PS (1979)
by Paul Sebastian

I am suprised at the number of negative reviews on this one. I would think this would be one of the few inoffensive mens scents that smells manly, but I guess I am wrong. It smells like a more powdery, and more green Old Spice. I can't go wrong with this scent it's great, and very potent.

30th December, 2011.

Yawn...

I am a HUGE fan of orientals. I had fairly low expectations for PS, but it was actually even worse than I imagined. It's not stuffy, but it is definitely cheap smelling. It has this putrid sun-tan lotion accord that others may like, but I don't. The whole scent is very mild and unstimulating. It kind of smells like old nick-knacks at a flea market, but somehow less pleasant. Cheap and boring through and through. There are so many orientals out there that positively blow this one out of the water.

15th December, 2011.

Just tried this the other day (at Macy's) and had to buy it. Yet, I bought it at Marshalls because it was cheaper. What a perfectly balanced, soft but masculine oriental with very good longevity and sillage (needing only 1 spray). All these years I walked by it at the department stores thinking it was a cheap cologne for old men. Boy was I wrong. This one is such a winner. I see it being so versatile, except for maybe in extreme heat. I can't believe the quality of this juice ...and a mere $20 for a 4.0oz bottle.

This must have legions of fans since it has been on the market so long, yet rarely is it mentioned. I agree, it is not the most exciting scent around, but it's conservative and mature nature is what makes it great. A nice mixture of subtle spice, musk, powder and the slightest hint of vanilla. Pure class. I can't ever see myself without a bottle of this.

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Update I bought a bottle of PS by Paul Sebastian at Marshalls and praised it a lot the review above. However,last week I found a tester bottle for cheap on ebay and figured, what the heck, I'll grab it. I noticed that the bottle I got from Marshalls has nothing written on it, while the bottle I received from Ebay (reputable seller too) has "fine cologne" in black letters on the bottle.

Anyway, the bottle from Ebay is horrible! Like it was watered down to 1/10th the strength and all of the quality notes are gone. It doesn't last and smells cheap. Anyone know if the Paul Sebastian has been reformulated by Elizabeth Arden (I wouldn't be surprised)? I've checked amazon reviews and some people obviously have received the good stuff while others complain of receiving a watered down ghost of the original.

Judging by what EA fragrances did to Z-14 recently (it's ruined completely beyond recognition), I'm going to guess that PS has just been reformulated. I understand cost cutting, but what the _____, don't destroy the product! This must be the case as I find it really hard to believe there are people out there opening bottles of PS and diluting them, then refilling the bottles and repackaging them.

Will it ever stop? These companies trying to pull a fast one on the consumer. It's literally out of control. I can imagine people getting PS or Z-14 for Christmas and spraying it on themselves and thinking "what the hell happened? This isn't the same as I remembered it at all".

30th November, 2011. (Last Edited: 17th December, 2011.)

"Chamaleon" would be a better name for this perfume, or maybe "The Impersonator" would be more appropiate. On spraying it it smells exactly like Pierre Cardin pour Monsieur (the one with the phallic bottle) to turn into YSL Opium and then to Aramis, it settles down for a while as a better impresion of Old Spice to finally develop into its own, but never becomes a unique and distinct scent, it keeps reminding me of other perfumes as well, some Azzaro pH, some Tsar, a little bit of this and a little bit of that. After a couple of hours is when this perfume reaches its best, a sweet, creamy, ambery vanilla with myrrh that combine to give a slight anise accord, some woods and patchouli way back in the background, very pleasant indeed.
If there is a thing this perfume does not fall short is sillage and longevity, people from next state will know you are wearing it, and for the whole day too, I should be careful with this perfume, after abusing Aramis and Old Spice I can't stand them any more, so I wear PS only once in a blue moon so not to end up hating it too.

I can not give a thumbs up to this perfume mainly because its lack of originality, but I like it enough to save it from a thumbs down.

18th September, 2011.

I love PS. It is one of those fragrances, I keep a sample because I just cannot get enough. I dont wear this publicly but that is a different issue. This is by definition the smell of mature man. Not old, but seasoned and refined. It smells like a mature man, sitting in his library in his suit and wingtips. It is not meant to appeal the masses and thats ok. In fact, I really love that part.
Beautiful.
A+

2nd April, 2011.

Despite the "old man" association from the reviews on here I picked this one up as a cheap gift set and worn it a few times to work. I'm not old (30) but younger girls in their 20s have fallen all over this one thinkining it smelled good, was "amazing" and from those that know I buy cologne "the best thing I've bought". That goes up against many well known and respected brands and scents.

I pick up a white pepper type scent up front on this one that isn't listed here but the rest is fairly straighforward according to what is listed here.

Despite the negative reviews the result might be surprising if you wear it.

28th January, 2011.