# Guess — Guess 1981 Los Angeles Women

> Guess 1981 Los Angeles Women is a 2019 sunny fruity floral by Clément Gavarry. Red currant, pear, soft flowers, praline, vanilla, musk, and ambroxan create an inexpensive cozy scent with a warm sweet 

## Essence
Guess 1981 Los Angeles Women is a 2019 sunny fruity floral by Clément Gavarry. Red currant, pear, soft flowers, praline, vanilla, musk, and ambroxan create an inexpensive cozy scent with a warm sweet base.
## Scent Profile
Red currant, pear, and mandarin give the opening tart, juicy brightness. Peony, orange blossom, and jasmine follow, but the flowers tend to blur into a soft pretty floral rather than distinct notes. Ambroxan emerges quickly and helps steer the perfume toward its sweet base.
Praline, vanilla, musk, ambroxan, and a trace of cedar make the drydown warm, lightly powdery, and close wearing. It can feel like a soft fruity-amber sunset rather than a sharply defined floral perfume. Some skin experiences bring an early soapy or citronella-like facet, but the final effect is usually creamy and gentle.
## Performance
Performance is its main limitation. Projection settles quickly and many wears become close to the skin early. Generous spraying and reapplication are more realistic than expecting an all-day trail, especially in warm weather.
## Wearing Context
Spring and summer days, casual office settings, errands, brunch, and easy dates suit it well. The vibe is youthful, friendly, and California-casual. It is feminine in presentation but soft enough for anyone who enjoys an approachable sweet fruity floral.
## Comparisons & DNA
Guess Gold is the most useful comparison. Los Angeles is the softer, sweeter, more muted relative, with less sparkle and less projection. Cacharel Amor Amor shares the broad fruity-floral direction, while Tommy Bahama for Her offers a vanilla-orange-white-floral reference.
Guess 1981 is a line counterpart rather than a scent twin. Los Angeles is the sweeter, freer, fruitier fragrance in that family.
## Reception
Its value is widely recognized: it is pleasant, cozy, and easy to wear for very little money. The counterargument is equally consistent: it can seem generic or synthetic and does not last well. It is a low-risk choice for a wearer who wants a soft warm fruity floral and does not need presence.
## Versions & Reformulation
Los Angeles Women is a single EDT flanker in the broader 1981 series. It has appeared in several bottle sizes with a matching body mist, and no reformulation is documented.
## Acquisition Notes
It is a bottom-budget designer purchase, regularly found at discount and off-price retailers. Common EDT sizes are 1.0, 1.7, and 3.4 oz. Full bottles are inexpensive enough that decants are rarely necessary.
## Notable Facts & Lore
- The 1981 name refers to the year Guess was founded.
- Pink-tinted glass and a gray marble-textured cap give the bottle a dressed-up appearance.
- It is often framed as the muted, sweeter relative of Guess Gold.