GF Ferré Lui / Him (2004)
by Gianfranco Ferré

I really like and have grown to trust Gianfranco Ferre fragrances. This one, LUI, is pleasant and light...and somewhat of a letdown. It is ambiguous in it's orange and spice notes which are slightly obscured by coriander and benzoin. This tends to have a medicinal smell. It evolves cyclically through it's notes and winds up in a muted green place. Not bad, maybe just a little boring. Good for daytime.

14th December, 2011.

I am suprised that Lui have such small number of rewievs.
Today i was at the perfume shop and lady that worked there recomended me Lui as a woody scent , cause i told
if she have somtehing woody.
After no more then 10 minutes after no good or bad opening, Lui showed his real face.
It was so fresh but woody-heavy fresh and/or soapy heavy. After 1 hour i still smell that, but now a little more
that soapy part but still heavy, high volumed, not empty with holes, and also not in your face and hard.
Very good scent. Maybe not so special, so one of those that makes you think of them like some kind of mistery scents, but very nice clean/soapy not citrus based woody drydowned scent.

17th February, 2009.

Azzari Visit rebottled. Maybe not completely but it is hard to tell the difference. GF is a little sweeter, maybe smoother, but these 2 are brothers without a doubt. No nutmeg here, but it is in Visit...both also have cedar.
Smells like sweetened spices (nutmeg, cardamom, coriander) tempered with cedar, although the spices can be too much for some. I love visit, so by default, I must love this iteratrion...that is how close they are in smell. Also, GF comes off a bit more modern than Visit, this is a good thing.

27th September, 2008.

A really nice blend of spicy, mossy aromas with a crispness of mild citrus, sage and ginger in its top notes. I would find this appropriate for the late fall to early winter from the notes from its drydown. The note of cedar comes out the most and reminds me of a Christmas party. None of the notes are exceedingly overt. With a weak sillage I find it to be a scent to wear for yourself.

22nd December, 2007.

I think of this as a warm weather scent. The opening cardamon note is bracing but not overpowering or harsh. The scent is fresh and clean and without any of those ridiculous "aquatic" notes. The scent is nice but not great.

27th September, 2006.

A vibrant, musky, masculine scent. The notes are perfectly balanced. It's fresh on top and warm on its drydown. Classy, somewhat traditional, a 3-season scent which is probably too woody for summer.

11th February, 2006.