Fraqmental

This very sweet and yet fruity fresh fragrance is made for the summer. As far as I know, there's pear(?) in it, which makes First Instinct unique in its category. I wouldn't call it a teeny scent, but at the age of 25 I think I'm already on the verge of wearing it, because its scent DNA is very much aimed at the younger target group. Nevertheless, only recently I received a compliment for it from a 50 year old lady and in general it seems to go down quite well with adult women, as this was not an isolated case. Personally, I miss a little the adult in the fragrance and it doesn't really emphasize my masculinity.

The shelf life is quite ok, in the summer heat good & sometimes 5-6 hours, I think that's ok - but he won't last a whole day.
Projection and Sillage are good, others notice the scent.
My bottle will soon be empty, good that I only had a small one, I will not buy this fragrance anymore - not because it is not good but simply because I can no longer identify with it (longer) - Fierce is clearly more my area at A&F.
For the younger among us, however, it is definitely worth a blind purchase if you consider the price and will please most of them.

Bleu de Chanel was my first real aquatic fragrance in my collection and has been in it for a long time. The first seconds after spraying, the citrus-like freshness of the bergamot is immediately absorbed, but at least in EdP it quickly subsides and gives way to a deeper "blue" aquatic & harmonious course. Bleu de Chanel is for me an extremely elegant "workhorse" fragrance, just the right one if you've dressed up and come along in a shirt or suit, be it for work, business appointments or job interviews. Whenever I wear Bleu de Chanel I get a touch of superiority - you just smell like you're in the upperclass, stinking rich and just one level higher than all the others. This description may sound a bit harsh and narcissistic, but the fragrance does not convey these values at all. I haven't met a human being yet that wasn't enchanted by this scent (no matter if man or woman) and a lot of people ask for it, because it is a relatively unique scent DNA, for the fact that Bleu de Chanel has been around for a long time.

At Bleu de Chanel even a non perfume connoisseur will notice that this is a high-quality fragrance, it simply radiates elegance, nobility and seriousness. I'd rather wear the EdP than the EdT. The shelf life is better and it generally appears calmer and more balanced. The EdT projects more and is brighter & fresher, but does not last that long. The EdP, on the other hand, is darker, heavier & richer, has more depth and slumbers calmly & unobtrusively on the skin but still recognizable & perceptible.

Some use Bleu de Chanel also as a normal casual scent, but here I have to say that it would simply be too elegant for me. The EdT might go through but the EdP is definitely wrong for me in this respect. I wouldn't hold it against anyone because it still smells incredibly good, but for my taste there are much more suitable scents for casual wear.

Thanks to the deeper & somewhat dark aquatic note, Bleu de Chanel can also be worn perfectly in the evening or at night for going out or business lunches.
Herewith one plays very safe despite the uniqueness and there is probably no human being who would frown at this smell.
In any case, remain in my collection.

What can I say? L'Homme has done a lot to me. I've had La Nuit de l'homme in my collection for quite some time now and have been diligently working with it, wondering for months if L'Homme would make any sense at all. When I made you an offer, I hit it after all.
You know these BadBoy scents, these polarizing, mostly sweet and extremely captivating scents, which convey to a woman that you are playful, a daredevil and that you get what you want.
Well, l'Homme ain't no BadBoy scent. He's the good guy among fragrances. He is the one you want to marry later, who simply meets every criterion and for whom you wouldn't doubt at any second that he was the wrong choice or that he doesn't do you any good. The wearer of L'Homme comes so clean that there couldn't be a more perfect day fragrance. No clean like Prada l'homme, but a clean in a seductive and attractive way. Romantic, slightly sweet, slightly spicy, sensual.
This perfume fits perfectly in spring, summer and early autumn to a chic outfit, best to a white t-shirt or even better a white shirt. As seductive and yet inconspicuous as La Nuit de l'homme is in the evening, so L'Homme is during the day - it is the perfect complement.

L'Homme would certainly also pass as an office fragrance and not step on anyone's tie, quite the opposite - but he would be a bit too sensual & romantic for me. For me it is the perfect date perfume for a spring walk, a visit to the ice cream parlour at the Italian's in summer, a ride on a pedal boat on a small lake, a picnic on a meadow in the morning in late summer.

The durability is mediocre, also Sillage and projection could be better, however this smell should let come closer to you and not already from 5 meters one killed - from there: forgiven.
I received especially from the women so far only excellent compliments, for the one or other man he might not be the right one, because he could be worn in my opinion also easily as unisex scent.
For me personally, it definitely has a very firm place in my collection and will definitely be bought again, because it could definitely not be topped in its field of application

this is my first scent of Azzaro, which I got after a rehearsal. It is a very warm and yet somewhat heavy fragrance, which I personally would only wear in the evening/night (as the name already reflects). I don't know the original "Wanted", it's supposed to be a little lighter, brighter but also more synthetic - the Wanted by Night probably attracted the masses more than its original colleague.

For me, there is a clear scenario for the wearer of Wanted by Night. You go out late in the evening, perhaps to a pub or a bar, there is a somewhat wicked atmosphere, you smell the rum & whiskey on ice at the bar, the already a bit grubby leather jacket and the rest of an annealing cigar in the ashtray of his strange next door. An alcoholic sweetness gets into your nose and makes the whole thing come across very playfully. This fragrance conveys self-confidence. I know what I want and I will get it tonight and I don't care what anyone else here thinks about me.

I get from the fragrance an actually above average durability and a relatively good Sillage & projection - 8 hours are loose in it. If you put on too much of it, it can get a bit annoying & intrusive, but for the above scenario this might not bother you at all.
Immediately after application you think of alcohol, sweet cinnamon & smoke, I would even dare to call it an extremely wicked version of a D&G The One.

I personally don't see Wanted by Night in many application scenarios, but for going out, clubbing, flirting, bar`s, pub`s etc. it is perfect and in my opinion difficult to beat.
Watch out in summer or at higher temperatures, because then it will be too much of a good thing.

For me it will have its fixed place in my collection, even if I will probably make do with a flacon for the rest of my life.

admittedly, I don't usually like blind buying, especially when they're in the higher price segment, but I've been guided by too many comments & online reviews on this one, and after all of them had him uplifted, I certainly didn't think I was doing anything wrong with it.

My first Tom Ford fragrance. When unpacking, a noble impression was given, but now not much different than with higher-priced designer fragrances, after all, Noir Extrem is also from the designer line of Tom Ford. Cap removed and smelled on the spray head. ".... Okay, that.... i imagined differently..."
Put your cap on it and put it in the closet. After a few hours the same game again for several days. Also sometimes applied and waited. I didn't know but somehow I didn't feel like this kind of scent at all. It was just a "weird" sweetness that didn't seem delicious or attractive to me. I was toying with the idea of selling the fragrance again because I would never use the whole bottle. Noir Extreme stayed untouched in my closet for a few weeks and I couldn't really understand the hymns of praise of the online community.

Well, I don't know what exactly has changed since, but nose surgery wasn't. For some reason, however, I found more and more pleasure in the fragrance and wore it for the time being at home for myself, because I still didn't dare to go out with it and catch a negative comment. Maybe it's just the power of habit, but now I like the perfume so much that it amazes me. Even the first female compliments weren't long in coming and from then on I knew that the hype was one or the other.


Admittedly, I wouldn't wear this fragrance on every occasion and even if I'm in male company, I can be sure that one or the other stupid commentary will fall from a non-perfume connoisseur (surely owed to the reason that it's a unisex fragrance) but that's not what this perfume was designed for. I see the typical Noir Extreme wearer as a finely dressed middle-aged man, possibly even in a suit at an evening event with lots of female company. It's a date scent of a special kind to me. Not a date in a bar or a club, but a date with a special person, in a nice restaurant or for more intimate moments. For the latter one should be careful with the spray head, because here one has fast times something too much. In general, you should apply a little less here, because the scent holds & projects very well with me and the woman quickly gets the need to get closer to you by catching a whiff every now and then.

Generally I would wear the scent rather in cold seasons and there also only in the evening