Baldessarini Strictly Private (2009)
by Baldessarini

I get a Gucci PH2 meets Guerlain Habit Rouge vibe, only of a lesser quality and with a screaming synthetic smelling amber/vanilla drydown. Not a scrubber but wouldn't wear even if received as a gift.

This is the best scent i've found in a long time. I find myself spraying this several times a day and keep sniffing my arms... i kind of feel that this is "my" fragrance. It is long-lasting to average or a bit over average and has quite nice sillage. I find it to be not too soft but a bit sharp just how i like a scent to be, but still warm and comforting. The black bottle color combined with gold and the word "private" somehow describes the fragrance aptly. I haven't owned or liked of very much of Baldessarini product line before, but this one was really worth trying!

the scent has a fresh(green) and crispy opening and the drydown has a warm aromatic and woody note.It lasts quite long and it develops a nice smell-not less not more.This scent starts with basil and bergamot, and mixes up with pepper.patchouli and roses are the dominating middle notes-the vetiver i did not smell....The Base is creme brule-lots of amber and vanilla.Not bad but again nothing exciting,unique or special.it´s ok but if it would disappear you wouldn´t miss it-the name is a shame -strictly private-what are we going to expect?what is going to happen?-and the black bottle with the golden badge-cheap- this is nouveau riche!There are absolutely better aromatic oriental scents than this one!

What an utter let down. It opens well and promising too, giving the impression of something fit to be in the Armani/Prive line of scents, only to slam you into a wall of vanilla so intense only women can tolerate. This stuff is NOT masculine in any way shape or form, it simply can't be!!! The basil and bergamot is in the background in the opening, there is a back and forth between the spices and the vanilla. Initially its like ok, yeah, I can see it, old plus new...until the spices die out. What you are left with is Kenzo Amour, though deeper and a little dirtier (the patchouli). But never during the course of this frag, except for the opening, can I see a man wearing this. It's not even kinda sorta manly, like fleu du male for example. It is straight up a perfume disguising as a man's frag. I am so diassapointed.