Fragrance Reviews

Fragrance Reviews by Heawns

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Blue Sugar by Aquolina

Sweet, sweet, sweet.

Comparing this to Lolita Lempicka Au Masculin (both sharing a lot of qualities), this one is more easy going, more casual (not as owerpowering on the licorise/anise - vanilla), letting you easier smell all the notes, of this, in my humble opinion, beautiful fragrance.
06 June 2009

B*Men by Thierry Mugler

I'd think I like this more than A*Men...because this one (B*Men) doesnt start very sharp and then drydown to a relatively sweet & harmless smell. B*Men stays more balanced throughout, but that's not as exciting to me, so this will 'just' be my more 'casual'/'everyday' -fragrance.

This is not as cloying-potential as A*Men, and in comparison this seems to be more doable to wear in warmer weather, to me.

07 May 2009

Ice*Men by Thierry Mugler

Refreshing, substantial, cool, warm, crisp, yet, for me atleast, slightly repulsive. Quite unique. Reminds me a bit of staying awake long long, while drinking tons of coffe so you start to freeze and (cold) sweat...but (mostly) in a good way...

Not heavy, tough not light/elusive, nor sweet, -kinda smell.

Lasts around 6 hours for me and stays quite linear in it's evolving.
30 April 2009

Davidoff Adventure by Davidoff

''A fresh, spicy and woody fragrance inviting to a faraway escapism...'' Revitalizing, assuring.

Lasts for me about 2-4 hours...not to good, and it doesn't seem to project far away from the body for me.

I'm really considering buying a bottle, even tough it's not very groundbreaking and the lasting-power isn't really there...
30 April 2009

Porsche Design Essence by Porsche

I haven't smelled a lot of light/aquatic/sporty/fresh-scents in my life, and I don't really wan't to either...

I sincerely think this is a good fragrance (perhaps not a good fragrance to use, dun dun duun). My 1.2ml vial will last me a good while!

I would give it a thumbs up if this wasn't the type of scent 'everyone' would wear.
02 April 2009

A*Men / Angel Men by Thierry Mugler

The first few hours reminded me of summer... Fresh air, tar, flowers, a synthetic smelling bath/shower-gel-time after a day out in the sun...yet enough hints of the warmer half of this fragrance. Lovely in my opinion, and in your face! The later drydown (wich lasts very very long on my skin) is much less intimidating, warmer as I said, and the synthetic touch (from the helonial I guess) depletes.

The fragrance notes written here I agree explains this fragrance a lot.

02 April 2009

Gucci pour Homme by Gucci

Woody(!), quite spicy in the beginning, then it mellows down. This is a fragrance wich I sincerely like... Tough I wouldn't pick it first for any occasion I can think of, because it's not exciting enough, but that might just be my view.
01 April 2009

Lolita Lempicka Au Masculin by Lolita Lempicka

This is a very sweet fragrance, very sweet scents (in this one atleast) I don't mind at all. Anise/licorice rich, I love that. For me it has some depth, some unique notes flashing by making it enough exciting.

I don't find it cloying, but I guess that depends on who's smelling it.

Nice when you want to be smelled for sure, if you don't mind that not everyone will be a fan of it.
01 April 2009

Bulgari Black by Bulgari

Unique. I love the smoky rubbery smell, and with whatever else I could possibly smell alongside the vanilla yummyness. I love the bottle, I love the whole fragrance.

Lasts quite long, sillage I don't know (not used it so much), pretty strong (2-3 sprays max - no more than that for me).
Unisex - sure, it seems very induvidual if you would acctually be able to '''pull it off'', Im weird enough tough so I don't have to worry about that.

29 November 2008

Opium pour Homme by Yves Saint Laurent

I would hardly wear this on the day, its...well yes darker than that so to speak. I don't want to take to many hits of minty oriental booze if I would want to concentrate on work, school, or anything the like.
I don't like the minty touch much at all, but when I use some Opium that doesn't concern me.....atleast I hope so for the bottles safety.

Quite yummy. Im not sure I love it, but seems loveable and very vibrant.
29 November 2008

Acqua di Giņ pour Homme by Giorgio Armani

This doesn't work very well with cold weather, according to my nose, and I don't feel like spraying my whole body with it. I want to smell myself and the frag a bit once in a while without having to sniff like a maniac... Like to wear it indoors at home sometimes, in these colder months here... Its fresh and clean. I can also understand reviews here saying it makes them feel sick-ly, for me it doesnt get near that point, tough its not ultra-light to me, it has some character, can make me a bit dizzy but thats because I keep smelling my wrists.

Smells good, but I'll be trying to find something less used untill summer. '''Dont touch it in atleast 5 years'' - yeah thats probably a good advice.
16 November 2008

L'Eau d'Issey pour Homme Intense by Issey Miyake

Good lasting power and sillage on myself.

Its a tad to soft for me (especially some late part of the drydown wich at a time mostly smelled sweet and cozy), would like it to be a bit more ''intense'' rather than (intensively) sweet and tolerable. Not as vibrant as I hoped, for me it smells very good tough.
15 November 2008
 
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