LeSmelleur

On skin, this fragrance smells like a delicious cake, sweet and yummy. It's optimistic, light, open, and enticing, with some fruity and flowery aroma. Sometimes it can smell powdery - when you huff it, it feels like powder gets into your nose. The longevity and sillage are not particularly impressive, I'd say the EDP is equivalent to other brands' EDTs. It does stick very well on clothes, though. On clothes the expression is different - the flowery and fruity side, slightly sour, comes to the forefront. The fragrance becomes darker and heavier, wandering into the YSL Opium territory with its overwhelming "dank" sweetness. It's also somewhat similar to Antonio Banderas' The Secret Temptation, but not as energetic. Overall a pretty unique and interesting smell among men's perfumes, worth trying if you like sweet smells.

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This smells like an overly sour copy of Layton Exclusif. When you smell Signature by itself you can convince yourself that it's OK, but if you compare it with Layton Exclusif the similarity and the difference becomes pretty obvious. Signature has a cloying, artificial and even sickly sour note, which spoils the scent for me. The sourness is coming from cardamom, which I don't like, and orange.

For those who don't know Layton Exclusif, the base in Signature is bold and rough, like the bottle, yet warm, maybe even sweetish. It is warm and spicy, but not in an aggressive way.

The top reminds me of Valentino Uomo and Pasha de Cartier Parfum. In all three the top is mediocre, and Signature has the best ratio of top to base. Of the three, Signature wins just because the base is good and relatively strong.

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Very typical over-the-top Cartier style, a woody scent with a vibrating quality. If you ignore the woodiness, it is similar to Valentino Uomo, and even more to Salvatore Ferragamo Uomo Signature - in drydown, they become remarkably alike. All three have a nice base and a somewhat questionable top. In case of Pasha, the top is aromatic, sour, and cloying. Cardamom isn't listed in ingredients but it smells like cardamom, and it spoils this scent for me.

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This scent reminds me of Salvatore Ferragamo Uomo Signature, the main difference being that Signature has a very characteristic bold base lacking in this. It is also similar to Pasha de Cartier Parfum if you ignore Pasha's woody base. The base here is a peaceful nut, coffee, chocolate, and leather. It is way subtler than in the other two, which is unfortunately not a good thing, because the top is too strong. The myrtle top is sour, sharp, flowery, and cloying. I wish it was chiller, the imbalance between the base and the aggressive top spoils the scent in my opinion.

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This scent is way more sour and fresh and not as warm as I expected. The cherry sweetness is there, but mild and understated. Tobacco is also not obvious in the mix, luckily. The bottle with its fabric cover fits the smell perfectly, with the exception of sourness it doesn't convey. The chill vibe is kind of similar to Bvlgari Man in Black. Also not that much different from Azzaro Wanted, although this is drier, more reserved, more sophisticated, yet more aromatic/spicy. The image I have is a leather chair, a small wooden table by its side, and a glass of strong brown alcohol on it - or is it a cup of tea with milk? All in all, a very English smell indeed, sophisticated, but reserved and dry.

One thing that I have to note about this fragrance is performance. It is phenomenal. The sillage is good yet not overdone like with some ankle perfumes, and it is still going past the eight hour mark.

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