Comments on: Agent Provocateur & Agent Provocateur Eau Emotionnelle ~ fragrance reviews

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:34:38 +0000

Always worth sampling first, yes! So sorry you hated it.

By: Anne from Makeupwoot

Anne from Makeupwoot — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:06:57 +0000

Holy wow. I ordered a .25 mini bottle of this from PerfumeZone.net and got it in today. I’ve heard such wonderful things about it and couldn’t wait to try it. I decided to start with a single spritz to test out the power and was shocked at how revolting I found it to be. Thinking it was just the alcohol I let it dry down and warm to my skin. About 45 minutes into it I sniffed it again. Now, I’ve been told that it smells like a “slutty rose” by one of my favorite reviewers, and while that is definitely in there the closest thing that it smells like to me are those icky “scented plastic” toys that all the girls wanted when I was in the first and second grade in the late 1980s. Apparently a “slutty rose” + my body chemistry = burned scented plastic. I’m so glad I only got a sample bottle.

By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:54:52 +0000

No, but if you’re already in a sexy mood they help

By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:54:20 +0000

It’s so fun to rediscover something you thought you didn’t like…I gave alway many things early on, then missed them later.

By: LilSnifflet

LilSnifflet — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:50:05 +0000

I’m revisiting this one today. I bought this unsniffed (my 1st!) last year due to reviews I’d read while searching for a sexy new scent in preparation for my anniversary. My nose was extremely new to anything above the basic musk or floral and I didn’t care for it. I planned to give it away during the holiday season along with my minis that had graduated to full bottles. well, the box smelled delicious when I went to retrieve it. hmmmm…..i hesitated and kept it thinking if the box smelled so heavenly surely the juice does too? i decided I simply needed to mature my nose to fully appreciate it out the bottle.

a few months later i found the scent much more appealing when I didnt spritz at close range (unsure why this is…..)

Today, bored, i swabbed it on with a cotton ball containing 3 spritz…

oh wow! i like this. like this a lot. perhaps when the fall rolls around it would be better suited. this may be a bit much for my taste in the summer heat but i’m just slumming about the house today with no plans to go out. Glad i kept it!

By: Owen

Owen — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:10:58 +0000

when I smelled this I thought it was all musk.

it smells sexy but fragrances designed to make you feel sexy don’t get you in a sexy mood or make you feel seduced. it could turn out to be one of my favourite’s though (maybe), as I like perfumes that are unique and long lasting, and this fits. the edp that is, haven’t smelled the edt.

but it is quite nice. could wear it for bed

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:18:00 +0000

Would guess EL Knowing, which is often compared to Coriandre (which is often compared to AP).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:06:00 +0000

I love perfume but am by means an expert. I have a small bottle of the Agent Provocateur, and while I like it, it reminds me of something my grandmother wore in the mid to late 80's, probably by Estee Lauder. Does it remind anyone else of a fragrance from EL?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:32:00 +0000

I just posted on your Corriandre thread . . . and stumbled on this.

AP isn't a modern version of Corriandre, in my opinion. It is a modern chypre, and only in that way is it really a modern version of Corriandre.

I take Corriandre, as I wrote on that page, as the grandmama of all chypres. AP lacks the depth, bite, and substance that made Corridandre so heady and spicy.

AP is a wonderful foray into spicy green if you enjoy chypres, but in my limited experience, there are few out there that were as bold and confident as Corriandre.

I am not certain that is because of modernity, but the intrinsic character of a one of a kind classic.

But I have a bias.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:03:00 +0000

It is a modern version of a chypre, and is often compared to Jean Couturier Coriandre, so that could be it, or could be some other older chypre w/ rose?