Fragrance Reviews by javagreen

The opening of L'Ombre Fauve on the skin is very rich, one can immediately identify the dry woods with a mixture of subtle spices gently sprinkled all over it, giving it a familiar "woody-spicy" accord you get to smell in dozens of Perfumes nowadays. However, that is where the similarity ends and L'Ombre Fauve leaves the runway, taking off, off to reach dazzling heights like a sleek aircraft. The Amber warms up to the touch of the skin within minutes of application, rising up alongwith the body heat radiating around you. For the shortest moment, sniffing it during it's mid-stage I got something like Milk! eek.. I thought... WTF.. that aroma quickly gave away to something smelling like slightly Burnt Rubber at first, then Unburnt Rubber... hmm, interesting.

Fortunately the milk/rubber reference soon leaves the heady mix letting the Amber now take centerstage. This Amber alongwith the mingled resinous Incense and full bodied Musk gives off one of the dreamiest sillage my nose has ever recorded. Wow..slightly sweet and truly Sumptuous in its "feel" .. one can tell the quality of the ingredients used in creating this blend. Absolutely dazzling.

The fragrance progresses on into its drydown with the Patchouli now binding the trio of Amber, Powdery Musk and Incense together with only a hint of woodiness. Matter of factly I was able to detect the Patchouli quite early on in the development, is it the Patchouli interacting with some other ingredient in the blend to create an olfactory illusion of Milk/Rubber? I don't know for sure. The drydown is as Impressive as the earlier development stages of the fragrance is.. mesmerizing and reminds one of all things Glorious. It almost alters one's perspective, elevating the wearer's state of mind and I'm saying this from the experience of having worn the fragrance and experienced the heavenly drydown myself.

On application has a very calming effect on me, the patchouli and the sandalwood coming together in a slightly heady harmony. Not sweet at all, plentifully meditative and superiorly full bodied as all PG fragrances are with terrific lasting...we're talking 8+ hours with just 2 medium sprays. While it manages to smell sufficiently complex to my nose, I do not find it "sexy" or "exotic" however. It's simply "down to earth" and stays that way on my skin.

Very good Citrus scent, infact one of the best I've smelled. It has a shimmering "glossy" quality only for a brief bit in the opening and then progresses to take on a "matte" persona. It's highly transparent, revealing its every facet, evenly spread out across your olfactory senses.

Has a pleasant musky slightly powdery green drydown reminding me of the way the musc is handled in another perfume called "New York" from the same house. One can make out the distinct PdN handling.

Straight to Heaven kept me interested throughout with its loud woody camphory opening laced with subdued spices and musk ... it stayed that way for a long time on my skin, almost uni-dimensional until the drydown where It takes a spicy approach to an Incensy base.

Pretty interesting fragrance if one doesn't mind the linear nature, pleasant to smell and somewhat intriguing.

This one left me pondering, pondering NOT about how much I liked it but pondering about it's similarities to Lorenzo Villoresi's Alamut in the drydown. It gave me that same delicate powdery musky cloud of comfort that Alamut gives, but thats about it.... I could never "get" it as it reached the drydown stage too fast on my skin. Like the other reviewer said, the notes scroll by.. albeit a bit too fast, atleast on my skin.

Not one that I'd drop my cash on.

I completely agree with some of the reviewers here who find it sensual, I do too. Apart from the finely blended strawverry notes, I also smell rich green apple notes, lending that little tanginess to the overall package.

Despite liking it immediately I initially had second thoughts about wearing this outside, but one day I finally gave in and wore it to work.. much to my delight.. I received a couple of compliments from a couple of my colleagues, male and female. I like this cologne and it'll continue to be a part of my wardrobe.

Just recently bought this.... and I have fallen in love with it. I get no sweetness.. and the smell isnt dirty per se .. its the smell of a soiled cat.. i.e. a cat's unwashed body.. the fur... very animalic in character.. plus that DENSE smokiness... with that strange "dirt" and cardboard..whew.

I gotta be careful though... my girl probably wont like Dzing largely due to its animalic nature.. like i've been sleeping in my cat's bed but that isn't stopping me from wearing this gem :thumbup:

To me, Aigner Black is a pretty BLACK smelling scent.. I love it.. I remember having read somewhere that it contains some pure Black Musk and if you ask me, it does smell like it really has healthy doses of Black Musk added it for good measure. Some people say it smells like the men's cologne by John Varvatos but the one and ONLY thing common between these two is the leather note... apart from that, these two are completely different beasts altogether... once settled on the skin, they take the completely opposite paths, atleast on mine they do.

I find Aigner Black to be a tad more sweeter than John Varvatos.... and definitely more "sexy" of the two after it settles. Think of Aigner Black as Angelina Jolie and John Varvatos as Jessica Alba... while both are sexy, Jolie is more "sultry" .... probably not an ideal correlation.. but you get the idea ;-)

Nice fragrance... but sadly it only lasts about 15 minutes on me... why the hell does it have to be SO damn light?

It's mysterious.. its sophisticated.. and yep I agree, way ahead of its time.

The ONLY thing I do not like about this is the rather powdery drydown (on my skin atleast)