Cristobal

8 reseñas

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• Norome Leena

  October 8, 2012

  

  This week I found a steal on perfumes in a store where occasionally discontinued fragrances appear. I bought two, and the first was Cristobal. It’s a lordly, regal perfume, pure gold! I wore it at night, and my husband said he sensed a festive chocolatey aroma on my shoulders, with a touch of citrus between my breasts. Personally, I also detect a superb carnation and a generous patchouli. My connection with the family of spicy oriental perfumes began with this classic, fascinating, and imposing scent.

• Norome Leena

  October 9, 2012

  

  This week I snagged a bargain on a store with B-series perfumes that are no longer around. I took two, and the first was Cristobal: a lordly, regal perfume, pure gold! I wore it at night, and my husband noticed a festive chocolatey scent on my shoulders, with citrus between my breasts. To me, it smells like a superb carnation and generous patchouli. It’s my first connection with spicy oriental perfumes: a fascinating and imposing classic.

• Espartaco

  September 29, 2017

  

  I’ve always liked it. Cristobal is one of those perfumes doomed to die for being born in the wrong era. When aquatic scents of the 90s and solar florals of the 80s were dominant, this type of indeterminate nature didn’t find a place, especially with modern formulas from the early 2000s just around the corner. Cristobal smelled amazing, no need to overthink it. A woody sweetness in the style of Dolce Vita or Very Valentino. It was sophisticated and sumptuous, but there was something in its development that made you think of a ‘veiled’ fragrance, as if it came from a previous echo and reached you with the breeze moving a silk curtain, a strange luminosity it shares with Very Valentino or Givenchy’s Hot Couture. It’s like each of its parents but with that essence of opulent perfumes from which the body has been stripped by successive distillations. Cristobal smells like luxury, that 90s luxury I relive opening a glass box with hundreds of saved journeys. That abstract smell of mixed perfumes is similar to Cristobal, a sweet swarm with woody afternotes and a sweetness lightyears away from gourmand. It was a luminous vanilla, zero cloying, sublimated by a playful carnation note with its sparkling aroma; the fig leaf gave it a creamy roughness that lowered the sweetness until patchouli and sandalwood made it serene, even masculine. Was it the eighth wonder? Without a doubt, I don’t understand how being discontinued allows it to reach astronomical prices on the black market, with the risk of being corrupted. However, it had personality and above all smelled very, very good, so it’s worth trying just for that. If I find it at a bargain price, I’d buy it without hesitation. Totally recommended for women who love perfumes like Tresor, Poeme, 5th Avenue, or Champs Elysees; Cristobal is an evolved child of those, keeping the luxurious and feminine nature of opera perfume, but they toned down the potency a couple of degrees to turn it into a pleasant accompaniment, not the protagonist.

• Espartaco

  October 1, 2017

  

  I’ve always liked this fragrance. Cristobal is one of those perfumes doomed to die for being born in the wrong era. In a time dominated by aquatic and solar florals of the 90s, it didn’t find its place, especially considering modern formulas from the early 2000s were just around the corner. Cristobal smelled amazing, no need to overthink it. It was a woody sweetness in the style of Dolce Vita or Very Valentino. It was sophisticated and sumptuous, but there was something in its development that made you think of a ‘veiled’ fragrance, as if it arrived with the breeze moving a silk curtain, with a strange luminosity it shares with Very Valentino or Givenchy’s Hot Couture. It’s like each of its parents but with that essence of opulent perfumes from which the body has been stripped by successive distillations. Cristobal smells like luxury, that 90s luxury I relive opening a glass box with hundreds of saved journeys. That abstract smell of mixed perfumes is similar to Cristobal, a sweet swarm with woody afternotes and a sweetness lightyears away from gourmand. It was a luminous vanilla, zero cloying, sublimated by a playful carnation note with its sparkling aroma; the fig leaf gave it a creamy roughness that lowered the sweetness until patchouli and sandalwood made it serene, even masculine. Was it the eighth wonder? Without a doubt, I don’t understand how being discontinued allows it to reach astronomical prices on the black market, with the risk of being corrupted. However, it had personality and above all smelled very, very good, so it’s worth trying just for that. If I find it at a bargain price, I’d buy it without hesitation. Totally recommended for women who love perfumes like Tresor, Poeme, 5th Avenue, or Champs Elysees; Cristobal is an evolved child of those, keeping the luxurious and feminine nature of opera perfume, but they toned down the potency a couple of degrees to turn it into a pleasant accompaniment, not the protagonist.

• Scolderfdf

  February 21, 2023

  

  Cristobal is the epitome of the 90s: a luxury fragrance with contrasting nuances where flowers and patchouli rest on a bed of vanilla. I detect a certain boozy scent that I find charming and intoxicating at first. Although it’s feminine, on a man’s skin it looks quite unisex, with floral and woody accents that linger throughout the trail (about 6-7 hours). I wore it to the office, and as I walked in the sun (around 28 degrees), the scent turned balsamic and herbal, always over that vanilla base. An excellent perfumery work that is no longer around.

• Scolderfdf

  March 8, 2023

  

  Cristobal is the epitome of the 90s: a luxury fragrance with contrasting nuances thanks to flowers and patchouli on a bed of vanilla. I detect a certain boozy scent that I find charming and intoxicating at first. Although it’s feminine, on a man’s skin it looks quite unisex, with floral and woody accents that emerge throughout the trail (6-7 hours). I wore it to the office, and as I walked in the sun (around 28 degrees), the scent turned balsamic and herbal, always over that vanilla base. An excellent perfumery work that is no longer around.

• Lenincitomacas

  December 27, 2025

  

  I don’t get why a fragrance as good as Cristobal doesn’t get much attention; it’s seriously undervalued. I tested it on a tester looking for a gift for a woman, but I stumbled upon this masterpiece. I tried it on my own skin (mind you, I’m a man), and it smelled good from start to finish. To me, it’s totally unisex; even a man can wear it with total confidence. It has a woody touch with a fine vanilla nuance, but nothing aggressive or feminine; on the contrary, it’s so good you want to sniff it all the time. In the end, I bought it for myself: it feels unisex, elegant, and refined. It’s a work of art.

• Lenincitomacas

  December 28, 2025

  

  I don’t get why a fragrance as good as Cristobal goes unnoticed; it’s seriously undervalued. I tested it on a tester looking for a gift for a woman and stumbled upon this masterpiece. I tried it on my own skin (mind you, I’m a man), and it smelled just as good from start to finish. To me, it’s totally unisex—a man can wear it with total confidence. It has a woody touch with a fine vanilla nuance, nothing aggressive or feminine; on the contrary, it’s so good you want to sniff it all the time. In the end, I bought it for myself. It feels unisex, elegant, and refined. It’s a work of art.