Fragrance Reviews by Russlan

Smells different from the original. No apple pie here, not even a hint on an apple sweetness. It's fresher, more somber affair, somewhat transparent - in a Tommy T fashion - and goes on forever. I like new one better.

Smells very much like good old 4711 on me, but with a modern twist - which is not bad at all!

Smells just a tad more fruity than original one to my nose.

The concept was to create the scent of some distant exotic islands, hence the name. OK, let's see - top: grapefruit, orange, lemon, nutmeg, wormwood. Heart: geranium, insence, lavender oil, cedar nuts. The base: patchouli, musk, vanilla.

Fresh and light scent with citrus top notes, herbaceous and floral heart and mossy base. Pacific Light was created by an advanced technology called "head space analysis" which is widely used today and allows perfumers to extract the aroma of a flower or plant while it is a living organism.

Fresh chypre with citrus top notes and woody-mossy base. Cool, clean and masculine. I often come across people who wear Cool Wave or something like that.

It smells of nothing. Pure air. Great for mixing with heavier fragrances - it gives your old favorites an unexpected twist.

Floral oriental along the lines of Eternity, but with intriguing note that remind me wild berries. And stays forever!

Mossy, musky floral chypre. Not bad at all, but quite rare nowadays.

I remember this scent from the 80-s when it was still around - a somewhat leathery chypre with citrus opening notes, flowery heart and musky-leather drydown. It would be interesting to come across the bottle again.

Great stuff. Very classic-smelling. Notes are Japanese yuzu, grapefruit, nutmeg, pepper, sandalwood, cedar, leather, musk. Cool bottle too - it doesn't have a top cap, you just turn the spray to the left and open the release, and the spray itself has a leather button on top that's always pleasant to touch.

Distinguished and sophisticated! The woodsy notes are interwoven with oak moss and lavender, then blended with oriental flowery-musky accord. Elegant. Long-lasting.

This scent is like Rocabar gone hippy. Imagine a person in his young Aquarius days, long hair, smile, beads, spliff and The Byrds - it's Michael, then the very same guy in 90-s, formal suit, older, wiser, good credit history, house, cognac and opera - you get the Rocabar.

Fresh and spicy floral oriental fragrance with notes of osmanthus, tangerine flowers, lavender and amber. Powdery drydown. Girls love it!

Musgo Real men's soaps have been hand made and stamped in Portugal since 1887. Developed for the aristocracy, they are a lasting tradition from the century-old Claus & Schweder company. Musgo Real Concentrated Cologne is the essence of the Musgo Real scent. Blended with spice and woodland tones of patchouli and vetiver and the floral notes of lavender and geranium, this light, clean and sporty scent smells classic, sophisticated and masculine.

Corinto Pour Homme is a fresh, woody, mossy, lavender cologne. A bit too 'Eighties' overall.

Sporty, refreshing, a bit fruity fragrance - a blend of green tea, pineapple, amber and jasmine. Good for office, excellent to wear in summer. Classic-looking bottle too.

Subtle and inviting fragrance with warm and masculine notes

Sporty, fresh and young fragrance, supposedly consisting entirely of original American ingredients - Kansas water mint, Carribean lime, Central America geranium and Virginia juniper among others.

Interesting scent, modern but distinctly Mediterranean in flavour with its citrus and sea salt notes with hint of spices. The heart is flowery with notes of cyclamen, violet, jasmine and geranium. The base is a blend of amber, woods and mosses.

A combinartion of of mint, grapefruit and apple forms the top notes, the heart is composed of sage and cinnamon, which leads to a base of patchouli and sandalwood. Of three Les Copains scents that I know - Trend, Pour Homme and Bleu I like the last one the best.

Light oriental with hints of florals is all I can recall about this fragrance that I encounter once in a while. The bottle is made of frosted grass, and the colour of juice is indeed reminds of jade - it's pale green.

I'm a big fan of original Faconnable, so I was curious about this one. Well, I tried it yesterday, and I must say it was a minot letdown. It starts off very fresh, airy, with green/grass/leaves accord, and stays pretty much like that till it fades out, beginning more dry and bitter on the drydown. The scent is simple and not that interesting, the price was high, the bottle is not the most convenient around - you have to turn the wheel that's under the spray to the right, and then press the spray as hard as you can in order to release the juice. I'll give it another try sometime that's for sure, but at the moment the verdict is negative.

Light, easy-going, casual citrus-fruity fragrance. Nice, but I don't keep friendship with Ferraris for some reason. Wrong chemistry I guess.

Nice bottle, excellent packaging, but there's something about the Red that keeps me off brom buying it. Too piney-woody? Too loud? Weird evolution on my skin? I don't know.

Heavy chypre with notes of leather and tobacco. Serious stuff. Long gone, and probably impossible to find even in Japan.

A huge hit among the ladies, no doubt about it. I like it too, but IMHO, Yang by Jacques Fath, which is basically the same type of a scent, beats good old Declaration hands down.

I don't wear it anymore since my wife asked me very politely one day to stop using it. Well, no big deal since I wasn't that mad about it from day one.

Light and fresh fragrance a bit similar to CK One, but heavier in a sense that there's a noticeable musk note going through with some interesting "soapy" undertones. Lasts longer than CK One and more interesting in general. Recommended.

There's a a complimentary fragrance for Bogner B Man called Bogner Woman, the bottles are identical in shape, but the colour is different: Bogner Man is blue, BW is orange. Anyways, BM is a fresh casual fragrance with notes of green tangerine (which gives it a somewhat bitter bite), grapefruit, birch leaves, then goes an accord of black tea, pepper and basil, and the basenotes are composed of sandalwood and oakmoss.

The bottle is stylized after the spiral of DNA molecule, and can be used for educational purposes. But seriously, DNA is unassuming casual scent with notes of bergamot, jasmine, lavender, amber, cedar and sandalwood. A bit generic.

The fragrance that starts with mellow citrus notes followed by grassy herbal accord and a masculine base of amber and woods. Lasts a decent amount of time, and best of all - the price is low.

Good and inexpensive unisex scent that starts off very citrusy, then becomes a bit more flowery with hints of sweetness that is caused by vanilla I guess. Casual, pleasant, great to wear on hot summer days.

The only fragrance from J&E Atkinsons that I tried, and I myst say I like it a lot. It is quite simply done, but is still charming - warm and subtle, lingering close to the skin. It's fresh, a bit woody in the heart and woody-spicy on the drydown. The main note is guajaco wood and some exotic colonial spices. A+.

Italian fragrance with notes of lemon, artemisia, sandalwood and musk, and dedicated to the game of golf, which is clear from the design of the bottle that is made in shape of the golf bags of old.

A fragrance for casual or office wear. It is fresh and quite intense when first applied, but fades into something comfortable, appealing and very familiar smelling. Good option if you want to get yourself something new without breaking a bank because it is not expensive at all.

Zen-like, transparent and tender. Cool, calm and romantic, but at the same time I can't imagine a woman wearing this, it smells absolutely masculine. Try this, it's an interesting one.

Cuiron is an attempt to reinvent leather with a modern twist, without losing its classic masculinity. The amber flask is modeled after an antique Viennese apothecary bottle!

Lagerfeld Man is a fragrance inspired by the look (see the bottle) and smell of men with freshly ironed white shirts. This fragrance follows in the footsteps of Lagerfeld Femme. Excellent indeed.

The second scent from Alfred Sung that is the companion to Shi Alfred Sung, a women's fragrance launched last year. Both scents are inspired by feng shui. Hei is a green fougere with notes of fennel, bergamot and bamboo.

The scent was released as a part of Julian's fashion line of the same name. Distinguished, clean, fresh citrus with hint of white flowers, an excellent choice for the office wear - and ladies love it.

Spicy, mossy, somewhat akin to Equipage Hermes or Karon Pour Un Homme, although Iquitos is more floral. Dark and a bit heavy. Good to wear in a colder weather.

Fresh, at first a bit spicy, but overall pretty light chypre that smells very similar to many other colognes that have the same citrus-floral-woody combination of notes. It's sporty, dynamic, casual and doesn't cost huge bucks. I recall I still have a bottle of it stashed somewhere around the house.

Fresh, a bit ozonic scent with notes of citrus, amber and woods. Reminds of not so sweet Wings GBH, or less simple Eternity, with a drydown that shares resemblance to the one of Cool Water. Quality mass market summer scent.

Fresh chypre along the lines of Hugo (the greyish-green one), that was a winner of FiFi awards in 2000 as the best mas-market fragrance. If you want to stay on budget and smell nice give it a try.

Coty has lots of varieties of its Adidas scents, and Dynamic is a fresh marine one. Smells a bit like Michael Jordan cologne with some other notes reminscent of Davidoff Cool Water.

With name like Adidas and a company like Coty one would expect the Moves to be something pretty much run-of-the-mill, but it is actually not. It's surprisingly comlicated, yet sportive, fresh and masculine fragrance along the lines of Lucky You by Liz Claiborne. Nice move, that.

An excellent green floral-ambery scent that was made by Edmond Roudnitska, a perfumer of the century who created such classics as Eau Sauvage and Eau D'Hermes. Too bad it's out of production and is almost impossible to find nowadays...

Sweet, musky, dark. Smells somewhat similar to BY D&G, but is less powdery and has more prominent tobaccy note. Another fragrance it is often compared to is #1 by Clive Christin, but #1 is much better.

My favorite of all three Ungaro scents. If you know the excellent scent called Caswel-Massey Number Six, and wish it could have more presence and last longer, try Ungaro II.

A fragrance of the great quality made by people of Chanel. Bears a certain resemblance to both Contradiction CK and Herrera for men (much more dry than Herrera, more complicated than Contradiction). Excellent.

The smell of clean woods with notes of tangerine, sandalwood, vetiver, oakmoss and cedar. Lasts a pretty good time. Fresh and masculine.

I did a blind test once, giving 6 scents for 9 people in the room - L'UOMO, DARK BLUE, A'MEN, P Givenchy, L'EAU PAR and CHROME. The result was - 7 out of 9 chose L'UOMO as the scent they liked the most. Another guy liked CROME, and another one - A'MEN. All the girls liked Trussardi better. True story.

Light and transparent, unobtrisuve, sporty, masculine. A bit too expensive for a cologne that's very fleeting. I believe it was discontinued, although in my part of the world it is still easily available.

I was using it sometimes back in Summer of '98, and liked it very much then. Quite recently I re-tried it, my advice - SAVE YOUR MONEY. Energy is not even fresh by today standards, it's neither here nor there. Skip it.

Light, fresh, comfortable scent, great for office wear.Should be tried on the skin only, as paper doesn't allow it to open in a full bloom. Interesting and multifaceted fragrance that girls seem to like a lot.

I have a sample of it for ages, but never had enough strength to force myself to wear it.

There's a fragrance called Rykiel Homme which many people seem to like a lot. The bottle for this new fragrance is in the same shape, what's different is the color - it's grey, and the fragrance itself seems to be a bit heavier, better suited for the colder seasons. Apart from that, they are quite similar in notes and structure.

The sweetest blend of roses, vanilla, honey, cherries and almonds. The fragrance in fact does smell like famous "Turkish Delight" - a thick sweets scented with rosewater and filled with almond, pine nuts and dusted with sugar, that Oriental women in harems ate in order to keep themselves plump. Not for everyone.

An exquisite scent with an excellent trail. Fresh, green, citrusy, fruity, a tad marine, a bit floral, little bit musky on the drydown. Unique and very well made.

First it smells grassy and bitter, then with the development of notes it becomes more spicy-woody with. Stays for a very long time. Not sweet in a slightest.

Very, very hard-to-find scent by Shiseido, an excellent green floral fragrance. Light, slightly citrusy and very slightly earthy. When I see it again, I'll buy it on spot.

Untied by Shiseido smells like a carbon copy of Russian Yoonkerski #3 by Novaya Zarya, which in turn is good summer scent heavy on citruses with hint of tobacco on the drydown. But when Joonkerski cost like $10.00 for 100 ml, Untied will set you back for almost $100.00. I passed, though I liked this fragrance a lot.

Warm and quite pleasant. Smells a bit like Untraviolet Paco Pabanne, a little bit like Higher, just a tad like Desire Blue. Soft, tender and sweet.

Heavy oriental tobbaco scent in a funky twisted bottle. Woody, a bit powdery, with hints of florals. It's very much mid-80s: strong, in-your-face, I'm-here-please-stand-up type of a scent, and quite unusual like the rest of Dali colognes.

Fresh and sporty scent that resembles DKNY in the beginning, but later transforms into something much more simple, or crude, depending on your pick of words. And... the bottle is not the most convenient around.

This scent is a classic. Aramis will always be special for me as I first came to know it when Western fragrances were scarce over here behind the Iron Curtain. Back then it was one of the symbols of the Capitalist West. And it remains to be one.

Of all the scents with note of fig this one is my favorite. A winner of FiFi award as the best men's cologne of year 2000. Great to wear in summer and autumn - it's ozone fresh, aquatic, slightly sweet, with prominent vetiver note, and incredible musky drydown. The twisted bottle's fun, too.

Sexy, classy, easy-to-wear, dynamic, bright, expressive, attractive and long-lasting scent. Not common at all. Possibly the best of all Dali fragrances (another good one is Laguna). A winner!

Rosemary, coriander, lavender, hiris, cedar, amber, musk, cypress are the notes of this warm scent from Simon Tissot Dupont. Maculine and refined. Caution - stays way too long, sometime the shirt would smell of it even after washing!

The bottle resembles a computer mouse, and as if to underline a hi-tek aspect of the whole concept, the letters are also done in some sort of futuristic fashion. The scent itself is quite generic though, a safe take on modern fresh, somewhat similar to Oxygene Lanvin.

The scent that's constructed around classic woody-citrus notes, but with some modern twist. The bottle looks a bit like Dior's Higher, folks get confused all the time.

Paul Smith is an AMAZING fragrance. The most intersting thing about it for me is how interesting it evolves. First, it's all the greens and grass and leaves. Then it turns more musky and floral. Then suddently begin to sound like Fahrenheit from an ideal world, then before you know it goes into fantastic honey/spices realm. Terrific.

Green, herbal, soapy-fresh fougere with incredibly good drydown. One of the men's all-time classics. A must-have

Fruity-citrus unisex fragrance, almost an exact clone of CK One, with notes of lemon, bergamot, coriander and nutmeg among others. Nice, but fleeting.

If you know Royal Water by Creed, then you'll find many similar notes between Royal Water and Ricci Club. Masculine, complex, yet light oriental scent. Excellent.

A lot of smart components in this one, and the construction of the scent is very well made, no doubt about it, but the problem with Memoire D'Homme is that basically it's too mainstream. When the initial novelty of the scent wears off, chances are you'll be reaching for other stuff, leaving the bottle Memoire D'Homme again and again in the corner of your shelf like it happened with me. IMHO, it's nice, but lacks a certain amount of personality.

Definitely one of the best fragrances a man can wear - elegant, refined, confident and serene. It starts off with rich notes of juicy citrus, then appear the notes of lavender, woods and vetiver. The scent reminds me of Ralph Lauren magazine ads whith those models looking like Cambridge / Oxford type of students.

Funny I was always wondering what this cologne reminds me of. Then recently it dawned on me - you know this great old women's parfume by Lancome called Climat? Here in Moschino Uomo you have the male version of the same scent. No wonder many girls adore the smell of Moschino Uomo when the majority of men that I know are pretty indifferent to it.

Aromatic minty-green fougere. Cool, clean, casual, but there's nothing much to write home about.

Scent that seems to be a bit similar to Jil Sander Man, with composition that starts with spicy-fruity-fresh accord. Mexx seems to be the name of German fashion house if I'm not mistaken.

The fragrance created by the design house of Max Deville, with notes of citrus, cedarwood and rosemary. Simple and casual. Fun bottle - made in shape of telescopic photo lens.

People tend to slag off the Liz fragrances, but I think they shouldn't because it's like comparing classic old Dutch artists to Andy Warhol. Candies is light, fresh, simple, upbeat fragrance that girls seem to absolutely adore. If you need a bright cheerful casual scent grab Candies and enjoy your day.

Light woodsy aroma released in 1988 with classic notes of bergamot, lavender, jasmine, cedar and sandalwood. From the description it may sound as some good masculine cologne, but somehow it feels like it's... unfinished of sorts. Something is missing here.

I feel the best time to wear this fresh oriental is spring, when the weather's changing from warm to chilly quite often. So is this fragrance, it's fresh, but spicy-sweet at the same time, and the drydown is better than opening notes.

The fragrance that will be forever remembered for this TV ad of a naked guy wandering about the room, then sitting down to drink coffee. But the scent itself is pretty much non-descript, something about the Allure comes to mind, and the drydown smells a bit like first Michael Kors for men.

The same scent as Kenzo L'Eau Par. No differences except the new "summer" packaging.

As many other fragrances from Jil Sander, Sun is light and airy scent, a tad floral, a bit ambery, and quite sweet. Not my taste, though. I liked the bottle a whole lot better - stylish, minimalistic and very much Bauhaus.

Yes. Here we have another winner. Imagine a scent of freshly pressed cotton shirts, still warm and exuding this amazing clean scent, and you will have an idea what Prive smells like. The composition is very interesting and contains a note of ginseng and guayaco wood among other things. Possibly the best scent from Amsler to date.

This one is really amazing. It's surely one of the best fragrances not only released in a recent couple of years, but probably in a whole decade. Fans of Declaration Cartier will find many similar notes in Yang, but I like Yang much better. Another fragrance it reminds me of is The Verte (Green Tea) by Roger et Gallet. Yang contains notes of forest berries, green tea, cardamon, cedar, vetiver, sandal and oakmoss. Fresh, lively, vibrant, sunny, feel-so-good scent that girls go nuts for. Two thumbs up.

At the beginning of perestroika One Man Show was probably the most popular cologne in Russia, my native country. Probably that's because it was one of the few upscale fragrances that were readily available in the stores back in that time. So much popular it was that it got its own nickname - Vanka (from "One" and the Russian name Ivan). The smell of One Man Show often transports me to that late 80's time, which wasn't the merriest one.

One of the all-time classics in men's colognes. Strong, dense, deep, formal, incredibly masculine. It's one of those love-it-or-hate-it fragrances. I personally don't wear a lot, but it will always be a special for me because Bogart was one of the first fragrances, if not the very first, that I bought when I was a teenager.

Vibrant fresh fougere with chypre undertones released in 1991 as a pair to Jacomo Anthracite for Her. Very rare nowadays. Together with Ambro those are the two the most impressive Jacomo creations.

Two words - mint and amber. Another two words - Le Male. Ambro smells almost identical to Le Male, but it's less vivid, a bit muted, more introverted scent. Refined and classy. Check it out - you may discover a gem.

Smells very much like original L'Eau D'Issey, so much so that many people can't tell the two fragrances apart. However, the drydown of Lumieres seems to be a bit different on me, just a tad less woody. The bottle's different from the original and totally trasparent - don't expose it to the sun!

Unusual, fruity-fresh, sharp masculine fragrance with notes of apple, grapefruit (very prominent), orange blossoms, rose, white cedar and musk. It is sporty and dynamic, and I feel it was designed with a younger (18 - 30) crowd in mind.

Fresh floral fragrance, semi-sweet and spicy. The almond-shaped bottle is sheathed in cool silver chrome. Male and female versions are differentiated by juice color - red for women, blue for men. The juice colors are revealed in narrow cutaway strips that run down both sides of each bottle. Fleeting, doesn't last long.

Discreet, long-lasting fragrance with a bergamot, lemon and orange blossom head, and flowery-spicy heart, complemented by musk and woody bottom notes. Fresh and masculine, good for office / summer / autumn wear.

Fresh and flowery, a bit sweet, but it's the right sweetnes in just the right amount. Lasts quite a long time and the smell can be detected even after shower. Definitely not the office type of a scent, it's too romantic, better suited for clubs or dates.

The fragrance formerly known as Hermes Eau De Cologne. Smells at first very deliciously citrusy, but unfortunately as with most citrus scents that part doesn't last all day. There is also a great mint note in it and a subtle note of exotic fruits like mango and papaya. I personally love Orange Verte, and it's in my Top 5 all-time favorite colognes. Recommended!

Smooth, subtle, spicy, a classic Halston fragrance. Warm and comfortable scent, best in a colder seasons.

Guepard Homme can be described as typical chypre, deep and powdery yet fresh with great woodsy notes of labdanum and moss. Interesting bottle too - made of greenish blue frosted glass encased in silver fishnet-like threads. Thumbs up!

My absolute favorite of all Gucci line, smells of green leaves when you crush them in your fingers. Too bad it's discontinued because it beats a lot of the recent fragrances hand down. Some women's website made a poll once about Top 10 sexiest male fragrances ever, and Nobile came first. Women do like it as I can personally attest. A classic!

Light oriental spices with woodsy topnote. Fresh, clean and masculine. The bottle is made in shape of hand grenade fit in plastic box. No, I don't like it - smells too synthetic to me...

Versace Green Jeans is really nice, bright and cheerful scent. Seems too simple at first, but it grows on you. The color association with the scent is really GREEN - the drydown is quite piney. Increasingly hard-to-find nowadays!

Quite an unusual scent made from contrasting components. The freshness of lemon and tangerine is underlined with soft spicyness of cardamon and coriander, tender floral accord of rose and jasmine is comdined with vetiver and cedar, and the base notes are composed of musk and tonka beans. The main setback for V/S is that it doesn't last long. Interesting, but fleeting.

Sexy and sensual men's cologne opens with citrus accord of tangerine and bergamot, then develops into something more spicy with notes of cardamon and violet, then settles to a base of musk, sandalwood, patchouli and vetiver. Interesting bottle in a fashion of first Kenneth Cole fragrance.

Rich and quite sharp woody-spicy-leathery scent, Italian in every aspect. Think of Halston's Catalyst, but two times richer. Contains notes of lemon, tangerine, lavender and tobacco. European classic.

During the blind test nobody could tell apart Mattiolo's That's Amore from Hugo Boss #6 (aka Boss Hugo Boss, the grey one). When you buy the bottle, there's a cute charm for the keys inside - a nice touch that makes it better that Boss #6 right away.

Very warm, pleasant, classy cologne that deserves a better recognition. First it smells a bit like Kenzo LP, then gets warmer when fruits, flowers and sandalwood kick in. The scent is clean and serene. Women often buy this cologne for themselves or use their husband's and brother's. Better suited for colder seasons.

Theorema smells a bit similar to D&G Light Blue on the beginning, and Oscar for Men on the drydown - with notes of bergamot, geranium, cedar, vetiver and amber. It's a safe play - fresh, clean and spicy, but a bit generic.

This fragrance is like a warmer, much richer version of Givenchy Pour Homme. Smells of the cleanest wood, like when you chop cedar blocks with axe somewhere in a countryside in the middle of the winter. Lives a great trail, and don't think it doesn't last long - it does, it just sometimes people get so accustomed to the scent they just don't notice it. A winner. My favorite of all Fendis. Many female friends of mine compare it to the Truth CK (women's version), and I see where this could be coming from. Great price too. Recommended without any reservations!

Strong and even a bit heavy at first cologne with notes of lavender, flowers (geranuim, lily of the valley, jasmine, rose), sandalwood, amber and musk. Dries down to very rich and smooth scent of tobacco and spices. I like this one a lot!

Fresh and natural-smelling citrus fragrance with warm woody drydown that has classic masculine notes. Refined and mature aromatic fougere.

The scent made to compliment a women's version. The men's fragrance is somewhat akin to Lauren's Romance, but a bit better made, with fresh grapefruit, prominent pepper note, and the semi-sweet drydown. Alas - it doesn't stay for long time.

Romantic unisex fragrance with notes of lime, melon, grapefruit and tangerine at the beginning, rosemary, geranium and lavender in the heart, and cedar and juniter berries at the base. All the ingredients are masculine enough to wear, espesially if you are a sporty type in your 20s.

A tad too sweet at first for it has a healthy amount of vanilla, but in a scoop it is cool, calm, comforting and sophisticated scent, wonderfully simple and pure. Lasts, lasts, and lasts. Leaves a great trail that smells of bitter-sweet woods. 7 out of 10.

"The fragrance for us, when we are together". A truly unisex scent with notes of apples, rosewood, jasmine, cedar, cinnamon, laurel leaves and nutmeg. The result is the fragrance that smells of grass and apples with piney undertones. Interesting. Could be a much bigger hit among men if the bottle was more neutral-looking.

Woody-oriental scent with notes of bergamot, musk, peach, jasmine and sandalwood - with very rich cognac note appearing on the drydown. Caution - could be a little bit too powdery and in-your-face if overapplied. Best for colder seasons.

Smells like this - you just had a shot of expemsive cognac, and now are chewing on a slice of lemon in a room where someone just finished smoking an expensive cigar. Or - enter the boss, employees please stand up. The fragrance that conveys an aura of certain authority. Great alternative for the people who can't stand the recent crop of sweet and tender fragrances.

Costume National fragrance is appointed in two versions: the purity of jasmine tea combined with the freshness of hibiscus for Scent, and the mysterious sensuality of amber and woods for Scent Intense. The former is strictly women's perfume whereas the latter is a unisex scent, and quite a hit among men too. I smelled it couple of times and was quite impressed - now it's high on my current wish list. Great stuff.

First it opens with fresh notes of lemon, bergamot, tangerine and rosewood. Then goes the second wave of sweet tonka beans, jasmine, geranium, lily of the valley and nutmeg, followed by the base of cedar, sandalwood and musk. Not expensive, and quite sophisticated for its price. A bit similar to Rabbane's XS.

Discontinued cologne from Chopard made in typical early-90s fashion. Think of a cross between Eternity CK and Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme and you get the idea what it smells like. The quality is great, no doubt about it, but there's much more colognes out there that smell more distinct and have a sharper personality. I liked it a lot back in time when it first entered the market, but I doubt I'll get a new bottle if I ever come across of it.

Dynamic citrus-woody cologne with notes of citron, cardamon and mint on top, violet and cedar in the middle and patchouly and musk in the base. Fresh, spotry and masculine.

Many agree that this scent is the best off all Chevignon lot. Spicy and fresh, slightly sweet cologne for casual wear. Nice.

Interesting bottle concept, but the scent itself is pretty much generic "modern fresh". The start and the middle notes are OK, but the base smells too synthetic. Try it on yourself, you might like is though.

Simple and light cologne for younger crowd, an acceptible alternative to more expensive Acque Di Go and Lanvin. Goes naturally with jeans and sweater. Could as well be a unisex scent as the fruit notes are quite prominent here.

It bugs me why people always try to mess with success and are in constant need to rework their 100% classis. Don't get me wrong, 1881 Amber is quite good, but why wouldn't they release something under a different name if this one smells more similar to Dior's Higher than to original 1881. That said, I must admit I like it a lot. Some of the notes are violet, green pepper, ozone accord, jasmine, lavender, vetiver, cedar, amber, musk.

So comfortable that sometimes you don't notice you're wearing this at all. First it smells of fresh greens, then transforms into something lightly sweet and woody. Leaves a great trail. A bit similar to Spazio Krizia Uomo to me.

Deep, sensual, spicy perfume with notes of ylang-ylang in the middle notes, which is not very typical for men's colognes. But the exotica of ylang flowers is pretty much subdued here with a classic combination of lavender, nutmeg, cedar and sandalwood. I personally detect a note of absynthe in it. Better suited for the colder seasons, great for the office if the amount is right.

Exciting and dynamic fragrance for people with active lifestyle with bursting greens, citrus and some delicate florals thrown in the mix. Deceptively simple and clean unisex scent with notes of green tea, coriander, cardamon, bergamot and jasmine. Wonderful.

The first perfume from a famous French jewelry house, introduced in 1989. A classic citrus-woody composition, soft, rich, sophisticated and long-lasting. Better suited for over-30 people / formal or business attire. Equally great in all seasons. Good choice of a scent when you all dressed up. Sensual, refined and classy.

Spicy-fresh combination of musk, lavender, geranium, vetiver and sandalwood. Distinctive and gentlemanly scent that leaves the impression of something strict, conservative and pragmatic. One of the men's classics from the moment of release (1978). People say that in Italy Azzaro Pour Homme is still the MOST popular men's cologne. No wonder it's in Top 10 Best Male Fragrances Ever (GQ UK, May 2002). For those who like this fragrance, but wish it has a modern twist, check out the new Angel Schlesser Pour Homme, basically it's the same scent, with some watery notes thrown in.

For a first few moments it's a pretty straightforward mix of church incense and musk. Then it mellows down to display notes of roman camomile, cistus oil, elemi, vanilla (good vanilla, dry and not overloaded with sugar), patchouli, palisander and ambrette seeds. Very ususual scent that attracts attention. Incredible wear for a cool rainy days.

It IS an OK scent. But the price is killing me.
Then again... this scent is like it tries too had to leave an impression of something positive, respectable, classy, conservative... and not without some success I must admit.

VERY European type of scent with some of the notes that resemble many classic Italian fragrances. But it's Spanish, of course, intruduced by the fashion house of Angel Schlesser in 2001, and was composed by Swiss perfumer Thierry Wasser (Dior's Addict).
It opens with the burst of fresh notes not unlike good old Acqua Di Gio - wet grass leaves, rain water and sicilian bergamot. Then it goes woody-spicy with the combination of cedar, vetiver, sandalwood, lavender, anise, cardamon, clove and rice (yes, rice) notes. The base is composed of different woods, white musk and moss.
My footnotes. I didn't care about it at first, but it steadily grows on me. The more I wear it, the more I like it. Rides close to the skin, doesn't project outside much, good choice for the office environment. Lasts for moderately long time - appr. 5 hours on me. Very European in every aspect. Dry, professional, cool.
The cologne that smells the closest to Angel Schlesser Homme is original Azzaro Pour Homme (black bottle). Think of it as a new, (fresher, summer, lighter, reworked) version of Azzaro and you get the idea.

Smells crude, rude and dangerous. Cool stuff, I like it a lot.