Daniel1323

Some hate it, some love it. The fact is, however, that Versace Eros next to 1 Million is probably the club fragrance of the last few years par excellence, although in my opinion, he seems a little less sucked out than his competitor.

The admittedly quite synthetic seeming prelude settles after a short time and leaves a beguilingly sweet fragrance composition, which for me is dominated by apple, ambroxan and vanilla, but by the mint brings a pleasant freshness with it.
The sillage is more than just decent and the durability is, just by the existing synthetic, incredibly strong. On my skin, the fragrance holds loosely times 10 hours.
The bottle is for me one of the most beautiful, which has ever come under my eyes. The gorgeous turquoise glass, the fine gold accents, the iconic Versace design; simply an absolute feast for the eyes, in keeping with a fragrance called Eros. The flacon appears overall very valuable, whereby especially the spray head stands out, this really leaves nothing to be desired.

Eros is loud, sexy and playful. He comes at the opposite sex really damn good and is a must for every young man who likes to party and wants to draw attention to himself. Already for 70 € you get nowadays the large variant with 200 ml. So you get for little money a super fragrance that brings massive compliments and with the name Versace on the shelf just neat what makes.

Even on the outside, you can tell that 1 Million Lucky is different from its predecessors. The new gold or rather silver bar comes in a new look that is unmistakably part of the 1 Million family. The new silver look somehow seems "fresher" and less ostentatious, which I personally like a lot. The processing could be a little better, but well, we know that.

In the fragrance, however, are taken here completely new paths, so the thing has with the classic 1 million actually purely nothing to do. And that's a good thing! The people at Paco Rabanne has succeeded here in my eyes a real stroke of luck with a completely new DNA that you have not already smelled a thousand times and which does not remind you of any pompous asses from the next nightclub. Maybe just that is the reason why he is so well received by the opposite sex: It is simply no 1 million.
I wear this fragrance for a handful of months and I've certainly never been asked so often about my perfume. Surprised me also not at all because Lucky smells just incredibly awesome! It starts with a wonderfully gourmandy top note, which for me is mainly characterized by the hazelnut, which smells so incredibly good as if Mom had just conjured a cake from it. As it progresses, this tends to fade into the background and is complemented by a really smooth plum. The honey softens things up wonderfully and is almost soothing. The woody notes I smell personally not separately out however one notices that these make the gesante composition somehow masculine and accordingly also prevent that Lucky before loud sweetness sticks to the skin.

Also durability and sillage are top in my opinion. At noon sprayed on you really still have the whole evening what of it. How that can hold with some people really only 3 hours is beyond me. In addition, the thing is a real Raumfüller you still smells from the opposite corner.

I think with the current rating of 7.7 Lucky is done wrong. He is more than just mediocre and really has so little to do with the orginal 1 million that he could also belong to its own series. For me, a very successful and very inviting party scent, which may well and gladly come into use in the spring by the missing cinnamon.

falls me somehow difficult to like this fragrance whereby he actually seems so accessible on the smelling. He is fresh, slightly aquatic and smells in the prelude really wonderful after a mixture of various citrus fruits. The perfect summer scent at first. However, its greatest strength quickly becomes its weakness. The pleasant and relatively natural citrus is supplemented after a few minutes by a strange synthetic component whereby the olfactory impression of an aggressive bathroom cleaner arises. The whole thing does not smell really bad, but pleasant is definitely different! After a while, the citrusy note loses its unpleasantly pungent strength and is slowly replaced by a floral note. At this point, I actually like the scent the best, where it becomes wonderfully fresh and simply conveys the feeling of a beautiful summer day. If Tres Nuit Lyric stayed on this track throughout it would definitely be an 8 for me, maybe even better. Unfortunately, an indefinable spiciness creeps in here this time, which just makes the scent boring until it fades away and takes away its complete recognition value. Too bad actually...

The sillage is just in the prelude quite strong, which I found, however, because of the actual fragrance rather negative. In the course, the whole thing is somewhat softer and has a reasonable strength for a summer fragrance of this kind. The durability is more than okay for a price of 17 € per 100 ml. Unfortunately, dominates here most of the time the indefinable base note.
The flacon is in itself really chic to look at. The red, transparent glass looks really elegant in combination with the black leather look. However, I find this in relation to the given fragrance notes rather inappropriate. With a flacon we this I expect rather a spicy-oriental fragrance and not a summery freshness which reminds in places of lemon concentrate. Funny color choice, but well, who am I to judge that.

Overall, I find it a pity what a potential Armaf has gambled away here. Had one set on a two fragrance notes less would have arisen here possibly really a great summer fragrance. So he is not completely horrible, but definitely very far away from what he actually wants to be.

Over the admittedly quite short time that I am now actively involved with perfumes, the here has really developed into one of my favorites and was over this winter definitely my everyday fragrance. At only 20€ per 100 ml, you can really do nothing wrong here in my opinion.

The flacon is in my eyes really aesthetically and and cool made. Only the plastic cap clouds the overall picture and looks cheap. Furthermore, I must agree what the size concerns Cyne. The thing is really wide and is therefore rather unsteady in the hand. For me, however, this does not represent a minus, after all, I do not want to go for a walk with the bottle, but take him a maximum of two times a day in the hand.

The sillage is unfortunately rather average what I consider in this fragrance but also not particularly bad. With an everyday fragrance of this kind, you may not necessarily want to take the entire room, so that's fine here. The longevity for me is between 7 and 8, which isn't above average, but definitely too good to mark down as mediocre. Sprayed on in the morning, the fresh notes of the fragrance are still easily perceptible for me in the late afternoon.

The fragrance itself meets exactly the requirements that I place on a stable everyday fragrance: lavender and apple are clearly perceptible and make the fragrance seem fresh, without drifting into the already excessive freshness of a sporty Altherrenduftes à la Cool Water and co. At the same time, it holds a certain sweet spice that makes it stand out without being too overbearing. The peppery opening may seem a little synthetic to some, but I find it really pleasant. So overall, F Black doesn't bring anything extraordinary, but in my opinion, it's exactly what I was hoping for from it. And at a price-performance ratio that is hard to beat.

Encre Noire à L'Extrême is a real challenge for me as a perfume novice. Somehow horny, but also just boring; irgedwie multilayered, but also just dry like the Gobi desert...
Attention to this fragrance I became through the rather hated Jeremyfragrance, for which I must break a lance at this point: That the guy probably has much less expertise than some perfume users can be good and that he must be really unappealing to most people with his weird playboy behavior is quite out of the question. But I have to say that with his odd manner, he does spark an interest in perfume, especially for newbies like me, and that I certainly wouldn't be writing this comment today if I hadn't stumbled across one of his videos a few months ago. But enough of that. One of his videos featured the original Encre Noire, stating "it smells like death, but in a very good way". For me, as a metal fan since childhood, an extremely intriguing paraphrase.
Motivated to try an inaccessible fragrance I ordered on Notino directly the EdP variant, because why not (I did not know at the time that the two probably differ in smell, but well, I'm here to learn something). Full of excitement and expectations I sprayed the good piece for the first time and felt... somehow nothing at all. The scent was neither repellent nor appealing to me; neither overwhelming nor really relatable. Disillusioned and a bit disappointed, I wondered if I just didn't like the scent or if my nose wasn't ready for this one. But the more I applied it, the more I liked it. And with growing "experience" (if I may call it so) suddenly appeared to me also the nuances of the fragrance clearer.


To finally say something about the fragrance itself: it's really damn woody and damn dry to boot! The only freshness in the form of bergamot evaporates already after a handful of minutes. This makes way for a grandiose resinous cypress accompanied by a touch of iris. After that, incense and especially a whole lot of vetiver dominate for me. In the drydown, these are complemented by a fair amount of patchouli. Here the fragrance becomes a little more rounded and seems more complete. While most of the time it seems rather imperfect and exudes a sense of unease, here it finally comes to rest; like death, in a way. Mr. Jeremy was not entirely wrong with his statement.

In addition, the performance also gives good what. The sillage is decent, but not so excessively strong that you can dry out a complete room full of people with it. Less is more here in my opinion, it is simply well matched to the charisma that brings the fragrance. The longevity on the other hand is excellent. Sprayed on in the morning I could perceive the scent in the afternoon still quite clear, on my clothes partly even days later still.

The flacon is also very successful. I like the elegant, cubic design along with wooden lid really very much. In addition, the glass is really thick works overall very valuable. The absolute blackness of the orginal Encre Noire pleases me purely visually even better, but still everything was done right here in my eyes.


It is truly not easy to like this fragrance, let alone understand it (which I probably still do not). But it is truly intriguing and holds a certain mystique that I have not experienced before in the world of perfumes.
I can not classify with the best will in the world to what occasions you can wear the thing aside from funerals or home office. In addition, you really have to know what you're getting into here. But who has Bock to smell like dead wood and scorched earth will definitely be happy here.