K de Krizia Krizia for women

The bold and exuberant K de Krizia is a gem from Maurice Roucel's oeuvre, highlighting all that was de rigueur at the time of its release, done to perfection. Dizzying aldehydes? Check. Bitter, mean green florals? Check. Mounds of moss? You got it. And a soupçon of civet? Covered over it all like a decadent fondant. There's even peachy lactones, ripe fruit, and spices. It's a heavenly aroma that's like ambrosia and nectar to my nose.

For some reason I immediately imagined Grace Jones demanding her lover to "wear this! Or ELSE." It's that fierce and ferocious. Make no mistake though, it's absolutely beautiful. Unfortunately, it just wasn't made for these times, and this was discontinued after some less than forgiving reformulations. One may find something comparable in the realms of "niche" or "artisan" perfume today, but with someone like Roucel at the helm, it would be difficult to reproduce.

I found my 100ml bottle for $2 at the thrift. Initial spray is loud, green and soapy. It does soften as it sits and becomes powdery. I have never smelled the fragrance in the past so I’m not sure if any of the notes are distorted or “off” but I am still enjoying it.

I wore this in the late 80's - early 90's. A college roommate had a bottle........I spritzed some on and was unimpressed at first. Later in the day I smelled my wrist and fell in love. I actually gave away my very last bottle - I had received it as a gift from my mother-in-law and at the time was looking for something new. I have bought new old stock online, but it always smells terrible. At first I was buying the parfum, and then remembered I used the toilette. So I bought toilette and it was better, but still bad - as in it was ruined. I suspected it would be by the dark color - it was always a light yellow. I envy those who can find a bottle that smells as it should. I so wish I could wear that wonderful scent again. Can anyone recommend anything similar? By the way, right now I'm in love with I Love Juicy Couture by Juicy Couture. I get compliments on that as well.

And there you have it! Old-fashioned hypnotic scents!!!
I was able to buy 1 cheaply (tester).
Why don't they make wow-scents like this, anymore?
Soapy, creamy, green.
It's autum, and this scent works very well to go with it.

As an update to my previous review:

Alas, no longer a budget buy, due to discontinuation. Quite amazing, oakmoss chypre with rich, mean greens. It is a close sibling to vintage Ralph Lauren Safari for women. If you enjoy one you can likely enjoy the other as well. Dense and satisfying.

This is a true old school chypre, and it needs air lots and lots of air.

So get yourself together strictly in winter and hike into anywhere outside the city preferably to the hills by yourself and enjoy the fresh cold air mixed with this beautiful perfume all day/night long (vtg naturally).

Sneaking sprays of this as a 12 year old babysitter, I was transfixed. Decades and 100 bottles of various scents later, I have yet to experience a perfume that I love as much as K de Krizia. So complex and beautiful.

I bought a tiny bottle on Etsy last year and was so sad that it smelled putrid. I kept it with my collection for nostalgia's sake and didn't put it on again until this morning. My wrist smelled like an old woman for about an hour, so I kept it under my sleeve. But! Oh my gosh, after a couple hours I was amazed to smell it exactly the way I used to?! Perhaps that first blast of old lady closet is just a penance to work through?

I am scared but compelled to just go for it and put it on liberally and see if indeed I can transport myself back to 1989, when all the world was before me.

I loved this stuff. It was somehow sweet and citrus and powdery and spicy all at the same time. I felt very "grown up" when I wore K. My longing for it has never ceased, so I periodically order miniatures off of Ebay or Mercari and they are invariably foul smelling and sadly unwearable. Perhaps one day I will be reunited with this time-lost gem.

Smells very vintage, strong talc powder scent.
Selling my bottle if anyone is interested. Italy/europe!

This is one of those UNFORGETTABLE fragrances that I first discovered while in college. A sorority friend introduce me to this - it is mesmerizing with certain chemistries. It oooooozes.. GODDESS Energy!

This has an iconic blend of some of my very favorite notes - all rolled into ONE!

This is enchanting, spellbinding, luscious,,, GODDESS!

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They have apparently discontinued this, It is much harder to find now.
If I were a perfume designer - I would be hard pressed to make something very similar to THIS ONE!

Oh my heavens -
All of the cotton candy, super sweet -- "everything smells basically the same" fragrances that are lining the walls of Victoria's Secret, and the other stores that have copied this approach... and there is NOTHING LIKE THIS?

I'd be ON THIS!
Trying to make a whole collection that smells as GOOD AS THIS!

Folks - What are you waiting for?
They pulled THIS OFF THE MARKET?
Why?

It's time to start tinkering around with these notes - and create a whole assortment of other fragrances that are in this same RANGE!

I LOVE THIS STUFF!
AWESOME-NESS...(if that's a word!)!!!!

This is sheer GODDESS! I LOVE this stuff!!!!

Why on EARTH would you take this OFF the Market?

I just don't get it!!!!

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BRING THIS BACK!!!!!!!!

You have a good following here, why would you take THIS off the market?


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PLEASE -- BRING THIS BACK!!!!!

aldehydes, oakmoss, carnation, styrax, musk, sandalwood, some hyacinth, rose, orchid, LOTV and narcissus; a deep rich aldehydic chypre floral with bite

This is one of the best florals to come out of the 80s, and definitely one of the most fun to wear, I love the warm leathery-spicy-animalic richness of this. It's definitely not a light perfume but also not heavy. I used to love the scented advertisements in magazines back then and there were so many of them for a while that I started hoarding them, as I couldn't afford to purchase my own bottle. Now that I do have it I think of it as dressed up and classy, something that I'd wear to a dinner party where I'd expect to look and act very well put-together, or at least the idea of it. A memorable and beautifully elegant classic.

Vintage, or nothing!
On the one hand, K is a classic floral chypre. On the other hand, K represents the enormity of the 80's in a bottle. It's thick, balsamic, and naughty brew is a study in contrasts, with a glorious floral bouquet and vanilla sweetness juxtaposed against leathery notes, oakmoss, and aldehydes. K has the power to both intoxicate and transport me to an era of excess and decadence. Lest you are concerned about K's strength, please spray light, but give it a try. Dry-down is a gift of masterful balance and undeniable beauty.

I wore K in college in the 1980s and have been feeling nostalgic for its heavy, spicy, sweetness. Having been burned by other disappointing reformulations (Fendi, ugh, the new version smells like bug spray), I managed to hunt down a vintage bottle of K.

Like others have mentioned, I get an almost gourmand vanilla-honey-spicey feel even though none of these notes are actually present. It smells like vintage velvet feels--rich, sensuous, and unapologetically sexy in that way that 80s fragrance way--Opium, Fendi, Lagerfeld. It's just almost too much. The chypre gives it a sophistication that today's candy-ish gourmands are missing. I can't stop sniffing my wrists.

Another winner from the house of Krizia! This is the third Krizia fragrance I've bought, and like the others it's beautiful.
K opens with strong florals and dries down quickly to a deep, honeyed smoothness. K doesn't have the strong melon notes of Moods by Krizia, nor is it as lively as Krazy Krizia. All three have honey notes which lend
delicious smoothness and sweetness and a touch of spice. All are well formulated and feminine. K doesn't have a lot of sillage, it sinks into my skin and waits there patiently to be discovered.
K reminds me the older Weil fragrances, like Antilope and Weil de Weil. There aren't any fresh or ozonic notes in these fragrances, they are powerful aldehyde perfumes from the past. That doesn't mean that K or the Weil frags are dated or old fashioned. They may not appeal to a younger wearer unused to big scents.
K de Krizia is a lovely Italian perfume and it deserves to be better known.

Smelling and wearing K de Krizia, one wonders if Maurice Roucel looked for inspiration in Dioressence and Miss Dior. While all 3 perfumes are a beauty on their own, K has that beautifull herbal-ness of Dioressence that makes it stand out, even among vintage Christian Dior fragrances.

K came out in 1980 (or 1981, depending on the source) as the debut fragrance of Mariuccia Mandelli, and has always been considered an aldehydic floral. But K is so complex, so intriguing, so much more that this title doesn’t do it justice. K is floral, leathery, animalic, powdery, chypre, aldehydic, herbal...it’s an elixir on its own!
The aldehydes are there in the opening, hushed and mellow unlike other aldehydic fragrances. Neroli provides an even fresher sensation with its mellow sweetness, before the floral heart takes over. And here is where the magic happens! Hyacinth is the star; a rich, oily, leathery hyacinth that for a moment, briefly reminds me of the original Trussardi for women. Delicate and whimsical in appearance, hyacinth looks far more innocent than it really is. The rough edges are put upfront, surrounded by narcissus (another killer flower with animalic nuances) and carnation, which adds a spicy and piquant touch. After all, these flowers are anything but demure and innocent. Among them, orris engulfs the flower orgy in one of the most beautiful powder clouds I have ever encountered; you haven’t smelled powdery until you’ve smelt K. Floral powder, leather, oiliness...here is where I’m reminded of Miss Dior (the real one) and see (smell) the imprint it has left and the impact it has made in perfumery.
But the base notes aren’t far behind. Oakmoss, animalic musk (nitromusks more likely), civet, sandalwood...it all somehow combines and brings to mind the herbal beauty of Dioressence. The notes are different, the arrangement is more modern, but yet, the classics inspire the new, and the ghost of it lingers on skin like a nymph. Somewhere, deep in the heart of an emerald green forest, a witches brew surrounds me. A beautiful full force chypre.

K has average sillage, and lasts around 16 hours on my skin, hovering above and sending fragrant tendrils to my nose with temperature variations. Krizia chose a classically composed fragrance for her debut, and while probably a big seller in its day, it seems overlooked and underrated. It’s a vintage treasure that hardly gets mentioned, and it’s a shame because it’s a beauty on its own, quite cheap on eBay, and seems to keep very well. I have a large 100ml edp from 1981, and even though it brings to mind many fragrances, it can hold its own. It might start innocent and ethereal, but it has a big and bold heart, that was made more evident in the following Teatro Alla Scala.
If you enjoy green/floral animalic chypres, leathery and powdery herbal green perfumes, or simply love old fashioned quality perfumery, seek it out. Krizia was a helluva designer, and her perfumes were even better.
Italian at its best!

HOT DAMN! I love this!

A blind buy-- 100ml splash EDT which I decanted into a spray. I love this! It opens up smooooothly SWEET like My Sin or Occur! A rich animalic amber-vanilla-honey that I LOVE! Which seems strange because none of that exists in the top or middle notes. Then I get a powdery floral, ending in an airy peach-oakmoss that reminds me of a veil of Mitsouko but not so weird/loud/huge.

At first this is a glorious bomb, but it goes down rather quickly- 1hour, and the sillage could be a lot better. This was a nice sunny 70s summer day test. Worn on skin, but preformed better on clothing.

Before I even got my EDT in the mail, I also blind bought an EDP for a good price (bidding style) and I'm so excited to get that one too! This may be a vintage that I hoard because I really really love it!

More My Sin than No. 5 IMO.

I changed my tune. Opens like classic/vinage No. 5 and then veers more into 1000 by Patou. Either way, this is a winner!

I have an EDP spray and EDT splash, and I've worn them both a few times. I gotta say-- I find the EDT a little better in terms of potency/sillage.

One of a kind, sexy as well as elegant, dark, mysterius, alluring, I could go on. The best blend of civet and chypre in my humble opinion. I dislike civet and got rid of all, but this is so magical, well rendered that I use it for special occasions, as it deserves. Rachael, from Blade Runner, would have worn this perfume on a daily basis, tough. One of the best creations of the 80's, hats off.

Hmmm... fruitty animalic just the way i love 'em.

This is quite similar to "La Nuit" by Paco Rabanne. It has MAJOR honey, oakmoss, civet, narcissus, aldehydes, orange blossoms, carnations, musk, and big doses of peaches.

It is one of those sweet honey animalic vintage fragrances in a chypre frame. Very pleasant and quite captivating. Maybe the only drawback is it settled to a soapy orange essence with hints of peach and honey civet.

I bought this perfume in Salerno, Italy, on inter-rail back in -85. I liked it than, but not later on. It doesn't fit my personality and skin.

If you like vintage perfume then this is worth a try.
Mmm I didn't get on well, it was too much for me that is not to say it is not pleasent, it is but not for me as it reminds me of drugstore perfumes from the 80s. Sharp, and a hard perfume to my nose.

The reformulated version deserves an entry of its own in this database, in my opinion, because it has a different bottle and it is a different scent. Although I like the vintage K too much to say the reformulation is a good replacement, I think it is worth having and wearing. I bought it out of curiosity and I certainly do not regret it. It is a special occasions perfume for me, but I enjoy it very much. It develops well and very nicely on skin.

Hail Maurice Roucel for this beauty. To my nose this is a gorgeous floral aldehyde chypre top with a smooth balsamic and resinous base. I do not get the green or woody "main accords" listed here. I've got several backups of this lovely. So much more wearable than some of the powerhouses of the era it was marketed in, too.
As always, YMMV.

Lovely perfume!! It has an alluring, mysterious quality, and is perfect for evenings in an exotic setting, with your true love. It's beautiful. It does remind me of Chanel No. 5 a bit, but it's lighter and more florally for me. I really like it. In fact, I love it. I enjoy it more every time I wear it, and I get sooo many compliments!!! People say 'what is that gorgeous smell! You smell wonderful!!!!'

It has a very nice vintage aura, and is very classy. Really gorgeous!!

I was at a Christmas party in the 90's. My husband said follow that woman and see what perfume she's wearing. K de Krizia. Enough said.

Truly gorgeous. I'm a sucker for old-fashioned oakmoss and aldehydes. Toss in the hyacinth, lily of the valley, narcissus, and follow them up with civet and leather, and you have something magical; mesmerizing with its dark undertones. I have a vintage mini, I'd be very curious to see if the modern matches up. I'm guessing *not quite* because of the wimpy, synthetic oakmoss they use these days, but it's probably still lovely.

This scent should definitely be classified as a floral chypre, bordering on floriental: it has that much depth and complexity. The civet, carnation, styrax, orris and sandalwood conspire to give it that exotic eastern/middle-eastern spicy undertone. This could be the fragrance of an Egyptian Queen.

Unique and complex. Has an underlying "dark" touch. Perfect for evening.

I have a question....I am considering buying a bottle of this. I owned it back in the 80's but don't remember the scent. What is the difference between the vintage version bottle and the reformulated bottle, do they look the same or different. Thanks!

Also: Which is better, the EDT or the EDP????

I couldn't wait for an answer so I bought the EDP in the big size of the older vintage but I'm not sure it's the oldest vintage because the juice is not red looking. I find that the older the juice is the darker it becomes. I will update you when I receive it.

Update: Received it yesterday. Tried it, love it! It totally reminds me of Yves St. Laurent Opium EDP. I love that one too. However the seller sent me the new packaging without the black stripe in the front of the bottle. As I remember...it smells the same. Am very happy for my purchase, well worth it. Very classy perfume.

The initial blast and my first impression was the dreaded hyacinths... but it mellowed out and brought other notes forward to support it thankfully.

It's got a strong vintage feel to it, it by no means smells modern. My mother said it reminded her of Chanel No. 5, I'm assuming it was the aldehydes she could smell.

Now, several months later this holds a strange place in my heart.
I never expected love, the set was cheap and frankly I was just on a desperate perfume binge (you know how the stages develop, this was the buy everything point).

Despite being wary of hyacinths, the aldehydes and peach are just so crisp up top, it's beautiful.
Yes, then there is a soapy smell and yes, it's vintage. Still pretty thoughard. Floral yet spicy but also green.
It dries down with a surprisingly deep tone, oakmoss and leather I feel.
I'd love to have smelt the original.

Lasts rather a while (rare for me) and projects well. One of the few I would definitely replace. It just reminds me of a strong, well scrubbed woman, someone respectable that you could admire; this is no girly girl or femme fatale. I wear it when I need determination!

I ordered a few super inexpensive minis of this in a lot on Ebay the other day. Wow, if you like animalic aldehydic florals this is one to try. Opens with a gorgeous burst of peach-bergamot aldehydes that reveal a lovely floral heart - rose, narcissus, orris stand out to me without thinking - and it all rests on a bed of sandalwood, civet, amber, musk with a little spice, a pinch of vanilla and oakmoss. There's a little sweetness in the old school way. There's so much going on here, but it's too beautiful to even analyze. I'm just going to wear it and enjoy.

Thanks to juzme I found out that my vintage K de Krizia stays wonderful, when sprayed on clothes. I did not expect that at all, given the way it behaves on my skin. I am very happy with it now. I have not yet tried it on my hair, but I certainly will. Very helpful review, thank you!

This darling is in the vintage version a wonderful ,light sort of fresh floral.I can not wear it on my skin as it's not much persisting ,but......in my hair it smells lovely and for quite long.The colour of this one is dark orange.
Another vintage bottle with lighter,yellow perfume (of course from different years) stays actually surprizingly well on the skin.The scent is this time a warm comfy floral.It reminds me of some old love ,but can't put the finger on what it is.I sooo love it.Might be Aramis by Estee Lauder.It has also something in common with Parah seduzione ,only less sweeter ,but same family. Different years come with some changes in batches.

The new version is more chypre and not bad at all.Strange ,but this perfume is still made with respect for the customers.
Today I have sprayed Diva that I bought 3-4 years back in a shop and must admit ,yes it resembles ,but another Diva in silver bottle was very much different and aldehidic-synthetic ,extremly strong and headache inducing and now it's v much gifted away.Thanks God I don't meet that "friend" ever again,so I won't be tortured by her Diva bomb ;-)

I found a vintage bottle of EdT. I love the opening right from the start. It smells Fendi-like to me. I also detect something of Alfred Sung in it. I do not know the reformulated version, but I cannot image it is as good as this - simply because this is so wonderful.
Unfortunately, after a while, the scent somehow disintegrates on my skin, leaving a spicy but also sour smell. All the magic gone. Either it is a mismatch with my chemistry or the bottle has lost its original quality. But the latter I find unlikely, since the opening is still stunningly beautiful. What to do with this one, now? Re-applying it is not an option, since the sillage and longevity is already powerful enough as it is.

Used to be over the moon for this one in high school, but haven't bought this recently.

WOW

A pungent opening gives way to a spicy green heart.... with narcissus and civet? What more could you desire?!

I have been searching without success for vintage Safari, and though there are significant differences in these top notes, in particular the heart of K is very close to the SPIRIT of Ralph Lauren's gorgeous green floral. Both are naturally sweet, gorgeously grassy, and seductively full of Narcissus. I rest my case. :D

For value, longevity, and complexity - absolutely 5+ stars!

Update - I have also purchased a 'new' bottle ( circa 2014 ) which is considerably lighter than the ( 90's? ) bottle I was so kindly gifted. The opening impression is more alcohol than pungent aroma, yet the flavor remains the same soon after, as heart and dry down are very well done. Less lasting, but still very nice. This is like an edt, and the vintage is the edp. Full marks for a good reformulation, Krizia. :D

I have the recent EDP. I originally bought it for my sister but somehow it has never made its way to her door, so today I decided to test it myself.

Maybe I'm nuts but after the initial aldehyde top notes disappear I can't help but thinking that the blend of woody and spicy notes remind me a lot of Feminite du Bois (the SL version). It's rich-but-thin, not cloying on me. There is a smooth hum of old-fashioned and deep floral notes sitting below the wood and spice. I'm wearing it today in Summer, I definitely think it would be better in cooler weather. K has quite a sophisticated vibe, and it's an interesting juxtaposition to my usual perfume style. Ummm, my sister may never get this bottle.

Update - Well, I did indeed end up giving this to my sister as a gift. Not because I don't like it, but because her name is K!

Vintage EDP.

0 to 10/20 minutes: high voltage of aldehydes make the jus in between Liù and a cheap copy of Chanel n°5, those you find in open markets with names like Chantal n5.
After that: the beast come out, washed with soapy multiflower notes.
And the magic beguin.
Dark sides are coming and you really feel inside one of those fantasy movie of the 80s.
A truly chic fragrance that do not forget seduction.
Very 20s style or even previous. As the splash bottle suggest.

I believe bergamot is also a big presence here. And amber. Plus civet and oakmoss.

I wore this fragrance, perhaps 25 years ago. It was a uniquely sweet and feminine, gorgeous floral, with, as another Fragrantician noted, a similar aldehylic opening to Chanel #5. I agree with gesch, that the new EDT is absolutely horrible, no, it is beyond awful; furthermore, it is unrecognizable as K de Krizia. My new bottle of K de Krizia EDT does not even have a Krizia label on its bottom, but an ink stamp of the distributor's name. Someone has grossly messed with the original recipe, and, in fact, it smells more like Joop, with a bit of chalk. They have a sameness of vanilla & amber, but Joop is better, less "chemical smelling"; and after careful comparison, they share more than half their notes. So, if you already own Joop, save your money.
Also, as expected from the newer formulations, staying power is next to nil, about 1-3/4 hours. For the new EDT, I give this perfume a rating of 3 out of 5, and that was being kind, very kind.

Discovering a chypre from the early 1980s that you've never tried is dicey. While it's new to me, it's by no means a new perfume, and has lived, loved and likely been reformulated a number of times, probably fatally. Hand a new fumie a current bottle of Diorella, she'll sniff and then look at you and say, "This is the shit you've all been talking about?" And she'd be right to ask. The current stuff isn't anything to rave about, or really even discuss.

There's a whole generation of fumies for whom the the tragedy of reformulation means that their Miss Dior Chérie (or whatever it's called at this point) has been tampered with and their Badgely Mischka has been unceremoniously discontinued.

IFRA (International Fragrance Association) regulations diminish the perfumer’s palette. However you come down on the ethics, evidence and outcomes of their restrictions, the IFRA hinders perfumers and has taken perfumes away from those who relish them.

I can't find information on how to date this particular perfume, but I believe I have a vintish K de Krizia. There's a bit of a dry fruit feeling upfront, and an appropriate amount of Amber in the far dry down, but all the way along this baby is a soaring floral chypre. What seem like aldehydes provide the lift off, but once at altitude it's the cold flowers that give buoyancy. I don't know the ratio of oakmoss to treemoss to [insert mossy analogue], and god only knows what has been done to modulate the other toxic aromachemicals like bergamot, labdanum, but my K de Krizia passes all the functional tests of a chypre. It's dry like a good martini, it's florals are buttery yet sharp in tone. It's like taking a long drag on a cigarette. Now THAT to me is a chypre.

K reminds me a bit of the mid-2000s Miss Dior. God knows how many variations of Miss Dior are out there, but the floral tone to the two is similar. K has less of the patchouli overdose, but in both perfumes the petals aren't so much dried as freeze dried. They bite back a bit when you sniff your wrists. Your gift at the end of the day of a wearing of K is a starched soapy climax that seems as thought it might be hissing at you.

I have a vintage EdT formulation. The aldehydes here are not as strong as I thought they might be, though you can sense their presences for quite a while. Instead, this is a kind of "dark" ambery scent (with just a touch of a powdery quality). The florals are obvious but just one element, and yet again I find myself thinking that niche can't do better than this kind of thing, because this is a fairly complex blend and what could you add to it that would make it superior in any way? You could make it different, and bring up one of the notes, of course, but that would just lead to it smelling like another old scent, such as Bandit. For me this is a unisex aficionado scent. If you are looking for vintage on ebay, consider seeking boxes that don't have that "e" estimation symbol and with liquid that is more of a rust color than what you see in the picture above.

I thought this perfume was nice but nothing exciting. It smelled like a nice soap. I'm thinking maybe I didn't smell the musk. My sister liked it so I gave it to her. My nephew gave it a thumbs up.

I don't know about the reformulation but the original EdT or EdP are extremely long lasting.

I read the last reviews and I'm very surprised about the lack of longevity many people complain about. I possess an EDT version ( old version ) and I can say it's very long lasting, all day long. Maybe the lack of longevity is referred to the new version. The old one is rich in aldheydes and this means longevity assured, at the other hand If you hate aldheydes you will not like it. Personally I love. There are a few remaining bottles of the old version, so hurry up if you like it.

Just smelled the current version: terrible to see destroying such as beautiful fragrance. Only soap, anything that reminds the original one which is perfection. Yak. Stay away.

Wearable but not sure I would buy it again, lacks that certain something.

Perfumes I have liked are -

Prince Douka Marquay

Moondrops. Revlon

Quadrille. Balenciaga

Je Reviens. Worth
both of these reformulated, now as nothing on me.
Rive Gauch. YSL

My search continues.

Love this scent, but unfortunately it disappears from me in a 10 minutes after spritzing....so disappointed... :(

I only have a small vintage miniature of K, and have decided to dab it on after debating with myself whether I will like it or not. Well upon testing it, I can immediately tell it's a perfume from literally the previous century. Aldehydes and oakmoss dominate the composition, but after the sharp opening the scent becomes more mellow,romantic and nostalgic. It reminds me of so many loved ones long gone now, of grandmas and aunties with grey hair and black fur coats that loved me unconditionally and smelled of heavenly perfumes. Like K de Krizia...

I love this one a little more each time I wear it, I have it in the new reformulation.It nods to the vintage masterpieces yet is totally current and timeless. Very reminiscent of other Italian perfumes I found on holiday as a teenager, beautifully classic.I still find new things with it everytime I wear it...Warm with depth yet not overpoweringly so and ever so well blended.So much so that it is hard to seperate the notes.
Reminds me a lot of the classic discontinued Armani woman, a rich and sophistacated fragrance, makes me want to explore the houses other fragrances.Super.

A beautiful blend of flowers, oakmoss and fine leather...a very bold feminine statement. K is light enough to wear in the summer without it becoming cloying. This perfume has a vintage appeal with a modern twist. K by Krizia is not for a girly girl who prefers dainty perfumes. It would be better on a woman who is ultra confident and likes to get down to business and is not afraid to be noticed. My husband complimented me on it and he NEVER says anything about my perfumes. That put K by Krizia into my top 10 category! Woohoo!

Happy Perfuming! ♥

Feminine, classic, and elegant balance -- this seems to be the way that I would describe this fragrance. This falls between a floral and spicy note.

The ULTIMATE COMPLIMENT: "What fragrance are you wearing?"

Sometimes you find something so good that it is worth "copying". K de Krizia is such a wonderful fragrance find that I certainly don't mind being a Copy Cat!

As with a lot of my favorite fragrances, this fragrance was originally discovered when a friend was wearing this to an event with my sorority. This is one that I just had to ask, "what fragrance are you wearing"-- which as YOU know... being a fragrance fanatic... is the ULTIMATE COMPLIMENT!!! I just had to know what she was wearing because it smelled so feminine and lovely on her!

This is definitely a "signature fragrance" very unique. This fragrance makes an impression, I knew that she would be offended if I "copied" her fragrance, so only wore this to events where I knew for sure I would not bump into her.

Over 20 years - and this is still one of my very favorite fragrances.

This is a complete balance between many different elements. It is a blend of floral and wears very sweet with my chemistry, but also has a counter element where it is a bit spicy and a medium to lower chord fragrance. By this comment, I mean that it is more of an alto range fragrance. If this were a singer, it would not have a high soprano range, but would be a well balanced chord in the medium alto range. The chord would be rich, well blended, and doesn't have any notes fighting for dominance, it is very well rounded from this perspective.

This fragrance goes on pretty strong, but smells heavenly after the initial dry down. It is very sweet and feminine and has a dry down that is very unique.

It is one of those that comes off pretty strong a bit more "chemical" when you first spray this - but with the dry down, at about 30- 45 minutes into the spray, will really transform and blend much better into my chemistry. A little of this goes a long way. It is one that I would probably spray one time, then dab my wrists into to place on different areas of the body.

This is very classic, elegant, sophisticated, and mysterious type fragrance.


This definitely has a place in my fragrance wardrobe and is something that I would tend to wear on days when I am wanting to project more of a "business" image, than casual. Yes, this could even be termed "romantic" - with the right chemistry, but it seems a bit more business-like, than romantic -- on me.

I bet this was excellent in its original incarnation. I have the second to most recent edt formulation (the bottle as pictured above but made post 2004).

A huge soft cloud of aldehydes to introduce the sweet green/white flowers. Then it settles to the beautiful woody semi chypre animalic base. Brilliant but very delicate by this stage. For me it lands somewhere between D&G Feminine and Miss Balmain.

Whatever my reformulation is, it's no repulsive beast but I'll have to wait to compare it to a vintage version.

I hardly remember the original formula that my mother weared years ago. I bought it today, scared about the information of a new packaging maybe with a new fragrance reformulated in it. I really love this fragrance, it's a classic masterpiece such as Arpege and Rive gauche. It begins such as a floral aldehyde but it's also be classified like a chypre floral. It's very elegant, timeless and lovely. Bought at a very low price, better than many of the new expensive fragrances launched.

The original K de Krizia reminds me of the current reformulated version of Chanel's No. 22.

It's Back!
Into a new essential "dress", same fragrance, I can't say if they remastered It a bit (i mean by sure they did I can't say how changed is it). Just sprayed on the paper sheet. I found it yesterday into a perfumery in Italy. A concert of aldehydes, white flowers, and dark shadows, played with musk.
An excentric masterpiece became a classic.
I suppose this news is my christmas present to all the readers and the fans of K! ;)

Krizia Uomo is back as well!

One of the best fragrances ever, both in EDT and EDP. I am talking about the original "K de Krizia". Haven't smelled the current reformulation. Krizia has created some amazing perfumes. The "Teatro alla Scala" EDP is as good as the "Coco" EDP and Krazy by Krizia is way better than C.K.'s "Obsession".

After reading all the reviews, I was ready for a classic smell. Well I'm sorry to say this but this smells like Knorr chicken bouloin. I haven't used bouloin in ages but I do remember the smell from my childhood and 20's. I do pick up other scents and I don't think it's a bad perfume as long as you can stop the chicken bouloin scent! Will try this another time.

K De Krizia was my love of life when I was 16-18 years old. this heavy superaldehydes-parfum with heavy flowersnotes. I felt like a teenager wearing it, but I tried K de Krizia 2 years ago and Uack.. what was that.. from love to total-hate. The Scent itself had the smell I remembered but I disliked it totally. And nowdays I would say K de Krizia is for an older woman to wear, that heavy, strong and bold it is. But I have noticed that perfumes I hated when I was in my twenties - I now love, for example Dior Poison.

K de Krizia var mitt livs kärlek när jag var 16-18 år. Denna superaldehyd-parfym med tunga blomnoter och jag kände mig verkligen som en tonåring när jag bar den. Jag provade K de Krizia för 2 år sen och fy sjutton - vad var det för en doft? Från kärlek till hat och parfymen doftade exakt som jag mindes den men jag tycker verkligen inte om den längre. Numera skulle jag klassa K de Krizia som en doft för gammal dam att bära med de tunga, kvalmiga och mäktiga doftnoterna. Jag har märkt att dofter jag avskydde som 20-åring älskar jag idag, tex Dior Poison.

this is an aldehyde bomb. it's nice if you like that kind of thing, i got it at Ross for $15, i couldn't pass it up. if anyone would like to trade, let me know.

Soapy waxy blown out candle. Definately aldehyde driven.

Not as bright as White Linen with the dry down of Fleurs de Rocaille

I like it.

Update: I'm going to swim upstram and mess with the status quo...I don't think this smells anything like Fendi at all. Fendi is a grungy cigarette leather while K is a soapy floral smoke. I can't stand Fendi while I really like K. Nuff said.

CLASSY ELEGANCE.
One of my several bilnd buys. I'm sniffing elegant woofs of Krizia on my wrist now ... and honestly - I like it very much. The opening is strong and fresh aldehydic, and now I'm pleasantly surprised by it's carying feminine soft floral dry down.
It smells somehow clean,.. realy nice and easy to wear - tipe of signature fragrance.

I've smelt a double of this and it might drive me mad trying to remember what it's called. It's not one of the perfumes mentioned.

This just isn't my type of perfume. As a perfume-lover I don't like to write off every perfume I wouldn't wear. This smells like a well-made, high-quality fragrance. I have a vintage miniature I'll pass on to a dear family friend who relishes the richer fragrances I'll never wear.

Extremely powdery but not baby powder...more old-fashioned, flowery dressing table powder with a smidge of leather. It's actually quite subtle to my nose which surprised me. It's a very beautiful and well blended scent but not for me. I associate this smell with the scents of my Grandmother's bathroom when I was a small child....like I said, it's beautiful but doesn't smell right on on my skin to me.
EDIT: I ended up purchasing a large bottle because it was on clearance for $7 ( ! ) I still feel the same as I did when I reviewed earlier but I appreciate it more now. I rarely put it on but I sometimes spray a scarf or sniff the bottle as there is something very comforting about it. I just reviewd La Perla by La Perla and noted that there is a very faint resemblance of the two.

Treated myself to Krizia because the notes appealed to me. I FELL IN LOVE!!! It reminds me somewhat of Fendi but more gentle and add the leather note. I will look for the EDP. If EDT fascinates me, I can't imagine what EDP will inspire. Since I've never tested the original I don't know what I'm missing. This reformulation is GREAT on me.

I loved K de Krizia and wore it in the 1980's. I just bought a bottle from Amazon, and it is not what I remember! Very disappointed!

Recently I embarked on a Great White Hunt for a fragrance that would suit my mother, who is in her mid 50s, and forever lamenting the discontinuation of the original Fendi. It was an odd journey, as I seemed to forget altogether what my mother actually liked about Fendi - its bitter, dry, leathery, butch qualities, so of the '80s, so powerful and unique. I dawdled around, poking at supposed masterpieces like Arpège, Tommy Girl, Beyond Paradise, L'Air du Temps, and Fleur de The Rose Bulgare. Eventually, the folly of it dawned on me, and I knew I had to get technical, not tacky. I had to find another classic floral chypre. I needed something that's all aldehydic on top, with dark civet, and styrax, and unsweetened roses. Something that starts with a soulful citrus and white floral explosion that smoothly transitions, like a lipstick chameleon, into a smoky mystery. A fragrance so in line with Fendi that one could view it as the scent that inspired the House of Fendi to create their ephemeral "Donna". I needed a serious, classy, and age-appropriate masterpiece.

I needed K de Krizia.

Why don't they make and fragrances like this anymore?

Very classy scent, opens on the brisk side with the aldehydes, peach and neroli. A little later it takes a turn to non-overbearing florals, rose, carnation, lily of the valley, and not so sweet jasmine which makes for a very pleasing smelling bouquet. And spicy, I don't know why but I detect something spicy, orris root maybe?

For the dry down it becomes deep, warm, leathery and mossy. Ummmmm. Very adult, mature and in NO way old fashioned or old lady. This isn't old school. It's powerful and aggressive and sensual.

Oh, and I'm a Gemini, too.

Aldehyes. I cannot stress enough that you must like aldehydes in general, and old school ones in particular, to truly appreciate this fragrance.

The opening of K is in my opinion in the same head-spinning aldehydic league as Chanel No5. Very potent and assertive and very early 20th century in feel (I am amusing myself right now with the image of young fruity floral celebrity-scent aficionados bleating in horror about 'old ladies').

K does depart from No5 by becoming rather sparkly, peachy and rosy but the dominant theme remains aldehydic.

I agree (somewhat) with my fellow reviewers that this does have a brittle mossy, leather base similar to a chypre but even deep into the drydown, guess what...aldehydes!

Personally, I do enjoy a well-behaved aldehyde but K is just a little *too* much for me.

translation of review by Galya: (mind you- both not my mothertongue-any mistakes point out please)

I bought a vintage miniature of this perfume, which is nothing like the new HORRIBLE version which causes one to feel sick.
The vintage one is sweet, mellow, flowery, smells almost like honey - is a love, whereas the new K resembles a new version of Mon parfum di paloma picasso, which is similar to the male perfume, full with synthetic ingredients.

I agree with Action, it is a full chypre floral!
Long lasting worth the money, timeless. not for little girls, what else?!

love it or hate it relationship

I don't know about this one being a floral aldehydes, I think this is a super thick chypre floral! In the manner of Fendi, Diva etc.
It is the Krizia Interpretation of that concept and mind you, this one was the 1st one on the market! So probably inspired some others too...

Ho comprato la miniature di vintage di questo profumo,che non c'entra niente con la nuova ORRIBILE versione che sembra creata per far venir la nausea.Vintaage e' dolce,tenero,fiorito,sa di miele quasi,e' un amore,invece la nuova K assomiglia a nuova versione di Mon parfum di paloma picasso,che sembra addirittura il profumo maschile ,pieno di ingridienti sintetici.

is this discontinued? anybody knows?

I have it and I'm a Gemini too :D
It smells like pollen mixed with honey on me, it's so thick, so soothing, so I wear it when I want to enjoy my free time alone.

I find it funny that the last reviewer commented on Geminis...I AM a gemini and have worn this for years and years...always keep a bottle. Lovely unique scent.

I was given a bottle of K de Krizia in 1983, and have worn this ever since, though it is sometimes hard to find. Everyone who smells this (on me or not), bar none, immediately asks what and where.........
A similar scent, but a bit lighter, that I wear is Prada by Prada. K de Krizia works day or night, work to play, classic and timeless, mystical and alluring/ to say the least!

I am sadly surprised to see so very few comments about this very special perfume! I bought it when my son was born in 1982, and will always couple the scent to memories back to that time.

It is a lovely warm, quite heavy fragrance, that beautifully surrounds you with a feeling of 'luxe'.

I love it! Feel aldehydes, which is good for my nose.
Set it between AP and Kaboshar.Ot old home smells like perfume, but then shall be developed in luxury. Super.Klasika!

I loved K de Krizia for a long time.

A sophisticated touch of flowers and warm grassy evenings, that finished off with a tiny whisper of spice.

Ho questo profumo da molti anni, un classico! Sullo stile di Yendi di Cappucci (ormai fuori mercato).
Un floreale particolare, non banale, abbastanza persistente. A mio avviso, potrebbe essere classificato anche come chypre floreale.