Franck Olivier Black Touch For Men 3.4 oz EDT Spray

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A fragrance like this needs to be able to separate its components. It definitely has stages and is not a total blob, but it feels a bit heavy after the sharp opening and never really "lifts" off my skin. At 90 minutes and I am reaching up to my nose (1-2 inches of projection). Final thought. I could have saved my money and just bought a bottle of the far better performing Terre instead of these cheaper alternatives, but this hobby is partly about having a bit of fun with these frags too. The anticipation and excitement of potentially receiving your "Holy Grail" through the post is addictive. Definitely one of those French market gems, quality stuff. Very dark (too much for me to handle), fresh, not really sweet. I think this would be 9/10 but really meant for 30+ crowd, maybe even high 20's. It doesn't smell "old" in the slightest, the citrus notes evenadd a freshness that keeps it exciting, but so dark. Great for the low price.

With a little elementary mathamagic, I find that for the price of my bottle of Green Irish Tweed, I could have bought around twelve bottles of this stuff. And I'd probably go through them all before I finished the Creed. This stuff is pure magic on me. I'm rethinking my immediate plans to buy more from this house. It's just okay and I'm in no hurry to have more stuff like this, though I might buy them anyway.This starts off smelling kind of like Aramis or a an old school fragrance. About 3 mins later it comes into its own with that nice dirty orange that everyone has made comments about. It opens with an alchool blast (so don't smell it in the initial 15 seconds). Then you get a very good spicy sweet (caramel) citrusy opening. There is also touch of cardamom. The opening notes endure through the heart notes. With the hearth notes I mainly detect the orange blossom and some white flowers. Basically you have a 2nd stage with some fainting opening notes but with a strong vibe of caramel /grapefruit / orange blossom that blends with some dirtiness coming from vetiver and cedar of the closing notes. During the drydown the woody scents become a lot more cleaner. The sweetness persists probably due to the vanilla and musk notes. At the peak, the sillage reaches 3~4 feet. After 4~5 hours it becomes a skin scent and vanishes after 6~7 hours. With higher temperatures (or sweatty skin) it projects more, the sillage reaches 6 feet and the skin scent dies after 8 hours. I just can't get over the ungodly amount I have to use so it behaves like most of my other frags, but once you apply enough, it works. And this is very linear and takes the full dry down to see what it's about. As to longevity, on my skin this stuff is implacable; 14 hours later, all I need to do is wipe my fingers over my collarbone to bring the scent alive again to my nose, with goodly strength.

This one certainly takes inspiration from one of my favs terre d'hermes for sure but it takes that classic on a slightly different tangent that you may or may not love.Overall score - hard to say, but I will arrive at 7/10, and a "Like" for me. Recommended for those who want an inexpensive, close-in scent that smells significantly better than what you paid. I am curious how this would do in hot weather with perspiration. It doesn't seem to want to stay on my skin even indoors in an air-conditioned house. On first spray you can detect it has a similar DNA to TdH but is only 40-50% similar. However, my big problem was the dry down - after an hour or so it smelled really cheap, synthetic, and powdery. In fact, it wasn't very pleasant on my skin at all. So much so I had to get the Domestos and Fairy Liquid out and scrub it off.