Gents, Color me intrigued. This is the 3rd Givenchy I’ve tried now (my first night with this one) and damn I’m impressed. I’m not sure if the whole Gentleman line fits this bill (I have more samples coming this week), but for a fall/winter/date night fragrance…they just keep hitting the mark. I’ve tried the Intense EDT and Privee (definitely a favorite) and they don’t lose right now. I love the sharp, masculine woodiness that comes out. While I’m not against sweet, there is a difference between a mature sweetness and a playful sweetness and this comes across very mature. The woodiness, cacao and pepper are really giving this kind of a sexy incense smell. Not like something at a hippy store, but something more elevated. Man - I can’t wait to try the rest of the line because I’m looking for some solid starting blocks for my fall/winter lineup and especially some darker/deeper/mature frags for date night and I’m loving what Givenchy is selling right now. Have a hell of an evening gents 💪🏽

This always gets me compliments. But I really don’t care for it. The hype may be more than the scent itself.

I really wanna get my nose on this one. What’re your opinions about it?

Am fortunate to have an international business trip next week and want to take advantage of duty free shops to pick up a bottle of something that isn’t available at discounters. If I can get something with at least a 10% discount to US retail (which after sales tax is like a 20% discount) then I’ll pull the trigger. What should I get?

Today I am wearing Metallic Musk and it is my 3rd day of testing. Shout out to @Nick Clemente for sending me a sample of this fragrance. The opening is a subtle blast of fresh spice which is accompanied by some citric sweetness. At 15 minutes the fragrance settles down quite nicely while still delivering some semi-sweet yet subtle spiciness. I also started to get some of the softness from the Lavender which is quite nice. At 30 minutes the fragrance continues to settle down and provide the same semi-sweet, spicy, and soft scent. It's pretty lineal at this point, but well blended and wears quite nice ointment my skin. The dry down of this fragrance is quite subtle which impacts the performance. The longevity on my skin is about 4 to 5 hours with the fragrance becoming a skin scent after about 2 hours. Projection is amazing for about the first 60 minutes, but after that it sttles down to a scent bubble of about 12". The sillage is also great for the first 60 minutes, but settles down signifgicantly after that. This is a compliment magnet, but only when someone is close enough to smell you.