Private Number for Men (1992)
by Etienne Aigner

I found this in a bag while cleaning cupboards in my home today. I vaguely remember this being a gift waaay back in the year it was released, i had tried this once, then stashed away and completely forgotten its existence and even who the hell gifted me this one. And not with good reason: i resprayed today and it's an embarrassing scrubber that has nothing going for it, no wonder it has been discontinued. Some things are best left forgotten.

31st March, 2011.

Private Number is, or should I say was, an undiscovered gem. It opens with a fresh Eau-de-Cologne accord of citrus, lavender and orange blossom, but quickly dries down to a warm woody-ambery blend very similar to Jil Sander's Feeling Man. Private Number's base is lighter, though, and lasts quite well. It's distinctive, suave, and inviting, with a subtle sensuality beneath the refined exterior. This smells to me like Mozart's music sounds --- a lyrical, simply orchestrated journey, with little surprises along the way if you're paying attention.

14th March, 2010.

I had a bottle of this in 1997. I also remember it as being an extraordinarily smooth and elegant fragrance, with prominent sandalwood and vanilla notes and no hard edges. It's a great mystery to me why this distinctive and classy scent was dropped as I would have loved to have made it my signature fragrance now.

17th September, 2009.

Private number for men is a discontinued 1990's scent, but still can be found in some online shops, now for a low price..

Back in the 90's a good friend of mine used to wear it and somehow it has kept on my mind since then. I have always remembered this scent as something extrordinary smooth, hardly comparable with any other scent I had known.

After I purchased it a few weeks ago and tested it on my skin my opinion about it now is ambivalent. I like the mild, slightly floral heart- and basenotes (musk, smooth gardenia?). Unfortunately, in the topnote, I smell one component that is quite disgusting, like too much nutmeg. However, this vanishes after half an hour, and then you have a very beautiful sunny day scent on your skin.

Since it brings back some memories for me, I am glad about my purchase, but I think it deserves a neutral rating.

22nd November, 2008.