Reviews by RugbyPete

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    L'Eau D'Issey pour Homme by Issey Miyake

    Don't understand what the fuss is about. After the reviews and my collection growing I was expecting something oriental, clever, interesting, sweet, fresh, and inviting.

    However all I got was a blast of citrus and a disgusting cheap womens perfume undertone.

    Really dissappointed, this was on my shopping list, at the top, glad I tried before I bought.

    Not saying don't buy it, just dont buy on hyp, try it first, its nothing special.

    19th October, 2006.

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    Envy for Men by Gucci

    Gets better everytime I go back to try it. Was going to buy based on the Pour homme brilliance, however it really is a great fragrance, my other half says its a really lovely smell, I agree. For handsome, honest men.

    19th October, 2006.

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    Armani Code / Black Code by Giorgio Armani

    *yawn* Another girly fragrance, that’s watery, for guys with blonde spikey hair, who wear fragrances soley to pull cos the girls like it. There’s a reason, it should be for girls. Un imaginative, smells like every other armarni. If you like their others, you already have it.

    17th October, 2006.

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    M7 by Yves Saint Laurent

    Great strong fragrance, still holds its own today, lots of lovely spice that the gucci’s provide, very nice indeed. Was going to go for the ‘fresh’ version after the reviews, but Im going to go for the original instead after smelling this for the first time in duty free. Try it, it’s a classic, and unlike other YSL products it actually lasts more than 5 minutes and has depth. You need this.

    17th October, 2006.

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    Vetiver by Guerlain

    After all the hype, the reviews, the talks on the forum, I finally had my whiff of the legendary Vetiver at the duty free in Birmingham airport. “OH MY GOD what the hell is this!?” It smells like a mix between rotting corpses and settles down to a very strong ‘rubber’ smell, the sort that makes you go dizzy when you open up an inflatable lilo for the first time, or anything else made of rubber you would inflate (toys etc.). I kept smelling it on my arm all the way to my Turkey hotel, trying to put my finger on the last time I had smelt something this bad, was it in the kitchen or the pool, but I realised when I got out my new lilo
    UGH! Can’t believe it and I’m one whos abandoned the modern Eternity style fragrances for more macho alternatives. Avoid, its toxic.

    17th October, 2006.

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    Cool Water by Davidoff

    I have tried GIT, recently, its a higher quality cool water! But, it has better notes than CW, however it fades away - unlike CW! No chick would guess the difference. CW is under £20, GIT is 10 times that.

    This is the only cologne where people actually say "wow you smell fresh "Davidoff" I say... not being too obvious ;)

    A classic but not an oldie, it stands up proud today, even with the new generations, especially in a market that tries way too hard now that they all smell the same - stand out, everyone who knew this fragrance no longer does or cares... the next batch of people are ready to smell this!!

    Guys in your 20's try it, you've missed out, but ladies love it!

    17th October, 2006. (Last Edited: 1st July, 2009.)

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    Cirrus by Amouage

    Could be a hit. Worn by FreeMasons

    6th October, 2006.

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    Hugo by Hugo Boss

    Girly, combination smells like a vanilla candle, and what real man wants to smell like that??
    Fine for the Tommy generation (thats now passed) but today it makes you smell nice for girly girls who cry if they break a nail or dump you for having a zit. Ladies could wear this just fine. BE A MAN, drop the bottle and get something with a bit of class man! If thats what you are...

    6th October, 2006.

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    Jazz by Yves Saint Laurent

    After a year of on and off use, i can say this product is fairly good, wont offend and great for a daily 'splash'.
    At first i was wearing it with caution, because its not very strong in aftershave form, so I'd slap some on, get a woosh of alcohol/astringent then left with an 80's virtual florel nose. That was it i thought.
    However, i heavily applied it today, after 1/2 an hour when the 80's smell died down that reminds me so much of eric clapton, tina turner and the beegees, as do all the 80s smells, a spicey slightly woody surprise came through! Its faint, and you cant smell it if you put your nose right up, but its a little aura around you that can't be chased, it just wafts your way every now and then.
    Great surprise, and a great day to day fragrance thats goos in any environment, and wont offend in a business meeting or confined space but keep you smelling fresh and clean.
    Give it a go, its old, it may have changed over the years, but for the better in this mellow form I believe. I've had comments of "wow you smell great" but not know why or what of, great for those who don't want their fragrance identified!
    I thought it was dated, how wrong I was, maybe its just an initiation test to keep this gem away from the new mass consumers who buy on first smell from a spray card!

    5th October, 2006.

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    Gucci pour Homme by Gucci

    After reading the reviews I took another look at the fragrance and im glad I did!
    Normally i pick them up, spray a card and go “its ok” or “UGH!” This one I probably would have done the latter because I was simply in the wrong mindset, conditioned by modern under-arm fragrances and girly scents.
    So, after understanding I would experience pine, woods, smoke, church, I went and had another go – WOW!
    It’s a very olde worldy smell, a bit like standing near a bonfire most of the evening, I felt and smelt like barbecued meat, outside a church, in the pine woods… Weird, why the hell should I want to smell like that? You may be thinking, you’d be surprised.
    The scent follows you like a medieval ghost, haunting your every move. You get citrus and pine on the first squirt, then after 10 minutes it settles to a piney smokey smell, a bit like a Islay single malt whisky. It then settles further to an almost rock sugary incense, offering a blast every now and then of wood and pine needles fresh in the winter sun.
    Definitely one for this time of year, and like nothing else. Oh and you will smell it on you the next day, brilliant.
    Be a bit ‘out there’ and give it a go. Don’t expect women to understand it at first glance, younger ones anyway, but older may be able to appreciate it. For me it gives me a warm boost of confidence every time it travels up from my chest, its very pleasant and very manly in a post year 2000 kind of way, not an ‘80s ladyman’ Brut kind of way. It’s the future of modern manly scents, support it, and lets move away from these modern bubblegum-boy fragrances.
    I’m buying some next week, and a big bottle at that.

    4th October, 2006.

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    Tommy by Tommy Hilfiger

    Its a scent for the teens. reminds me of school. Not a bad thing but the popular wave is over, its not cool to wear, and it NEEDS to be cool cos its for the "shut up dad" generation. Wear it 7 years ago, you'd look out of date to own it now, people would ask "YOu only JUST wearing Tommy? I stopped years ago..."
    Was a classic in its short 'timeframe'

    4th October, 2006.

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    Emporio Armani City Glam for Him by Giorgio Armani

    Robbed.

    It was the 'new, IN, fragrance' and smelt fine in the shop. But after a few sprays before a night out I've come to the conclusion this scent is just a pretty bottle filled with literally toilet water.
    If you want to put of any femae contact, make friends ignore you, get depression and become a hermit -buy this! I think caesar wore this during the end of the roman empire... I call this SOCIAL POISON - "You may thing you smell great, but your friend hate you".

    1st October, 2006.

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    Lacoste pour Homme by Lacoste

    I currently wear this. Mainlybecause I'm waiting for my new scents to hit my doorstep but its a fine day to day fragrance.
    I wish it was a little more mature, they've ALMOST cracked it, but the slight sporty tones that come through ruine it for me on the whole, it just has too much ' Addidas under-arm spray' smell about it, for those who wear sporty stuff but dont actually do sport.
    Overall its ok onc eit settles, but can be a bit immature for my liking. If you're 15 or sporty, then its fine, otherwise eveyone just thinks you're not developed.
    Lacoste - take out the sports smells and you're onto something.

    1st October, 2006.

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    Eternity for Men by Calvin Klein

    I bought htis cos I liked it. Then I kept wearing it because it got a lot of attention when sprayed specifically on skin (not clothes).
    I'm not sur eif i want more because its getting popular but its definately the widow maker. By that I mean you will leave your wife for a younger women the amount of attention you'll get.
    If you want a different woman a week, or 4 on the go at once, grab this, women love it.

    1st October, 2006.

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    Dolce & Gabbana pour Homme by Dolce & Gabbana

    Everyone else loves it but the wearer Thats how I can describe this. It doesn't drive me wild, i dont even know what it really smells of, but spray it on and you get compliments all day - I've heard of females actually hunting down males wearing this scent in clubs - I don't understand it. But, if you're single, grab a bottle, theres magick in it.

    1st October, 2006.

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    Brut by Fabergé

    Getting more popular with the younger lads wanting some maturity, and so easy to source now all supermarkets stock it in the 'mans' section (not the males section, thats all hair products and sports sprays). I consider my brother a trendy london club goer, however i found some in his room recently, signifying its still ok to to wear Brut as a daily slap on, with something more posh for night outs.
    My bottle got half used, then I realised stylish scents were something I was prepaired to inves tin, so used it to scent my turkish bath instead.

    Buy it if you are can't afford proper cologne, but avoid it if you have £20-30 to spare every couple of months on something else not so disposable.

    1st October, 2006.

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    Aramis by Aramis

    The only REAL cologne left today, a step up from the mass market Old spice and Brutes, however proceed with caution. I LOVE the smell of this, however passing it around my office at Aston Martin, the results were totally opposite - from the blokes I got "Ooo thats a bit wiffy" and from the mid twenties females got a screwed up face and a retching motion. I'm guessing those under 30 don't understand this one.
    I LOVE the sandalwood undertones and the realisation this would never be found on a body but a mans.
    Very manly, very mature, but also very different from the modern scents who have moved on to more girly transexual alternatives.

    However, don't dismay! I have seen some younger chaps wanting a bit more from their scents, wanting to be a man finally and picking up the Brut bottles.... maybe, just mabye this is due for a major comeback?!
    In the meantime, if you are wearing a suit, have leathe rpadded walls, high-back leather chairs and even a leather umbrella, then this stuff will suit you perfectly, but for the res tof us its a bit pretentious.
    I would love to wear this scent, I just don't think I look the part until I'm earning a bit more £££, drive the jag, have a multiple winged house, and got
    shooting with my two dogs. At 24, this isn't going to be anytime soon :(

    1st October, 2006.

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