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L'Instant de Guerlain Pour Homme Extreme - Compliments or not?

post #1 of 19
11/18/12 at 1:27am
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OK,

I've been wearing LIDGE for over a year. I've gotten some nice compliments on it. I've also seen some Youtube reviews that suggest that while it's a great fragrance, it's not the kind of fragrance that women compliment on (as much as other fragrances) or that it has a mature, 'older' scent to it.

For LIDGE wearers....what are your thoughts? I've been told on airplanes, in hotel lobbies that it smells great....by women.

Jose
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post #2 of 19
11/18/12 at 2:27am
I've heard the same thing from people - that LIDGE doesn't draw compliments.

That is bunk. Bunk, I say!

I'll grant that it doesn't draw compliments like Aventus (I don't know why Aventus is such a drawcard, it just is) but c'mon - patchouli and cocoa? What women out there aren't loving this stuff?
It's up there with Sycomore in my 'great cool weather fragrances that garner loads of compliments'.
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post #3 of 19
11/18/12 at 2:35am
I get compliments at work and from people I know outside of work. The thing is a lot of people may like your fragrance but will not approach you to tell you unless they know you well. I have smelled scents I really liked on people but I would never dare approach and say I like your fragrance unless I know them well.
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post #4 of 19
11/18/12 at 3:47am
There's no way I would turn round to a stranger & compliment their perfume (maybe, maybe if I was chatting to a girl in the bar, but even then probably not).
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post #5 of 19
11/18/12 at 3:58am
Not. It's too quiet.
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post #6 of 19
11/18/12 at 4:12am
...getting compliments starts with the person in question: some will never get any compliment, no matter what he (she) wears, and some will get compliments even if he (she) wears nothing at all...!
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post #7 of 19
11/18/12 at 7:19am
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Originally Posted by Trauerkraut View Post

...getting compliments starts with the person in question: some will never get any compliment, no matter what he (she) wears, and some will get compliments even if he (she) wears nothing at all...!

Very true
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post #8 of 19
11/18/12 at 7:27am
Yes, I was told I smelled really good several times.

The best compliment ever wasn't really a compliment, but a reaction. I was wearing Piper Nigrum and went to Nordstrom to make a purchase - what I don't recall specifically - but as I was walking toward the elevators, a lady had just exited one and walked past me. About two seconds later, I hear "ohhhhhhhhhhh", turn and look to see she'd stopped in her tracks and was slowly turning her nose my way and caught me looking back as I was about to enter the elevator. We just both smiled and went our separate ways.

That was a case where actions spoke louder than words.
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post #9 of 19
11/18/12 at 7:28am
This is based on what? A YouTube review?
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post #10 of 19
11/18/12 at 7:42am
Women love the cocoa in this one.
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post #11 of 19
11/18/12 at 7:44am
It gets its fair share of compliments...although I could care less about that....I simply find it a beautiful fragrance & would wear it regardless. One of my favorites!
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post #12 of 19
11/18/12 at 7:49am
Yes it gets compliments
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post #13 of 19
11/18/12 at 9:01am
I've received compliments from women (not young girls, but women) while on the bus and train and at work while wearing LIDGE; it is indeed a great, masculine scent.
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post #14 of 19
11/18/12 at 9:54am
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Originally Posted by NewHaarlem View Post

I've received compliments from women (not young girls, but women) while on the bus and train and at work while wearing LIDGE; it is indeed a great, masculine scent.

I purchased a decent sized decant and on the times I've worn it I've gotten a very feminine feel to it. I'm not saying it is feminine but on my skin there is a certain floral or "perfumey" note that goes up 10 notches and though I got incredible whiffs of the good stuff while wearing this, the floral note overpowered me. And I received no compliments.
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post #15 of 19
11/18/12 at 10:06am
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This is based on what? A YouTube review?

Yeah. A YouTube review, Rich.
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post #16 of 19
11/18/12 at 10:32am
No idea about the Extreme version, but the regular L'Instant does get quite a fair share of compliments.
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post #17 of 19
11/18/12 at 11:16am
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I purchased a decent sized decant and on the times I've worn it I've gotten a very feminine feel to it. I'm not saying it is feminine but on my skin there is a certain floral or "perfumey" note that goes up 10 notches and though I got incredible whiffs of the good stuff while wearing this, the floral note overpowered me. And I received no compliments.

You must have sprayed or gotten it on your shirt/clothing, which is a big no-no with this fragrance and results into an anise-bomb.
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post #18 of 19
11/18/12 at 11:26am
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Originally Posted by Ken_Russell View Post

No idea about the Extreme version, but the regular L'Instant does get quite a fair share of compliments.

I agree. Despite some people saying it is a mature scent, I received compliments from a male colleague, and children the last time I wore the regular version.
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post #19 of 19
11/18/12 at 11:34am
I would agree that LIDGE is a tad on the mature side. However, that should not stop anyone, who can pull it off, from wearing this masterpiece of a fragrance. It is one of a kind.
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