Like a cheap version of Black Orchid. Not good. Also, as others have said, heavy coconut.

There's a negligible difference between this and Homme Idéal Intense de Guerlain EDP, and I already own the latter, so it's redundant for me.

I love Habit Rouge Instinct, this is just hackery for money. There's really nothing new or interesting here at all. Same with the new Homme Idéal. I'd go as far as to say it lacks the magic of the original but aside from that it's identical, like an insipid watering down.

La suave tía de L'Instant Homme de Guerlain, al estilo de Joanna Lumley. Un patchouli suntuoso, cremoso y cítrico con moho (el mismo tono a rancio que el mencionado Guerlain) y chocolate blanco (mientras que el Guerlain tiene un cacao amargo). Actualización: ¡Aldehídos! ¿Cómo no los había notado antes? Quizás mi perfume esté envejeciendo, aunque estoy bastante seguro de que huele igual que el año pasado cuando lo compré. Este es un perfume muy extraño, ya que debería ser dulce y voluptuoso, pero tiene un brillo helado que lo hace distante y grandioso. Mientras que a menudo percibo el iris como orris, aquí es al revés, el orris tiene un toque de polvo que normalmente asociaría con la flor. Siempre he tenido una relación de amor-odio con Coromandel. Amo el perfume, odio llevarlo, o quizás debería decir que me cuesta encontrar alguna ocasión o momento en mi vida en el que lo llevaría. Siento que debería ser usado por alguna dama aristocrática desmoronada en una historia de Hercule Poirot (de hecho, sí, específicamente la Princesa de Asesinato en el Orient Express).

I've learnt a lesson with this perfume. I went from loving it, to hating it, to loving it again, and I realised the thing I hated was what happens when it gets on clothes, namely that it becomes permanent and I can only smell the harsh fixative base. On skin, however, it's marvelous, as the same aroma-chemical reacts with my skin creating a warm, slightly green, woody aura that complements the thin rose up top. It's a shame that I have to be careful where to spray it, but I can live with that. Just don't judge it on a card strip, as it gives me the same horrible result as on clothes. One thing is for sure, this perfume doesn't smell remotely like anything found in nature, but if you're a fan of that sort of Serge Lutens floral esoterica, or you like perfumes by Julian Rasquinet based on hardcore amber fixatives, you'll probably love this. I'd advise against shoving your nose into your wrist to smell it. Try to experience it as others would, it's great.

Amazing quality and tiny price. What's not to love?! It's delicate and floral, but not sweet or simple. Honestly it doesn't smell unlike some of the extortionate rose perfumes by the likes of Tom Ford or Francis Kurkdjian.

Took a chance and blind bought it discounted.... As others have said, the opening is quite OTT lemon. In fact I find the first five minutes quite horrible, too savoury and very like Pino Silvestre, which I find repulsive, but then it becomes an exquisite green piney aura (slightly pesto-ey too), addictive and delicate somehow whilst being powerful. So glad I snapped this up while I had the chance! .... Wearing this again as we go into spring, it's breathtaking. I still find the first minute or two a bit much, but it's fleeting. This is definitely a perfume which is best experienced passively, i.e. without burying your nose in it.

I love that everyone has such strong feelings about this. After blind buying Myths Man, I bought the woman version (for me everything is unisex). I expected, and wanted, a difficult, interesting, melancholy fantasy in a bottle, something I'd not be able to stop sniffing, and I was prepared for it to be worse somehow than the Man. I got what I wanted, and am happy to say I like it more...the man version has a sort of sharp, acrid floral pungency which is gone here. I am an avid hiker, and I'm looking forward to wafting through the forest in this, literally and figuratively. It's a lot more subtle than I expected and I find it a beautiful and unique green scent. Update: I know what this reminds me of... If you enjoy the mouldy undercurrent of Coromandel, this is that, with the citrus and chocolate stripped away. It's the ghost of Coromandel wafting through the serene graveyard. Another update: I've smelled this aroma while hiking in the forest on a hot day when I had recently rained. It was so similar I almost thought someone in the group was wearing the perfume, which or course wasn't the case. Another update: Haven't touched this for months and now I've worn it to bed. This perfume is INSANE. It's so serious, so weird... When you smell a vintage chypre that's turned, this is almost like that, but not, as in it doesn't actually smell like it's off, it just has the most hardcore chypre combo I've ever smelled, eschewing anything pretty, delicate, sweet or sparkling and burrowing straight down into the dank moss and skank. To me it doesn't smell like urine, but I get why some may see it otherwise. I can't imagine ever wearing this out, and I wear some pretty crazy frags sometimes. I think my friends would probably be concerned for my sanity if I did. But I love it! Update after months of not smelling: Good golly this is a crazy perfume. It never fails to take me aback. It's like boiled spinach with the soil left in. I can't imagine ever wearing this outside but it is a truly genius, audacious scherzo of. a scent that deserves to grace the most unwearable masterpieces lists alongside Secretions Magnifiques, Sombra, etc.

I bought some cysanthemums for my living room, and in the same week I tasted wild chrysanthemum tea, and it got me wondering about cysanthemum in perfume. So I searched on here. This perfume grabbed my attention, and reading the reviews made me really want to give it a go. Of course it's extortionately expensive, and may or may not be discontinued. Long story short I blind bought a discount bottle from Ebay, and it has just arrived. Possibly the best, most astounding opening I've ever experienced from a perfume. Sharp, vetiver pickle with chocolate flakes and incense, Chinese chrysanthemum tea and rose (it's there if you seek it out). It shouldn't work... The tangy, floral shimmer dissapates and the elemi brings you into its warmth. I don't know where it's going next, but needless to say I don't regret this blind buy.... I think this will become my new all-time favourite scent. Update: I'm a couple of hours in now, and in the third stage. Beautiful! Another update: on further considation, there is a negative side to this. The notes are difficult and astoundingly persistent. After a few hours, there's an almost acrid, putrid aftereffect (the vetiver I suspect, I tends to sour on my skin), which remains after showering and is permanent on clothing. It doesn't stop me loving the perfume, but it's worth knowing about. Perhaps performace can be too good after all.

Todo el mundo parece encontrar esto demasiado dulce, pero ¿no es eso lo que quieres con una fragancia de esta naturaleza? ¡Yo sí! La dulzura le da una sensación general de gourmand, una especie de tiramisú de miel y tabaco... delicioso. A pesar de que la miel es muy fuerte, es más jarabe que miel medicinal real, dando un tipo de glaseado suntuoso y pegajoso por todas partes. Esto es fuerte pero no estridente, aunque debo decir que se va acercando a ti durante la primera hora. Estoy muy contento de que no haya vainilla, ya que se ha hecho tantas veces. Y por cierto, si quieres un tabaco súper dulce y estridente, ve por TF Tobacco Vanille, que es muy molesto (aunque a mí me gusta). Esto es más elegante, más rico y más opulentamente sin vergüenza. Es un amor para mí.