Rush for Men (2000)
by Gucci

This is one of the few discontinued fragrances that I was looking very hard to find, reading so many reviews about how good it is (was).
So there it is....a nice tester bottle quarter full sitting below the desk in a small perfumery shop. Raving to try it, I've put a super large spritz on my wrist and wait the result:
In the first minute I was overwhelmed by the spicy-dry smell coming most probably from lavender-cypress-juniper combination, that after only a few minutes evolved in a smooth, soft & little incensy sandalwood-cedar accord.
Here it became very very similar to Azzaro Visit, one of my most preferred, only that Rush is less intense and sweet (fresher).
Until I left the shopping area 30 minutes later, the fragrance reached its drydown with more santal and some patchouli/musk traces, in a faint smell.
What can I say in conclusion: overall I liked it, being a dry spicy-woody frag, but unfortunatelly the longevity was really poor and sillage barelly detectable after 10 minutes.
In a way I'm glad I didn't pay an arm & a leg for it blindly when I had the chance. I love Visit and I'm sure it has much more longevity & sillage than Rush, which, as other reviewers said, could be an option released in a more intense version.

30th January, 2012.

It took a while, but this one grew on me at the time it first came out. It was basically a white-floral-cedar-musk in a mid key. It was different and stood out from the pack; but wasn't quite up to Gucci's usually excellent standards. I would try it again if I came across it. I also rather liked the minimalist decanter. Very 2001 (a Space Odyssey, that is!).

16th May, 2011.

My absolute fav hands down. If anyone knows where I can get this at a decent price....PLEASE let me know.

11th October, 2010.

Too bad this has nothing whatsoever to do with the original Rush, which, with some creative tweaking, might have had some potential as a masculine scent. (All those bitter green notes, you know.) Instead Rush for Men is a flimsy, two dimensional accord of dry frankincense and pencil shavings that can’t hold a candle to the austere incense compositions of Marc Buxton or Bertrand Duchaufour. With such a slender structure there’s really no potential for development, and Rush for Men goes nowhere in a hurry. The drydown is just an attenuated extension of the artificial smelling pencil shavings with some laundry detergent musk behind it. Too dull to bother with, if you ask me.

14th August, 2010.

When you apply that first spritz of Rush For Men, you'll be surrounded by a beautiful, ethereal fragrance. Delightful, with a sweet, "creamy" sort of cedar note that dominates. I would draw a slight comparison to Tam Dao, or to Azzaro Visit. To my nose, it's wonderful. But within 15 minutes or less, Rush has faded into nothingness. Very, very weak longevity and since RFM is now so limited in availability, it's just not worth the asking price. Love the smell, hate the ridiculously short duration.

7th June, 2010.

It's all about woods and incense here... don't loved when I used to apply this one. But it's a realy nice fragrance. On me, silage and longevity were not so nice.

28th April, 2010.