Titanium by Gisada

It’s a compliment machine and smells soft yet packed with personality for a guy.

It reminds me a lot of Mancera’s Jardin Exclusif. Does anyone else feel the same? I have decants of both, and the Titanium one arrived a couple of days ago; the moment I smelled it, I immediately thought of Mancera’s.

In my opinion, Titanium is more solid than Ambassador for Men and fits my taste better: more elegant and less intense than the original. It smells of vanilla with a woody touch, leather, and a powdery note. I don’t think it’s essential for my collection, but it stands out because of its well-balanced ingredients: sweet, spicy, fresh at the start, and powdery later. It opens with a spicy, slightly bitter note; the cardamomo unfolds with a sweet-and-sour balsamic vibe, maybe sage or artemisia. Then comes a sweet, woody accord with cinnamon and woods, before settling into a powdery, sweet base that keeps that balsamic touch. Not bad. The longevity is solid, about 5-6 hours on the skin in the first few hours, with strong projection that you can definitely smell. It’s not an olfactory masterpiece, but it has charm, perfect for a younger crowd and experienced users alike.

This is the one I like the least of the three, but that doesn’t stop it from being a VERY good perfume. It’s spicier and lacks the fruity touch of its siblings. It still gets compliments, but it’s not as fun or attention-grabbing as the other two. It lasts less for me, but if you like Gisada, you should get this too since it’s more formal and works in different situations.

Sweet vanilla and tonka notes dominate, with intense sweetness and floral undertones of iris and lavender at the base. It’s a rich fragrance; I’d recommend testing it before buying, as you might not end up liking it. It’s geared toward those over 20, perfect for night but with a mature vibe. I don’t see any woman wearing this, even though it’s marketed as unisex. I bought it recently, and the longevity, projection, and sillage seem excellent. Overall, great perfumes from Gisada.

A delicious, soft, and sophisticated aroma that smells like a handsome, wealthy man, elegant masculinity. It seems like the luxury version of Montblanc Legend Eau de Parfum. It radiates those same soapy notes of a freshly showered young father, but this time wrapped in an atmosphere of lavender and vanilla. It has the light sweetness of flowers, radically different from the caramelized, cloying sweetness of night perfumes. Instead, it’s a versatile scent that pairs with any season, weather, or time of day. While it has good performance, its longevity and sillage are more discreet than in the other great Gisada perfume, the Ambassador. It projects at a moderate distance for the first few hours, then shifts to seducing, for the rest of the day, at close range.

A normal powdery scent, nothing groundbreaking, quite expensive for a designer fragrance that doesn’t add many different nuances to what we already have in department stores.