Dear oh dear! The reformulation horrors were all true. I take back what I said about YouTube reviewer the Fragrance apprentice when I sat through his diatribe and figured he was overacting... and I still think he was to some extent. I never owned a bottle of the original myself but my dad had it, and I'm very familiar with the smell. This is quite pitiful really, it's still desperately trying to cling onto its former glory as there's a remnant of the cypress, cinnamon and woods in there but it's missing all the manly stuff and the oakmoss and leather which made it a true great. Now sadly it starts of like a bitter lemony booze (limoncello) then a powdery poof of something clean and soapy then cinnamon and very subdued woods in the drydown. Oh well I guess I had to see/smell for myself, I'm glad it was cheap. I'm not offended by it by any means and will persevere and see what it's like on subsequent wears but I doubt my opinion will change much. Is Italian Cypress a viable alternative to getting some of that greatness from the original, at the price point you'd perhaps say no but no doubt the Tom Ford smells great. My main gripe is that the longevity is not that good either...so where is my fix going to come from? Oh speaking of longevity, Z14 has died back to almost nothing already so I don't figure the longevity to be too good. Shame. Update: Actually some of the soapy, cleaner, awfulness of the opening has subsided and there's some very weak tones in the base, reminiscent of the more masculine oakmoss and woods I was missing. Definitely smells better now it's dried right down.