Bulgari pour Homme Soir (2006)
by Bulgari

I wish I could give this one a thumbs up, because I do find it very original, given the fact that it also had to be related to the standard Bulgari pour Homme that preceded the Soir-version more than a decade ago. However, if I'm very honest, I can't give it more than a neutral rating.

When you spray this on, you really smell the papyrus note, lingering on a base of musk and some tea, far away. Papyrus is a light wood, and it smells luxurious. The sillage and longetivity however, are worlds apart. Longetivity is excellent. I can still smell this frag on my clothes the next day. Sillage however is another story, and this is a scent that stays very close to the skin after 5 minutes. I can imagine wearing this scent to the theatre or even on a romantic dinner out, wearing a suit or smart casual style.

Whether you like this scent or not will depend on if you like the dominant papyrus note. If you end up being neutral about it, like me, you will be neutral about this scent.

It is refinde, spicy and has a nice darleeng tea note
OH & It lastes more than 10+ on me

It's a fresh, sweet in a good way sent that lingers alitle close to the skin. Not overwhelming, but elegant and classy. Some people might get a whiff of it if they come close to you, but don't expect it to project very far.

But, for an evening scent, it's pretty comforting and nice. The teanote can be a litle bit hard to detect at times, and If I do get it, it smells like a cool black chinese tea. No earl grey, that's for sure.

Staying power seems fine to me, I could still smell it 6-7 hours later on my skin. But it does, as has been mentioned before, stay close to the skin. Is it a must have? No. Is it classy and elegant? Indeed it is.

Just too subtle. It is not overpowering at all and very similar to Mania. High quality juice that is very sexy, but not a high-powered scent at all.

This fragrance is nice but weak to the extreme and lasts half an hour on anyone's skin. I would not waste my money on near - water sillage. Bulgari should have some pride and make higher quality fragrances. Bulgari are an upmarket, expensive jewellers. Would they make jewellery that is sold on a market stall? Still, for what it is it has a nice sweet smell, slightly spicy and ending up ambery. While it lasts. A neutral cos of that, otherwise a neg.

I liked this one a lot, and wore it for days at a time, only i kept thinking to myself "i wish the bamboo note -which it says papyrus , but to me it smelled like fresh bamboo- was stronger, more longlasting".
So there you have it, it's a very fresh scent, demure and masculine, but to be called Soir, it's more of a day scent.
I wore this one also with Eau d'Orange Verte on my other hand and, as i expected ,BPHSoir beat the Hermès one in longevity by a looong shot.