Translation: “Cold-Infused Jasmine Ambrosia” This is one of the decants from the @George Hernandez collection, and it is my first wear from AdP. It is actually a new product, released in 2025. My impression of the house has been that they offer nice, fresh colognes that don't last very long. Well, if that was the case in the past, it is no longer! Both of the Ambrosias that I tried were spectacular, and here are my notes from this one, my sote from last night. It opens with beautiful, aromatic, sweet, fresh, green and floral notes. The florals, mostly very fragrant jasmine, take the early lead, the leafy greenness fades, and the 1st hour leans more unisex/feminine. Projection is moderate to strong. After the first hour, the jasmine begins to slowly recede, taking on a co-star role, and the soft woods become more noticeable. They merge with the warm spices as the fragrance turns more unisex/masculine, and beautiful! At 2 hours the scent is gorgeous, sweet, warm-spicy, floral-woody, with mild sillage, and stays that way to the 7 hr mark. I had this only on my hand, running around Disney in Orlando, and I could smell it for 6 + hours, so some body heat would definitely activate more sillage. I am really appreciating masterful floral-woody blends, and I've been fortunate to encounter some excellent ones back to back. This is a versatile fragrance, but I don't get an office or professional vibe with this one. I think Spring, Fall, Winter temps, inside or outside. The sweetness is the wildcard, so you'll have to match the situation to your personality, but for me, any kind of social setting would be a fit. I recommend getting a sample or a sniff of this, whenever you find yourself near an Acqua di Parma counter! Have a great day and keep smelling wonderful!

Is that "out loud" or "out (l)oud"? Seriously, this post is more for my benefit than for the group's, but I'm happy to hear comments and/or observations if you wish. Yesterday I posted a video from a YouTube guy that stated a bunch of facts and figures about the industry, the state of market, its future etc. See https://www.skool.com/bos/im-starting-to-understand if interested. To summarize, he cited that there is a marked increase in frag interest from users of GLPs, and being diabetic, that includes me. I placed my frag first order about 12-13 months ago on that big Canadian site and since then I've bought hundreds of frags of various kinds, qualities, etc just in an effort to learn about them and to determine what I liked. Every single person in my life has asked me what was the trigger for this sudden interest, but I had no idea. Not a clue... I've been playing golf for over 50 years and it took me 20+ years before I bought my first brand new set and about 30 years before I took my first golf trip (you know... on an airplane.) Now within one year of this frag thing, I have no clue what I've spent on this stuff and I'm going to Dubai in two weeks just to learn about oud, the industry and anything frag related. I got the House of Dubai on my speed dial for god's sake. Everyone sees this new obsession but nobody is really concerned. Anyway, this post is more therapeutic for me.