Reviews of Diesel Zero Plus (1999)
by Diesel

The only Diesel perfume worth buying.....

Very sexy.

Makes me envision a hot day, white sandy beach and a beautiful blue ocean.

Huge fat cinnamon and vanilla. Incredible for a night out. Gourmand spice notes up the wazoo. Nutmeg, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, licorice. Honestly, the fact this exists on a powerful level is amazing.

Wow, this is bad. As others mentioned, cinnamon waaaay overdone, with some baby powder like scent. It clashes, and it is not well executed at all. Very cool bottle though.

I find this immensely cloying, just like Diesel Plus Plus. Smells like someone ate a big batch of cinamonn and pot pourri, let it half digest, then regurgitated it and put it in a bottle. Yuck.

oh dear, yuk, way too much cinammon

Imagine if you will a red balloon covered in talcum powder. It explodes and out bursts an airy mix of cinnamon, crushed anise & cloves. This is what Luten's Rousse wants to be. Too good to be relegated to the drugstore. Next time you're picking up aspirin & Q-Tips, do us a favor and pick up some 0+.

Certainly very "full-on" at initial application, like an explosion in a spice shop. I dare not use more than a tiny spray of this.
But on my skin the drydown and sillage is fabulous and almost annoyingly long-lasting. It creeps out of the laundry basket next day and says "hello again".
I've had several nice compliments about Zero Plus, and been profoundly embarassed to advise that it was available at supermarket clearance prices.

Diesel 0+ staring with tsunami of cinamone in positive way...and ending like masala-chai on your skin. Incredible drydown.

From the top to the middle this stuff smells like Cologne Mennen Baby Magic+
Too many cinnamon, but!!! The drydown is simply spectacular, I like it! is a mixture of anise+cinnamon too much pleasant by oneself and others.
!Amo esta fragancia, me encanta!

I have to respectfully disagree with at least two of the reviews here. (Each to his/her own, of course.) Still, I find this a very pleasant scent for the price. It could have better longevity, true, and it's NOT for those who don't like "powdery" scents, true. But all in all I find it a very "wearable" scent, esp. in cold weather. I don't find it "cheap smelling" at all -- just very spicy and then very powdery in its drydown.

There is a profusion (confusion?) of notes here but if you can pick it up cheap it certainly has a certain appeal (play pick the ingredients for hours on end)

One good scent of cinnamon, but not long lasting, aprox. 3 hours.
Um cheiro bom, mas não duradouro, aproximadamente 3 horas.

I just read all the reviews on this and I'm kind of shocked that there are so many negative or neutral responses. I find that this scent is just so nice and "clean". I find to many perfumes to be too sweet and this one is just very very good!

This fragrance doesn't really seem to make much sense to me.. very conflicting notes in my opinion. Something about this scent is vague;y reminiscent of the smokey nature of Bulgari Black, but when you insert a dose of Cinnamon.. a little anise.. you have a very strange concoction..and one that doesn't really know what direction it wants to take your senses.. is it sweet, smokey... musky? A little bit of all of the above.. hence the confusion.. and lack of assertiveness on how to take this very well priced scent...

Desperation may be the world's worst cologne, but this scent vies for the title. I find it disgusting - on a par, or even worst than, the likes of Brut and Old Spice. It's in the same talcy league. I bought this scent a few years ago by accident, thinking I was purchasing diesel white, and was greatly disappointed. I think I gave it to my dad - most of his stuff is musky. I can't give some eloquent speech about all the things the scent does for me, so i'll sum up my perception of it: Nasty, overbearing, cheap smelling, puke, cherries, talcum powder, warm, sickly. Like a strong waft of those dehydrated cherries you get on top of buns and VERY VERY TALCY.

horrid,sickly, bubblegummy smell that fails to impress whatsoever...nasty stuff..

Not bad considering my local TJ Maxx has it for less than $15. It's really more of a "hot" scent than a "warm" scent with all of the spices. It seems really great for those brisk days in the winter, but I'm curious as to see how it holds up in the spring and summer months. The scent is more sophisticated than I expected for such a "cheap" fragrance, and it garners quite a few complements from the ladies.

I think very average. Smells so much like cinnamon. I would not buy it again. Too plain and boring, just like the other - milk diesel. Average at best.

Strange story behind this one, I picked up the wrong bottle of Zero Plus, the feminine version, being that I was curious what it was all about, I opened the plastic case anyway and spritzed myself some, not a big loss if it wasn't any good, because I spent $12.99 for it. Interesting soft coconut scent, but won't be wearing it anytime soon in public, but it wasn't something I couldn't think of being in my collection either.

As for the Masculine version, the wait was worth it, fate made sure I had a 75 ml bottle in my arsenal. Being a blind buy, I didn't know what to expect, even if it had all the fragrance notes that would make me swoon in all anticipation of its rich, sweet, and tasty amalgamation. It opens strong and gaseous smelling like air rushing through an automatic tire pump, the synthetic cinnamon pure and forceful. Then you get an interesting burst of powdery notes with the cinnamon, like sniffing at the Cinnamon dusted topping of one of Krispie Kreme's creations, you wonder if you'll ever survive the dagger of spice entering your nostrils. The storm calms, and becomes a sweet, smooth, spiced and creme-filled bun that makes you want to eat...ahem, sniff more! The jasmine, rose, and sweet brightness of cardamom definitely takes the sharp edge off this spicy blend.

This sweet dessert is guilt-free with ZERO CALORIES! Like how my fellow Basenoter duxie, reiterates the cheerful addage, "You'll never gain weight from a doughnut hole." It's a good thing, because I'm about to break open this bottle and pour it over ice...Horchata anyone???

My bottle is a brand new, filled to the brim 75ml bottle!

I love this stuff! To me it is a cleaner less dense / cloying, more woody version of Givenchy Organza Indecence (discontinued). Zero Plus masculine is less sweet, dense, and overtly feminine. It is a gorgeous unforgettably sexy, moreish fragrance that garners many compliments and is a perfect autumn / winter scent for both men and women. It also has many similarities to other spicy vanillic oriental favourites of mine: Donna Karan Black Cashmere, Fendi Theorema, and Jean Pierre Sand Paris (another absolute steal). I intend to wear this all year round, mood permitting and will keep buying as long as their selling.

Nothing but cinnamon going on here. Suited for the very coldest day of the year, but thats about it.

I have to agree with an earlier review--too much cinnamon (and perhaps clove). It overpowers the other scents and thus seems not as balanced as it could. I like spicyness and wanted to like this (especially given the cool packaging), but couldn't. Wanted to see how I would feel about it after a couple of hours, but I washed it off instead. It's at the discount stores, so maybe I'll try it again one day.

I tried it and I liked the sweet sharp note of cinnamon. I thought it was unusual. I would have stayed clear of this purely because of 'groovy' packaging and I am pleased I tried it nevertheless (lesson: do not pre-judge something on the basis of packaging or advertising. Except for iPod, which has its entire campaign structured in such a way so as to ensure I would rather be dead than seen wearing this soapbox). As for dry-down, it is much more common and I am still not convinced this has a place in my collection. A few more tries at airport Duty Frees, perhaps? Will update when I eventually decide what I'm doing with this one.

A great spicy scent if you can get it for a cheap price. Comparable to the masterpiece by Boucheron, but is a lot rougher and the spiciness is much more acrid than Jaipur Homme.

very nice. Smells like jaipur by boucheron but so much cheaper, not in quality though.

I liked this fragrance at first, but the novelty soon wore off. i must admit that it was a rushed buy. It's just too cinnamony, annoyingly so. It almost suffocates you. Maybe it's just my skin chemistry, but i won't buy this again in a hurry. Although i will give it a thumbs up for longevity.