I posted these thoughts in another thread, but thought I'd make one more appropriately titled for anyone searching the forums (whoops, just found out you CAN edit the title of a thread.) Here are my initial thoughts:
I love the opening notes of Ungaro II. Lavender, a hint of spice, rounded perhaps by the vanilla? I don't know, but it was nice.
It's been about 30 minutes now. I dont' detect the civet - did I spray too lightly? Maybe it's there just adding a bit of a roundness to the notes? I definitely don't smell anything fecal though, as I've read in some of the reviews.
As I sniffed my arm more and more I started to think "I've smelled this before." For some reason I couldn't place it. Then I realized it reminded me of the first scent I ever purchased, although a rounder, smoother, much higher quality version of it. It - don't laugh - reminds me of Passion for Men by Elizabeth Taylor. Lavender/Spicy opening, which fades to powder. Granted, Passion fades into a rather unidimensional sweet powder, and I'm not getting that so far on the Ungaro II, but there are definite similarities in the scents.
If the drydown doesn't change dramatically I might just put a spritz of Passion on the other arm. Although, I think my bottle of passion has turned as the top notes are no longer just spicy, but now have a weird acrid sour note in there that I don't recall from long ago.
Am I crazy or does anyone else notice the similarities?
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Alright, I might have been a bit hasty there. The Ungaro has transformed quite a bit and is much dryer and I can even see where some would call it "stuffy" now. I do it shares a similar (although much more round and deep) opening as Passion for Men, but Passion for Men turns into a synthetic soup of sweet powder and the Ungaro is much much nicer at this point in it's evolution than Passion is at the same point.
I sprayed Passion on my other arm just to see if I was crazy or not. God, I don't know how I used to like that scent. I had to scrub it off (and scrub...and scrub.)
I love the opening notes of Ungaro II. Lavender, a hint of spice, rounded perhaps by the vanilla? I don't know, but it was nice.
It's been about 30 minutes now. I dont' detect the civet - did I spray too lightly? Maybe it's there just adding a bit of a roundness to the notes? I definitely don't smell anything fecal though, as I've read in some of the reviews.
As I sniffed my arm more and more I started to think "I've smelled this before." For some reason I couldn't place it. Then I realized it reminded me of the first scent I ever purchased, although a rounder, smoother, much higher quality version of it. It - don't laugh - reminds me of Passion for Men by Elizabeth Taylor. Lavender/Spicy opening, which fades to powder. Granted, Passion fades into a rather unidimensional sweet powder, and I'm not getting that so far on the Ungaro II, but there are definite similarities in the scents.
If the drydown doesn't change dramatically I might just put a spritz of Passion on the other arm. Although, I think my bottle of passion has turned as the top notes are no longer just spicy, but now have a weird acrid sour note in there that I don't recall from long ago.
Am I crazy or does anyone else notice the similarities?
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Alright, I might have been a bit hasty there. The Ungaro has transformed quite a bit and is much dryer and I can even see where some would call it "stuffy" now. I do it shares a similar (although much more round and deep) opening as Passion for Men, but Passion for Men turns into a synthetic soup of sweet powder and the Ungaro is much much nicer at this point in it's evolution than Passion is at the same point.
I sprayed Passion on my other arm just to see if I was crazy or not. God, I don't know how I used to like that scent. I had to scrub it off (and scrub...and scrub.)
