From Elizabeth Taylor, Gardenia is a 2003 floral EDP — a soft, green, true-to-life gardenia soliflore built around the flower Elizabeth Taylor famously loved, packaged in that iconic emerald-green bottle with the sculptural floral cap that looks as beautiful on a vanity as the fragrance smells on skin. The top opens with green leaves and lily-of-the-valley — crisp, dewy, and garden-fresh, giving the opening a realistic cut-flower quality that immediately signals this one is serious about its gardenia credentials. The heart blooms into gardenia, peony, and orchid — creamy, soft, and unmistakably feminine, the gardenia center stage and the peony and orchid adding just enough supporting sweetness to keep it from going purely waxy or medicinal. The base settles into musk and carnation — clean, lightly spiced, and skin-close. 4–6 hours, soft projection. Best in spring and summer; the most affordable real gardenia EDP on the market, and it's not even close.