Baldessarini — Ultimate (II)
REVIEW II, 2023 Oct 29: Well, here's something I haven't felt the need to do before... come back and drastically revise a previous review. After my last review, I decided…
Baldessarini — Ultimate (II)
Ulrich De Varens — UDV (II)
This is my second review for this one. I last reviewed it over 2 years ago and it's sat in the back of my fragrance vault in the Monte Carlo…
Baldessarini – Ultimate (I)
This one is weird, I just don't "get" it. Every few months I give it another shot thinking I'll finally get it, and I don't. I don't dislike it at…
Issey Miyake—L’Eau d’Issey Pour Homme Intense
Well, here we a contradiction. The gray color of this stuff is perfectly apropos; the word "intense" in the name is absolutely not. I consider this the "schwa" (ə) of…
Issey Miyake – L’Eau Bleue d’Issey Pour Homme
I really like this quietly exceptional juice. It's got a touch of the almost seaweedy earthiness of something like Bulgari Atlantique, it's got something woody happening in there, and definitely…
Rogue Perfumery – Derviche
"Welcome to the tobacconist's shop. Feel free to look around while I eat my corn chowder. But please don't try to pet the monkey, she bites. Ladies, we do have…
Rogue Perfumery – Vetifleur
This one opens with another quick trip to the Urgent Care clinic, evoked by the smell of freshly-opened bandaids.After that, it smells very much like it's named.... first a nice…
Rogue Perfumery – Chypre-Siam
Oh, my god. Picture a hairy man wearing a loin cloth, standing on a tree stump, shouting, "I AM A GENTLEMAN!"That is the opening of this perfume.I have never had…
Ulric de Varens – UDV (I)
I just received a bottle of UDV, and color me mystified by what I see on this page.I get a slightly sickly cotton candy and an acrid note of burning…
FZOTIC – Ummagumma
I feel like the note pyramid on this is missing something. Nowhere does it explain whether this smells like Nick Mason, David Gilmour, or Roger Waters. (Yes, I know I…
Rogue Perfumery – Tabac Vert
Continuing through my Rogue sampler, this opens more conventionally than any Rogue I've tried yet. For once we have a Rogue doesn't come on like Charles Mingus writing for some…
Rogue Perfumery – Flora Fauna
Ok. Wow. First spray, and I suddenly know what Thierry Mugler was trying to do with the cotton-candy/tire fire opening of A*Men. Similar notes, spun sugar and something acrid, but…
Rogue Perfumery – Champs Lunaires
Another amazing opening. Is it Christmas? Someone is baking ginger cookies. I smell some peppermint. Maybe even a little toasty coconut. However, after a few minutes, now in there, something…
Rogue Perfumery – Mousse Illuminee
Wow. What a strange, classy scent. I positively cannot identify what this smells like.Very dressy, though... sort of a classic cologne scent, and very slightly ostentatious, though not in a…
Rogue Perfumery – Fougere L’Aube
I had some problems with this one at first. I don't think those little rollerballs do much, and even pulling that off and splashing this on, I wasn't getting much...…
Rogue Perfumery – Tuberose Moss
Ohhhhhh, my. Oh, this is very dangerous.This is my first try of a Rogue frag. Spashed on from a sample bottle with the roller top removed. (I tried to fit…
Creed – Viking Cologne
Following my glorious first sample of Viking, I ordered this by mistake, not realizing "Viking Cologne" was in fact something different. I dealt with a very nice seller on Reddit…
Creed – Royal Oud
The scent is made for a King and only mature, self-assured men can pull it off. It's definitely not for incels who are so insecure they have to compulsively brag…
Initio Parfums Prives – Oud for Greatness
You know, one of the best parties I ever went to, I got there about 10 PM, we went all night, and then at 8 AM, with a few diehards…
Mugler, Thierry – A*Men
Ok, this is probably not fair because I only put this on two minutes ago. But this is the most visceral reaction I've ever had to an opening. I can…
Creed – Viking
Wow. I'm about a few hours into my first tester of this and am pretty floored. Honestly, this doesn't even smell like what I think of as cologne, it just…
Mugler, Thierry – Mugler Cologne
After going through two decants I finally bought a bottle of this, and I think I love it more every time I put it on. Which is weird, because this…
Creed – Himalaya
I've been working my way through house of Creed by way of small decants from a vendor I've found to be trustworthy. I even sprung for a full bottle of…
Giorgio Armani – Acqua di Giò Profumo
Just something deep & sexy (I'm fighting the urge to put scare quotes around that, but it legitimately is) about this. Smells like the man who says, "I may be…
Creed – Millésime Impérial
In hour 4 of my first try of this and I have to say I just don't get it. I know I'm not going anosmic because I had a can…
Creed – Spice and Wood
I've been working my way through small samplers of Creed and this is the first one that made me say, "Aw, nice" rather than "WOW!". It's very nice but I…
Frederic Malle – French Lover
Hello, cedar! I see you've met my friend high-quality incense. I believe somewhere around here there's some damp earth or the remains of last night's campfire, but only in the…
Dior – Fahrenheit
Remember the good old 1980s, when things were so uncomplicated?After hearing Fahrenheit mentioned about a million times I had to find out, and got a sample. I am highly amused.This…
Paco Rabanne – 1 Million
This is one of those times when it sounds like people are reviewing two different fragrances.How can one fragrance be autumnal, warming and spicy, and dominated by cinnamon, yet also…
Joop! – Joop! Homme
Well, some reviews here say the latest batches bear little resemblance to the original, and the rest of the reviews bear little resemblance to the sample I got, so, there…