Finally found a bottle in a store so gave it 1 spray on the wrist. Opens up like a coconut leaning Gris Charnel with a clear designer level quality and mass appeal. Creamy, cosy, nicely sweet and very wearable. Projects strong for a Valentino. Quality is good and the blend is clean, but nothing here feels groundbreaking. The closest market competitor for this would be Le Beau Le Parfum and to me PM is a dumbed down vibe, similar crowd pleasing DNA, and LBLP still comes out on top in terms of character and overall profile. I would argue that this would be a massive hit in the mainstream. Its more smooth and more wearable tha LBLP and 25 and above usually avoid jpg as its a “teen fragrance“. My prediction maybe wrong but many of us weren’t impressed with paradigme but the numbers dont lie. So the hype to me was not justified. My initial score would be a 7.5/10. If i get a sample from a purchase i might give it a proper wearing.

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This Prada Luna Rossa Ocean is a lot easier to wear than Versace Eros and Dior Sauvage. This fragrance is clean, soapy and office/flight safe. You don't smell like a lot of other guys out there when you wear this fragrance. Let me know which Prada Luna Rossa is your best. Prada is becoming my favorite house...

It's not getting above freezing today. Seems like a good time to discuss warmer weather. I feel pretty good about my collection for when it warms up, but I feel that something is missing. I'll say up front that I'm not crazy about highly green scents or fougeres in general, although there are a few exceptions. The DNA my collection has includes Aventus, Renaissance, Costa Azzurra, VIW, Venetian Blue Intense, Eros Energy, Percival, Y and Profondo. Any suggestions on what I should be looking for?

**Update: our resident Dua experts are telling me that Dua routinely runs sales even better than this, sometimes up to 36% off** Dua is having a sale to celebrate their 10th anniversary, up to 30% off I’ve never ordered from them (and with their enormous catalog, I’m not even sure where I’d want to start) but plenty of folks on here swear by them