perfume you don't use? Sell it? For 5,- € I did not want to give myself the effort.
I didn't know...!
That's the way it is. The personal esteem in connection with a topic increases, hobbyism is triggered, one is interested and learns about it and already a product is mystified. Now everything is collected beautifully.

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