Citrus Paradisi (2000)
by Czech & Speake

A really awful grapefruit scent with something fecally unpleasant lurking in the background. It smells like a public restroom toilet that has been cleaned with detergent. A truly horrid fragrance, yuuukkk!

17th January, 2012.

A nice citrus opening composed predominately of grapefruit. The coriander begins to make its presence shortly thereafter. The grapefruit remains subtle, but detectable throughout. After a couple hours the oakmoss begins to dominate while the citrus is very subtle. Overall longevity is ok at 4-5 hours. Overall a nice fragrance and well done, but it is something that I like, but not love.

13rd September, 2011.

A lusty creature that pairs grapefruit with a torrent of civet. There’s a little sage drifting through, and some oakmoss undergirding the scent, but the eponymous fruit is dominant. The drydown is best, once the grapefruit has shed its citrus sparkle and turns increasingly sulfurous. Citrus Paradisi is probably as boisterously randy as you can get within the genre.

29th June, 2011.

Grease your wet hairs with a citrus flavored ointment when you're freshly shaved and while wearing a classic fougere and you'll get an idea of what Citrus Paradisi is all about. Animalic (boatloads of civet) and dirty/fresh. Challening, compelling and anusually classic. Try it if you dare...

4th June, 2011.

Citrus Paradise work on me like a classic citrus fragrance. They seem to have done the typical transition to the citrus opening, fading it to a mossy woody base, since citrus notes are famous for being volatile and not lasting so long at skin. The opening is a blast of what seems like a blend of grapefruit, neroli and just a hint of the green bitterness that petitgrain has. The spices join the citrus aroma very fast, and there is also of a lavender aroma that gives a fougere-like impression for a short time on me. Then, it goes to a mossy-woody, of typical amber and patchouli that you used to see in 80`s male fragrances, but a little less chemical and more natural. Altough it seems sort of common, it`s well done and today it`s hard to find citrus fougere spice fragrances like this one.

3rd February, 2011.

I agree that Paradisi focuses on the sweaty, less than savory aspect of the grapefruit essential oil rather than its tart nature. C & S used top quality ingredients as usual and it certainly shows (rumored to have real oakmoss and ambergris). The opening is dirty the middle becomes leafy and green whilst the civet shows itself throughout most of the progression. Too dirty and uneventful for me. I like Creed's Orange Spice more fondly for this type of spicy/citrus/animalic "urinal cake" type scent. If it were me, I'd of chose bergamot and orange instead of or at least coupled with the grapefruit.

11th January, 2011.