Black Pure Black Mandarina Duck 2009
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Mandarina Duck's Pure Dud...
Mandarina Duck Pure Black starts off as a Memoire d'Homme Ricci clone... This is a very bad thing, as that scent was one of my biggest mistakes when I blind bought it many years ago. Things do develop differently with Pure Black, specifically PB has black pepper and tobacco notes that develop after the horrible opening. To be fair, this part of the scent is more appealing, but the ugly top notes still remain throughout, and I can't help but continuously think about the loathsome Memoire d'Homme by Ricci. I like PB better than that scent, but that is not saying much. Longevity with Pure Black is mercifully brief. My advice is to steer well clear of this two star out of 5 rated "pure dud".
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Coutureguru 12 years ago
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The bottle I have is labeled 'Black' and not 'Pure Black" as in the picture above, but as this is not listed I'm assuming that it is the same one. I bought it blind on the recommendation of a sales associate who posts on the 'other' site ... bad move!