Fragrance Reviews by germanomio

to me surely the best Aqua Allegoria
a refreshing garden in spring while herbs are growing
the mint, the fresh cut grass the aromatic herbs
all are there while walking around, crushing some leaves in your hands
barefoot in the grass
wonderful and one the most evocative fragrances i have ever smelled

leaves of fresh mint crushed in the hand in the early morning while sun is rising and flowers around are opening their petals
a fragrance fair to this view and which name corresponds excatly with the impressions created
so fresh so minty (far more minty than Herba fresca)
dedicated to hot sunny summer days

a great unisex summer fragrance
fresh and light, slightly spicy and bitter and not sweet at all
at first i was afraid to smell like "Pastis" (a french anised aperitive alcohol),
but Guerlain made a very nice job and it appears that Anisia Bella is rather closer to the anise seed than to a liquor or a syrup
i also get a note that reminds me salt or the seashore
it's surely a particular fragrance and you must like anise to wear it
discontinued from the Aqua Allegoria line but easily found discounted on the internet

a gorgeous fragrance
a complex and perfect blend of woods and benjoin with a hint of vanilla and flowers
it's sweet but not excessively so that it's suitable for a man
a scent for winter, near the fire while snow is falling silently outside

recently re-issued
this is a smoky vetiver with a roasted note that reminds me of Hermessence Vetiver-Tonka (with a far greater longevity) mixed with the drydown of Terre d'Hermes
also very reminescent of Guerlain's Vetiver original formula (the 80's one)
it doesn't evolve a lot and the vetiver not isn't very pronounced
the smokiness makes it rather a winter scent

thyme and mandarine
simple fresh but a little bit too linear

the top notes and the base notes are wonderful but the coconut in the heart is too much for my taste
in the head you get the green and fresh fig (rather the fruit than the leaves) not too milky (compared to l'Artisan's one)
once the coconut has disappeared Philosykos gives its best: a perfect blend between the woods (cedar) and the fig tree's leaves
one of the most beautiful fig based fragrances

a dry fresh clean sandalwood
a little bit simple and prosaic but of high quality
does not evolve a lot
perfect for a young man or for office, as it's not an offensive scent

The EdT is fresh and light, opens with citrus/grapefruit and anise and a discreet note of cocoa and slowly evolves to a pleasant vanilla drydown with a bitter note
Very different of all the man fragrances created in the last years
Surely one of the most appreciable

The EdP (eau extreme) shares the same notes as the EdT but the citrus opening is briefer, the heart and the drydown are at the same time very bitter and sweet
a masterpiece

a kind of supreme elegance from past times
a dandy's perfume

one must dare wearing it, surely more difficult to wear than Jicky with which MDM shares many notes
one of the most magnificient fougere ever created, light and fresh, slightly animalic due to civet (i guess that nowadays it's synthetic civet) with a powdery drydown
ten thumbs up for me !

neither bad nor excellent nor original
over-rated for sure
i would rather say it's inoffensive
a discreet masculine fragrance fresh and not too sweet

to me was great and innovative in the 60's but got old, very old nowaday...

an interesting fragrance in its topnotes that mix dry mineral notes, woods and hesperids
but the drydown is ... non-existent !indeed, IMO, there's not really a drydown : all notes seem to stay the same in a very linear and boring way
all what the fragrance has to "tell" us is done in the first minutes and then it just repeats itself
and as the staying power is very long, one gets the same "conversation" all daylong;

sublime !!!!
a classic among classics

i've tried the new formulation
and i found it far more pleasant that the old one
yet they are very close, the new one has lost this "frying oil" odor i got in the old one and found so displeasant ; it's maybe less earthy and mysterious, but still as deep, rich and complex and surely more wearable by men even if it's more floral
some will think a masterpiece has been massacred and some, as me, will think that a new masterpiece was born !

woody and smoky with IMO notes of rose; the drydown reminds me in fact of eau de rose used in infancy or in eye cleaning lotion
very masculine
a great job

gives me headhache!
it's not a man perfume at all (or for a very effeminate one)

foral perfumes for man why not; but not so sweet and powdery
disgusting

an interesting mix...during one minute !
on can smell mint and grapefruit first, second mocha and then hazelnut but it evolves too quickly to a boring cheap drydown, similar to any "male" perfume released now
the intention of creating something original was maybe there but it was not achieved

simply perfect cologne
fresh and light but with some persistent notes (rosemary and bay-tree?)
an ideal fragrance for "no-fragrance days" and hot summer days

recently relaunched in Paris, in the same collection as Derby
it's worth trying it
maybe a little bit too 80's fashioned but magistrally crafted

the formula was obviously modified
but what made this fragrance so unique is still perceptible in an attenuated way...even with this change Vetiver remains IMO the greatest masculine fragrance I've ever smelled; a rough unsweet fragrance, perfect in any situation, complex and rich...the fragrance that I'll wear all life long