 bnusr Show all reviews  | Diorissimo by Christian DiorI find Diorissimo extremely severe. If i were to wear it on a cold day I'd feel very bleak. It's like certain authors whose wit is penetrating, ascerbic and merciless. Agatha Christie comes to mind rather than Bret Easton-Ellis though, because Diorissimo is decorous. So I wear it to formal daytime things of an official nature where vigilance and steeliness are desirable, and only in spring. That doesn't sound very complimentary does it; actually this perfume is in my very soul, irrevocably, and its place there is deeply cherished. It's just that I could never be an elegant early 1960s twinset dominatrix, which is what Diorissimo evokes for me. 01st January, 2013 |
| Jinglebob Show all reviews | Aspen for Men by CotyI had Aspen setting around for years until rately when I got back into fragrances from bring effected with what I thought was a anti PC movement. I rubbed a little on my wrist for a test. I also have a large bottle of Stetson, don't laugh, also setting around and I applied some on the other wrist. After several hours I had my favorite girl, Granddaughter, five years old give me her report. She liked Aspen by far. I agree, it's coming up on twenty-two hours and I still get a weak but nice sent from it. It's about ten hours for the Stetson. Stetson is just too sweet and heavy whereas Aspen is crist, light woodsy, fresh and has found a place in my heart once again. I need to find it and buy up several bottles or try and build a copy myself. Now about Polo and Canoe that my college roommate used....but that's a different story. 01st January, 2013 |
 Valkyriespacegirl   United StatesShow all reviews | Jasmin Noir by BulgariBig Gardenia and jasmine opening. The dry down smells so much like my own natural scent, in the best way possible. It's a fresh natural musk under those beautiful flowers. There is a touch of lady like powder as well that makes this a crowd pleaser. 01st January, 2013 |
 Tony T  United StatesShow all reviews | Pure Vetiver by Azzarogreat sillage and longevity. a very clean and natural smelling vetiver. nice light pepper in the middle and then a vetiver finish with a hint of tea. not grounbreaking but exactly what veiver should be. almost as ood as guerlain's.. 01st January, 2013 |
| Melanch Show all reviews  | Ibiza by PlayboyThis fragrance can be rather cloying and heady when too much is applied. Overall, the smell is clean, reminiscent of salt water. Nothing to write home about. As a generic cologne, it seems like it would work well for daily wear during the summer. Not a staple fragrance by any means. 01st January, 2013 |
 colormechris United StatesShow all reviews | Blu pour Homme by BulgariAn unsung classic I think. Bulgari Blu is the perfect extraction of powder into a masculine scent. I think if you wanted to hold up an example of a "powdery" scent, as in that little cloud they brush on the back of your neck with a badger brush at the barber shop...you could certainly hold up Bulgari Blu Pour Homme. But it's also highly sophisticated as well. A baby powder for grown-ups. Ooh la la. 01st January, 2013 |
| Preston H United StatesShow all reviews | Tobacco Vanille by Tom FordThis is absolutely stunning. The tobacco flower and the vanilla infuse to make a dark, honey accord. In fact, when I wear it I get a beautiful cloud of honey and cocoa and its so gorgeous. During the dry down I get a smokey tobacco leaf and a chocolatey fruit smell. Absolutely unisex, the kind of scent u want your gf/wife to wear. When I wear this to the strip club, the dancers get a lil closer, and the dances last a lil longer ;) 01st January, 2013 |
| dudelove  SingaporeShow all reviews | New Haarlem by Bond No. 9Has anyone been to Taiwan, or Singapore? Or one the asian countries that sells bubble tea or boba, known in the west? There's this thing called pearls that you chew when you suck up the straw. When you go to a bubble tea shop you can smell them cooking the pearls, which are basically black balls of tapioca. The way they are cooked, I might be wrong, they are slow cooked in brown sugar syrup. This smells EXACTLY like the top notes of New Haarlem, and it made me smile because of how similar it is to queuing up for a cup of bubble tea. 01st January, 2013 |
| dudelove SingaporeShow all reviews | Dior Homme Sport (original) by Christian DiorDHS 2012 opens with a very natural burst of lemon, nothing too sharp, nothing like dishwashing liquid. Very natural and pleasing. Ginger is definitely there but it is dominated by the lemons. 01st January, 2013 |
| dudelove SingaporeShow all reviews  | Fahrenheit by Christian Dior
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| dudelove SingaporeShow all reviews | Eau de New York by Bond No. 9Please try this one before buying. It didn't work for me unfortunately. 01st January, 2013 |
| Preston H United StatesShow all reviews | Green Valley by CreedSince this fragrance is vaulted, i dont wear this a lot. Kinda smells like Fahrenheit at first spray, once it opens up you get a fresh citrus with subtle spicy notes. Closest fragrance to green Irish tweed I've ever smelled, not as good tho 01st January, 2013 |
 gmstrack United StatesShow all reviews | Fleur de Rocaille by CaronBefore writing this review, I mistook Fleur de Rocaille (1993) for FleurS de Rocaille (1933) by Caron. After some research, I realized that I’ve yet to sniff the 1933 fragrance and based on the note descriptions, the two fragrances differ quite a bit. Here are is my impression of Fleur de Rocaille: 01st January, 2013 |
| gmstrack United StatesShow all reviews | Fracas by Robert PiguetI finally tried Fracas, and although it isn’t the type of fragrance that I typically wear, it was everything I hoped it would be: intense and visceral. There are already several fantastic reviews describing Fracas, so I really do not have anything to add, except I can only imagine what it was like to sniff this in 1948. It must have been mind blowing, like hearing the Stooges’ “I Wanna Be Your Dog” for the first time in 1969, although Fracas doesn’t evoke same sense of self-loathing. Today, contemporary music uses new technology unavailable to Brian Eno during the 1960s and 70s. In perfumery, we have Carnal Flower, an excellent tuberose update; however, the 2005 iteration can only aspire to evoke the same magic (cultural relevance) created by the initial composition. 01st January, 2013 |
 FragOut Show all reviews | 212 Men by Carolina HerreraWhat this is: 01st January, 2013 |
| FragOut Show all reviews | Prada Amber pour Homme by PradaThis oozes style, sophistication and class. The perfectly blended tones create a fresh, clean elegant scent, reminiscent of $1000 a night hotel soap. The mix of notes is sturdy, yet never overpowering and has a real understated elegance. The hint of sweetness has an addictive quality that entices you in time and time again but doesn't dominate it. All the ingredients smell expensive and natural, which just adds to the sophistication. 01st January, 2013 |
 rbaker Show all reviews | Emporio Armani White He by Giorgio ArmaniThis is one of Armani's less boring scents. A citrus opening with herbal undertones is gradually dominated by a synthetic light white musk base note that overall makes a pleasant albeit not particularly exciting scent. It reminded a person close to me of Issey Miyake pour homme, but the added musk note clearly sets it apart, although it lacks the creativity of, for instance, Tom Ford's White Musk series, but then it lacked the latter's extraordinary high prices too while it was still available. Overall pleasant for summer, discrete with poor silage and projection and limited longevity. Between neutral and thumbs up, but the originally decent value barely tilts it upwards. 01st January, 2013 |
 drseid United StatesShow all reviews | English Fern by Penhaligon'sEnglish Fern opens with a balmy wintergreen geranium accord that meshes with a fern undertone that at this stage is rather muted with the geranium dominating the scent. As the scent transitions to its early heart the green fern takes the fore, but the wintergreen geranium from the open remains in the background in support with patchouli rising from the base giving the balmy green scent a rugged earthy nature. English Fern pretty much remains linear through its dry-down, with what you smell during the early heart phase being what you smell through the end. Projection is excellent and longevity is average. 01st January, 2013 |
| 0j76  EnglandShow all reviews | Fleur d'Osmanthus by Roger & GalletWow! super duper. Very natural. Quite sensual. No edge, no nastiness. Slightly close to the skin. Very well constructed and smells to be of great quality. Worth the pennies. Could be someone's signature scent. Unisex but no good for men who want to smell of prehistoric man. Check Quorum or Trussardi Uomo for that. 01st January, 2013 |
| 0j76 EnglandShow all reviews | Oscar for Men by Oscar de la RentaVery complex. Powerful opening and sublime dry down. The dry down is well connected to the opening, rather than being a complete shift. One of the most significant affordable men's fragrances in production IMHO. All the better for being an off beat choice. Would be a great signature, and one to keep to yourself. Never tell anyone what it is. Or better still, say it's a one off niche fragrance. 01st January, 2013 |
| 0j76 EnglandShow all reviews | Boucheron pour Homme by BoucheronSimply stunningly beautiful construction, to my mind, only matched by Givenchy Insense. BPH almost renders its Dior and Chanel equivalents as boring and uneventful. 01st January, 2013 |
 PerfumeCollector United StatesShow all reviews | Ezra Fitch by Abercrombie & FitchNothing screams "SYNTHETIC" as loudly as Ezra. 01st January, 2013 |
 John E Buoy  AustraliaShow all reviews | Colonia Intensa Oud Concentrée by Acqua di ParmaI really like this one. 01st January, 2013 |
| Kaelee United StatesShow all reviews | Hanae Mori No. 1 by Hanae MoriI really like this!!! I'm sad to see it's limited edition! 01st January, 2013 |
 Darvant  ItalyShow all reviews | Onda Eau de Parfum by Vero ProfumoHard to thoroughly be described in all its diverse facets, this pillar of the modern olfactory classicism, a sort of perfumed analogue of a Doris Lessing's romance, is colonialistic, decadent but surprisingly introspective, "cultured" and yes, futuristic with its hyper-advanced hesperidic/floral exotic/fruity irony spark. Onda is the scent of the excesses, of the opposites but at once is finally perfectly balanced as a puzzle that is recompounded after the initial chaos. Onda, namely a sour-hesperidic/uriney/gingery initial blast which, through a watery fruity-exotic and at once "old wardrobe" moth balls and honeyed/stuffy/animal-organic (with an infants skin kind of aftersmell) sort of interlude phase, turns finally out as a sophisticated woodsy (mostly vetiver, musk and cedarwood)/leathery floral with sparks of fleshy fruit (passion fruit) and iris/ylang-ylang, noticeable at distance. The dry down presents a tamed citron/naphthalene vibe and a dominant soapy/musky honey with floral exotic sparks and a leathery widespread faint feel swirling around as a ghost. Onda Edp is a deeper (but in my opinion less complex and multifaceted) version of the exotic Onda, probably a bit more "sulphureous" but finally equally exotic with a noble chord of barboun vetiver, ylang-ylang, iris, ginger, aromatic spices and passion fruit. There is a royal salty/sweet, citrony (fizzy effervescent digestive citrusy kind), soapy/fruity/honeyed dirtiness that is the Onda's landmark, something olfactory weird, pungent as the aromatic spices (a sort of aerial citric-kurcuma smell), uriney and almost chemical as the smell of an old laundry after a general disinfestation around. There is also a vintage bergamot/honey/patchouli backbone in order to bind the olfactory fatigue to a classic decadent structure. The outcome is a weird beast really challenging and hard to understand for many (sometimes many exclaim "oh, my God, you smell as an old grandma washroom with detergents, disinfectants and soap!" but in other occasions some learned noses assert that you smell about an english colonialistic romance over the British Empire's age, about a story full of passions, ballets, loves and diverse cultures' commixtures. That's worthy the trip). 01st January, 2013 (Last Edited: 02 January, 2013) |
 The_Cologneist United StatesShow all reviews | Eau des Baux by L'OccitaneThis is really good stuff. Starts off spicy with vanilla, finishes off creamy with vanilla and tonka. If ya don't like vanilla, don't even try this one. But if you're like me and you miss vanilla dominated fragrances and are sick of cheap tonka bean dominated ones, you will love this! Smells rich and natural. Tobacco Vanille meets Spicebomb, but outdoes them both. Projects nicely, lasts a good 8 hours minimum. 01st January, 2013 (Last Edited: 15 January, 2013) |
| michailG Show all reviews | Ferfaen by SigilliThis must be my favorite citrus perfume! I tested it once and I couldn't stop sniffing my wrist for at least a few hours. I am now awating a sample and will come back with a more comprehensive report. I am happy I came accross Sigilli. 01st January, 2013 (Last Edited: 20th January, 2014) |
| kabb Show all reviews | Vanilla & Cedarwood by Kiehl'sREALLY nice! A great cheaper alternative to TF Tobacco Vanille!! 02 January, 2013 |
 Elzéard  United KingdomShow all reviews | Santal Majuscule by Serge Lutens Les Salons du Palais Royal ShiseidoSimilar to Jeux de Peau, except that this is more versatile, and also less interesting. The combination of rose and cocoa within the first ten minutes however, is quite fun! 02 January, 2013 |
| LouLоu Show all reviews | Jungle L'Éléphant by KenzoI have 3 favorites and kenzo elephant is one of them! Is is very unusual, so different from other contrmporary fragrances and its even different from other spicy perfumes, but i wouldnt say that elephant is too strong, it calms down after one hour and disapears after about 4 hours, maybe even less:( 02 January, 2013 |
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