The main thing letting this one down is performance...it's average...which is okay but disappointing because it develops nicely for the first couple of hours, leading you into a false sense of security and believe that it might be quite long lived. Then...bam! It's gone. Such a shame because this is one of the better 'sport' fragrances I've tried in recent years. Fresh sharp opening of citrus and aquatic tones, offset with the subtlety herbaceous basil and lavender, then a ton of pepper hits and as the woody base of cedar and musk start to dry down, this is actually quite a well conceived, masculine fragrance and not a million miles from it's predecessor. Just to mention that this flanker comes out a mere 28 years after the original surely it hasn't been in the making all that time???? Well as nice as it is it ain't worth the wait even for Loewe fans. I liked it, had it of lasted I would of added it to my collection to prove a point that sport fragrances can be simple and refined and above all masculine. But it doesn't so I won't.

I was quite looking forward to this, unfortunately Cedro just fell short for me. The opening does have a pronounced woody musk but as soon as that's gone, and we are talking a matter of minutes here, it dries down to a very similar accord of the solo line. It's that resinous balmy smell which is quite artificial and reminds me of bandages, quite an odd medicinal smell with hints of fresh lavender on the top. Sounds awful from the description but I actually like it a lot, and own Solo Platinum which is just 'that' throughout without trying to be woody or anything that it's not. I guess over all this is slightly lighter and fresher than Platinum but too much like the original to be that noteworthy. I just deem it a pointless flanker, shame really because the wood grain on the bottle cap looks great. Longevity is similar to platinum pretty good and clings well to clothes (not like that's saying much.)

Absolute class. A tone poem of masculine aromatic notes blended to smell like a man should. To me similarities to Azzurro pour homme or Paco Rabanne or countless others of the period are obvious but with one striking difference, Roger & Gallet is just better behaved on my skin. I think the blend is just right so as not to be 'too' anything. It's the usual blend of clean, soapy, spicy and recent formulations although lacking in oakmoss and sheer power, L'Homme is still reserved enough to last okay and give the wearer a nice clean, blokey feel without choking anybody out. I like it a great deal.

This is a typical aquatic for me, opening with lovely refreshing notes of mandarin and sea breeze, the cleanness of cardamom and vetiver and the hint of spice and woods from cedar and pepper. This is a good fragrance which settles very nicely...it's not great...but it's not to be dismissed off hand either. The performance is average but I will forgive it. It's as worth a look as any other fresh scent in the designer game. Shop around and you might find yourself a bargain.

oooh this is absolute magic! If ever a scent appealed to me it's this one. Sweet, sticky, warm, balmy base which is never cloying even for a second. Then that delicate fruity accord of cola, yes it's very similar to Dunhill Custom, I only wish I had discovered this sooner. It's far more refined than the Dunhill and releases more subtle complex notes. I'd also say it's woodier and all in all better smelling and the best thing about it....Baldesarinni Ambre lasts quite well. This is a great hidden gem of a scent and cheap enough to not feel guilty about buying. I'm getting it.

This one crept up on me, as I had no idea Colonia Club was out. Tried it the other day and I have to say I'm extremely impressed by the smell of this stuff. AdP will never be one of my favorite brands but they do make solid, classy fragrances which open very well and I enjoy hugely. They seem to be afforded leeway that I wouldn't give to other houses for making mediocrity a trademark. Anyway...Colonia Club has a wonderfully fresh opening of citruses as you'd expect but with a hint of herbaceous green qualities, lavender, mint and a touch of white florals. There's a lightweight musk, and in the heart a geranium note under long lasting citrus, all of which conspires to create that classic aromatic fougere type fragrance, making this hard not to like. The vetiver really comes out in the dry down and that's about it. Club delivers what I expect from Aqua di Parma topping it off with average performance I'd say all in all another good product from the house. I think I prefer this to the black one...colonia essenza?? is it??? Fan's of AdP will definitely like this one it's very hard not to and I really like the green bottle.

To my nose this is Bond No.9 (The self titled signature fragrance) that slightly tepid sweetness, book-ended by fresh top notes and woody base notes. I have to say as someone who owns the Perfume version of the signature (basically the same as the original but stronger and with the addition of Oud) I can't say I entirely dislike the smell. However, there's one crucial difference here and it's not what I'd expected (the addition of Patchouli) but a distinctly horrifying smell. I have a whopping 4 vials of this (obviously not a popular sample) and I had thought that it may have been a reaction with the plastic wrapper. You know? Those bon bon sweetie wrappers that the samples come in. I had struggled to remove the vial from the wrapper and some of the dye stuff came off on my hands and had this horrible pissy smell. I thought to myself I hope that's not the perfume! Unfortunately It was. Yes New York patchouli actually smells like the back streets of New York City, Urine and all. Just as you take in the sugary sweetness and generic 'Bond accord' a split second later it is soured with a sharp, metallic musk and what can only be described as a pissy smell. I hate to be crude...but there it is. The only remarkable thing about New York Patchouli is that there's no trace of patchouli in it! No hippie herbaceous dirt, or thick, creamy chocolate. Maybe that could be the piss smell, a metallic sharpness when interacting with citrus and cedar...who knows? What is known is that something is really wrong with this fragrance. Maybe some people can't smell that? Or like it? Nobody else has mentioned it in comments...could it be the humble Lychee causing such offence? I really don't know but I could never wear this awful concoction. Like most stinkers, when you don't want them to have great performance...they inevitably do.

I love the validation of retrying a fragrance and then reading an old review and being like..."You nailed it back then dude!" ...to myself. Kinda sad I know, but it's true. What I feel I NEED to comment on is the unrelenting and frankly horrible drydown. I applied it yesterday evening, when out for a walk in humid conditions, went to bed, showered this morning and reapplied another fragrance. I've been walking around in the sunshine all day and it's still, really strong! I'm amazed I can smell it through my shirt, and I'm not exaggerating to be dramatic, really New York Patchouli is atomic! Crucially there's still NO bloody patchouli, just a mental, cat pissy accord. What's even stranger is that....I sort of like it!!! There's still a metallic note of that 'Bond accord' of sweet citrus.

This one is a real banger! Rarely do fragrances live up to their name, especially when they are called 'Intense' but if there's anyone you could be sure of making something Intense... It's Pierre Montale. I actually love how the tropical, sweet, white floral vibes of exotic Tiare flower and Jasmine assault the senses. This fragrance does have an edge of coconut but it's not cloying and doesn't smell like a tacky sun cream in small doses it's quite elegant. I think worn in moderation this is a very bright and uplifting scent which dries to a talcum, musk which reminds me of my mums rose talc she used to wear when I was a kid. So yeah there is a very subtle rose note in there. I don't often say this about a fragrance because I like to think I'm open minded in my fragrance choices but this to me is 100% feminine. If a guy wants to wear this, then more power to you but I just wouldn't. A lovely thing then and very, very potent indeed.

Dear oh dear, I wondered why I had tried all of this houses perfumes except for Kid Mohair, I must have read the comments on here. I'd obviously forgotten what they said when I ordered my sample but this is not a great fragrance. It did do one thing though...transport me back to a golden era in my early teens (when I actually had hair!) on occasion instead of gel or Brylcreem I would borrow my sisters hair Moose. The opening minute of Kid mohair (arguably as the alcohol is still evaporating) is exactly this smell, its a kind of bitter chemical musk shrouded in dense fruity aroma chemicals. It's a kind of primordial soup of choking, slightly nostril tingling juice. As it settles I get a white floral edge of peony, magnolia perhaps some rose, But still wrapped in that fruity shampoo smell which on skin almost smells a little of scalp too. Whenever I say that I'm conscious of how creepy it might sound but it reminds me of the sensation of kissing my girlfriend on the top of her head, so it's kinda sweet really. This dries down to a clean white musk and despite the barrage of abuse I've now contributed to, I can't hate kid mohair. After that first minute it doesn't smell bad as such, just like uninspiring perfume, lacking the sophistication and complexity that fragrance lovers want to smell. It doesn't work on me and could become slightly irritating after a while, I don't imagine ever wanting to smell like this, so it's a no from me.

Beautiful understated opening of citrus and juniper berries which fades quickly revealing a powdered violet leaf note. The notes and spicing is so delicate, coriander seed and vetiver amongst the careful blended concerto which makes up this masculine aromatic fragrance. The overbearing vibe I get from Jermyn street is not one of a citrus vetiver or even a floral aromatic, it's more like Knise Ten. That thing people refer to as leather and kinda is, that is what I get from this except instead of orange blossom like in Creed Royal English leather for example, it's replaced with a very toned down violet. Jermyn street is extremely light in the sense of an eau de Cologne type fragrance and the unfortunate sense that it doesn't last all that long. Still, like the well blended traditional offerings of Penhaligon's and Floris I just can't fault the majority of what they do.