Emporio Armani City Glam for Him (2005)
by Giorgio Armani

Utterly pretentious cologne that has tog o home to mommy before midnight lest it turn into a pumpkin.

After reading all the bad reviews I had to test this for myself and I have to agree this stuff is bad. When I first applied it I thought its not bad but then comes the dry down in my opinion that's where it goes bad. The worst from Armani I will suggest to try before you buy if you don't you might regret it.

Its ok...interpreted differently by other people.

Smells synthetic to begin with. Then a sort of a "new car leather" smell mingles itself in with the syntheticness. I liked it at that particular point.

Soon after, very soon, roughtly 20 minutes, that feel was washed away by a popular genericness, and turned the fragrance into a carbon-copy replica of MOST of what there is elsewhere on the "accessible" i.e. affordable mainstream market.

"Social Poison", to quote RugbyPete? No. More like a fragrant embodiment of youth trends. It's not BAD. There has been worse.

If that "new car leather" sort of smell had lingered on for a lot longer, I would wear it much more.

I'm not being a snob, but I find I receive more compliments for 6 squirts of Lagerfeld Classic on my collar than I do when I wear ANY fragrance in this youth culture genre, bar Issey Miyake and Cool Water and its Deep spin-off.
4.5/10

I am with deepthought on this one: try it out before joining the trash talk brigade.
This is not bad at all, it does kinda bite you in the beginning, and then it fades (rather quickly ~4hrs) to a decent but subtle scent.
If this was not an Armani, I doubt there would be this much complaint. It is def weak for Armani. This would be better branded as the signature scent for XPRESS clothing company or a car company like SAAB.

not much of a fan of pepper.this slightly reminds me of himilaya for some reason but doesnt come close.

I didn’t think this was bottle worthy but there must be a lot of people who might like this one: it has a fresh ginger opening that unexplainably becomes even fresher on the drydown, I think it’s the mint, that at the middle comes forcing its way into the frag and making it a mint journey.
The bitter orange also comes in at mid notes and it sort of helps the mint in the “we’re taking over this, 2 is better then 1” motto. I got the woods at the base and some medium-strong musk that finally toned down the pepper and the sharpness of it all.
I think it’s crass and unelegant. What’s supposed to be the Glam here?
I don’t think it’s the best in the EAHe line , in fact, it might get bottom place. It’s longlasting and the sillage is strong. But would I want it to be like that? Maybe in hotter climates it can be more interesting.