Fragrance Reviews by F_Frez

Although it's a very known fragrance I never smelled it before. Surprisingly it was good enough and different.

It has a fruity start, a bit citric in a grapefruit an bergamot style, with some tradicional lavender and mint notes. Middle notes appears mixed with the top notes, a bit spicy with cinnamon and nutmeg notes without turning in a dense, oriental or winter fragrance. The base notes was a bit woody with sweet amber and traces of lavender and fruity notes from the top notes.

The fragrance is recognizable... distinctive but not intense. Works fine at summer or winter due to their lavender and spicy notes and because the fruity notes didn't feel like a refreshing summer shower. For daytime and office use thanks to the classic style lavender notes, also works at night but just for simple events... it's a bit casual for using at a wedding dinner. Range of age between 20 and 40 years old.

I got a sample of this fragrance some time ago and tested it on my arm one day I was running out of fragrances.

It had a fresh start, a generic citric (I couldn't get the individual notes). Although it was still mixed with alcohol, it stayed alone just 5 minutes... then middle notes appeared, spicy but soft and with traces of flower (iris)... the spicy notes were similar to Essenza Di Zegna. One hour later the flower note became more intense and other spicy notes appeared, maybe pepper and cardamom... giving me a sensation of a perfume I already smelled some time ago. Two hours after the first spray some tonka bean notes appears, mixed with the flower note plus sweet amber. About 7 hours later I felt soft woody notes, maybe sandalwood, cedar and musk, plus traces of amber and a earthy note of iris.

Although it's fresh without being an oriental fragrance and the staying power is good, it hasn't special or unique notes and tends to be a tradicional fragrance. For daytime and office use, maybe at evening for simple events. Works fine at summer due to its fresh start, and at winter thanks to the tonka bean, amber and iris notes (giving a "dark-light" effect). Recommended for men over 30 years old.

I tested just because it won a Fifi Award. Nothing special, it remembered me some notes from Aramis Life, but a lot intense.

The start had orange, bergamot and grapefruit notes, very strong, intense and not fresh. Some vetiver and soft lavender at middle notes, plus some sage notes (I never liked it). Notes of sandalwood at base notes, some amber, musk and marine notes.

Due to its strengh I didn't know it should be suitable for summer use, despite their citric notes. At winter it should fit for evening use... for office use it's a bit disturbing. Range of age between 25-40 years old.

I tried it just because the advertisement looked funny, like a fragrance used to invocate a "delicate" ghost or the reincarnation of an austrian pianist from the 17th century. Surprisingly, it smelled very traditional and masculine.

It had a classic start with citric bergamot, mandarines and grapefruit, a bit of mint and something like anise. At middle notes some green notes appeared, some soft cardamom notes and traces of lavender... at this point the anise disappears. At base notes it had classical woody notes, sandalwood, cedar and patchouli.

The fragrance was made following a "fair-play" style, avoiding to break rules or defining new schemas, and tends to be another classical cologne. The start was nice but the last notes were traditional ones. For daytime or office use, maybe it should be unnoticeable at evening use. Fresh and spicy notes works fine at summer and winter. Range of age between 25 and 45 years old men.

I smelled it together with Antidote for men... it felt nice but it gave me the sensation of an aroma not plenty original, smelled on another perfume.

It starts with sweet flowers, a bit fresh, with notes of bergamot an tea. Middle notes appears quickly, dominated by freesia in a Ralph Lauren's Romance or Lancome's Miracle remembrance, plus other notes I felt like a floral mix. The base is sweet, like orchid plus sugar or caramel, and maybe a soft wood and vanilla noticeable since the beginning.

Very feminine, flowers fit well at summer and the vanilla is nice at winter. A bit complex for daytime use, better for office or evening use, for women between 25-45 years old.

I smelled this fragrance today from a colleague at office, she used it for several years and the first time I met her, I confused her fragrance with Paloma Picasso.

As I smelled this some hours later from its first application, didn't know how their top notes are. At least at morning, when my colleague crosses the hall in front of me, the trail she leaves at middle notes are based on strong roses and earthy notes of ylang-ylang, and some spicy note like coriander (like a less flowered version of Paloma Picasso). At the end of the day sometimes I leave the office with her on her car, and the base notes of this fragrance felt more musky, with some notes of earthy moss or oakmoss. There's a strange vein of animal notes, maybe civet, castoreum, ambergris or leather.

Still remember those advertisements from the 90's about Animale, and this fragrance felt a bit retro. It's very long lasting, for women with personality (at least my colleague uses it as her personal signature). A bit strong for summer, more suitable for winter or evening use, like saturday nights at pubs. Young and mature at the same time, I think can be used for women in the range 30-45 years old.

My mother used it for some time, as my father gave her a bottle he found in a discount store. It was strong, like the fragrances she used, but it wasn't her style and it was a rather common fragrance in the late 90's. This lead my wife and me to to take her to another fragrance store to check really what kind of fragrance was her style.

This fragrance is a more oriental and floral version, compared with the original Animale. Top notes are based on fruits and violets, and middle notes of roses and ylang-ylang, but mixed with more classic jasmine. The base note is oriental, with some vanilla and musk.

Less dense and more feminine than Animale, it's more suitable for daytime and office use and for warmer seasons. The range of age is lower compared with the original one, between 25 and 40 years old.

My wife got a miniature of this fragrance as a gift in a fragrance store, and used it for the first time in our honeymoon at Venezuela. The fragrance worked very fine under tropical weather, with warm temperatures and high humidity.

Blended as an old fashion classic cologne, with top citric notes of bergamot, lemon and oranges, but don't fall in this category thanks to its middle notes of roses and jasmine, all around a main note of green tea. The base notes adds spicy notes of pepper and maybe soft wood notes like cedar and sandalwood.

The only drawback of this fragrance is its price, as it's a very expensive fresh cologne and for this amount of money someone would expect a very complex and sophisticate fragrance. As several unisex fragrances, I prefer to consider them like female fragrances. Very fresh and floral, its better aimed for office, daytime and evening use at warmer seasons or just simple evening events at more colder seasons. Don't seems to have a restrictive range of age, as it should be suitable for 20 years old teens and 60-70 years old women.

About 3 years ago we bought this fragrance to my mother-in-law, for her birthday. It was fine for winter, a bit stronger, but it left a trail of headaches at summer seasons.

The top notes are fruity, but brief, with something in the orange vein (maybe bergamot or mandarin) and some peach notes. Middle notes appears then, based on strong floral notes of rose, orchid, maybe a bit of soft gardenia, and an always present note of earthy iris and some old aldehydes. The basenote is based on woods like sandalwood, rosewood, some cedar and musk. Maybe also a little of vanilla, as an oriental note.

About a month before we bought it, we tested an 1 ml sample on my mother's skin and also my best female friend smelled it. Both of them liked it, as she often used strong and distinctive fragrances. Unlike them, my mother-in-law usually used soft fragrances and with this fragrance she tended to overspray it. At winter it was fine, but on summer or closed spaces, it was suffocating for the ones in the same room. Best suitable for colder seasons and evening events, for women with personality over 35 years old. Not suitable for office use or another kind of closed spaces, or warmer seasons, as it's a dense and not fresh fragrance.

Although I usually wrote about fragrances I tested recently and currently in the market, surfing in Internet I found this discontinued fragrance I smelled several years ago and still remembered, as it was one of the first fragrances I almost bought to my wife.

About 10 years ago it was my wife's first birthday together, then she was only my girlfriend, and I wanted to buy her a fragrance. I learned in the process how to select a fragrance for one or someone in a fragrance store at Viña del Mar (by the way, I was stuck with the same Azzaro for men my dad gave me at birthdays and Christmas), and everyday we tested just 3 or 4 very different fragrances on paper and came back the next day to test another group and to find what kind of fragrance my wife liked. We selected two finalist: the Elizabeth Arden's 5th Avenue and this Carolina Herrera's Aquaflore. She tested both of them on skin and smelled them the rest of the day.

Both of them were very similar, sharing fruity top note of mandarin and peach, middle notes of jasmine, lily of the valley and roses, and base notes of sandalwood and musk, but Aquaflore added a watery factor with notes of violet and melon. Also, the lasting power was a bit shorter compared with 5th Avenue.

At last, my wife stayed with Elizabeth Arden 5th Avenue, as it was more suitable for all seasons. Aquaflore was lighter, and more like a summer fragrance. Both of them are oriented for the same range of age, for women over 20 years old, office use and daytime, but Aquaflore is better aimed for daytime and summer times.

Tested at the same time I was checking a Marc Jacobs for men. Tried it on paper, the first impression wasn't good as it smelled like an old soap.

The start was very floral and fruity, something like a shampoo or some beauty product. A couple of hours later I smelled it again and middle notes were present, with a dominating gardenia note (first I think it was some kind of tuberose), hints of classical jasmin and a sporadic sweet note of honeysuckle. The base notes seems to be musk, but it was masked by the gardenia.

An elegant floral blend, although not very original or distinctive (it remembered me some kind of sweet variant of Carolina Herrera), but with a very good lasting power. As it's strong, it's suitable for office use or evening events. Gardenia isn't fresh and is a bit mature, I imagine a women over 30 years old should use it, mainly in colder seasons.

Gone last weekend looking for a fragrance, to replace one that ran out last month, and remembered I tested this Marc Jacobs about a year ago but didn't write a review to check how its aroma was. Only remembered the fig note it had.

The start notes are dominated by some spicy and woody notes, very nice but brief (read it was cumin, cardamom, ginger and some cedar), but the dominant middle note of fig leaves appears soon, in a more fruity and less spicy way than Salvatore Ferragamo (by the way, several people usually confuses this fig note with coconut). Base notes continues with fig, but also appears soft notes of vanilla or tonka beans and musk, and classical wood notes.

Not bad, but a better lasting power should be desirable: I tested it about 13:00 hrs, by 22:00 it was gone from my skin... on paper it lasted until the next day and then I felt the rest of the base notes. It's a different fragrance, a bit sharp and happy, maybe for office use or evening, also romantic occasions, for a man under 45 years old (and better in the range 25-35). Suitable for all seasons, on spring and summer the fig gives a fresh sensation, on colder seasons the spicy and woody notes should arise.

When testing a fragrance for me with my 3 years old twin daughters and one of them was getting bored, the sales woman asked her what kind of fragrance used her. As she said "Strawberry", the saleswoman gave her a card sprayed with this Mellow.

The starting was a bit annoying for a women fragrance, but OK for a girl, as it was almost exactly like a fruity candy, or some kind of fruit punch (read it was pear, peach, bergamot and orange). About a couple of hours later, a better middle note arose, not like candy but more floral like jasmine and violets. At the base notes, although some fruity notes persists, they got blended with some musk and traces of vanilla and sandalwood.

At first I think it was a joke, but the fragrance matures from a 4-years old girl cologne until a nice young woman fragrance (as reference, my wife liked the sprayed card at the next day). The range of age is young, under 25 years old... maybe suitable for an older woman but she should keep hidden and away from people until the top notes fades away. Due to the amount of fruits, it's better aimed for daytime at summer, for use at college or for a party.

A classic fragrance I smelled on an old female friend in the 90's. Now as a colleague used it at office, I remembered these moments.

The top notes are fruity and brief in the orange vein, bergamot and orange blossom. The middle notes are strong, around tuberose and ylang-ylang, and a classical note of jasmine. Base notes are woodier but soft, sandalwood and a bit of amber.

The problem with Carolina Herrera is, the woman who uses it smells older and more mature... something strange for my old friend as she was in her twenties. Fortunately, this also added a sexy factor on her, and also on several young women on whom I smelled it. On older women, this fragrance just fit naturally on them, no sexy factor. As it's a strong fragrance, it should be suitable for winter seasons and evening events, but it smelled fine at day and summer.

Tested it about a couple of weeks ago, on paper at a department store. Although my wife liked it, final notes tired her.

The top notes are almost the same from original Amor Amor, mainly orange and berries. Middle notes are different, around one note like maracuja or something tropical (found at Internet it should be a Tiare flower). Base notes aren't as oriental as original Amor Amor, but that tropical note lasts until that point.

More fruity than Amor Amor, although I disagree with the new tropical note. If Amor Amor gave me stomachaches when used in excess, this one gave us (also my wife) headaches. Again, still don't believe on it as a passional elixir... there's a lot of better woman fragrances for romantic occasions. Believe it should fit well (not overspraying it) on young women, around 15-30 years old. The tropical note makes it more suitable for warmer seasons.

Some years ago, when buying a fragrance, I got a lot of fragrance samples. Among these samples were 2 Vetiver sprays. I had tried it once and didn't like it, it smelled rather old. When a friend of my wife needed some fragrance for the week, because he broke his bottle, I gave him the Vetiver ones as I didn't like it. Maybe it was a matter of skin or image, as he worked in a bank, wearing classical grey suits, white shirts and stripped ties, but the Vetiver worked fine on him.

Top notes are citric, not in a lemon style, just like an old style cologne. There's a note of coriander I couldn't smell as an individual one, just as a green note that avoids the top notes becoming a so much citric blend. Next middle notes are green, mainly vetiver notes arises, while citric top notes tones down. The base notes are bitter, with something spicy like pepper, maybe also nutmeg, and a note like leather (or tobacco).

Works fine as a office fragrance, also for daytime, but don't know if it should work for evening events. Suitable for all seasons, but for classical style men, over 30 years old.

A fragrance a long time friend used several years ago, and I smelled when we travelled in bus every Friday. I haven't seen this fragrance at stores, it's very hard to found in Chile, as several stores benefit spaces for newer and more popular fragrances. Fortunately, I found a store yesterday who had only one bottle and they still had a tester.

The start was sweet and fruity, with mandarin and something like coconut, but the sensation was very short. The middle note was complex as I felt a lot of flowers, some of them I couldn't identify. At least a couple of notes were similar with Balenciaga's Rumba: the tuberose and the jasmine. If the tuberose is the common note I smelled, it's the main dominating note. The rest of the middle notes were a bit soapy. The base note had some patchouli and sandalwood. There was some note like "old"... maybe the civet I read it had.

It's a complex and strong fragrance, more times I smelled the paper they sprayed it, more flower notes I felt... surely it also has notes of Ylang-Ylang and roses. I believe, due to its strong aroma, it's more suitable for winter, office and evening use. Although my friend was in their late 20's when using if, and it smelled really good on her, it should fell better on an older woman, maybe over 35 or 40 years old.

I smelled this fragrance for the first time about 4 years ago, it was really good but since then it turned rather common in department stores. At least I smelled it once on every office I worked.

The top notes are citric, mandarin and grapefruit and are very long lasting. Middle notes are part fruit, part woods... I believed it was because the next base notes were almost all woods but, according to internet, a note of davana scent gives this double sensation. The base notes are mainly cedar, and the fruity citric sensation persists at this point.

It gives a clean sensation, a good office fragrance choice, also for daytime but a bit soft for evening use. For summer time, but suitable for all the year due to its woody notes. For a range of ages over 25 years old, better on a 35 years old man.

One of my brother's fragrances. Very oriental, almost all vanilla.

The start was strange, with a citric like mandarin, plus several kitchen-like spices (checked later, they was tarragon, rosemary and basil). As middle notes there was a vanilla like aroma and a bit of anise, but mainly an oriental sweet sensation. The base notes were tonka beans, maybe also vanilla, and benjui according to the salesman at the store.

A fragrance with a gourmand style, my 3 years old twin daughters liked it at a blind test and they said "chocolate" when smelled this one. My wife said "ambar" at the base notes and I remembered some notes from Elixir des Merveilles when it was dry. For winter use, due to vanilla and other warm spices, maybe a chance of summer with fewer sprays on skin. Suitable for daytime and office use, and a recommended range of age between 25 and 50 years old.

A couple of years ago we're looking for some fragrance for my mother-in-law, something not expensive for summer use. We find it at the fragrance store I usually buy, the 30 ml bottle cost about US$15.

The starting notes were floral and fruity, with a brief hint of something spicy and a note similar to a watermelon. When passing to the middle notes, a bunch of flowers appeared, several of them I couldn't recognize, a couple of them could be roses and freesias. Maybe it was one of the flower notes or the fruits from the top, but the fragrance smelled at this point like a Hawaiian Tropic tanning oil, or a tropical fruit punch. The base was still flowers but more sweet, like vanilla. Also, some notes of musk and sandalwood were present.

A simple summer fragrance, due to the fruit and flower notes, but for use at open spaces because it tends to be suffocating. Don't believe it should be suitable for office use, maybe for some event at the summer night. For a range of ages between 15 and 30 years old.

Another fragrance my brother bought, when he was finding his fragrance style.

The fragrance has a citric start with grapefruit notes, traces of lemon and lavender could also be felt. The middle note has some berries, plus kitchen like notes of tarragon and coriander, and something I didn't like, surely sage. The final notes gives it an oriental flavor, something like chinese woods (ok, it sounds weird, but it gave me the image of something at China), and some green notes of vetiver.

Fresh and woody, with bits of fruit like berries, and the old chinese sensation. For office and daytime use, maybe night. Suitable for a range of age between 25 and 40 years old.

This was one of the first fragrances my brother bought, when my father stopped giving us the same Azzaro bottle all the years.

At my brother's home I tested it on a paper. At the first spray it felt classic, mainly lavender, but quickly a note of mint gave it a fresh and younger sensation. Also with mint, some notes of bergamot and other fruits could be felt. At middle notes, the same notes above continues, but sandalwood and cedar appears. At base notes, notes of tonka beans and amber are present.

Classical and a bit sweet, but with a hint of fresh minty note. Suitable for all seasons, although the tonka beans, amber and the sweet notes makes it more suitable for colder seasons. For daytime and office use, for over 25 years old men.

One of the last fragrances my brother bought. Classical oriental style, but with a young note.

The starting note is soft fruity, based on green mandarin, plus some spicy notes of ginger and cardamom. At middle note the spicy vein continues with nutmeg and cedar, but some notes of roses breaks the oriental trend. The final notes are soft woods and tonka beans.

A soft oriental fragrance, not in the sweet vanilla or incense style. The rose note is noticeable (my wife felt it at a blind test) but well blended in a masculine way with the other notes (without roses, it should be considered as another classic fragrance). For daytime, a good office fragrance also suitable for simple evening events. For use at all seasons, range of ages between 25 and 50 years old.

A fragrance my mother still uses, I helped her to select it some years ago, when she was looking for a replacement for her old Chistian Dior's Dune, as she wanted something strong but not in the oriental trend.

The top note is fruity, mainly raspberry with some orange and bergamot. The raspberry note stays and fades down just a little when the middle note appears, based on magnolia. At this point the aroma is soft fruity flowered. The base notes has some sandalwood, musk and a bit of ambar.

Suitable for daytime or office use, and also for evening events, for warm and cold seasons. The raspberry and magnolia gives it a soft sweet note, also suitable for a romantic event. A noticeable fragrance, for women in the range 25-60 years old.

One of the fragrances my mother used some years ago. As my brother gave her this fragrance as a present last Christmas, I could smell it again.

At top notes it smelled like something fruity, with a bit of flower notes. The fruity note didn't felt citric, instead it was a little sweet (according to Internet, the top notes were bergamot, rosewood and aldehydes). At middle notes some notes of rose and jasmine can be felt, also some notes of Ylang-Ylang avoids this fragrance turns into a so much sweet blend. The base notes are oriental, with vanilla and sandalwood. Checking in internet, there's also a note of Benjui (something I smelled at my office, as a colleague had a little bottle of Benjui oil for aromatherapy), that gives a different twist to the oriental vein it had.

It seems to be a more colder seasons fragrance, for daytime or office use, elegant and strong (I have the image of my mother as a teacher, something to be noticeable when meeting with a lot of people). Suitable for women in the range of 30-70 years old.

I tested if from a peel-off promotional card. As the aroma was a bit plain there, I had to rub it onto my wife's skin.

The first notes I felt when peel off the promotional card were citric, like lemon or bergamot. The sensation was very fast and gave me the idea of a lot of notes trapped in a small can. To have a second opinion, I rub it onto my wife's forearm.

On skin, a dominating Ylang-Ylang could be felt as middle note. Traces of flowers also appears, but persists a spicy sensation like clove. On both skin and peel-off card, a base note of sweet vanilla could be smelled.

A fresh kind of an oriental fragrance, suitable for both summer and winter seasons, mainly office use. Range of ages over 30 years old.

A discontinued fragrance. Checking my samples I found a little collector's bottle I got when bought a fragrance. It was still full and never opened.

When test it on a paper, the starting was citric, a bit aquatic, with notes of grapefruit and mint, plus some green apple. About 5 or 10 minutes later the top notes faded down in a very drastic way, appearing middle notes of classic lavender, mixed with notes of violet leaves (it remembered me for a while the Samba Zipped) and jasmine. As base note, some oriental notes of vanilla, plus oakmoss and patchouli.

Strange... for the first notes I should believe it was a fresh summer fragrance, but the remaining notes were very classic and oriental, due to lavender and vanilla. Maybe it's suitable for all seasons, as a daytime or office fragrance, for a range of ages over 25 years old.

Tested the eau de toilette version, it remembered me for a while a cologne. Later it changes to a more floral style, dominated by Ylang-Ylang.

The top notes are fresh and citric, with some green notes, but in a old fashion like an antique blended cologne. About one minute later, some kind of bitter, earthy or oriental flower note appears. At middle note, bitter, earthy traces of Ylang-Ylang or iris appears as main notes, plus bits of jasmine and roses. The base is a bit green again with vetiver, plus sandalwood and musk. A note of leather couldn't be felt, it's possible the earthy notes masked that note.

A very general fragrance, could be used at day or night, and strong enough to be used on any season. I guess it's more suitable for a woman over 30 years old, as this fragrance felts like a classic one and don't have more dynamic, sensual or romantic notes.

A bit dark fragrance, the advertisement said it was based around the iris as a main note.

The top notes were very earthy and spicy, due to the coriander and something like carrots. The middle notes added some notes from roses, but the whole blend was still earthy due to the iris. Later it tended to a sweet oriental base note, with notes of vanilla, honey and cedarwood.

The earth note was a bit depressive, not a fresh fragrance. More suitable for colder seasons, as daytime or office fragrance, and for women over 30 years old.

A simple fragrance, when tested it remembered me some notes from Sunset, another Naomi Campbell fragrance.

At first spray it felts fresh, fruity, citric and floral notes (orange, bergamot and violets), but for a while it gave me the idea of a shampoo. This effect passed quickly and at middle notes appears some traces of almond notes, plus floral notes (they should be lilies of the valley and jasmine). At the base, soft woods and vanilla, plus some musk.

For daytime or office use, suitable for all seasons and a range of ages between 25 and 40 years old.

A sensual and nocturnal fragrance, it has a similar note with Elixir des Merveilles, but not in a strong gourmand way.

The starting notes are like bitter orange or some kind of citric note, but not a fresh one. These notes fades down quickly into middle notes of iris and resin. As base notes, bits of resin still can be felt (it's the main note) plus oriental notes of vanilla and soft woods.

A romantic or nocturnal fragrance (the resin and vanilla act as sensual notes), maybe for office use as it's not so much strong, more suitable for colder seasons. Range of age over 30 years old.

Tested on paper from a sample my wife got as a gift several years ago when she bought a fragrance. The first spray remembered me an old perfume, in the line of Avon, my grandmother used when I was a child.

At top notes, some citric and fruity notes can be smelled (most lemon, also bergamot) plus some aroma that gave me the idea of "antique" or "old" (perhaps aldehydes). The middle note is floral, with roses and jasmine. Base note tends to woody notes (oakmoss, cedarwood, sandalwood, plus vetiver), keeping the fresh citric floral first notes.

A classic fragrance, for daytime or office, all seasons. It don't seem to have a range of ages for use (it's like a cologne), although I tend to associate it with older women.

It was a sample my wife used a couple of years ago, now as we must travel outside the city for the weekend she took it from her samples box last night. By the way, I tested it before she leave definitively this sample in her parent's house as her weekend fragrance.

The top notes are flowered, seems to be only one kind of flower (Estee Lauder's web site says it's white lilies), plus some fresh green notes. At middle notes the green notes fades down and notes like soft roses appears (not the strong red ones), plus some other flower notes, they should be peony and jasmine. When smelled it today at morning, the rose notes were still there, and a subtle sandalwood appeared as base note. Couldn't get any patchouli note.

It's a fresh flowered fragrance, recognizable by their peony, rose and jasmine notes. Compared with Pleasures Exotic, both ones shares the same peony note. It's a kind of daytime fragrance, very fresh for warm seasons but flowered enough for colder seasons. Suitable for office use, romantic events and for informal evening events. Range of age between 20 and 60 years old.

Originally I was looking for the Eau des Merveilles, but as it wasn't in the department store i asked for, the girl who atended me gave me a spray of it as an alternative.

The start was very delicious, yummy and very gourmand, with traces of chocolate and resin. The middle notes gave me the same resinous sensation from Terre d'Hermes, plus notes of vanilla and toasted ambar. At base notes the resinous sensation continued, but more burned or toasted than Terre d'Hermes. At home when I still continued smelling the paper with the fragrance, well... I got a headache.

Strong, not an office fragrance, instead it's more suitable for special events at open spaces, at daytime or evening. For summer or winter, to be used by a woman with personality, over 25 years old.

Tested in conjunction with Rose Essentielle. Compared with that fragrance, Viole de Jasmin wasn't as attractive as expected and was softer and more plain.

The start was floral (mimosa), but a bit shaded. Then at middle notes bits of rose notes appeared, a main note of jasmin and a note of bergamote from the top ones could be felt now. The base was floral, with some rose notes and a soft musk note.

Elegant, but for someone over 35 years old. Cold or warm seasons, daytime, office or evening use.

I took my wife for a test session at a department store, just to know how was the new 2 fragrances from Bulgari: the Rose Essentielle and the Viole de Jasmin (and, by the way, a third one, the Eau de Mervilles from Hermes).

The start was intimidating, a very strong roses notes as top notes, just didn't look like something for my wife... so we passed and tested the second and third paper with fragrances. When all the papers was smelled, we back to smell again the Rose Essentielle and the strong rose notes was faded down and a very good berry note appeared. Also a bit of violet note can be felt, like the Bulgari pour Femme. Back at home, as base notes the rose and berry notes were still here, but a note of sandalwood arise.

This one was the best from the three we test and the one my wife liked more. When smelled the top notes I believe it was a very important events kind of fragrance, excessively elegant and something for a woman over 40 years old, but when the berries and violet notes appeared (and roses faded down), it gave me the idea of a fragrance for office use, as it wasn't too strong, for an elegant woman over 25 years old.

Tested in conjunction with a bunch of other fragrances, I remembered it from the whole as being more recognizable from the others I tested (Davidoff' Silver Shadow and Kenneth Cole's Signature).

At start, a citric note appears as top note, something like lemon... although the girl who tested it on me said it was mandarine. At middle notes a flower note appeared (lotus), but incense was more noticeable. Also some notes of ginger from the top notes could be felt here. Finally at base notes a dominant musk note, and an absence of woody notes. The citric note still persists at this point.

Citric note wasn't fresh but more a signature note, more in the style of Boucheron. I don't see this fragrance as a daytime or summer time one, instead it's more suitable for evening events, or at office, when one needs something special to be noticeable. Both cold and warm seasons. Range of age between 25 and 40 years old.

Tested it at a department store, when I was looking for something for office use, fall and winter seasons. Soft fragrance and classic, but nothing special.

At top notes, felt a soft aromatic note, something like fruit but I couldn't get what kind of fruit was. At middle notes, an oriental aroma, not vanilla-like but something more incensed appeared. As base notes, this fragrance turned to some very traditional, with ambar notes and patchouli.

I believe it could be used at summer or winter seasons, mainly for office use... don't believe it could be a good nocturnal fragrance. Range of age around 30-50 years old. Not my style.

Tested on paper when passing in front of a department store. It hasn't any similar note with original Miracle, it's a strong fragrance with a good staying power.

Spicy anise notes at the top with some berries, then some flowers appears at middle notes... but ones with a very dense aroma and, according to the salesman who gave me the sprayed paper, a note of almond tree flowers. As base notes: vanilla, cedarwood, ambar and incense. The 3 stages of notes are covered by a gourmand like sensation. It hasn't fresh notes.

Reading past reviews about it, there's a resemblance at base notes with Allure Sensuelle mixed with Angel's caramel. It isn't a daytime or summer fresh fragrance... instead it's very nocturnal (and romantic by the way, due to the gourmand like notes) and more suitable for fall and winter, for office it should be a little disturbing. As I tend to associate fresh notes with younger women, it gives me an idea of a fragrance for 35 or older.

I tested it on a paper, can't try it on my skin as I already had enough fragrances on my arm (and a 10 months old crying daughter in the other arm). The sales woman gave me the sprayed paper when I was going out from the store and she just said me "check it, it's a new one".

As first impression, it was a sweet fruity fragrance, not fresh, and for a while it remembered me a fruit or spice from my old Xeryus Rouge. Didn't felt it like a fragrance following the top-middle-base note schema, since the first spray it stayed with almost the same aroma. About 3 days after the test I checked the same paper and it had a similar smell, plus a little green note. On Internet I found the main notes were Indian Grapefruit, Brazilian Orange, Sechuan Pepper and Sage.

As it wasn't fresh, it's a fragrance more suitable for colder seasons like fall or spring, but due to the fruity notes it's not fully suitable for winter use. For office use and simple evening occasions, range of age around 20-40 years old.

I tested it last weekend in a very sunny and warm day, and believe it's a less fresher (and less lasting) version from Blv pour homme.

The top notes are almost the same ones from the original Blv por Homme, same fresh sensation and spicy ginger. Middle notes appears faster than the original Blv but they seems to be different, as traces of chocolate appears. Base notes are completely different, less woods than the Blv case, and a dominating chocolate note stays blended with the other notes.

On my skin the staying power was lesser (about 3-4 hours) compared with Blv pour Homme (7-8 hours). For office use, all seasons, I would prefer something stronger for an evening use. Range of ages around 30-40 years old.

About 3 months ago a fragrance seller told me about a new Bulgari fragrance she smelled in a training course, a very good one according to her. Following her recommendation I wanted to try it, but on every store I ask for a try they never had a tester bottle. One day I went to a department store to try Terre D'Hermes, I found the dependent had a Bulgari Pour Homme Soir tester. As it was almost night, I asked him to spray it on paper instead on my skin... that way I could check it that night and the next day.

When smelled on paper at the store and at home, it didn't give me a good first impression. A strong odor, like a bitter flower or some kind of plant dominated the top notes... somewhat like Zara Man or an Axe/Lynx deodorant. This note faded later, but it was always present that night. Just at the next day the note went away, and more elegant base notes of tea, soft wood and a bit of ambar could be felt.

I search for the notes in Internet, and a "lifescent" note figured on it, along with darjeeling tea and guaiac wood. Could be that strong bitter odor the lifescent note??? On skin that bitter note lasted about 2 or 3 hours, latter it went to tea and dirty earth notes (not in the same way of Terre d'Hermes)... but that note was really annoying. Apart from that note, the tea notes wasn't bad, but you must wait about 3 hours for this. For an office or evening use and for an age range of 30-40 years old.

Tried this fragrance a couple of years ago, when used a little 1,5 ml spray I got as a gift after buying some fragrances.

As head notes it starts with a citric aroma, like soft oranges. Later at middle notes it gets greener, maybe its thanks to the Mytle note, but I didn't felt the cardamom note. At base note the main note is green vetiver, plus a bit of musk.

For my taste it's so much classic and minimalist. The fragrance remembers a lot some basic notes from other colognes, but didn't add nothing different or special. After several minutes, all the notes tends to a plain blend. For summer use, a fresh cologne for daytime use or office use, as it isn't intrusive. Range of age over 25 years old.

A sample my wife got when she bought some Estee Lauder products,and she used it during last winter and spring. Not so similar with the original Pleasures, as it isn't based on so much flowers like its predecesor.

Pleasure Exotic starts with soft citric notes, almost aquatic, then appears tropical fruity notes without turning it in a tutti-frutti mess. Also appears flowered middle notes (maybe the Peonia) and as base note a trace of sandalwood is felt, but without losing the upper fruity and flowered notes.

A fragrance for warm seasons (although my wife used it at the end of winter and smelled nice), for daytime and office use, and also for some evening events (maybe not like weddings or those under formal dressing code, instead romantic ones). For a range of ages over 20 years old, and classic enough for 50-60 years old women.

I've smelled this fragrance several times on other persons. A very recognizable aroma, and a very strong trail.

The head is based on citric notes, persisting for a long time during middle and base notes. The middle note feels aquatic and floral, and the base note is green tending to vetiver. When smelled can't get spicy notes, but the trail it leaves is mainly citrus fruits.

Extremely strong (or maybe used in excess by everyone on whom I smelled it), it have a established niche of fans and it's well accepted by women. For me the citric is pungent, opposite Boucheron Homme which is also based on citric notes but well blended with woods. Unisex style, it's recommended for summer times, daytime and evening occasions ... it's so much strong for an office use. Age range around 20-35 years old.

Got it as a 5 ml spray sample and used it a couple of months when traveling outside home at weekends.

The starting notes were citric, fresh but short lived on skin. Middle notes were soft and I never got the cardamom, coriander, pepper and spearmint notes... felt traces of flower notes, maybe violets. At basenotes soft woody notes appeared, like sandalwood, but couldn't distinguish any leather note.

A normal fragrance, nothing special (my wife didn't like it). Can be used as a sporty cologne and get oversprayed without being saturated. For summer times, daytime and office use, but in my case it wasn't strong enough for an evening use. Age range between 20-35 years old.

When I was looking for a Burberry Brit for my brother at a store, a salesclerk offered me Lanvin's Arpege for Men as a substitute.

Smelling it, the first sensation were sweet fruits with a woody sensation around... later on middle notes the sweet sensation turned to something like anise, in the vein of the old Escada Casual Friday. At base notes, traces of vanilla and sandalwood appeared.

Classical, well blended and with a good staying power, although it wasn't my style, it's suitable for colder seasons due to the sweet and woody notes... it's not fresh. For daytime and office use, didn't know if it could work at evening. For an age range over 30 years old.

Checked this one yesterday, as it was the only one I wasn't tried from the S.T.Dupont line.

Sprayed on paper, the first notes were fruity, grapefruit and tangerine according to the tester bottle, plus a surprising sensation of cold and fresh air, like a freezer or an air conditioner... surely the ozone note. A fresh and soft green note of bamboo and final notes of soft woods, in an oceanic vein.

Fresh and cooling, like a oceanic breeze, for spring and summer times, daytime and office use. Age range around 25-40 years old.

A work colleague used it and I asked the name of the fragrance. As she didn't remember the name, just the Boss brand and the shape of the bottle she draw for me, I went to a store to check what Boss fragrance it was.

Found the Boss Intense, the only bottle resembling the draw she gave me. When tested, the top notes were spicy and citric, based on kumquat. Middle notes were flowers and roses, and smelled like my colleague at office in the morning. Final base notes were soft woods, a bit sweet, and musk. On paper, the last notes remembered me some traces of Anais Anais.

For daytime, office and romantic use, and maybe an evening simple event. The age range seems to be around 25 and 45 years old... my colleague was 26 and it fitted well on her.

I remember tested it some years ago, when it first appeared... wasn't bad and similar a fragrance I was using then. But as I can't remember now how it smelled, I tested it again at night on a fragrance store.

On paper, the top notes I felt were sweet and soft citrics like tangerine, plus a fresh spicy bit of ginger. About 15 minutes later, at middle notes, it stayed on neutral flowers and then, at base notes, felt wood like sandalwood and traces of ginger. When checked it the next morning, the paper was almost odorless.

Fresh and citric, with starting notes remembering Perfumer's Workshop's Zipped, a fragrance I used around the late 90's, but a stronger staying power was desirable. For warm seasons, office, sport and daytime use, and for a range age of 20-35 years old.

A couple of days ago, walking in front of a department store, a girl advertising the Noa Perl gave me a paper sprayed with this fragrance. Talking with her, she told this fragrance was a more sensual version of Noa, more fruity and less flowered.

The top notes I felt was a lemon-like short lived citric aroma (kumquat, as I checked in the olfactive pyramid printed near the same stand), with traces of red fruits. At middle notes can smelled some freesias with a soapy sensation, in the vein of Lancome Miracle but more fruity, and the same kumquat but in an orange-like style. After 24 hours, the same paper smelled a bit like Paloma Picasso's Minotaure mixed with freesias.

Although the girl told it was a sensual fragrance, it's not a sexy fragrance but still a romantic one. Better for use at daytime and warm seasons, romantic occasions and maybe office use. For an age range of 20-35 years old.

Several days ago I wanted to test this fragrance, as I had read several good reviews about it. I went after work to a department store near home and asked for a try. As the tester was almost empty, I preferred to smell it on paper instead on my skin.

Here the first notes I could smell was soft orange, with traces of somewhat similar to resin or depilatory wax, strange but not bad... a bit sweet, remembering me some starting notes from Cartier's Declaration. Later at home I felt more middle notes, mainly wood, plus vetiver, cedar and wet earth as base notes.

It's a very woody fragrance,I don't see it as an evening fragrance, instead it seems to be a better daytime or office style fragrance, suitable for all seasons but preferred at colder occasions. Recommended for an age range over 30 years old.

Looking for something to use at summer, I found this fragrance yesterday at a department store near my house. As I liked the Azzaro Visit version, I gave it a try.

It's a fresher version of Visit, when tested on paper the first notes gave me a citric, oceanic sensation, plus a hint of spicy notes from the original Visit. As I test it almost at night, I couldn't feel then the base notes, and although it wasn't an intense fragrance on my skin, my wife liked it against the second fragrance I tested on my other arm.

Now, 24 hours later, I smelled again the paper... can't get woody or spicy notes, but as base notes I felt something like vetiver in a classic way, plus red berries and a bit of oceanic notes.

As a fresher version of Visit, its more appropriate for summer, warmer seasons, office and casual use. For range 20-45 years old.

Walking with one of my twin daughters on a department store I found several advertisements about a recent release of Amor pour Homme on that place. I read about it 3 months ago that it was one of the first masculine fragrances using roses... so I decided to try how it was.

Testing it on paper, the top notes I felt was citrics, not in a fresh way, for a while... then middle notes of fouguere and green appeared and stayed. Didn't felt the rose notes nor vanilla or tonka like notes.

The result is very classic, so much for my taste. There's a note (the assistant who sprayed it said it was vetiver) that gives me the idea of seeing a 40+ years old man, dressed in an old fashioned sport style (brown polo shirt, white pants, white cordless shoes). I should preferred something different, more animal or sensual (and not so average) to deserve the title "Amor".

As a green, fouguere fragrance, it's suitable for all seasons except winter, for daytime use (for evening events I should preferred something stronger and I didn't dare to bore my wife with it at a romantic event). The fouguere notes raises the range of age to something upper 35 years old.

I tested today this fragrance, both on paper and on my skin. Although this is an unisex fragrance and I usually take them as feminine ones, I gave it a try.

On paper, the first notes I felt was tea... like a box filled with leaves of tea (remembered me the old tea PG I drink when I was a kid). This note lasted less than a minute, then appeared a fruity note, a bit tropical, and a fig note. This fruity note felt until the last moment (around 8 hours later) and was complemented with a musk note... didn't felt woody notes.

Lamentably on my skin can't get the tea note, just the fruity ones that felt a lot like a Hawaiian Tropic suntan oil... delicious, but not on my style.

I think it should fit better on a woman than on a man, it's a fruity cologne, aimed for warmer seasons. According with the attendant who sprayed it on me, in her case the fragrance accentuated the tea and fig notes, preferring her to use it on evening events. Anyway, it's a near US$100 Eau de Cologne, so I shouldn't recommend it just for daytime use. Didn't think a teenager should use it... as a Bvlgari product, it's aimed for a range of 30+ years old women who wants to distinguish itself.

I checked this fragrance from a box I have with samples I've got with my wife when visiting fragrance stores or buying fragrances.

Last week I test Nemo, also from Cacharel and now, when spray Gloria on a test paper I felt several notes repeated from Nemo (a sweet woody-like note) and Allure. The top notes are nice, a bit delicious and spicy and stays for a long time, then a middle note of roses adds to the former ones and finally a note of vanilla appears as a base note. Didn't felt the amaretto note, maybe was the "yummy" note.

The result is delicious, sensual, blended in a better way than Amor Amor (which gave me several stomach aches when smelled it). It's a romantic fragrance that shows an attractive woman through spicy and gourmand notes, more suitable for an evening use or at an office, in occasions where a woman wants to show herself. It can be used in both summer and winter seasons, and it's better aimed for a range of age between 18 and 40 years.

Last week I tested a little sample I had, as my 3 years old daughter wanted to use some "mammy parfume" instead her baby cologne. With my wife we got a couple of samples when visiting Paris in 2002 with some friends. One of them bought a fragrance and got a lot of samples... she let us to choice some ones and we take the Eau Torride ones, recently launched.

On my wife the main notes I felt was citrics, but not in the style of some sporty fragrances, it was supported by a middle notes based on soft flowers and soft woods. When tried it on my daughter, the same notes appeared, but an extra note also appeared, something like a bitter flower, maybe bamboo according to the olfative pyramid.

The fragrance isn't complex... it's at a middle point between a sporty fragrance and a daytime fragrance (my wife used it when traveling, to avoid carrying a bigger bottle of her favorite fragrance). Due to their citric notes, it's recommended for warmer seasons use, it's not strong enough for an evening use.

In Chile the fragrance was launched about 6 months after we got the samples and seemed it wasn't locally accepted: about a year later it disappeared from almost all fragrance stores.

After tested Halloween, I checked another J. del Pozo fragrance I had as a sample: a never opened 2 ml bottle of Duende.

As Halloween, the first time I smelled it the top notes appears mixed with the alcohol for a couple of minutes (longer than other fragrances, maybe the alcohol they uses is stronger than other fragrance houses), then lemon-like notes appears, in an old fashioned cologne style. Flower hints appears as middle notes, but the lemon note stays here for a while. Didn't felt additional base notes.

As a cologne, seems a warmer season is more appropriate due to their lemon notes. As it's not complex, it's suitable for daytime uses and as a non intrusive office cologne. The range of age is not restrictive... a girl or a grandma could use it and it should fit well on them.

Although Halloween isn't an event celebrated in Chile, for marketing reasons this fragrance is put on tester points in almost all departments stores in Santiago, every year in the week around October the 31th.

I got today a spray of it on paper. Still mixed with alcohol, the first top notes smells like a strong blend of fruits and flower notes, giving me the idea of a black and red gothic dressed girl. Funny thing... this top notes lasts about just a couple of minutes, then all the blend fades and almost disappears into a soft, more classical, flower note of magnolia and violet. This violet note stays for a long, covering the base notes that I can't felt, but seems to be a kind of wood.

Didn't know why this was named Halloween, maybe the perfumer though the cemeteries or witch's conjures smelled like violets. As a floral fragrance, I think it's better suitable for a spring or fall season, both daytime and evening events (the violet note tends to get strong with time, maybe it should turn unpleasant for a summer season). The range of age isn't restrictive, as an experiment for teenagers or a flower based cologne for older women.

My wife won a 100 ml tester bottle of this fragrance as a prize at a Lancome beauty event. When read all the 4 notes it had, it sounded a bit weird: just orange, tangerine, basil and... carrot.

As an "eau de forme" (supposedly less concentrated than an eau de toilette) for aromatherapy uses or as a sporty water for gym, it felt strong enough on my wife's skin, lasting about all the day. Don't seem to have a classical top-middle-base note structure, it smelled the same way all the time. The orange and tangerine notes gave the standard fresh note, the basil gave the green note, but the carrot... can't feel it, but gave a special surrounding note, something between a sweet note and an earthy note.

It's a fresh, relaxing fragrance, for use at spring and summer seasons (although my wife used it in winter at home and felt nice), as a more-complex-than-a-common-cologne daytime fragrance. The range of age don't seems to be restrictive, from tennagers to (sporty) grannys.

My wife gave me a paper she got from a department store, which had a few sprays of Miracle So Magic.

When smelled it should be in their middle notes, about an hour after the spray... the first impression was a flower note, maybe sweet roses, or fruity notes... my wife felt the same confussion. It remembered me a lot the L'eau from S.T.Dupont. About an hour later, the paper had the same final aroma of the original Miracle.

Seems to be a less complex and more teener-oriented version of Miracle, a nice happy fragrance for daytime use and maybe for romantic use (we're talking in a teenager case). Very fresh flowered, it's better for spring/summer use and for a younger range of age than the original Miracle, around 16-25 years old women.

About three years ago I got a 100 ml Nemo bottle as a gift for a men's magazine subscription. The funny thing is... I never opened this bottle. Tested it at winter in a department store and I didn't like it, it felt so much incensed.

Last week I found a tester bottle in a discontinued fragrance store and tried it again on paper... in a typical spring day the sensation was completely different. The top note was very citric and lasted about half an hour. Later a middle note appeared, based on woods and about an hour after the first spray appeared a sweet base note.

For some reason my skin didn't develope the citric notes and although the sweet notes smelled like my father after a cigarette session, the fragrance is not bad. As the citric top notes are brief, a colder season should be preferred, daytime or office use. The range of age covers both younger use and classical older occasions.

Some time ago when buying a fragrance for my wife she considered this one as a candidate along other fragrance (believe it was Gucci Envy). Although she finally preferred the other one, I found it as a 4 ml mini bottle and bought it for my wife as a souvenir.

I tested it on paper, the first impression is a explosion of fruity top notes, in a very "happy" way. Some minutes later, the rose notes appears and stay for a long time, in a sensual way, similar to Burberry London (curious note: for a while the rose note felt a lot like a detergent we have at home, but later other middle notes appeared and correct this impression). As base notes I felt a hint of a woody note... didn't felt the iris or vanilla notes.

I believe it can be used both in daytime and evening events. The fruity notes gives a fresh sensation that allows the use in warmer seasons and the main rose note allows the use in colder seasons. The "happy" sensation benefits the use at younger ranges of age (something like 20 years old), and the main rose note gives a more classic image, for ranges in the 30-50 years old.

Years ago I got a couple of mini bottles as a gift when bought a Samba Zipped, one of them was the Samba Unzipped for women. Just now when I was writing some fragrance reviews I remembered it was shelved somewhere at home.

The fragrance is strange: floral, sensual, almost delicious when smelled from the bottle, but when applied on skin it turns to a so-much-sweet result. As main notes I felt a something bitter flower (maybe iris), an oriental note and chocolate.

When applied in excess it may cause headaches (my wife didn't use spray, just points with the cap and felt sick... the reason why she shelved it). Don't believe it can be used at warmer seasons, the chocolate and iris-like notes restricts it just for winter, at open spaces. Maybe because the chocolate note it should be recommendable for a younger range of age, but the strong final aroma raises the range for older ages, something like 35 and over.

Got a sample of this fragrance when bought a parfum for my wife. The aroma isn't bad, classic style, but lacks of catchy notes that can make it rememberable. It can be confused easily with an average cologne.

When smelled, start with flower notes, but in few minutes the base notes in a soft oriental style arise, staying on top all the time. Checking in internet I found the structure of the fragrance is: top notes: cyclamen, freesia, pepper, blackcurrant; middle notes: magnolia, mimosa, orchid, gardenia, jasmine; base notes: amber, musk, vanilla, sandalwood, cedar.

Due to the main oriental notes, this fragrance is recomendable for a not-warm season (it don't have fresh notes), and just for a daytime use. Because it belongs to a classic style of fragrances, it didn't seem to be restrictive for a specific age.

I smelled it several years ago on some friends or known people, retained the name but no the aroma, maybe wasn't something special at these time. This week I had the opportunity of smell it again on two colleagues at work, both of them using it in the same day.

In the younger colleague, the fragrance felt very nice, with a citric-like top note according with her sporty and girly style, plus several floral notes and a freesia hint (due to this note, I confused this fragrance with Lancome's Miracle). Strange, on the older colleague with a more classic dressing style it didn't fit well and felt like something out of place.

The fragrance seems to be more suitable for a younger range of age, like 20-35 years old women. Didn't felt special at office, maybe it should have a better result as a daytime fragrance. Although the name is "Romance", the constant citric note didn't felt well for a romantic use.

A very feminine fragrance in a classic way, I bought it to my wife due to their similar notes with Elizabeth Arden's 5th Avenue.

It follows a classic schema, based on an orange-like/jasmine/rose/musk structure, with top notes of bergamot, fresia, pineapple and peach, middle notes of jacinth, lilies of the valley, roses and jasmine, and base notes of cedar, sandalwood, iris and musk. Smelling it now, it has similar notes with Molyneux's I Love You, due to the rose notes and the iris base, but in this case the iris is blended in a more subtle way.

Fruity notes gives a fresh start but the main note is the rose, that gives the romantic aspect in a young way (not granny style). The classic structure makes it suitable for office and romantic use, maybe an evening event but in warmer seasons. Don't seems to be restrictive to a specific range of age, believing to fit well in both younger and older women.

A very classic fragrance, it has an orange-like/jasmine/magnolia/amber/musk structure, with a main note of roses. Strange, with my wife it's roses almost all the time, but when tried it on my best friend, on her skin both felt violet notes (although they don't appear in the olfactive pyramid), giving us the brief idea of a Bvlgari pour femme.

The rose notes are strong, but not in a romantic fresh aspect (like Burberry London or Givenchy's Very Irrésistible), instead in a more mature ("granny") classic image. Seems to be suitable for an office use or an evening event, better in colder seasons, for women over 30 years old.

A hard to find fragrance, first got it as a sample for my wife, who used it for special events. Later I sought it in several stores in Santiago at Chile and Buenos Aires at Argentina. Finally, I found the last bottle of it in a little store in Viña del Mar for a reasonable low price. Didn't know if it's discontinued or not. It's a orange-like/jasmine/musk/amber structured fragrance, starts with a top note of bergamot, green apples, strawberry leaves and ivy leaf, followed by a middle note of jasmine, moroccan rose and lily, finishing with a base note of iris, cedar, musk and amber. Since the first spray the dominant note is the rose, resting later in the earthy iris and cedar notes. Due to the roses, it's suitable for a romantic use, better at night and in colder seasons because the iris (a note my wife can't use again after her pregnancy). Not so complex, seems to be well aimed for a range of 25-40 years old women.

A very fresh fragrance, at least in the "Intense Eau de Parfum" version it's very strong and long lasting. The green tea note is present all the time, starting with a lemon-like top note and perduring with a jasmine middle note. This complementary notes avoids feeling it like a simple green soap.

It's a very energizing fragrance, lasts almost all the day in my wife's skin. As it is the intense version, is more suitable for summer use (in winter it's a bit suffocative, specially at the elevator), daytime/evening events. Don't seems to be restrictive to certain kind of women and believe can be used for women of all the ages.

I got this one as a sample from a fragrance store and gave it to my wife for a test... good enough, she later bought it a at a duty free store. The fragrance is simple and follows the schema orange-like, jasmine, magnolia and musk notes. Starts with a bergamote and honeysuckle top note, then a jasmine, magnolia and orchid middle note, and a musk with vanilla base note.

Although it's not as complex as other S.T.Dupont fragrances (like the melon based classic S.T. Dupont pour femme), the fragrance gives a "very happy pinky girl" idea, making it suitable for daytime use and also summer night events. Due to the fruity and floral notes (and a bit green ones), don't seems to be suitable for colder seasons. Recommendable for women in the range 20-40 years old.

The second fragrance I bought for my wife, this one is a more classic and mature fragrance. Following her style for orange-jasmin-magnolia-musk structured fragrances, is starts with a delicious mandarine and melon top note, followed by jasmin, rose and Ylang-Ylang and finished by a sweet amber note. The melon note is very long lasting and gives it a distinctive signature, plus the rose and jazmine that gives a very femmenine smell. Strong enough, lamentably my wife can't continue using it after her pregnancy. The fruity top note are refreshing enough for a summer use, while the rose and amber note makes it suitable for a colder season. It's a romantic fragrance, for evening use (can be used at office, but believe it would be a waste), best aimed for women over 25 years old.

This fragrance was the first one I bought for my wife, by the time she was only my girlfriend and both were students. With few money I found a bottle of it for about US$35 and let she test it. The fragrance is very pleasant, giving both an image of clean classic sophistication and innocence. The main notes are mandarine, peach and roses, supported by jazmine and magnolia, and a base of cedar, musk and amber. As time passed, she used this fragrance as reference for future ones, taking orange-like top notes, jazmine middle notes and cedar, musk and amber base notes as her signature.

At least in Chile this fragrance is common, but not known by its name, just by its aroma (as I remember, it was used by my best friend, my secretary, a couple of colleagues and my brother's girlfriend... in all them it felt well). One of my top-tens, fits almost all women. Recommendable for all seasons, romantic, classic office and night use, and for a range of 15-60 years old.

I tested it on a paper yesterday, just passing in front of a department store and knowing nothing about their top, middle and base notes. Although it's not in my fragrance style, it's not a bad one... the first impression is a big main spicy note, with bits of fresh notes like lemon revealing later, and a final musk note. As its advertisement, it works as a sensual seductive fragrance due to the musk notes, which smelled very "animal", in conjunction with a cardamom note which felt like "human odor" (my wife words...). Later checked the Carolina Herrera's site and the whole notes are: Top: Bergamot, Mandarin, Green Leaf; Middle: Cardamom, Flower Petals, Pepper; Base: Sandalwood, Vanilla, Bois de Gaiac, Musk, Amber.

As I don't believe somebody would go to the office to seduce the secretary and every female crossing the hall, it's not a good choice for an office use (the "human odor" note, the same for sporty use), and more suitable for night events, nothing formal, like a pub or a disco. The range is young, for under 35 years old.

Nice, but for a romantic fragrance it lacked of interesting or distinctive notes, like Anais Anais, Noa, LouLou or Gloria from the same Cacharel. Notes are: mandarin, bergamot, jasmine Sambac, orchid, blackberry, amber, musk, sandalwood and cedar... except for the blackberries, they are rather standard notes.

When smelled it for the first time it didn't give me a good first impression, as the top note was earthy like a dead flower (due to the iris), but later it turned to sweeter notes, like sugar or caramel, in a powdery way. Soft, not intrusive and classic, I imagine it would be suitable for office, daytime and evening use, for someone who wants to project a more mature, elegant image.

I tested this Azzaro on a paper, and found it really good. Although it's very spicy, without falling in the vanilla-like oriental family, it has a special note that gives a fresh sensation... remembers me a lot the spicy notes from Salvatore Ferragamo. Suitable for winter use, but I bet it also can be used on warmer seasons without problem. For range 25-60 years old, it's both elegant and casual.

Smells citric and green, and a bit oceanic, not bad but expected something more original or special from Azzaro. Gives a classic image, like a 40+ years old man, but it lacks of distinctive notes.

I got a bottle of this as a present from a girlfriend several years ago... since this event I learned 2 things: fragrances can help you to give a specific image and to project your personality to the people around you, and... to never give parfumes as a present to other person, unless this person already tested and liked the fragrance. It was the only fragrance I threw to the trash, after a brief use as air freshener. Citric and oceanic, but too much strong for casual use and so much sporty for formal events.

Before smelled it for the first time and based only on the name "Hypnose" and the oriental-woody family it belongs, I though this fragrance would be a very strong, dark, disco-night kind of parfum. Surprisingly, it has a very nice start with a fruity flowered note (passiflora flower... a "maracuja"???) and the base note is a very soft and sweet vanilla. It's very suitable for daytime and office use, even on summer time. Seems to be better aimed for a younger range of age, under 40 years old.

The first time I tested it was on summer, I had the chance to bought it but preferred instead another fragrance I already was using. Now at winter I tested it again... seems to be suitable for both seasons: fresh with bergamot and violet at summer and oriental with tonka bean and chocolate at winter. The only drawback are the berries, that gives a sweet aroma that's still annoying for me.

Interesting fragrance, sweet and strong roses at the first spray, then tends to soft powdered notes like vanilla and oriental woods. At the first notes it seems to be a night aimed sensual fragrance, but at the base notes it appears to be suitable for office and daytime use, both summer and winter seasons, for women in the range 25-70 years old.

Citric top notes, a hint of marine aroma and some kind of flower at middle note, remembers me another fragrance from the 90's. The first spray was great, very fresh with bits of woods, but after a couple of hours it turns very plain (ocean notes aren't among my favorites).

Although the vendor who sprayed this fragrance on me said the top note was tangerine, I felt an aroma like red fruits or maraschino cherry as a main note. The base note is soft, not so woody as other fragrances, but more green with a bit of anise. It seems to be suitable for daytime, night and office, for a range 25-50 years old.

It seems the lemon note is the main one, as it stays for more than 5 hours since I applied for first time. Appears to have some aromatic notes (maybe the tarragon, sage or another spice leaves) but I didnt's feel woody notes as a base on it. A citric fragrance, aimed for summer use, 20-35 years old range.

When sprayed on my skin, it felt like "another fresh fragrance", nothing original... fortunately it turn to be better about an hour later. The start is a bit annoying, citric like a fresh summer water-style fragrance... not the idea for a luxury parfume from Montblanc. But later it turns to a fruity fragrance with a spicy note from ginger... this spicy note is the heart of the fragrance, the one which gives personality to the fragrance and awakes you when using, as the rest of the notes are very subtle and tends to be boring with time. I tested it on winter, I believe it's bet suited for summer, daytime use.

Tested on paper, it's a very classic (in a british style) fragrance according to its components: citric start for the first 10 minutes, then the woody base... remembers me some perfume from the '90s, in the line of Essenza di Zegna. The pimento note can be felt smelling for a while directly over the paper... it leaves a brief chili sauce sensation in the nose, but expected some distinctive, less traditional.

About 4 years ago I smelled this fragrance just because I was buying the male version of Blv and recommended it to my best female friend, because the image it projects: a clean and elegant aroma, with distinctive notes well blended. Gives a similar sophisticate image like Allure, but more flowered and active, and less sensual. Good lasting power, for use at office, evening and romantic events. Fits well in the range 25-60 years old. Shares similar notes with Blv pour homme, but when together they clearly differences in masculine and feminine aromas.

One of the first female colognes I smelled, when I was 3 years old my mother used it, I remembered this aroma more than 20 years late. It's a fragrance with personality, sweet floral with an oriental base, maybe a bit dated but different from the massive/common taste parfumes. Seems there's no age range for this cologne, a simple aroma for daytime and office use.

Not bad, but rather common since 1994 (unlike other older classics). It should be taken as a splash cologne for summer or sports, or for young women (usually don't trust on unisex fragrances, I take them as women fragrances), not for more serious/evening events. Better in the range under 30, as I smelled it on older women, business style dressed, and it projects a very contradictory image.

Pink grapefruit, suave mandarine, blood orange, melati flower, white musk, lily of the valley, sandalwood, vanilla, grey amber... all of these ingredients look nice, but smelling the fragrance on a colleague at my office... well it works more like a kick on the stomach than a love elixir. It's a fruity floral fragrance, but so much intense and disturbing for my taste. Maybe the eau de parfum or the overspraying cause this effect on me, because I smelled the eau de toilette version on another person and it felt better. I still prefer Elizabeth Arden's 5th Avenue or the RL's Romance on a woman for romantic purposes.

Strange... few times a fragrance gave me the idea of a color when smelled: Pink!! It's very feminine, floral fruity (maybe the fresia is the dominant note, as I confused this Miracle with Romance... both have this note in common), but I got different sensations on different people: on my best female friend it felt like shampoo, on my mother it smelled like baby cologne, and on my 2 years old daughters it felt as complex as Tressor! I believe it's better suited for spring and summer seasons, range 15-30 years old and girl-like looking women.

I remember this fragrance from a former girlfriend, so maybe it should be the reason I felt this fragrance a lot sensual, like a Pavlovian conditioned reflex (same applies for Tressor and Revlon's Charlie, her other 2 fragrances), and the same reason I felt it very inappropriate on some people. Floral based (sometime I read it has white magnolia as main note), I think it's more suitable for girls in the 15-25 years old range, just for romantic use. It's not enough sophisticate for office or evening use, or older women, and it's very irritating when applied in excess.

Smelled it from my best female friend (who also asked me to write a review about it), it has similar notes with Givenchy's Very Irrésistible (the rose and peonia maybe) and although I felt initially both ones were a bit generic, Burberrys London is a lot more sensual and sophisticate. When smelled it was in its middle notes, didn't get the clementine nor the sandalwood, maybe get the jasmine and the musk, but roses was the main note (without falling in the "two-centuries-ago-granny-rose-water" vein). Unlike other fragrances on my personal top ten list, like Allure, I can't remember the scent, but enjoyed the moments when I smelled it. For daytime wear, office or romantic events, I believe it's suited for women in the range 25-40 (ok... maybe under 50, but forget the sensual notes at older cases).

Already smelled it a couple of times ago, one helping a friend buying a fragrance, another one on an elevator heard someone was using it... nothing special, rather generic. But today as a joke I let my 2 and half years old daughter test it on a department store... maybe because her skin, but it felt very nice and long lasting. Very floral with a oriental base (later I read it was anise) changed my opinion about rose-based fragrances ("granny-odor"). Not a classic, just nice... still a good choice for women in the range under 40, both summer and winter seasons.

I couldn't try it on my skin, only on a paper. Smelled very nice and classic, citric and fresh. I don't know how long lasting is, because my daughter lost the paper on the street.

I tried a spray of this fragrance on a paper... smells very woody, but it remembers another fragrance, in the same way of Declaration from Cartier and with a hint of Bulgari pour homme, maybe because the Cardamom and the Guaiacwood. The papers says the top notes are: Bergamot, Ginger and Cardamom. The middle ones are: Clary Sage, Geranium and Coriander. The Dry Down has Cedarwood, Guaiacwood and Musk. A winter scent.

Another one of my top 10 list of woman fragrances, it smells well on almost everybody: on my best friend, on an executive at a project I was a couple of years ago... and on my mother-in-law!!! Mainly vanilla and maybe amber, it have very sweet notes I guess maybe fruits. A winter parfum, as it may be so strong in summer and in overspray cases.

Eden is one of those fragrances which varies a lot depending the kind of skin. Remember it smelled very well in one girl at the University (not the one using LouLou!) and in one of my wife's friend, but when I convinced my wife (before we married) to test if... ugggg!!!! like dead flowers!... and the salesman said he never had before a case where a fragrance smelled so bad. It was enought to ruin the rest of the evening and return back home to wash her hands and her sweater. Maybe good, but not for all the skins.

A fragrance with personality, sweet and very distinctive, with main notes of peach and some flower I can't remember. I smelled it on women in range 30-40+ at colder seasons, fitting very well on them. I don't think abut Tresor as a tennage girl fragrance... it's for classic women, part romantic, part office (although a bit strong). Common in the late '90, I've not smelled it in the last years. Still in my top 10 list of best fragrances for women.

Two weeks ago I met in a dinner with 3 girls, friends from the University, and one of them had a mini bottle of LouLou she never dare to use. I smelled it and remembered those years at the University... a girl who usually sat in front of me (or I sat behind her?, I don't remember) used this fragrance: an intense aroma of sensual flowers, animal instincts and lust around her. Well... maybe this is a fragrance aimed just for atracting men (like Herrera for Men or Egoiste Platinum, that I personally hate but women loves it), as other of my friend also smelled it and said it was like vomit, a cheap fragrance she remembered from the University times... the same girl???

As the name says, its a Cologne... not a EDT. Smells like hints of Boucheron Eau de Toilette, but in a very downed way. On my skin it felt like a common cologne. Better use the same EDT on summer, but fewer sprays.

Daddy-fragrance... very woody with a flower start. Strong and very long lasting, but it lacks of "happy" or "exotic" notes.

Simple, I used a sample as a travel cologne on weekends, just to avoid waste other special samples I had. A bergamot starting note and a sandalwood end... just that.

Fresh, a bit overflowered with a sweet fruity note and soft woody basenotes, but... eh... it's not a very masculine fragrance. In fact a pair of girls on my office liked it (I had a sample in my desk in case I forgot to use cologne)... the first one tried it that day and the second one usually asked me the sample as an additional aroma for meetings.

A bit synthetic at the begining (about half an hour when tested it on my skin), then it stays on anise, standard woody notes and oriental notes like vanilla. Not fresh enough, I feel it was more a autumn/winter choice. I liked the aroma from the sample I got, but for some unknown reason I never wanted to use it as a fragrance for daily use.

Smells classic... maybe so much classic. In the fresh/fougere line, it don't have catchy top or base notes. In fact, it's almost the same aroma until the end.

Nothing special... more a deodorant spray than a cologne. Flower top notes... I don't remember the base notes, it had a very soft drydown.

Better than the previous Zara fragrance, more woody notes and still fresh. I tried it on paper, so I don't know much it lasts. A good not expensive alternative, for a 25+ years old range, suitable for office, evening and romantic events (not like the Zara Man, a Disco/Pub teen cologne). It'll be as unique or common as Zara stores in your area.

Very long lasting, fresh with a green note, a flower and a woody base. Maybe for the range 18-25 years old, simple fragrance nothing complex and not an expensive one. For someone who wants to be notorious, don't worrying about smelling like the inside of a Zara store. (sorry... I try a sample on my hand while writing this review... I must go to wash my hand at the middle of the last phrase above... very pungent and sicking).

Very good one, masculine with orange-like top notes (top note stays more time than an average parfum) and vanilla wood base notes. Easy to recognize... but due to department stores (at least in Chile) it tends to be a bit common.

The top notes are very intense and disturbing: strong anise (like medicine), a flower and something like liquor, but fortunately it lasts about five minutes or less. The base note is more stable, with a gourmet vanilla note (not the classic oriental vanilla one) and a wood, that remembrances a bit of Jean Paul Gaultier's Le Male, without the orange notes. A gourmand style parfum.

Although it's not so much long lasting, the citric notes and soft woody base notes are very refreshing. A bit expensive for a sporty cologne, but good enough as a summer choice for a fragrance for oneself.

So much strong... and it have a strange note (sage?) that gives me a stomachache. Oddly, there's an Axe/Lynx deodorand that smells similar to it, and a lot cheaper and common than it.

Very green and a bit fresh, distinctive aroma and a bit luxurious, nice drydown and good lasting power. There's a floral note that I don'like (present in Boss Dark Blue and some Axe/Lynx deodorants... maybe sage).

Strong, a grapefruit top note not fresh enought due to the heavy incense and woody base notes. For those who likes strong oriental fragrances.

A not strong, classical/office fragrance, the amber note remembers a little of Azzaro and the apple note gives a fresh start. Not expensive and very accesible (in Chile it's sold in drugstores, like Puig fragrances), but for strange reasons it's not very known... good choice for those who want something unexpensive and not so much common.

The grapefruit (and maybe clove or another spicy note) gives a hint of Salvatore Ferragamo at start, but then it becomes too spicy.

Very strong, but it has an unknown bitter/acid note that I unlike (maybe the lime or mate, a smoky herbal tea). It's the kind of fragrance that leaves a trail behind one.

Like Carolina Herrera, women likes it a lot. Masculine, strong and very long lasting, but so much floral for me. As somebody said in a review, it can give a headache if used in excess (1 spray was enought for me to get the headache).

Very distinctive, unlike Allure Homme this version is more suitable for sporty/younger people. An oriental base, with a predominant violet note. Very strong, as it was felt for somebody 2 meters away from me when I have a paper test inside the pocket of my jacket!

Very good and masculine, falls in the classic/office category. Spicy and woody base, with hints of... olive leaves???

Start with a citric note, like orange peel, then downs to a woody spicy note. There's a strange note around all the time, maybe agave, that ruins all the mix.

"Aqua" is for sea, not for fresh. Starts with a bergamot citric note that fades into some sort of wood that smells exactly like salty sea... maybe a seaweed. The lasting power is good enought.

Sorry... so much strong and suffocative. Rather known in Chile as it's not an expensive fragrance and it's solds in drugstores (in fact, all the Puig line is sold mainly in drugstores here). Tends to be a choice for newcomers, who got it as a present from somebody.

A classic from the '80, like Azzaro and Drakkar noir. Very strong, tobbacco is the predominant note. Like Agua Brava, can be overwhelming and suffocative in excess.

Very strong and classic, with a notorious lavender note and sweet amber base. Tends to be a bit known and dated... it's very used in the range 40+ years old, and a first choice for presents (father-son, wife-husband) and as a elegant events cologne. Less sensual but more mature than Carolina Herrera.

Soft woody fragrance with a wood lasting power, leather and sandalwood are the main notes. Distinctive but not so known (mainly because its soft... a personal fragrance). Although it's a bit old, it don't smell dated, like Drakkar Noir by example.

A very distinctive and floral fragrance (so much floral for me), it's known to be very appreciated by women (at least 2 girls I met used it). As it's very distinctive, it also tends to be very common and known (like Azzaro), as a first choice for presents from girlfriends/wifes.

Very nice, unique and distictive, with a good lasting power. Starts with a fresh slighty citric note, then keeps in a soft (and a bit green) woody note. The ginger and musk gives the sensual note. For both winter and summer seasons.

Not bad, a fresh start with citric leaves that fades into nutmeg and soft woods with a bit of floral notes. Classic, like Boucheron.

Green, a bit floral, but very distinctive and fresh. A better lasting power would be desired (so much soft after 2 hours).

Strong (leaves a trail behind one), very fruity with a good not-so-much-woody base note, women likes very much this fragrance (big mistake: I gave the name of it to my female partners at office... 1 month later they bought the fragrance for their husbands/boyfriends). Distinctive aroma, at least in Chile it became common because department stores sprayed it all the time.

Very elegant and long lasting but in a soft way (a fragrance for oneself as it don't leave a trail behind one). The anise note stays until the end and the tonka beans gives the soft oriental drydown (less oriental than vanilla). Sandalwood also can be smelled as a base, without turning it in a woody fragrance.

Very nice and long lasting fragrance that ends with a very aromatic wood note (must be the hazelnut). Strange... I never feel the grapefruit and minty note, and the mocha smelled more like chocolate, but both top and woody notes gave a very refreshing/relaxing sensation.

Smells like a short-lasting Xeryus Rouge version, but without the sharp/romantic/elegant notes.

Good enough, it's a well balanced masculine sweet cologne, very fruity without falling in a tutti-frutti mix. Top notes stays for more than 2 hours, then gradually fades in a soft, non powdering (and still sweet) woody drydown.

Really strong, woody and spicy, like Azzaro on steroids! How much long lasting is?: accidentally I sprayed a CD booklet... the smell stayed for more than 2 years.

Be aware... the coriander note can be confused with body odor. Top and base notes smelled a bit generic, average lasting.

A bit dated, like Azzaro or Quorum, but still a classic. Suitable for office use, but better for romantic moments.

For people who likes some really different... very fruity, a bit artificial, remembers a cola or guarana drink. Long lasting, keeps the same addictive smell all the time. Not bad, but I would prefered to smell it on a woman.

Uggg... for people who like very sweet and fruity fragrances, it has a powdery drydown, average lasting.

Ideal for office use: soft fruits and a bit marine (the fouguere notes), strong enough to be smelled by oneself, without being intrusive to people around.

Very fresh and green, with a spicy note (pepper?) that allows using it at evening and cooler seasons.

A very exclusive (=expensive) fragrance, part classic, part sharp, but it has the same problem with S.T.Dupont: the woody base is too strong for an office or closed area (Cardamom note can be confused with "body odor") and the citric top note is so bitter that it can't give a refreshing sensation like other bergamot-based colognes. Better for autumn/winter seasons, to allow a close, personal warming feeling from the woody notes.

A very long lasting citric (and very citric!!) fragrance with a soft woody base, ideal for summer times without falling in the "sport cologne" category (ala "CK One"). Appears to be a classic fragrance aimed to ages 30+ well-dressed men, but unlike Drakkar Noir (another classic) it's not a "girl catcher" cologne.

Sorry... it smell fresh but generic, and it didn't last enought on me.

Well... not my style. It smelled like plastic inside a new car. Try smelling a Twinings' Lapsang Soochong tea plus extra vanilla... is almost the same smoky aroma!!!

Very distinctive aroma with a top note of fig at the first spray (fig was not common in early 2000, it appeared before Marc Jacobs and Hermes' Un Jardine en Mediterranee) and staying with grapefruit (like Memoire d'Homme), clove and woody notes. I could never use it on summer, it sicked me at poor ventilated spaces (office and subway).

Nice woody fragrance, similar to Cartier Declaration (it must be the coriander) but a bit flowered. At least for me it worked fine on Winter (2 sprays were enought)... it was too dense for using in summer!

Really good fragrance, fresh with a bit flower/woody, giving a "I'm feeling clean" sensation. Still have a 1ml sample containing the fragrance notes... Top: bergamote, mandarin & oak leaves. Heart: green tea, transparent jasmin & violet leaves. Base: sandalwood, light amber & musks.

I bought the last bottle in a store at Chile in 1999 for about US$30... last time I saw it was in Lima in 2001. At least in South America I never saw it again.