Eros Versace 2012 Eau de Toilette

The opening of this fragrance I find very successful. Especially the mint, which unlike other perfumes very synthetic, almost like toothpaste, but still smells good, in conjunction with the warm notes, such as vanilla, I like very much. Fragrance-wise, this combination is a bit extravagant, as Versace Eros combines winter notes with very synthetic-fresh summer notes. It smells very pleasant in the opening, almost intriguing.

In the drydown, however, it gets a bit boring. It develops into a typical cold-weather scent, which smells pleasant, but I personally find a bit of a shame. Because this makes it in my opinion only suitable for early spring, when the weather is still cold. For the warm months, as it is often portrayed in advertising, this fragrance is definitely not suitable, even if it may seem so at the opening by the fresh notes.

For the winter it is only conditionally suitable, because the top notes are too dominant and too fresh at the beginning. Therefore, it is recommended to leave the house in winter after about 20 minutes, so that the top notes evaporate if possible. However, if you want to buy this perfume only because of the base notes, there would definitely be better alternatives for the winter.

This is exactly what I think is the main problem with this fragrance. The combination of notes that make it special, are poorly put into practice, because the top notes evaporate relatively quickly; ie you have nothing of this combination, because it is no longer present after a few minutes. Therefore, I would have liked fresh components in the heart notes of this fragrance.

Likewise, one could criticize that it is very mainstream due to the many carriers. However, this plays no role for me in the evaluation.

But the opening is really terrific