Animale Animale for Men (1994)
by Animale Parfums

okay okay i get it it... everyone thinks this smells like A*men... first wearing today... shocked because i thought it was gonna be a monster out of the bottle like thugler's... but it is actually pretty tame... i get barely a wink of bergamot, or any other citrus for that matter... right off the bat i get a very soft chocolate with a tiny hint of moss and an even smaller hint of patchouli (even though it's not in the notes it's there). after a good ten minutes the vanilla doesn't come barging in... in fact it doesn't even really come through the door it just kinda walks by and waves.... all in all this is pretty intoxicating... i absolutely love a*men but it has a time and a place and this is much more versatile in my opinion... i wouldn't even consider this to be a nighttime only fragrance, because it is so coy that i can't see anyone being put off by it... i'm going to wear it to work tomorrow and we'll see how that goes...

A nice, straightforward gourmand. Not particularly dynamic on me, but good at what it does. The chocolate note really dominates, and it's braced by some very fresh notes that keep it from being overpowering. It's too bad the bergamot doesn't stick around longer, because I think the opening is probably the best part. As good or better than Angel, I think, but more cost-effective. The one thing I dislike about this is the bottle design, which looks like the bathroom of a very cheesy casino from the 1980s.

This is wonderful. I love A*Men, but to me this is even better. You don't get the caramel smell out of this as you do it A*Men, and it isnt overy sweet. Chocolate is very noticeable, but it isn't as overpowering as A*Men. And best of all its fairly cheap. Would deffinetely reccomend this to fans of gourmand frags.

I really enjoy this scent. It's consistent and through it's consistency smells good. I do note a bit of syntheticness to it, but nothing too terrible. I was pleasantly suprised when I first wore it after the first few minutes passed. The opening didn't impress me, but it develops nicely.

This is a different one, different but I like it. Mugler has got nothing on this especially because this was made first (not to mention A*men smells like grandma - see my review). Sometimes its spicier than others, and other times those chocolate fingers rub me down. The trick with this one is how it is applied, if applied in close proximity there is a great deal more of spice and a burnt coffee beans, but if applied at a distance, a light mist - you've got great dark chocolate for days. One things for sure, it wears like a EdP. Two sprays on my neck lasts me a good 8 hours. (be careful it is easy to over apply). Very masculine, to me there are many more notes than what's listed, but I do agree with foetidus I can smell tobacco.

The only fragrance I have ever worn that gives me a migrane headache.Sickly .synthetic and disgusting.One to avoid at all costs unless you want to be smelled 100yds away!!