Bvlgari pour Homme Extrême Bvlgari 1999

Shortly after its release, I received "Bulgari pour Homme" in the regular version as a gift from my then-girlfriend. It was my first encounter with the brand at all. To this day, I practically always have a bottle of this fragrance on my shelf because it possesses a unique fresh aura in my nose. Back then, I didn't think about the individual ingredients, but I believe tea, flowers, and (above all) musk contribute to the unmistakable character of the original, which I find extremely pleasing, alongside the citrus notes. Unfortunately, "Bulgari pour Homme" suffers from quite weak longevity and sillage.

Of course, at some point, you also want to try the "extreme" brother, hoping that this flaw would be resolved. However, that is only partially the case. Extreme is initially nothing here. The flanker has simply been tuned for longer longevity, which is indeed noticeable - but to the detriment of the original. Much higher citrus, wood, and spice components make BPHE a significantly more ordinary fresh fragrance, although I would have expected otherwise.

Thus, the originality in the top and base notes has regrettably been lost, although one can still speak of a flanker that deserves this name due to the similar DNA. The difference between the two Bulgari "men" is also only visually expressed by a small print on the bottle. And it is much more noticeable on my skin than on the test strip, where both fragrances differed only marginally for me.

There is no question that we are still dealing with a very nice and clean fresh fragrance with BPHE (one doesn't need the umpteenth "Acva" version for that), but it lacks the uniqueness of the original. Wood and spices provide a slightly longer longevity, while the sillage remains more or less close to the skin. If you have one, you certainly don't need the other as well.