Ghost Man (2004)
by Ghost

Extremely sweet but a nice fragrance: The anise is dominant to my nose, but it is tempered by the cloves and mint so that it doesn’t deliver that piercing anise note that is so prevalent in several recent fragrances – I rather like this version of anise. Tvlampboy is right about the tenacity of the anise note… it hangs on seemingly forever, so permanently present that I determine only minimal differences between the opening, middle, and base of the fragrance. On my skin the fragrance is linear, but it is a nice linearity.

I agree that Ghost Man is a better version of Le Male. Though sweeter than Le Male, the powder is gone, making this less dated and more wearable. Neither one is my kind of fragrance, but Ghost is well made and performs nicely on the skin. If you like sweet, try it.

I absolutely love this. Yes, it's a little feminine and pretty sweet. Some of my male friends won't go near it, but women seem to love it. Very hard to find around here. I have hundreds of bottles of cologne, and this is definitely in my top ten.

This was a blind buy, and I have to say that I am impressed. The top note resembled XS Black(Paco Rabanne),with which I am definitely not enthusiastic. However, the mid- notes resemble Kouros, the YSL evergreen(pardon the pun). The base notes are sweeter than Kouros(on which this just has to be inspired by - imitation is the sincerest form of flattery)and just as long lasting. I am more than happy with my purchase, and would recommend without qualification. Great packaging too!

Beautiful gourmand that's not really gourmand outright. It smells foody to me. Like a bake shop after hours when everything has closed down for the night. The lingering aromas of baked flour and sugar. It's probably the cloves. I loved the smell of Djarum Black clove cigarettes and this has got it.

A sweeter, less powdery version of Le Male. Not bad, no, but 360 White is a much better alternative to Le Male. (And really a better frag all around, IMHO.) Ghost Man is simply TOO sweet, with a sweet anise edge that simply won't let go hours after application.

I can't in good conscience give it a thumbs up, but will instead compromise and brand it a "neutral" in light of the fact that -- while it doesn't work on me personally -- it's still a well blended fragrance that many other Basenoters might well enjoy.

I'm not going to go on about this one, save to say that this is one of those fragrances that doesn't really smell like many others but is always there, calmly delivering a delightful feeling of smelling great all day.

I do agree that it is quite a feminine fragrance in some ways but has a strong underpinning of Sandalwood which makes it err just on the side of hunter/killer for the more macho readers of this site. ;-)