What a wondeful composition! Spent fireworks, resinous amber, wafting smoke and delicate vanilla. It's 100% linear, but who cares. Too notch scent with perfect performance.
A good rose scent with too much ambrocenide underneath it. Massive projection and eternal longevity (of the base).
I've had this for over a year and worn it a few times, because it's too strong for most situations, and it also has that pull that makes you want to go all in when you try to spray it lightly (rather like Interlude Man in that respect). AG makes a song and dance about this perfume containing the most rose ever of any perfume. I mean, sure, OK, but what this smells the most of is the Matière Première base which runs through the whole line. In this one it's particularly strong, so any sense of nature or even a rose flower is smothered by the ultra-modern screech. That said, a lot of people love the screech, and it's the screech that makes it similar to POAL for me. The feel of this scent to me is a very well put together person with a chaotic lifestyle and a drink problem. The kind of person who is fun to be around in small doses but always has a psycho bitch vibe (regardless of their gender) and enjoys overstepping social boundaries, because that's what Radical Rose will do, it'll invade the space and thoughts of anyone within 10 metres of you, more if you're in public transport. What I like about it is the incensey feel and the jammy sweetness which isn't too sickly.
This ain’t old school, this is ANCIENT! Julius Cesar was rocking it when he was hitting the brothels on a Saturday night.
Every PG with cannabis is ruined by it for me. It's strong and headache-inducing.
I get ylang ylang and tuberose more than the listed notes, but it's not bad. It reminds me of Embruns d'ylang. I really like this, it has grand, honking floral notes but with an original twist.
Overwhelming patchouli, not much else. Not a terrible scent, sort of compelling, but the notes listed are cuckoo, and it veers too far into pickle juice for me, even in the opening so it doesn't bode well for the patchouli drydown.
Inoffensive if underwhelming. To anyone thinking of spaffing 200 euros on the sample set. I did, and I have now tested 25 of them, and there are like three that I didn't rush to scrub off after 10 minutes, so I now officially regret this purchase. The ones which are OK are just OK, and the wonder is fleeting. I can only assume the ingredients are cheap. The quality reminds me of Maison Margiela, which I find to be sort of budget level too, albeit it high prices for the quality
Horrible chemical ambroxan hell after a nice opening which lasts 10 mins. The terrible abroxan funk is then impossible to wash off. It's a hate from me.
My goodness this drydown is gorgeous! F*** it, the whole frag is creamy warm smooth sensual goodness
100% Window cleaner, couldn't wait to scrub it off. Of five I've tried so far from my 90 samples, three have been scrubbers, this doesn't bode well.
Pear and tuberose, that's what I'm getting, Iike L'Interdit. Seen it all before.
Kinder egg and/or cheap foil-wrapped chocolate Christmas tree decorations, but I like it! Update: the above was based on a recent sample. I now have a bottle of the old Parfumerie Générale Musc Maori... It might be my imagination but it's a bit more potent and realistically chocolate smelling and less plasticky. I liked it before but I like this more. That said, it's ridiculously strong, like so so strong that one spray is enough to fill my apartment to choking level.
Such a wonderful, effervescent, sparkling open, then [wet fart noise] heavy shower gel, probably something with "men" and "sport" in the name. Wak wak waaaaaaa. It almost smells like a green fig scent, not unlike Versace Dylan Blue.
OK, yes, after the horror show of Coze, this is more palatable. Like the predecesor, it's heady and strong, possibly a bit headache-inducing. At best, a quite standard green, figgy broth. I scrubbed it off after 15 mins.
You open a car ashtray that's full of old cig butts and spliff ends, and leave it open with the car windows closed, and the car is a dusty old banger, and one of your friends is wearing some Lynx (Axe) deodorant (you are all 19 years old), and possibly someone spilled some coffee on the seat yesterday....voilà, that's what you're gonna smell like. 10 mins in and it's getting sour. I only sprayed once on one wrist but this is pretty nuclear, and not in a good way. I'm almost ready to scrub it off and try to forget it. OK I scrubbed it off, no way, no thank you.
For 2 euros, this is perfect. Yet again with El Nabil I'm blown away by the quality of this tiny perfume.
Noxious synthetic opening, rather like every other JPG perfume, but 30 mins later it's a pleasing sweet bubble. Not sure when this is meant to be worn, it's way too strong for summer and too tropical for cold weather. I guess spring and autumn... I get an unpleasant ambroxan vibe but it quickly subsides thankfully. All in all its a classic JPG, not haute perfumeríe at all, but fun and strong AF. Is that a good thing? Not sure.
This is a banger for sure!, creamy milky spicy vanillic goodness
Beautiful smell with rose fruits and oud Longevity is officially past the 14 hour mark on my skin. No more said!.
First of all, performance on this is astronomical💫💫. Well past the 12 hour mark longevity, and projection!!, well let's just say EVERYONE GONNA KNOW YOU AROUND😂😂. Now as for the smell, at first I didn't really like it. It opens up quite sharp and in your face but then that quickly subdues into an amazing drydown mix of powdery, creamy sweetness with some smooth oud lingering. Honestly the drydown is so beautiful and grown that it makes the opening irrelevant lool. Oh and did I mention that performance is STUPENDOUS on this one😂😂😂😂😂😂. DO NOT OVERSPRAY!!!!!!!!!
Dusty Dark chocolate orange with some creamy nuttiness👌🏿. If you like gourmands (not heavy gourmands) then you'll like this. One of my fave chocolate frags in my collection. It does share strong similarities to Empyreal from Navitus but this one is creamy and nuttier
Epic performance, great scent, 2 euros! Puts some of the designers to shame (most in fact).
Citrus Riviera is perfect for the high heat in the summer and definitely an underrated release from BDK. It opens primarily with a sharp lemon and soft neroli, with touches of sweet mandarin and a slightly earthy fig. It then develops into a soft composition of green, aquatic notes and florals - with a whisper of sweet strawberry. This fragrance is very soft and delicate, which is partly what makes is so pleasant to wear. It’s very smooth and well blended, and the materials smell high quality - however it does not last long on the skin at all unfortunately. Overall, it’s a very enjoyable scent to wear but I wouldn’t recommend paying retail for it simply due to the lack of longevity. However don’t let that take away from the fact that it’s a very good fragrance.
Viking is a beautiful aromatic fougere with clean and traditional masculine qualities. It opens with a bright citrus top of bergamot, lemon and orange, alongside a sharp mint and aromatic lavender. In the heart there’s a touch of warm spices coming from the clove and allspice, while soft florals balance things out. The pink pepper is very prominent too, however not in your face. It blends very well with the mint and lavender to leave you with a very clean and elegant barbershop style fragrance. It leans quite mature in my opinion, for older men who dress smart, and is definitely one of my favourites from Creed. Overall, Viking is a gorgeous perfume which is perfect for spring and formal wear - the materials smell very high quality and are fantastically blended too. Unfortunately the performance isn’t great however that’s expected with all Creed releases these days.
