Alegria Hombre

15 reseñas

Mostrando las más recientes primero.

• francisnatanaell

  September 19, 2013

  

  I don’t know how to write a good review, but I’ll say it smells fantastically, it’s long-lasting, and works very well for summer. I hope you can try it if you find it, since it’s very hard to locate.

• mak2.9

  June 29, 2014

  

  One of the first ones I owned, fantastic for hot days. It doesn’t bother you on those days; quite the opposite, you’ll receive many compliments.

• mak2.9

  July 1, 2014

  

  One of the first ones I owned; fantastic for hot days; it doesn’t bother you, quite the opposite, you’ll receive many compliments.

• Javier Zurbano

  April 8, 2015

  

  Very fresh and good, but it’s true that it’s hard to find. After using up the one they gifted me, I tried to buy it again and couldn’t find it.

• FanDeDuneVintage

  January 23, 2018

  

  I still follow up with a vial they gifted me. It seems pleasant, striking, unsettling, and sensual due to its sparkling opening that integrates citrus, greens, and ginger. After a few minutes, calone joins in, a note I never liked in other fragrances like Nautica Voyage, but here it’s handled much better. It’s halfway between Acqua di Gio and its Profumo, very much in line with fresh aromas from the early 2000s that seek cleanliness with seduction. It has acceptable longevity and an intermediate trail. Its name is congruent: it doesn’t make me happy with uproar, but it lifts my spirits. Pity it’s discontinued, though you can find some bottles online, perhaps at higher prices than it was worth. Scent: 9/10 Longevity: 7/10 Projection: 7.5/10 Versatility: 9/10.

• MiG69

  March 13, 2018

  

  I used it a lot when it launched as a cheap alternative to the expensive Acqua di Gio, which smelled everywhere. Years ago, I bought a bottle and checked that time had altered it. The top was nonexistent; I’d apply it and only get the scent hours later in the dry-down. Since then, I haven’t dared to buy ‘aquatics’ or ‘freshies’ vintage.

• MiG69

  March 22, 2018

  

  I used it quite a bit when it was launched. It was a cheap alternative to the sky-high-priced Aqua di Gio, which smelled everywhere. A couple of years ago, I found a bottle and bought it… only to discover that unfortunately, time had altered it. The top notes were nonexistent; you’d apply it and get the scent that, back in the day, lingered for hours after drying. Since that day, I haven’t dared to buy ‘aquatics’ or ‘freshies’ from the vintage era.

• Espartaco

  September 13, 2020

  

  Who would have thought I’d miss a fragrance like this? Around 2001, my mom finally convinced my dad to stop wearing that “sausage-skin” ode to Brummel, which the bastard had been mortifying us with since the eighties. I’ve told this story before: my friends’ parents gifted me gorgeous, green, enchanting scents that dazzled with notes of green ferns and Quorum woods like Polo, Antaeus, or Agua Brava. My dad, on the other hand, smelled of the abominable Brummel—petrified dandruff, cured salami skin, and overripe orange peels. Somehow, the switch from Brummel to Alegría went over surprisingly well. It’s strange because he’s one of those gruff guys who hates change. I remember teasing him at the time, calling his cologne simple, because I was floating in a cloud of those heavy, woody, fussy oriental trends of the moment—By D&G, Very Valentino, Gucci Rush, Gucci Envy, and Le Male—so a fresh scent like Alegría wasn’t something I wanted to wear. Twenty years later, I miss it. First, because it wasn’t as bad as I insisted it was, just to spite my dad. Second, because I’ve been leaning toward mild, fresh, clean-smelling scents for a while now. Alegría was a shift in the house’s masculine policy; until then, we were more aromatic, spiced, and conservative. They wanted to sell to guys in their twenties, athletes, young, handsome, and dynamic types. What they invented was an aquatic with very wearable herbal sweetness, easy to fall in love with. The inspiration was clear: Acqua di Gio. Except this one lacked Armani’s rough oceanic edge… it was a younger, clearer, more crystalline Acqua di Gio, calmer and more familiar. It was synthetic too, but so is every aquatic; the essence of the family, calone and co., is inherently a synthesized composition that abstractly creates the sublimated smell of the sea, a scent far from reality, since the real ocean smells of salt, petroleum, and tar. Alegría was an affordable, practical cologne. Within its range, I’ve smelled infinitely worse things. It was the kind of cologne you’d put on after a shower to go for a walk, and to be fair, it smelled great. A less harsh Acqua di Gio with a very characteristic citrus/spiced/herbal sweetness. Like a sweet, diluted vodka bath you’d eagerly dive into. I miss it.

• Espartaco

  September 14, 2020

  

  Who would have thought I’d miss this? In 2001, my mom convinced my dad to stop using that ode to salami skin called Brummel, which the bastard used to torment us with since the 80s. My friends’ parents gave us wonderful green scents, but my dad smelled like Brummel, petrified dandruff, and burnt orange. The switch to Alegría went down with joy, which is rare for grumpy men. I was wrapped in clouds of woody, effeminate oriental scents, so a fresh cologne didn’t appeal to me. Twenty years later, I miss it. First, because it wasn’t as bad as I insisted on seeing, just to annoy him. Second, because now I lean towards fresh and clean scents. Alegría was a change in the house’s masculine policy; more aromatic and conservative before. They invented an aquatic with easy-to-love herbal sweetness. The inspiration was Acqua di Gio, but without the harsh oceanic edge; more youthful, transparent, and family-friendly. It does have some artificiality, but all aquatics do; it’s the calone and casalone that form the sublimated smell of the sea, far from the reality of salt and tar. It was cheap and practical, infinitely better than worse things. You put it on after a shower to go out, and it smelled great. An Acqua di Gio less harsh with characteristic citrus/spiced/herbal sweetness. Like bathing in sweet vodka. I miss it.

• monsieurleather

  September 30, 2020

  

  I miss it too, @Espartaco. It was my daily fragrance for years, even sometimes on weekends, back in my 20s. If I’d known it would disappear, I would have saved at least one bottle. In my opinion, it’s probably the best fragrance from AD, and I’ve been a user of their Agua Fresca, Agua de Vetiver, and Adolfo Dominguez Hombre (their first men’s line), in addition to Alegría. I know all their men’s fragrances and some of the women’s. AD Alegría is a fresh, beautiful, simple scent that had an excellent price and gave (and would give) a thousand turns to fragrances much more expensive. Au revoir.

• monsieurleather

  October 13, 2020

  

  I miss it too, @Espartaco. It was my daily wear for years, even on weekends in my 20s. If I had known it would disappear, I would have saved a bottle. In my opinion, the best from AD. I’ve used Agua Fresca, Vetiver, Adolfo Dominguez Hombre, and Alegría; I know all their men’s fragrances and some women’s. Alegría is fresh, pretty, simple, and had an excellent price; it beat out more expensive perfumes a thousand times over. Au revoir.

• Pplu

  December 26, 2021

  

  I found it again after 20 years. I saw an ad and thought it was ridiculous not to buy it at that price. It’s incredible how smelling it unlocked memories of my adolescence. I wore it at 15-17 to go out; my diary was Massimo Dutti. At first, I was uncomfortable with the blend of grass and galbanum, which made me stop wearing it, and then it disappeared unjustly. It has that Polo Blue note that overwhelms me. If you like Polo Blue, you’ll surely like Alegría, and vice versa. It’s linear with a citrus top, but the green and musk make it wonderful if you love it, even though they overwhelm me and make me want to reject it. I wait months to apply it again; on top of that, it lasts on clothes and the trail is quite heavy.

• Juangg

  June 2, 2022

  

  I don’t know why this perfume was discontinued… I’ve been wearing it since I was 16; it was incredible. I wish it would return. Today, at 34, I’m still looking for perfumes that resemble it somewhat. I almost always buy cheap fakes that don’t last long, out of fear of spending money and not liking them. If anyone could be so kind as to know of something that resembles it as closely as possible, please help me!!! I understand why none of the bamboo ones are similar, but why not?

• Juangg

  June 9, 2022

  

  I don’t know why they discontinued it… I wore it since I was 16 and it was incredible; now at 34, I’m still looking for something similar. I almost always buy cheap knock-offs that don’t last long because I’m afraid to spend money and then end up not liking them. If anyone knows something similar, please help me. Why don’t any of the bamboo scents resemble it?

• Vilory

  August 3, 2024

  

  I tried this in my youth; it smells like L’Eau d’Issey Pour Homme by Miyake but more fougère and with much less projection. On skin, it doesn’t last even 4 hours. It passed through my life without any drama or glory.