I really enjoy this fragrance I loved Oud and velvet mood might just have pipped it as its a little bolder and less striped back. Unfortunately, I came to the conclusion that I wouldn't wear any of them despite them being lovingly and beautifully crafted and on the whole really well put together. As I mentioned with the original the subtlety of using the right notes to compliment and make the Oud wood shine. I cant get over the fact that they're VERY expensive and I just don't like Oud that much to bother.

This is heaven for me very very strong zingy opening from the bergamot and citron which settles in quickly. It's a classic combo of citrus & Musk with benzoin and vetiver to give it a lovely baseline and it works. This is a great scent I've not a negative thing to say about it. All of these EDT's are not massively strong but strong enough and have average longevity and sillage...just spray a bit more if you want? All in all Id have the entire collection as they're just spot on really really good stuff again from Acqua Di Parma.

Sweet, creamy, almondy but not in a marzipan sort of way and vanilla. This scent is truly gourmand in the way it makes you want to eat the part of your body you sprayed it on. This is not for everyone mind, lots of people will find it too sweet and sickly which it most definitely is. It matures nicely and dries down with gentle cedar wood but retains that wonderful almond, almost moist cakey smell. It's quite complex to be fair though and maybe it sounds a bit obvious from how I've described it but it really isn't. Try it you might like it! Update: I'm wearing this today and it couldn't be more fitting for a bright, breezy Sunday in autumn. I love this fragrance it's amazing it never tips over into too sweet, instead just remains lovely throughout your experience. ADP have a wonderful repertoire of fragrances and they all smell so natural and fresh the more I experience this I get fruity opening now, the citrus top notes that are in everything they do. The bergamot chimes well with the creamy almond and anise so fresh...it's amazing!

Nice...you still get the citrus notes that freshen it up but Myrtle obviously isn't my cup of tea. The heart of this fragrance is kinda moisturiser-like or like sun screen fresh, clean but not to my taste. I don't hate it. Had it on a couple of hours now and in the dry down it improves the myrtle settles to the back I think and it smells quite different from how it opened.

Wowie!!! This is gorgeous...ADP certainly know how to do freshness. These Blu Mediterraneo are magnificent a burst of fruit cocktail oranges, mandarin with a hint of musk and caramel as it matures. Amazing...the perfect scent for a summers day...edible freshness. I love wearing my samples of this I may just get it when the summer rolls around again.

Unless I'm mistaken does this have a hint of Green Irish Tweed about it?? And I don't just mean a lavender note, the whole herby deal. Just for a fleeting moment??? My nose was a little fried when I tried it to be honest I'd sampled lots of juice that day. Can't offer a review at the moment but I know Lalique ooze quality in whatever they do and this fragrance impressed me...I'll have to get a sample to give a proper appraisal. Please someone tell me am I imagining the GIT similarity? Or is it another Lalique...? I'm sure it was this one.

Hey Thanks FreddieFingers! I'll put that down to a nose malfunction...I need a proper sample of this to try properly anyway.

Okay so my last review(if you can call it that) didn't really give much insight into this fragrance but having tried it extensively I had to add it to my collection. Now I have done, I think it may even be my favourite Lalique simply because of pour homme's wearability more than anything else. It has a wonderful soft yet masculine woodiness which opens with grapefruit and rosemary then quickly into the heart of peppery cedar and oakmoss. This fragrance has the Lalique signature of never once over stepping the boundary with any one note and keeping things exceptionally smooth at all times. The opening is complex with notes I can't really pick out but can be perceived in the overall picture displayed by pour Homme...like lavender and vanilla I'm sure they're probably there but don't stand out to me. It's the dry down that is magic for me very subtle and close, it managed to smell even better than the opening to my nose, gorgeous in fact maybe due in part to the vanilla showing up a little more and making for a creamy smooth, woody herby finish. This fragrance is fresh and manages to stay a little warm at the same time...brilliant stuff! I'd recommend this to lots of people as I think it has a broad appeal to fragrance heads, those who are looking for something classy but respectively cheap or even a relative noob who enjoys a masculine fragrance but doesn't want anything too extreme...Lalique pour Homme is perfect. Great fragrance and very versatile works all year round and any occasion but I'm going to give it heavy rotation in the spring I reckon.

I know it really doesn't matter if you like the fragrance but I'd always thought Black Orchid was for women. However the lady on the Tom Ford counter assured me that it was unisex and when I tried it I was totally blown away. This is a stunning scent which at times maybe does feel a little feminine but it has such wonderful complexity that it changes and becomes warm and masculine on my skin in the dry down. I've had it on for a few hours now and it has a tender vanilla dry down which is very pleasant indeed. It opens with complex mixture of fruity florals and a burst of well....Orchid? I assume? I'm not very good with floral notes whatever it is it's beautiful...the composition is great I get lots of different notes spice, incense, sandalwood but not lots just bits here and there. The patchouli is really well used in this it becomes creamy and very much a chocolate accord develops with the woods in the base coming out and changing to something which is absolutely amazing, and more masculine. It lasts much much better than the other Tom Fords I've had (in the same style bottle) although this one is an EDP and has great longevity. I think this is one women will love to wear and smell on a man too...I love it!!!

Great to see Amouage changing tack a little from bewilderingly complex fragrances with lots of spice and quite frankly odd juxtapositions. This is a little linear...One might almost dare to say a bit boring for them and their freshest outing to date. I like this sort of creative variation and use of different noses for each new release, it makes for an unpredictability and chaos which seems to be a brand theme. The opening of this fragrance is quite simply heavenly and taking the fruitiness to another level. The only thing I can compare it to is maybe something like millesime imperial, or Agua de Loewe EL for gorgeous fresh fruity vibes that are just devine. It has more depth than your normal fresh fragrance which you would expect from Amouage. Cedar wood and musk in the base highlighting the fruit with touches of saffron, spice and a little floral quality...it's lovely, lovely stuff. I remebered all that from one try so it definitely left a lasting impression on me. Now I'm not sure when this was released officially but It only just arrived the other week at Selfridges in time for winter when Beloved to me anyway is clearly more suited to the summer months...suppose that's not important. I look forward to trying it again...and maybe one day making it mine.

I had the option to get this or the more expensive Clive Christian C and I chose the latter. I couldn't wait to try this as I had heard how fantastic is was and knew that it was potentially a fragrance I would love but I must say I was slightly disappointed. Only disappointed in comparison to C...If I hadn't smelled that this would be one of my all time favourites. Unfortunately I can't justify having two quite similiar, very expensive perfumes in my collection I do like to mix things up a little. The leather is beautiful but it's harsher than I'd anticipated at first but once it settles it's nice and smooth with that lovely raspberry note coming through too. However, It lacks the complexity and wow factor of Clive Christian C which is simply stunning. If you have the money to get this you can afford a little more for a hell of a lot more fragrance.

Every Loewe fragrance I've tried to date has impressed me, Just something I like about the attention to detail in the branding and packaging not to mention the quality and thought put into the juice itself. At this point I'd just like to say I think Sculpture of Soul's review is excellent, so scroll down and read that if you don't want to hear my nonsensical opinions. Having said what I think about Loewe, 7 for me is their most disappointing outing to date. To be honest I have a love/hate relationship with cloves (I know, I know it's pimento berry) and a faint waft of clove is really lovely but when it's too strong (like when you accidentally eat one in pilau rice) I really can't abide it. This being said I really don't get an overpowering clove (type) note with this, it's there but by no means intrusive. All I get is a little fruit in the top, smokey spiced incense (which I usually love) and musk. Don't know why this doesn't work for me...just doesn't. I've only tried it once so I will have to revisit it as I really want to like everything they do. Update: Tried this comprehensively today and I have to say the cloves are much more than the 'faint waft' I described above. Cloves (not usually my favourite note) are prominent but sweetened enough to become enjoyable. I think this fragrance is okay, it was worth revisiting the top notes are sharp and the base is nice but a touch weak. Interesting for a designer.