There are quite a lot of PG scents that smell like various cleaning products, and then within that quite a few still that smell specifically like toilet products, and this one is (drum roll)... Urinal cakes! I actually quite like the smell, but lordy lord I don't want to smell of it. I just like it when my toilet smells like that.

Nope, it's not fresh and bright, it's sort of dull and muddy, not a nice patchouli. I think the musk is the culprit here, or perhaps too much heavy wood.

More like fig with clay and/or pistachio rather than caviar, but the overall effect is rather marine. Very interesting and unique. It's maybe my favourite fig scent. It captures and uses every aspect of fig to full effect, creating an arresting, intriguing landscape. I spray a bit more, and now I can sort of get the caviar thing. There's metal, blood and salt becoming almost more prominent but I get the impression this is an aspect of the fig, a figment of the note (sorry) ;D It's a blind buy I don't regret, a bizarre and fascinating perfume which I may or may not ever wear out of the house.

I left this alone for a few months, and now I've come back to it and discovered two things: 1) despite the notes, it's better in cold weather, because, much like Cologne Indélébile, the base musks are too strong for summer, and the powerful nature of the perfume works wonfefully in the cold. 2) there is bubblegum after all. It's salty-sweet, warm and savoury. Basically, I love this perfume and can't believe I'd somewhat written it off. And it's STRONG. Go easy.

Considering this is cheaper than table wine, and considering how many are whingeing on here about performance, I actually think it's spectacular value. It's so cheap you can bathe in it, and it's the be all and end all of cologne scents to me in terms of balance, freshness and shimmer.

Another Pierre Guillaume which immediately serves me window cleaning chemicals. It's like a bad version of Lys Méditerranée.

Nauseatingly horrible. Like some mouldy old rose leaves were used to wrap up some mouldy old mackerel, then dried and turned into pot pourri. Or perhaps some prawns were left in some dishwater that was then used in a vase with some rotting roses left in it. Off doesnt even come close. I honestly think this is the most disgusting perfume I've ever smelt, I'm having a visceral reaction to it, and the seafood rot won't wash off. I've now solidified my opinion that the 90 sample set is a game of Russian Roulette where I'm at least 70% likely to hate what I smell. Lesson learnt. Today I dared revisit it again, and just like with many PG scents, at the opening I'm like "oh it's not that bad", then 2 mins later I start to get the gross, musky fish smell again. Truly awful, especially when there are so many other perfumes that do this so much better... Love Chopard for example, which is dirt cheap and wonderful.

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.