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Jacomo de Jacomo Rouge

post #1 of 7
4/10/10 at 8:35am
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I just received a bottle of this via FedEx this morning and tried a sample on my hand.

1st I got a feeling of Xeryus Rouge which did not impress me with it's candy citrus sweetness

2nd On the down dry I got this great patchouli laced woody semi sweet scent and it is knocking my brain where I smelled this before. Now I got it! It is the Joop Homme down dry that you have wait and wait for after all the flowers and sugar burn off.
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post #2 of 7
4/10/10 at 11:39am
I bought a half used tester bottle of Jacomo Rouge about a year ago - after I'd sprayed it on my wrist and walked around the shops for a couple of hours. I hadn't liked it at first, but liked it much better later on.
Renato
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post #3 of 7
4/10/10 at 11:54am
Very "medicinal"' at first, then dries down to a "joss stick oriental" with a gourmand touch.
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post #4 of 7
4/10/10 at 12:44pm
Yep, the dry down is the redeeming factor.
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post #5 of 7
4/10/10 at 12:47pm
I can relate to the previous posts, since, until the drydown, my impression was like "Duh, unimpressed, next!", but then, the drydown turned out to project in a more complex, more non-generic and more long-lasting way, than I expected from its price range.
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post #6 of 7
4/10/10 at 5:05pm
I love this stuff. It dries to a musky incense finish on my skin. (I like Xeryus Rouge/Givenchy, also, but Jacomo is a nice alternative when I don't want the spicy red pepper effects of the Givenchy.)
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post #7 of 7
4/10/10 at 7:14pm
A lot of folks don't care the dry down, personally I think JdJ Rouge represents all around greatness. Sweet as hell yet not cloying or headache inducing, unoffensive to most, lasts 6-8 hours (sometimes more), nice projection, (not too little but not too much) I think if this projected anymore than it did.. it may become sickening. To my nose it starts off as a super minty Le Male then dries down into a macaroon! Good stuff.
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