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Canali Black Diamond

post #1 of 12
1/18/09 at 1:55pm
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So...Let's talk about Canali Black Diamond..Anyone tried it owns it? I own a big sample of it and find it to be quite nice...Good leather, little sweetness...I see it as a modern gentleman fragrance and very masculine and elegant...Something that goes perfectly with a suite, but great for dates and nights out too...
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post #2 of 12
1/18/09 at 2:15pm
I like this one as well, but unfortunately when it enters the drydown it kinda falls apart into a very synthetic mess which is a lot less pleasant than the top and mid notes which are excellent. I need to do some more testing but so far the few wearings I've done have been pretty much the same - great opening, original and pleasant mid phase and then the same banal and generic synthetic drydown, very anti-clamactic.
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post #3 of 12
1/18/09 at 7:48pm
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Originally Posted by Igor01 View Post

I like this one as well, but unfortunately when it enters the drydown it kinda falls apart into a very synthetic mess which is a lot less pleasant than the top and mid notes which are excellent.


I own a FB as well and concur with Igor01 on the drydown issue..too bad.
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post #4 of 12
1/18/09 at 8:59pm
That's disappointing to hear. I like the original Canali and was looking forward to testing out Black Diamond but hearing about the very synthetic drydown is making me rethink that. I'm finding that as I check out more frags (been bitten by the bug after lurking here for the past couple of months) I'm losing interest in much of the mainstream frags I used to wear.
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post #5 of 12
1/18/09 at 9:29pm
Yes, according to the previous comments great beginning, lame drydown. That's why I just tried it more times, but didn't buy it.
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post #6 of 12
1/19/09 at 12:05am
Forgettable.
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post #7 of 12
1/19/09 at 12:56am
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Originally Posted by Igor01 View Post

I like this one as well, but unfortunately when it enters the drydown it kinda falls apart into a very synthetic mess which is a lot less pleasant than the top and mid notes which are excellent.

You hit the nail on the head with that one. Love the tops notes though.
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post #8 of 12
1/19/09 at 5:45am
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Forgettable.

Yet you remember what it was like
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post #9 of 12
1/21/09 at 9:30am
For me, its a velvety Prada Amber Pour Homme. I like this one, but had the same problem as posted above: It seems to be extremely synthetic, like a soapy rubber some times.
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post #10 of 12
1/24/09 at 7:19pm
tried this today.....got no leather out of it.....i thought this stuff was very generic....did nothing for me! smelled like every other designer scent out there
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post #11 of 12
1/24/09 at 8:58pm
I used to own this. It was okay, but that was it....and for an EDP, the longevity and sillage wasn't up to par with others in that category.
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post #12 of 12
1/25/09 at 1:16am
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Yet you remember what it was like

Hahaha. I remember that it's boring such that I forgot. Thereby being unforgettable.
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