Amazing for Men (2000)
by Bill Blass

I didn't know for the longest time what this actually smelled like. I finally concluded that the top is some kind of tropical fruit liqueur, maybe mango? Kiwi? It starts to turn a little less tropical, perhaps into orange or tangerine, and then just briefly it seems like the fruit is going rotten as it transitions into a fruity, boozy leather base and then resolves itself. Even though it doesn't feel unmasculine to me, I thought that the top was more typical of women's perfume...then later the base becomes more "standardly" masculine. I thought I'd keep it around for variety and to figure it out, but I eventually gave up. Really fun bottle, though!

25th April, 2009.

Cheap, aromatic fougere like Coty's Avatar. Typical musky drydown. Not much to it.

1st November, 2008.

I have no qualms with the smell of the fragrance, in fact, I really like it. However, it does not like me! Almost immediately after applying this, I had one of the worst allergy attacks in my life. Anytime I am near it, I can not breathe. Never has this happened with a fragrance to this extent with me before. Allergy sufferers beware!

17th July, 2008.

First thought: cheap rubbish in a bottle

Second thought: not that bad, but not 'Amazing'

Spicy alcoholic opening, cheap yet familiar deodorant/gym locker musk dry down. Skip it unless it's so cheap you can't say no.

11th October, 2007.

Wake me up when it's over.

27th September, 2006.

'Amazing,' Huh? Well, amazingly mediocre. ‘Amazing’ is extremely sharp. The opening is a sharp citrus, but mostly it smells sharply of alcohol. The spices from the middle appear very quickly in the opening and the heart of the fragrance is quite spicy. The florals in the middle are overwhelmed by the undifferentiated and mediocre ginger and pepper. The dry down is okay—a rather nice musk, but its longevity it terrible. I got a Mini for practically nothing—but it wasn’t worth it. This one is so bad that I’m thinking that maybe I got a bad bottle.

29th August, 2006.