Potion Royal Black

6 reseñas

Mostrando las más recientes primero.

• juancar7777

  September 3, 2014

  

  A fragrance with very good reviews that somehow hasn’t made it to Spain.

• kouenji

  November 17, 2014

  

  A fragrance where I only perceive leather, incense, and musk; nothing else. On my skin, it develops in a boring way; there’s hardly any evolution from the start, all three notes together and somewhat chaotically. Longevity of 3-4 hours with light projection. I know this fragrance, though I don’t remember which one it is right now, but I’m convinced I used a nearly identical one before. I won’t buy it again, but it’s just my opinion. To be completely honest, I must add that just today, on the first day I used it, someone already told me it smelled very good.

• drakecito

  February 4, 2015

  

  Well, it’s a very ‘interesting’ fragrance. The rose note is very prominent at first, but it’s a dark, spicy rose, with lots of incense and leather. It’s a muuuuy rough, pure oriental scent with ‘decent’ quality. For current ‘designer’ perfumes, I’d say it’s exceptional, but you have to like strong, rough, somewhat gothic scents. In the style of Amouage (saving for the quality differences, which do exist). It’s not personally my taste. Simply, the aroma doesn’t quite please me, but that’s a matter of preference. I don’t like Amouage Epic or Memoir, for example, nor Tuscan Leather by Tom Ford, to give another example. Good longevity, over 6 hours, and a rather low sillage (which isn’t a bad thing). Only for the brave, or if you like the smell of Napalm in the morning, well, soft Napalm or ‘designer’ level… 🙂

• juancar677

  August 26, 2015

  

  By chance I tried this fragrance, and honestly, I was disappointed. I’m not saying it’s bad, but the rose-leather-incense combination is already pretty overused in both current and classic perfumery. In reality, it seems like a cheap copy of Van Cleef & Arpels Pour Homme that doesn’t even come close to matching it, because the leather note in one and the other has a distinctly different quality.

• drakecito

  September 2, 2015

  

  Juancar, if it’s a bad copy of VC&A Pour Homme, it wouldn’t be cheap, since the Dsquared2 version costs double. A 100ml bottle of Pour Homme from VC&A goes for about €25 (26-27$), so technically it can’t have high quality. That’s one thing; whether it’s a great perfume is another, and I don’t doubt it (I don’t know it myself). By the way, the distinctive note of Royal Black is incense, which Pour Homme lacks. Everyone says Pour Homme was reformulated a while ago. I can’t judge its scent or quality, but maybe I’ll buy it soon for the price and reviews. If it smells better and has more quality as Juancar says, then with €25 for 100ml, Van Cleef’s Pour Homme would have to be one of the best on the market. To wrap up my review of Royal Black: it stands out from current ‘designer’ perfumery thanks to that dark incense note, which blends with leather. It’s not a shy, plasticized leather like in CH Men (which sweetens it to avoid scaring the younger crowd), but a rough, coarse leather. That aspect is what I found most interesting.

• juancar677

  September 13, 2015

  

  Well, something’s off with the price of VC&A Pour Homme. Last year I got 50ml for €57 here in Valencia. Sure, it’s been reformulated since 1978, but watch out. Personally, I don’t care much for incense; I only liked it in the discontinued Gucci Envy. Also, the leather-rose combo in Dsquared2 has nothing to do with Van Cleef’s. Hope you, my friend Drakecito, try it soon (please, not in the heat), because for me it works incredibly well at night. It’s the queen for captivating someone in a place.