My Nordstrom decants any scent in their stock into a 1/4 oz bottle for 6.00 so I took one of each.
For such high profile, big bucks scents/houses, I cannot imagine 4 more disappointing fragrances. The fact that they all arrived at about the same time makes it all more heartbreaking. For God's sake, couldn't ONE of them be a hit?
Here's my take:
Antidote. Take the big bucks they're charging and get an Andy Tauer scent for the same money. Just an average scent that looks backwards instead of forward. Clearly the women got the best here with Flowerbomb. Back to the drawing room, boys. Not worth the money. When they make a men's scent as good as FB, THEN charge 70 bucks a bottle.
Prada. My worst. Too sweet, too ambery and too chaotic, not to mention reminiscent of a million different others. For God's sake, if you've made your reputation on stylish, trend setting clothing, at least follow the same example with your scents. A major letdown, and in reading the reviews, I was glad to see it's not just me.
London. It's...drumroll...OK. It won't offend, but it's so "safe" as to be, in my opinion, a disappointment and not nearly as good as Brit.
Vintage--what's the point? Not nearly as good as the original and yet they smell close enough to make Vintage unncessary. Note to John V: you'll never be successful by releasing clones of the first.
So these 4 major releases are all flops--or at least extremely mediocre to me--and I'm counting the days for Lonestar Memories to arrive to make me forget these four uninspired, backwards-looking and completely average scents. Fragrances like Dior Homme and Hermes' TDH saw and interpreted and mapped a blueprint for the future of men's fragrances. They were startingly original and didn't follow the usual woods/leather/tobacco blueprint that's been a staple of men's colognes from the beginning. These 4 settled for tried and true formulas whose strategy is to appeal to the lowest common denominator--the mall fragrance shopper who would be just as happy with an unspeakable Kenneth Cole or Feragamo. Boy, won't the frat brothers and the chicks dig these!!!
They all lack uniqueness, pizazz, originality, and frankly, quality. And people actually still start threads here wondering if "niche" scents are really better and/or necessary. These 4 are proof positive that they are.
IMO.
For such high profile, big bucks scents/houses, I cannot imagine 4 more disappointing fragrances. The fact that they all arrived at about the same time makes it all more heartbreaking. For God's sake, couldn't ONE of them be a hit?
Here's my take:
Antidote. Take the big bucks they're charging and get an Andy Tauer scent for the same money. Just an average scent that looks backwards instead of forward. Clearly the women got the best here with Flowerbomb. Back to the drawing room, boys. Not worth the money. When they make a men's scent as good as FB, THEN charge 70 bucks a bottle.
Prada. My worst. Too sweet, too ambery and too chaotic, not to mention reminiscent of a million different others. For God's sake, if you've made your reputation on stylish, trend setting clothing, at least follow the same example with your scents. A major letdown, and in reading the reviews, I was glad to see it's not just me.
London. It's...drumroll...OK. It won't offend, but it's so "safe" as to be, in my opinion, a disappointment and not nearly as good as Brit.
Vintage--what's the point? Not nearly as good as the original and yet they smell close enough to make Vintage unncessary. Note to John V: you'll never be successful by releasing clones of the first.
So these 4 major releases are all flops--or at least extremely mediocre to me--and I'm counting the days for Lonestar Memories to arrive to make me forget these four uninspired, backwards-looking and completely average scents. Fragrances like Dior Homme and Hermes' TDH saw and interpreted and mapped a blueprint for the future of men's fragrances. They were startingly original and didn't follow the usual woods/leather/tobacco blueprint that's been a staple of men's colognes from the beginning. These 4 settled for tried and true formulas whose strategy is to appeal to the lowest common denominator--the mall fragrance shopper who would be just as happy with an unspeakable Kenneth Cole or Feragamo. Boy, won't the frat brothers and the chicks dig these!!!
They all lack uniqueness, pizazz, originality, and frankly, quality. And people actually still start threads here wondering if "niche" scents are really better and/or necessary. These 4 are proof positive that they are.
IMO.
