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Invasion Barbare similar to Le Male !!??

post #1 of 20
2/9/13 at 4:35am
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I am very interested to sample Invasion Barbare but some mentioned here that it is similar to Le Male which I really don't like at all. Please advice...

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post #2 of 20
2/9/13 at 5:03am
I just sampled it last week. I reminds me in no way of Le Male.

Its a really high quality but simple fougere. It just smells good! But not particulary interesting. I can see why it would be a great signature scent for everyday wear.
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post #3 of 20
2/9/13 at 5:38am
Not to my nose at all...
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post #4 of 20
2/9/13 at 6:00am
Two totally different frags.
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post #5 of 20
2/9/13 at 6:44am
hell no!
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post #6 of 20
2/9/13 at 7:15am
sample invasion barbare. You wont regret it
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post #7 of 20
2/9/13 at 7:41am
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Originally Posted by drseid View Post

Not to my nose at all...

Nor to mine.
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post #8 of 20
2/9/13 at 7:49am
Not in the least.
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post #9 of 20
2/9/13 at 8:19am
Total opposites to me...not even close.
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post #10 of 20
2/9/13 at 9:58am
There is a definite similarity, but IB is a million times better. I'm surprised nobody else notices this.
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post #11 of 20
2/9/13 at 10:37am
not similar. le male is WAY heavier and sweeter. not to mention infinitely cruder. "Invasion Barbare" is a totally inappropriate name for the frag, which is measured and mature.
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post #12 of 20
2/9/13 at 10:42am
They may both have lavender, but that doesn't make them similar. They don't feel anything alike overall..
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post #13 of 20
2/9/13 at 12:48pm
I for one think they are similar: they're both barbershop retros with a huge musky-vanilla foundation. Where Le Male is juvenile and superficial, however, IB is made interesting with a big violet leaf note. Try it!
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post #14 of 20
2/9/13 at 3:02pm
Yep like everyone else has said they are completely different for my nose with IB being a great fragrance
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post #15 of 20
2/9/13 at 5:21pm
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Originally Posted by treeman5823 View Post

huge musky-vanilla foundation.

I don't get this from IB. I find it a very slim, crisp cedar-vanilla affair. One of the driest vanillas ever.
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post #16 of 20
2/9/13 at 5:26pm
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hell no!

nfw!
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post #17 of 20
2/9/13 at 7:43pm
Not at all.
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post #18 of 20
2/9/13 at 9:04pm
Another urban myth, no doubt started by someone with little or no frame of reference to distinguish one perfume from another - it happens a lot these days
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post #19 of 20
2/9/13 at 9:31pm
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Originally Posted by mr. reasonable View Post

Another urban myth, no doubt started by someone with little or no frame of reference to distinguish one perfume from another - it happens a lot these days


Wrong.
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post #20 of 20
2/10/13 at 12:24am
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Originally Posted by treeman5823 View Post

I for one think they are similar: they're both barbershop retros with a huge musky-vanilla foundation. Where Le Male is juvenile and superficial, however, IB is made interesting with a big violet leaf note. Try it!

I have to agree with this. I like both Le Male and Invasion Barbare equally though.

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Originally Posted by mr. reasonable View Post

Another urban myth, no doubt started by someone with little or no frame of reference to distinguish one perfume from another - it happens a lot these days

I'd have to disagree. The resemblance between Le Male and Invasion Barbare is more noticeable if you have a good nose or knowledge of fragrances (and fougeres, especially). They share a very similar structure, and even some of the same notes, mainly synthetic lavender, a certain plasticky note and a huge dose of clean musk in the base. Although you would never mistake one for the other, they are similar in many ways.

I know both fragrances well: well enough to have noticed subtle and not-so subtle details, such as the rarely-mentioned dose of civet in the base of Invasion Barbare.
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