Desempenho louco. Um spray, depois lave um pouco, e então domine o ar de qualquer espaço que você ocupar. A fragrância é deliciosamente sumptuosa, rica e complexa. Cada nota descrita acima é discernível, até mesmo alta. Verdadeiramente deslumbrante e para os ousados/procuradores de atenção. Não é surpresa que isso seja do nariz por trás de Interlude.

Sentindo isso, tendo recentemente comprado 100ml de Imitation Woman, consigo realmente conectar os dois. Isso é como a versão esboço, enquanto anos depois o mesmo perfumista realizou uma obra-prima para a Amouage baseada no mesmo princípio básico. Sinto que Tom Ford levou essa composição a um ápice na forma de Noir de Noir, focando na sumptuosidade do patchouli chocolate, e a Amouage viu a ideia chegar a uma conclusão diferente, sendo uma explosão suculenta de groselha negra e aldeídos (há aldeídos em Black Orchid se você procurá-los). Todos os perfumes mencionados acima são ótimos, mas meu coração para por Imitation Woman, e usar Black Orchid apenas me faz desejar estar usando isso. Se eu for usar um desta coleção, optarei por Black Orchid Parfum, pois é menos chamativo e mais próximo do caminho da trufa, ou Velvet Orchid, que é uma diversão louca em uma garrafa. Um salve para Orchid Soleil também!

For nearly 200 euros, I'd expect some performance, even just moderate performance, but this is truly non-existant. Several sprays and no scent bubble, no projection, no sillage, nothing. What a con! It's a shame because the fleeting scent is exquisite, but it's gone within 10 minutes maximum.

Strong mosquito repellant... the hardcore stuff that makes your skin sticky with pungent citronella, or is it...? Yes it is, but at the same time, I do find myself going back for more. I don't necessarily dislike the smell of mosquito repellent, but do I want a very expensive perfume that instantly conjures that up? I just can't decide how I feel. Perhaps summer will change my opinion, better still, perhaps this stuff will actually deter mosquitos from feasting on me, in which case I can get on board. The thing is, as it dries down, it becomes clear that there is no citronella, it's probably the combination of geranium and anise (the latter of which is way stronger than I expected, and it's not even listed here) giving me that vibe. It's a complex fragrance, and interesting, I'm just not sure if I can bear it if someone says I smell like bug spray, and it seems inevitable. Following that, the bottle will sit there unused reminding me I spent too much money on it, even though it was discounted. I realise I'm confused. It's a confusing fragrance. Update: After several wears, of course I love it, it's magic! I think this is a thing with Tom Ford perfumes. They're not mass appeal, so it takes consideration to appreciate them. I must say I've yet to find one I didn't love, even if I wouldn't wear them all.

My experience is that perfumes with amazing performance smell overpowering and often quite rank. Not so with OL EDP. One spray on the neck gives me beautiful, radiant projection, even in terrible weather, without being overbearing. This will last forever. Everyone here is on about new car smell, I don't get that. New car smell is industrial, headache-inducing and plastic, this is floral, delicate and soft.

Smells like food. I'm even getting garlic. Very bizarre

Depois de pegar tiras de cartão de todos os Absolus d'Orient na boutique Guerlain, me peguei cheirando obsessivamente o oud essentiel (mas não exclusivamente). Então voltei para pegar uma amostra... Estou dividido entre amá-lo e sentir que é impossível usá-lo. Acho que eu o amo. Aqui está a questão... A abertura é uma horrível e agressiva lâmpada de igreja velha e empoeirada batendo na sua cara, mas depois de cerca de cinco minutos a rosa começa a aparecer, então tudo se suaviza e se torna um lindo e quente envelope de encantador oud e notas florais com uma linda espinha de couro. Eu diria que isso é old school em termos de força e desempenho, ou seja, você mal quer borrifá-lo na sua pele. Em vez disso, borrife na sua frente e entre nu na nuvem. Você não quer sufocar todos ao seu redor quando estiver em público.

Exquisite, expensive and extremely animalic with a kind of sour cheese twist; way too rich and animalic to wear. I can't imagine who would wear this, perhaps some sort of ancient, eminent game of thrones character would smell like this. In fact, the cheesey opening puts me right off, but it does calm down quickly, I just can't imagine purchasing a bottle for the near-on 300 euros it would cost, especially when Guerlain itself offers such an array of affordable, wonderful perfumes. This is for wealthy collectors, probably never to be worn, and hey, why not! Update: I now own this, and I love it. Shameful as it is to say, I've discovered (by accident) that layered with L'Interdit EDP it's a treat! (I know, I know).

A delicious, zesty, juice-fest with minty geranium. I have the Homme EDP, which is also wonderful, and as others have said, this has the same elements but in a totally contrasting olfactive presentation. The lime is BAM in your face, and makes me want to drink fresh lime juice. The notes that follow develop wonderfully into the dry down. Guerlain always manage to create something unique yet classic and timeless seeming, that makes me go aha yes! This is no exception. Update: I've had this a couple of years now, and the woods have become dominant. There's a suggestion of many different wood notes without any one type standing out, which I love about it. It's like standing in a woodwork shop or a very posh soap shop where everything is nestled in wood shavings in baskets. It feels piney due to the minty geranium. Love it.

This is an exquisite fragrance, leather daddy in a bottle, and I don't mean that in a fetish way, I mean like your dad in a fine leather jacket back when you were young, or at least some way more stylish version thereof. This must be what Burt Reynolds smells of. It's not macho though, just classic suave moustachio'd charm. I feel too young to be wearing it (I'm 42).

This and Blossom Love by Amouage have a surprising amount I common. I think it's the heliotrope overdose, smell them together, it's crazy.

If it were possible for bananas to be both synthetic and slightly mouldy, and then those synthetic mouldy bananas were left in a mossy forest for a day or two, this is what it would smell like.