So over the weekend I'm at Sephora. As usual Mrs. Alkman is trying out every light floral in the place. A real shame, since fruity chypres clearly suit her. I'm still waiting for that bottle of Vera Wang to tank out so I can set her up with Misouko.
But anyhow, I spray some Gucci Pour Homme on one hand. After being disappointed by Opium PH I've stayed away from design house scents and stick to Caron and Guerlain. But I'm aware that this is purely prejudice, so I figured I'd give Gucci PH a shot. See what reviews like "deep, masculine but also ethereal fragrance" are getting at.
Put it on one hand and walked around the mall for a couple hours. I got licorice-y clove. No pencil shavings. Licoricey clove. According to everything I read it was supposed to be spices and wood. But it smelled like licoricey clove to me. Even after I went home and had left it on for six hours, I couldn't detect any notable developments, just the same licorice-y clove. Smelled great on the tester but didn't do much on me.
I have weird strongly alkaline body chemistry, so I tend to obliterate a lot of scents. Maybe it's just me. But all I got was licorey clove.
Going out of the mall we had to walk through Lord and Taylor's perfume section on the way to the car. I spotted a bottle of Aramis and sprayed it on the other hand. Smelling it, I thought: "What's the big deal about? This smells a lot lighter than a swaggering power scent."
Aramis smelled like a clean, healthy light sweat in the open air and sun. The kind of sweat you get on the beach, or out walking on a warm spring day. Really nice.
Then as we got outside, I noticed something that smelled like a yak stable. It was the undernotes of the Aramis. Can't say enough good about that fragrance. On the one hand the top notes and bottom notes seem tacked together on top of each other. On the other hand they're both superb.
Oh, and the Aramis washed straight off, while the Gucci didn't even after repeated scrubbing.
But anyhow, I spray some Gucci Pour Homme on one hand. After being disappointed by Opium PH I've stayed away from design house scents and stick to Caron and Guerlain. But I'm aware that this is purely prejudice, so I figured I'd give Gucci PH a shot. See what reviews like "deep, masculine but also ethereal fragrance" are getting at.
Put it on one hand and walked around the mall for a couple hours. I got licorice-y clove. No pencil shavings. Licoricey clove. According to everything I read it was supposed to be spices and wood. But it smelled like licoricey clove to me. Even after I went home and had left it on for six hours, I couldn't detect any notable developments, just the same licorice-y clove. Smelled great on the tester but didn't do much on me.
I have weird strongly alkaline body chemistry, so I tend to obliterate a lot of scents. Maybe it's just me. But all I got was licorey clove.
Going out of the mall we had to walk through Lord and Taylor's perfume section on the way to the car. I spotted a bottle of Aramis and sprayed it on the other hand. Smelling it, I thought: "What's the big deal about? This smells a lot lighter than a swaggering power scent."
Aramis smelled like a clean, healthy light sweat in the open air and sun. The kind of sweat you get on the beach, or out walking on a warm spring day. Really nice.
Then as we got outside, I noticed something that smelled like a yak stable. It was the undernotes of the Aramis. Can't say enough good about that fragrance. On the one hand the top notes and bottom notes seem tacked together on top of each other. On the other hand they're both superb.
Oh, and the Aramis washed straight off, while the Gucci didn't even after repeated scrubbing.
