Overall greatness from the Gentleman line
Gentlemen Boisee is the flowery, woody addition to the Gentleman line of fragrances by Givenchy, but it would be rude to just stop there. It has a lot going for it and not a single aspect that can be called bad, although it is not perfect either.
The bottle and atomizer are great, with the price also being decently affordable. At the 54 EU i paid for the 60 ml bottle it is not cheap, but also not insanely expensive. It opens with a sort of iris/amber type of flower note, and a obvious sandelwood/oakwood as well. It has this sort of suffisticated freshness in the flower note that is honestly super impressive. The freshness stays pretty much the entire time it sits on your skin, with a slight muskyness coming to it over the hours you are wearing this.
Speaking of hours, the one slightly dissapointing aspect of this fragrance is the longevity. It stays for about 4-5 hours on my skin, which is in itself decent for an EDP, bit because of the DNA of this scent, it becomes a backround scent after a couple hours, which means it fades away quicker than i hoped for. Still, not terrible for the use you willl probable have from this fragrance, which is a classy everyday spring and fall fragrance, but this shows it is not perfect. It is however a very detailed fragrance that can be used as a inoffensive inviting date night fragrance as well.
Still, a great overall showing from Givenchy. From a score of 0-100, i give it a 80
One painfully obvious dissapointing aspect from an otherwise good fragrance.
Quatre is the name, but also the hour where it stops sitting on your skin. Even worse, it usually doesnt even make that most of the time. Luckily its not all bad, but to say i am not dissapointed at least a little, would also not be true.
The bottle and box are steller. The atomizer is also great. This is also one of those bottles where the look of it is exactly what you get from the scent as well. Honestly, there are two words needed to describe this scent: orange and sweet, thats it. Escpecially in the opening it is almost unbearably sweet, with a pleasent ginger note being slightly inserted in the drydown period. Not a bad DNA at all. I cannot compare it to the thing it is copying, Which is LV''s Afternoon Swim unfortunately, since i am not rich.
Where it really drops the ball is the longevity. On my skin it is absolutely terrible, like not even 3 hours usually, which is a shame, cause it does make a great everyday high heat summer scent. Accords like orange are great for everyday use in these weathers because of how universally liked the smell of oranges are, but with longevity like this, it is really only meant as a part-day scent.
Not a total dissapointment, but it is in the one aspect that would make this a much better scent if better, which is the longevity. From a score of 0-100, i would give it a 73.
A suprise in almost every aspect
I didnt think much of Sincerity at first, mainly because it seemed to be a cheap clone of Reserve Privee from the Gentlemen line of fragrances. Many said that it was not very close to the original, and that fragrances like Geniune Man by Giovany Reserve where closer to the original. But the thing that was overlooked was the price tag. I paid a staggering 14 EU for this bottle, and i dont have a negative thing to say about it.
It is genuinely insane how good every aspect of this bottle is. The bottle looks classy with a good cap, and an even better atomizer. Its insanely loud for a DNA like this, which is as much a good thing as a bad one. If i had to nitpick it would be the way the alchohol note is done in this fragrance. The scent consist of a heavy sort of buttery honey, with a light flower somewhere in there, and a at first super loud bourbon sort of smell. After the two weeks i have owned it, it did already calm down, but the scent is not a 100% signiture scent safe, and will therefore not be for everyone.
The longevity is super impressive, with anywhere between 6-8 hours on my skin, and i expect that to be even more before the winter in a couple months, where it is absolutely best suited for. Matter of fact, this is a winter only fragrance, which does make it not super versitile, but for the price i cannot complain.
This is a type of scent where it is best to buy a sample first or have a fragrance in your collection that ticks many of the boxes that Sincerity also ticks, but the price alone makes it almost blind buy free. Insane outing from Grandeur with this one. From a score of 0-100, i give it a 92
Solid blue EDT you can wear (almost) anywhere
Azarro Chrome Legend is pretty much exactly what you get from looking at the bottle. It is an EDT where you cant really make out many accords apart from the slight green apple hint i get from it, but that doesnt make it less refreshing. Its a sophisticated bathroom like smell in the opening, but sits nice an refreshed on your skin pretty quickly, it is really only fresh, with a light sweetness to it.
Its the perfect fragrance to put on after a morning shower to make a harmless but good smelling impression during work or other regular activities, but doesnt offer much outside of that. the 3-4 hours of performance i get from my skin also doesnt blow away, but is fine for a dna like this.
The bottle is also pretty cheap with arguably the worst cap a bottle can have (75 ml version), and a pretty average atomizer.
Its the bottle to chose when you dont know what else to choose. A harmless little bottle that will please the biggest of crowds, that is worth the 19 EU i paid for it, and not much else. The good thing is that that was also what Azarro seemed to want to achieve with this fragrance, mission complete. From a score of 0-100, i would give it a 68
Decent 'harmless impression' scent that leaves a lot to be desired
Legend Spirit is an odd fragrance. This is an EDT, and altough you definitely get that sort of vibe, its not what most fresh EDT's are. My main complain with many EDT's is that there usually isnt a note prominent in the scent, or just one or two notes that quickly fade away. That is not much different with Legend Spirit, but it does have a certain woodyness that sets itself at least a little apart from other EDT's.
The problem is that that is it. Its a 2-3 hour scent that has not one prominent note that is worth mentioning. Its not Particularly cheap either. Its a pretty harmless scent that because of that wood probably fits better as a 'special occassion' scent than other EDT's, but if that is your goal to get out of Legend Spirit, i would say there are much better, even cheaper options out there.
Its great for teenagers and as an option to choose from if you cant make a choice without choosing the wrong thing, i do think its not bad, but it doesnt fit as anything else than a underwheling harmless signature scent. From a score of 0-100, i would give this a 67
