Bentley for Men Intense opens with the faintest brief spray of dulled citrus mingling with a sheen of black pepper, before quickly adding laurel spiced smooth boozy rum-laced incense to the early...
Skimming through the reviews of Habit Rouge it's apparent that this scent comes/came in many incarnations, wastly different. I've tried a current EdT. .. There's nothing masculine about this...
I dislike the original AdG, always have because of the bitterness and strange orange synthetic note. The Essenza after one wear won me over, smooth opening, soft woodiness once it settles down....
Disturbingly bad.
This opens up obscure, smoky, spicy and what seems like an attempt of a jasmine flower note. I have smelt jasmine notes from higher end perfumery and this is utterly...
This is the first Montale fragrance that I've liked enough to merit purchasing a full bottle. I would like to wax poetic about this frag, but Darvant and others have pretty much captured it's...
Play Red by Comme des Garcons (first time from a sample)
Cherry? I don't smell it. What I do smell is something mildly sweet and spicy. Weird (of course it is, it's a CdG) and not entirely sure how I feel about this yet. Indifferent, I suppose.
SotD: Creed Aventus. Performed beautifully all day long, for a busy day in the office.
SotE: Guerlain Jicky EdT. It's one of the modern, almost civet-less formulations. Like watching a David Lean 70-mm masterpiece on a crappy VHS tape instead of on a big screen in a movie theater. This seemingly careless re-creation of a fine fragrance is better than just about any other modern scent. But you know you're missing a whole lot of the best parts, which makes it all quite frustrating.