Inebriante by Hinode

Forget quality or originality; this is basic perfume you can find anywhere. It’s a mid-to-low-quality clone, nothing more.

I picked it up at my trusted store because they had it, even if it was just in the catalog. When I smelled it, I loved the fruity touch and bought it on the spot. The first time I wore it, I thought it was cloying, heavy, and synthetic; the fruity scent started making me gag, like old lemon peels. I let it sit for two months, and when I used it again with just a few sprays, it became acceptable—not very pleasant, but no longer disgusting. I’ll eventually finish the bottle, though it will take a long time because I can’t stand more than three sprays and only wear it occasionally. Definitely won’t buy it again.

They say it’s catalog, generic, and synthetic, but it delivers excellent longevity and projection, and people like it quite a bit. Two years ago I refused to buy it because reviews labeled it cheap, but I regret not having it sooner. With more judgment, after smelling several niche, designer, and Arabic fragrances, I can say it’s worth it.

I bought it recently for a ridiculous price. It smells much more expensive than it costs; it’s rich. It lasts and projects a lot; it didn’t last the 12 hours from some videos, but it beat 7. It projects massively and makes itself felt; I’ve already received several compliments. Perfume bomb.

One night with friends, they asked what perfume I was wearing. I had Hawas by Rasasi on since morning, and they said it smelled really great. We started talking about perfumes; I’m pretty casual about this stuff, but then one of them mentioned he’d just bought one for about $65 USD (we’re from Colombia) and invited me to smell it. I leaned in and all I detected was his clothes—a generic scent, like those super cheap magazine perfumes. He said he’d put it on just two hours ago. Honestly, it was unpleasant; I’ve even smelled better magazine scents for that price. Don’t buy it. For the price and quality, you’ll find much better options. Seems like some cheap influencer recommended it, and a lot of people fell for it.

Greetings to the community. I tried it yesterday at a trusted perfumery; the saleswoman offered it to me because of my unusual tastes. To be honest, I didn’t like it much. In the opening, it smells very synthetic, plastic, and shrill; it seems more like a poorly made imitation than a fragrance in itself. It’s very strong; abusing the atomizer is suicide and it cloyingly affects others. The unpleasant scent drops abruptly after half an hour, leaving a more bearable skin scent until it disappears. Don’t buy it blindly; you can end up with a huge disappointment. It has good performance on the skin and fills the room at first, but for the price, there are better options like Nautica Voyage or Montblanc Starwalker. In my country, it’s about $70, which is a lot of money for what it offers. The only nice thing is the packaging.

Inebriante three days straight, another Ytber? Total hype. The bottle looks nice visually, but the materials aren’t great; the cap is the worst, reminding me of catalog fragrances and confirming it. I had to adjust the atomizer because it was dripping; I cleaned the nozzle, and two minutes later it flooded the space with its scent. I understand the hype, it fulfills its goal well of being easy to use and pleasing to everyone, you’ll surely get compliments. The opening is explosive with youthful, bright apple, citrus, and lots of Starwalker-type bamboo. As it dries, woods and notes emerge that I didn’t identify, maybe leather or black amber. The citrus lasts almost the entire longevity, and it has good performance, 8-10 hours on good pH; for me, it lasted 6-7. Good versatile scent for daily use, but nothing new or surprising, very synthetic. If you have experience, you’ll detect it’s catalog; by the fourth hour, it smells like plastic. There are three types of opinions: if you’re new, you’ll love it; if you have experience, you’ll like it but it won’t be your best option; if you’re a niche expert, you’ll have to follow your own path. I’d buy it again if the price dropped; paying $1000-$1200 for that quality doesn’t appeal to me. Cheers.

For those already living in the fragrance world, this is a no-go: it blasts all its notes at once and is incredibly invasive. It doesn’t smell like Dylan Blue, even though they share a tiny bit of amber and sea salt; here, you can clearly detect bamboo, leather, and apple, which Dylan lacks. It lasts 10-12 hours on me with normal pH, and I was surprised by the performance for a catalog scent. I get at least 2-3 compliments; it projects massively for hours, so watch your sprays because it’s intense. Many say they don’t smell it because it causes olfactory fatigue. It’s not my favorite because it smells synthetic to me as a niche lover, but I have to admit regular people love it and give me compliments, so if I want to turn heads, it’s a beast of a CDN: it screams for attention and it’s hard to pull off. Voyage kills it in niche because everyone loves it; it’s the ultimate catalog blue. Try it before you hate it and judge it poorly.

This perfume is easy to hate. The first time I used it, I was shameless, challenging reviews about its beastly smell, until I got a headache hours into my work-from-home day. The first impression was heavily influenced by the listed notes: I looked for apple, leather, and bamboo, but only felt a dense apple-cake scent with another ingredient I couldn’t solve. That day, a relative said it smelled like a club perfume, so I associated its sweetness and aggressive projection with those environments where you want to suffocate others. A few days later I read that someone smelled wine, and I understood: that note I didn’t get was alcoholic! I place it between wine and brandy. While I don’t know which accord it comes from, today Inebriante reminds me of three things: 1. An alcoholic smell when opening brandy or pouring wine. 2. A sweet, sandy apple. 3. A buttery, sweet puff pastry. If you feel resistance at first, you’ll surely hate it because after half an hour it smells the same for the rest of the day and lives on, pursuing you for hours! Any comparison with YSL’s Y is out of place; the French one has green apple, while Inebriante’s seems like the one in Hugo Boss’s Boss Bottled Intense. In my opinion, it’s closer to 1 Million (it competes in synthetic vibes) or Versace’s Eros. If you like those two, you can approach it. In enclosed spaces, more than two sprays is guaranteed to cause discord. I bought it for about $45, which seems fair for that price. If you take the risk, make sure it doesn’t exceed $50. P.S.: Today I compared it with Armani’s Stronger With You, and the puff-pastry smell is very similar.

It’s very unpleasant; I didn’t like it at all. I let myself be led by a Colombian YouTuber’s review, which is why I bought it; if you want to scare someone with this fragrance, you’ll succeed, and it’s overpriced. Please, don’t buy it blindly.