Hey all,
Sorry for the uber long post already:
I know that the majority of people I've referred JPG-FDM-(EDT) just absolutely hate it. As well as majority of reviews I've also read.
IMO, I like it. I find that the dry down scent mellow and calming, I feel like its a summers day walking through a park filled with orange blossoms. I prefer this over G2 (nice, bubblegummy, though slightly over powering - it's more the fact that someone else I know is using it that I don't want to use it any more) the original and summer version.
My intentions were to get the 125ml FDM EDT.
On Monday, instead (after asking if this was the 125ml) I was sold what turned out to be the 75ml Box set. (Nice shiny opaque white bottle, with deodorant + a FDM-tin like "pencil case" for free as well as some tester sprays and G2 playing cards. At £43 I thought that was pretty decent. I even said so..."125ml plus all that? That's a really good price")
On Tuesday I had exchanged the box set with what I asked for (The larger 125ml version). Yay for the large white tin.
On opening the packaging I noticed the bottle looked different but didn't pay too much attention at the time. Also, when I sprayed, it did not smell like FDM. Thoughts that went through my friends and I were "Was it cheap because Debenhams sold me fake stock/old stock" "Maybe it's just how your skin is interacting with it" or "maybe it's too concentrated" - that one coming from a biochemist. Eventually I just became convinced that infact they were the same, and the first time I tried smelt different because it was the liquid in the spray mechanism - not the actual perfume.
Until I tried out a sample of FDM again. It smelt really different. It bugged me now the glass was translucent at the top, getting more opaque towards the base: not like the Porcelain/Ivory white I had expected. Since I was in a rush, I overlooked "La Cologne". I reasoned that maybe that's just the Aftershave vs EDT version...they still smell exactly the same. But they don't. La cologne imo is too light, too generic. When liquid it's really strong citrusy/alcohol smell like imitation perfumes. Then the citrus takes over like a lemon aerosol air freshner until we get a baby talcum powder scent. With FDM EDT, the scent is uniform when its liquid and just gets much, much lighter as you wear it.
It was only through a google search I found out that this was a different product.
I'd really like to return this FDM cologne version for what I had originally wanted to but since I've opened the packaging, I'm guessing they're not going to let me. I'm going to try the angle that: I had specifically asked for a certain product, and on two occasions was sold the wrong one.
If you like FDM, do you guys have any personal preference from EDT to the cologne version?
I've got a couple of hours till I have to wake up (if I get any sleep that is) before my lectures and presentation...I'll most likely try and return it. Meh...the fuss.
Thanks for any replies.
(JMO, 21 - UK)
Sorry for the uber long post already:
I know that the majority of people I've referred JPG-FDM-(EDT) just absolutely hate it. As well as majority of reviews I've also read.
IMO, I like it. I find that the dry down scent mellow and calming, I feel like its a summers day walking through a park filled with orange blossoms. I prefer this over G2 (nice, bubblegummy, though slightly over powering - it's more the fact that someone else I know is using it that I don't want to use it any more) the original and summer version.
My intentions were to get the 125ml FDM EDT.
On Monday, instead (after asking if this was the 125ml) I was sold what turned out to be the 75ml Box set. (Nice shiny opaque white bottle, with deodorant + a FDM-tin like "pencil case" for free as well as some tester sprays and G2 playing cards. At £43 I thought that was pretty decent. I even said so..."125ml plus all that? That's a really good price")
On Tuesday I had exchanged the box set with what I asked for (The larger 125ml version). Yay for the large white tin.
On opening the packaging I noticed the bottle looked different but didn't pay too much attention at the time. Also, when I sprayed, it did not smell like FDM. Thoughts that went through my friends and I were "Was it cheap because Debenhams sold me fake stock/old stock" "Maybe it's just how your skin is interacting with it" or "maybe it's too concentrated" - that one coming from a biochemist. Eventually I just became convinced that infact they were the same, and the first time I tried smelt different because it was the liquid in the spray mechanism - not the actual perfume.
Until I tried out a sample of FDM again. It smelt really different. It bugged me now the glass was translucent at the top, getting more opaque towards the base: not like the Porcelain/Ivory white I had expected. Since I was in a rush, I overlooked "La Cologne". I reasoned that maybe that's just the Aftershave vs EDT version...they still smell exactly the same. But they don't. La cologne imo is too light, too generic. When liquid it's really strong citrusy/alcohol smell like imitation perfumes. Then the citrus takes over like a lemon aerosol air freshner until we get a baby talcum powder scent. With FDM EDT, the scent is uniform when its liquid and just gets much, much lighter as you wear it.
It was only through a google search I found out that this was a different product.
I'd really like to return this FDM cologne version for what I had originally wanted to but since I've opened the packaging, I'm guessing they're not going to let me. I'm going to try the angle that: I had specifically asked for a certain product, and on two occasions was sold the wrong one.
If you like FDM, do you guys have any personal preference from EDT to the cologne version?
I've got a couple of hours till I have to wake up (if I get any sleep that is) before my lectures and presentation...I'll most likely try and return it. Meh...the fuss.
Thanks for any replies.
(JMO, 21 - UK)
