Very similar to Sleight of Fern and somewhat similar to Beau de Jour. Too sickly for me, not one of the best Amouages. Bracken Woman is far more interesting and bold.
A lot of resins in this one, it’s a comfortable scent, you can wear it anywhere for any occasion. Is it interesting? Not really
Seems to me that any perfume with zingy fruit will automatically turn sour on my skin. This is what happens here, it’s fresh apple, all the way through, zero nuance. A bit like cleaning product...
Opening is bright, fresh and woody.
As it sits, it quickly softens into a powdery, slightly woody Palo Santo scent with amber and ambroxan.
After an hour or so it's recognisable as You DNA, but fresher and brighter from Palo Santo, with soft floral buttery violet.
10/10 masterpiece. Longevity is insane, I get around 12-16 hours with strong projection for about 8-10 hours. Bottle design and presentation is marvelous with a beautiful atomizer and some bottles have shimmer. I highly recommend this brand not just this specific fragrance.
Very woody and citrusy fragrance. It takes what the original does well and makes it better. It does smell similar to Creed Aventus, but it is definitely unique. This is a very wearable fragrance and can be worn for any occasion. Definitely one of my go to fragrances on many different occasion and it’s very affordable! Would definitely buy this again.
one of the cleanest fragrances i own. so fresh and clean. can wear it to any occasion. has amazing longevity and great projection. highly recommend. if you like prada l’homme, think of reflection man as the sophisticated older brother.
Sedley is a nice fresh slightly woody scent. Opens with some a blast of citrus with this woody undertone that's just wonderful from the first spray until it's gone. The woods don't go away only come through stronger on my skin. There's almost a powdery fresf note maye the lavender or mint idk not that good at that part but it's light and very pleasant
I get a good 8 to 10 hours at work where it's hot all the time. Can't speak to silliage yet but at the end of the day other guys in the breakroom say they can still smell me
Would recommend to anyone looking for a nice summer scent that's not overly woody it's got a very slight green Irish tweed vibe
I am so pleased with this fragrance. It’s very sweet and pleasant on the nose. Not harsh at all. It opens with some vanilla, cherry, leather, and rose (what I get from it). Then the dry down is fantastic. Vanilla and almond are very prominent. I will keep this around the rest of my life.
Heavenly scent
Blind bought this from the hype. I am so disappointed. It’s very citrusy and very earthy. I just don’t think it’s appealing at all. I’ll keep in the collection but won’t buy again.
A sweet perfume that I consider one of the best in my collection. The scent is very good throughout its duration, a sweet vanilla with a more amber/woody touch in the background. In the opening, I can clearly feel the rum note, which is incredibly just right and not too strong. In the opening and in the first few hours after, I also get lavender and perhaps this chestnut note to make the aroma even more perfect, in my opinion very "well-rounded".
Looking at this more alcoholic and sweet touch of the perfume, I think it is perfect for colder climates and nighttime situations. It gives me more of a date vibe than a party/clubber, in my opinion. I found the performance to be great on me, with projection and lasting between 2h and +10h respectively.
SWY Intensely is also very sweet, I like it a lot, but the caramel note makes it a more "pleasant" sweet overall. I think this one, Absolutely, might be a little more "challenging" for some, even though it's an incredible scent. It's a perfume that gives off a sweeter and more elegant vibe. For those who like more unique sweets, this one is definitely worth checking out, 10 out of 10.
Hyperrealistic lemon cake scent. The first minutes are very lemon-y, then it settles into a sweet cake - the brown sugar & vanilla mixture stays with you for a couple of hours. Very nice gourmand, probably best to wear in colder months.
Okay. There’s a pattern to Tom Ford’s releases and it was actually quite a positive thing for a while there. They’d bring something out in the prive line then when it didn’t really do very well because it was quite simply too expensive, they’d knock out a signature line version. Which like I said, was quite a good trend until the prices of everything just went into the silly stratosphere. The more established TF has become as an in demand designer brand, the more they feel they can get away with price wise for their perfumes, which is a shame because despite always being high end they were still somewhat attainable, whereas now they’re not. Anyway… bois pacifique is a prime example of the rehash of some old ideas, namely the Gucci PH1 spicy, incense/woody accord, with some minor modern, sparkle tweak not dissimilar to Ebene fume which I somewhat enjoyed and is the prive version of this basically but I recall more licorice/myrrh tinge to that..no? (I might be misremembering? Hmm) Despite many efforts (even by the same perfumer) nothing seems to recapture that rough, spicy magic of PH1 not suggesting that is what this is trying to do. I feel reductive spouting all this wehhrr it smells like this, and we are bored of it weeehhhrrrr! Moany crap because the tiny tweak in perfumery can lead to magic but in this case, coupled with the price it just doesn’t do it for me. Price is such a big determining factor now that I say if this was 40% cheaper it would be a solid release and a decent modern example of the genre. It’s alright I guess, I don’t hate it.
Now it's easy to understand why this perfume is so many people's favorite. Truly, a masterpiece!
This is a very classy, sensual and elegant perfume. I've never smelled (designer) such a good and balanced tobacco note as here. For me, this tobacco aroma was perfect with the more citrusy opening of the grapefruit... The ginger and cardamom come together to make the aroma even more rounded, making a good transition to the more amber/cedar base of the fragrance.
A truly exceptional perfume, well worth trying. I don't know the EDT version, but I imagine it follows the same direction as the EDP, without fail!!! The only point to highlight is that the performance is not at all bombastic on my skin (from the reviews I realized that it doesn't happen only to me). Projection of about 1 hour and lasting for approximately 6 hours on my skin. I'm not disappointed, because I believe that this is what it's designed for. While it lasts, you'll be in very good company! I used it more on special occasions or even as a "daily" product, both during the day and at night, in mild temperatures.
A very seductive, charming, complete perfume... Divine! Congratulations on this masterpiece, Mr. Olivier Polge.
Read every reviews here mentioning the motor oil accord, but on my skin that was nowhere to be seen. Flame & Fortune is a bubblegum-y tuberose, not too cloying or sweet but rather effervescent and oh so fruity, like a sweet grape soda. There is also a touch of powdery orange blossom on the back that is very nice. Not that unique but the blend is nice.
What an elegant perfume! I have a decant of Prada L'homme and at the first opportunity I bought the bottle of Intense. From the first spray I really liked the scent. It starts with this "bomb" of a very nice and elaborate iris, giving the fragrance an air of lightness and freshness. This iris and perhaps the patchouli (I'm not experienced with notes yet) give me the air of a "powdery" and clean perfume, just like in the traditional L'homme. Here in Intense, the drydown seems more amber to me and this leather note appears succinctly, giving it an even more sophisticated and elegant aspect!
I would say that it can fit very well in occasions that you consider more important and unique, especially if you need to dress up. This one does its job well. I think it could be used both during the day and at night, being perfect for more average to cold temperatures. Good projection and longevity, 2h and +10h on my skin respectively. After several hours and when it is close to the skin, it still manages to transmit cleanliness and the iris note, incredible!
For those who like the traditional version, this one is really worth checking out! I am very happy to have a perfume of this level in my collection, being one of the best with the iris note out there. For those who like this style, it is worth checking out Dior Homme Intense, Givenchy Gentleman Reserve Privée and Valentino Uomo Intense.
On card, it's like Figment Woman crossed with Synthetic Jungle. Very sharp and green, high-pitched and psychedelic, kind of like what nature probably smells like if you're a dog, or some sort of crazed triffid horror film greenery. I've yet to wear it, I'll probably love it when do. On skin, it's less crazy (but still crazy). It has that Amouage thing of seeming familiar really quickly while being unique. The florals have more sweetness and depth to balance the shriek of the opening, and the leather takes slightly more of a back seat than on card. It's like a love letter to classic green leather florals while also being very modern. I love it.
A classic spicy lavender but really well done !
Very very sexy for a man. I'd say it's a perfect scent for a date.
Good value for the price.
Smells exactly like any generic gourmandy amber or fake oud scent from cheap middle-eastern houses. It has no originality or edge, it just smells like cheap aroma-chemicals and caramel. Sort of like Xerjoff but with worse materials. It's a hate for me. Oh yes, it's just occurred to me that it smells like an even blander Milk by Commodity. If the Story of Your Life is "oh, a new release by a once-interesting niche house...could it be worth trying? No, it's boring and awful" then the name is appropriate.
Very very citrusy in the opening, it reminds me like a candied lemon.
In the drydown, the citrus fade a little bit to make a classic fresh clean cirtus scent.
IMO, if you can get it for arround 50 bucks go for it but otherwise no.
Way too spicy
This is just not for me. That's the bad thing about listening to the hypers and glazers.
Received it yesterday, wearing it today. I put it on around 5:20am after I showered, it is now 4:20pm and I still get whiffs of it. Weather is 33 degrees Fahrenheit. I have never smelled Nishane Ani, but this thing is amazing.
