Fragrance Reviews
Fragrance Reviews by genvy5
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Silver Mountain Water by Creed
There is a certain sweetness to this that I find most prominent at the top of the fragrance. It reminds me of milk, or cream, mixed with honey. I smell the blackcurrant immediately as well, and it lasts for quite a while (which is excellent). SMW seems to play with these most powerfully throughout its life, along with some heady note which adds a little black to this very white fragrance(with a touch of purple). It dries down very similarly to GIT, but you can distinguish between them and they are both amazing drydowns. SMW is somewhat light for a Creed, but that lightness is most obvious to the wearer, as others can smell this a lot better on me than I can. Lasts through swimming in a public pool. That's impressive. Beautiful fragrance that I'm very glad to have added to my collection. It's hard for me to wear anything else over this.
24 June 2008
Green Irish Tweed by Creed
Beautifully constructed, paramount sillage and longevity, amazing smell. Not much can be said of the way it smells than what has been said. And yes, it is reminiscent of Cool Water at the start. Irrelevant. Smells way better than Cool Water anyway. Not Creed's best, but it's so popular because it is so good.
24 June 2008
L'Eau D'Issey pour Homme by Issey Miyake
Men and women alike really appreciate this scent. The top notes are almost pungent, but in a pretty way. It is kind of a pretty scent. Amazing in summer. AMAZING. In heat. But boring in fall. Nice in winter. That's how I experience it. Dry down is really something. Spicy fresh. Woody lemon. I really like the bottle too. Get it.
08 June 2008
A*Men / Angel Men by Thierry Mugler
Never got much of a chance to use my sample from Mugler. Just attended a Daft Punk concert, which was basically like a big club and everyone was freakin on everyone. Normally I found A*Men overbearing. I shot a spray at my chest under my two shirts mid-concert just to see what would happen. By that time, I was covered in sweat(and not just my own ;D) and continuing to produce it. A*Men is golden for clubbing. I can't explain it any better than that. Even post-concert it smelled divine, and tamer than my previous experiences. I can't think of anything I would rather take clubbing.
31 July 2007
212 Men by Carolina Herrera
It reminds me of Allure Sport. A very nice cologne, appreciated by everyone. Fresh when worn right, stuffy when worn wrong. I usually go with two sprays, 3 if I'm feeling daring. A little goes quite a way. Lasts great. I can still smell it on my shirt/skin from 8 hours ago, and always. Darker than your typical fresh scent. It's very unique, imo.
18 April 2007
Sunset Heat for Men by Escada
Right off the bat I am put off because it smells like fruit punch soda. When given the chance to dry down, it smells more acceptible, but still as though all it's got to offer is fruit.
05 February 2007
Very Sexy for Him by Victoria's Secret
I don't really get it. At first I thought it was cool, but didn't really wear it for me as much as for the ladies. However, I find that its subtlety and undeniable sexiness is splendid. I just.. I dunno, it's a little fruity on the top, and yet pretty warm and almost musky. It's kinda weird. But the person below me is right. It's a nice and sexy comfort scent. I'm definitely glad that the cinnamon bark is in there. When I don't feel like wearing something with such extreme sillage, I go for this. I have no reason to like it for myself, but for some reason, I do. Funny thing is, my friend's girlfriend's father wears this stuff. And we're 19. Hah.
07 December 2006
The One for Men by Dolce & Gabbana
Smells great, girls love it, TBA Pour Homme is a wonderful addition to the D&G line.
10 November 2006
Visit by Azzaro
I started off loving it, just as teflondog and livejazz did, and now I share their sentiments. Too much nutmeg indeed. It doesn't smell like much else to me. I still like it, I don't know why, but I can't wear it anymore, which sucks because I have a 97% full 3.4oz bottle of it.
07 November 2006
Euphoria by Calvin Klein
This is fantastic and very well named - all I did was smell it out of the bottle by chance and was instantly mesmerized in a state of euphoria, paralyzed to the spot for a few seconds before coming back to reality and thinking darn, that is amazing.
19 October 2006
Vintage by John Varvatos
This is the only cologne I have ever got a headache from. All I did was put some on my wrist, sniff once, and then POW. Man oh man. It doesn't smell good, either. Not at all.
21 September 2006
Dolce & Gabbana pour Homme by Dolce & Gabbana
Well, I started out absolutely hating this a few months ago. There was a huge pepper blast I just couldn't stand. Then, at the beginning of last month, I smelled it again and couldn't smell any pepper. All I smelled was a boring, fruity fragrance. I smelled it again today and the pepper is back, balanced out with fruit and other things that make it nice. When I spray it on my skin, all I get initially is pepper.. then it dries into a perfect blend of whatever.. pretty good. I can picture girls digging this one a lot.
01 September 2006
Platinum Égoïste by Chanel
Well, this is interesting. I can't STAND the top of it, far too pungent(dear gracious I pray I haven't forgotten how to spell that) for me. However, the drydown is beautiful. I'm not sure if it's the type of fragrance that women would like, though it exudes class.. is it worth it to sit through the beginning to get to the drydown?
01 September 2006
Allure Homme Sport by Chanel
Girls love it. It's freshness mixed in with Allure Homme. Basically a lighter, fresher version of Allure. And it'll still have the sweetness after a while, but not very much at all. What's not to like if you dig Allure? Hard to overapply, and I'm the type of person who doesn't put on a whole lot. This fragrance is very.. orange. And good. Sex appeal, certainly. Look at the model for it. That's the kind of sexy it is. Good stuff.
01 September 2006
Ezra Fitch by Abercrombie & Fitch
Well, I like it, but it smells very similar to Armani Mania, and since it doesn't last very long, you're better off buying Mania. It also smells very.. "high school" to me. And I just graduated!
24 August 2006
Jake by Hollister
A fresh scent with a woody undertone. Chicks dig it entirely. Nothing special I guess, but if you just want to make young women love you then wear it. I like it, but I like pretty much everything.
12 August 2006
Guess Man by Guess
I've smelled pretty much everything you can find at Nordstroms and Macy's, and this is my favorite thing I've smelled next to Armani Code, though they are different fragrances. Guess Man is my signature wherever-whenever scent.. and the girls absolutely love it. I'm a man who is always very aware of his surroundings. I was walking on the sidewalk and passed around two very attractive girls. With my heightened sense of hearing, their whispers were audible.. "He smells so good.. see" and they walked behind me for a ways. I can't see anyone not liking it.
12 August 2006




