01/20/2024
LeSmelleur
74 Reviews
LeSmelleur
1
A parody of Dior Homme Intense/Parfum
This starts like a parody of Dior Homme Intense, sweet and woody, strong, artificial, and decidedly unpleasant. There is also a cloying rose, very sweet yet sharp. At this point it's a rather obnoxious scent. After an hour the smell dials down dramatically and becomes tolerable or even borderline pleasant, in an exaggerated yet classic case of a bad fragrance becoming better with time. Or maybe not a classic case - after it plateaus, it keeps going for a long while on a typical EDT level in the transformed form.
Both the scent and the initial performance drop are similar to Just Jack Mystery, which is a fragrance you've never heard of and will never hear of again, and for a good reason. Black Prestigium is sharper than Mystery, though. It is also similar to Armaf Club de Nuite Intense (woman), which is supposed to be more spicy if you were to believe Fragrantica, but really is not. Black Prestigium is just more woody and sharper. As regards the purported similarity to Dior Homme Parfum, it is hard for me to believe that a top of the line Dior perfume would smell like this.
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Both the scent and the initial performance drop are similar to Just Jack Mystery, which is a fragrance you've never heard of and will never hear of again, and for a good reason. Black Prestigium is sharper than Mystery, though. It is also similar to Armaf Club de Nuite Intense (woman), which is supposed to be more spicy if you were to believe Fragrantica, but really is not. Black Prestigium is just more woody and sharper. As regards the purported similarity to Dior Homme Parfum, it is hard for me to believe that a top of the line Dior perfume would smell like this.
Read more of my perfume reviews at The Scent Stories: thescentstories.substack.com