Comments on: Hermes Bel Ami ~ fragrance review http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/hermes-bel-ami-fragrance-review/ a blog about perfume Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:48:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: lilyboy http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/hermes-bel-ami-fragrance-review/#comment-191625 lilyboy Sun, 10 Oct 2010 04:35:58 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/hermes-bel-ami-fragrance-review/#comment-191625 hi kevin this is a very old review but i just got to read it recently.. id just like to say this and your review of Equipage are some of the most beautiful writings i have come across.. i love them :) cheers!! -c hi kevin

this is a very old review but i just got to read it recently.. id just like to say this and your review of Equipage are some of the most beautiful writings i have come across.. i love them :)

cheers!!
-c

]]> By: desmondorama http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/hermes-bel-ami-fragrance-review/#comment-95936 desmondorama Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:40:20 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/hermes-bel-ami-fragrance-review/#comment-95936 I forgot to mention that Polo has been relaunched on it's 30th Anniversary as POLO - Modern Reserve and apparently smells a lot like POLO Crest which I loved. I forgot to mention that Polo has been relaunched on it’s 30th Anniversary as POLO – Modern Reserve and apparently smells a lot like POLO Crest which I loved.

]]> By: desmondorama http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/hermes-bel-ami-fragrance-review/#comment-95935 desmondorama Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:37:54 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/hermes-bel-ami-fragrance-review/#comment-95935 i totally agree with this blogette! Don't listen to the opinions of others who are not parfumistas. Wear what you feel is right for you. BTW, Polo is an extremely sexy smell, and only some men with confidence in themselves can carry it off well. It's a very potent and masculine scent that appeals to women and men alike; so it's a compliment to be asked if you are wearing it. It may be too sexy for some men who are afraid of being seen as sexually confident. Anyway, both these fragrances are absolute classics in men's perfumes. i totally agree with this blogette!

Don’t listen to the opinions of others who are not parfumistas. Wear what you feel is right for you.

BTW, Polo is an extremely sexy smell, and only some men with confidence in themselves can carry it off well. It’s a very potent and masculine scent that appeals to women and men alike; so it’s a compliment to be asked if you are wearing it.

It may be too sexy for some men who are afraid of being seen as sexually confident.

Anyway, both these fragrances are absolute classics in men’s perfumes.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/hermes-bel-ami-fragrance-review/#comment-28198 Anonymous Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:58:50 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/hermes-bel-ami-fragrance-review/#comment-28198 I am not familiar with those scents, I will sample them. Thank you very much for the suggestions. I always find it daunting to sample hundreds of scents to root out that one that I like enough to wear regularly. I've never been into the "cool" smells or cleaning fluid scents that are so popular today. I have a very sensitive sense of taste and smell and find the scents I gravitate towards the most are more "natural", sensual, warm, understated but strong, bordering on edible. I find most colognes to be invasive and domineering, the perfume equivalent of territorial pissing. I am not familiar with those scents, I will sample them. Thank you very much for the suggestions. I always find it daunting to sample hundreds of scents to root out that one that I like enough to wear regularly. I've never been into the “cool” smells or cleaning fluid scents that are so popular today. I have a very sensitive sense of taste and smell and find the scents I gravitate towards the most are more “natural”, sensual, warm, understated but strong, bordering on edible. I find most colognes to be invasive and domineering, the perfume equivalent of territorial pissing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/hermes-bel-ami-fragrance-review/#comment-28197 Anonymous Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:44:47 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/hermes-bel-ami-fragrance-review/#comment-28197 Shnozz: ah...thankfully my bottle of Bel Ami will last forever due to my overstocked perfume cabinet...I'm sorry to hear a brand-new bottle displeased you since you know the scent so well. Time to explore! Have you tried Antaeus/Chanel, Dior/Jules, Tom Ford Bois Rouge, Yatagan/Caron? Those are a few you may like to explore...and some of the comme des garcons incense series may supply you with those resinous, sweet woods you like. Shnozz: ah…thankfully my bottle of Bel Ami will last forever due to my overstocked perfume cabinet…I'm sorry to hear a brand-new bottle displeased you since you know the scent so well. Time to explore! Have you tried Antaeus/Chanel, Dior/Jules, Tom Ford Bois Rouge, Yatagan/Caron? Those are a few you may like to explore…and some of the comme des garcons incense series may supply you with those resinous, sweet woods you like.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/hermes-bel-ami-fragrance-review/#comment-28196 Anonymous Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:15:59 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/hermes-bel-ami-fragrance-review/#comment-28196 I started wearing Bel Ami about five years ago (I'm 37) and to this day it's my primary scent. Bel Ami smells sophisticated, complex, warm, strong and ethereal. I love it's aromatic, dark, warmth and notes of lime, tobacco, leather, sandalwood, vanilla, brown sugar, etc. I can say definitively that within the past five years they have changed the formula (my wife noticed the difference as well). The version I purchased just yesterday seems to have less warmth, less vanilla, less succulence... It smells more "cool" and ozonish than I have known it to smell over the past five years. I have one older bottle to compare the new one with and the differences are striking, but not so good in my opinion. As much as I've loved it in the past if they continue down this road I'll be looking for a new "regular". Thanks for the review! I started wearing Bel Ami about five years ago (I'm 37) and to this day it's my primary scent. Bel Ami smells sophisticated, complex, warm, strong and ethereal. I love it's aromatic, dark, warmth and notes of lime, tobacco, leather, sandalwood, vanilla, brown sugar, etc. I can say definitively that within the past five years they have changed the formula (my wife noticed the difference as well). The version I purchased just yesterday seems to have less warmth, less vanilla, less succulence… It smells more “cool” and ozonish than I have known it to smell over the past five years. I have one older bottle to compare the new one with and the differences are striking, but not so good in my opinion. As much as I've loved it in the past if they continue down this road I'll be looking for a new “regular”. Thanks for the review!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/hermes-bel-ami-fragrance-review/#comment-28195 Anonymous Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:34:19 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/hermes-bel-ami-fragrance-review/#comment-28195 Kevin, You convinced me 100% (Now do you still think I'm way too impressionable? lol) I can't wait for your review of Antaeus! Take your vitamins and eat your wheaties because you also owe us yet another stellar review of: Eau D'Hermes. And once you decide you're ready, bring a camera crew to take pictures of my Eau d'Hermes numbered lead crystal bottles with the "theme of the year" and a different color leather strap around the neck for each year. I have about 20 of them and they're just beautiful. Thanks, Eric Kevin,

You convinced me 100% (Now do you still think I'm way too impressionable? lol)

I can't wait for your review of Antaeus!

Take your vitamins and eat your wheaties because you also owe us yet another stellar review of: Eau D'Hermes.

And once you decide you're ready, bring a camera crew to take pictures of my Eau d'Hermes numbered lead crystal bottles with the “theme of the year” and a different color leather strap around the neck for each year. I have about 20 of them and they're just beautiful.

Thanks,

Eric

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/hermes-bel-ami-fragrance-review/#comment-28194 Anonymous Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:57:43 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/hermes-bel-ami-fragrance-review/#comment-28194 Eric: I'm WORRIED about you...you are WAAAAAAAAAY to impressionable! Is your secretary a perfume expert; does she know about any perfumes that were released since POLO? If not, or if SO, who cares what she thinks? I wore Bel Ami this week and it does not smell like Polo. It IS rich and powerful which may account for the secretary saying it was POLO...if she doesn't have many perfume reference points...? Anyway, I don't have any negative connotations of Polo (see my review!)...and I actually like the fragrance and think it's a zillion times more interesting/original than most men's mainstream scents made over the last decade. I think it's the only Ralph Lauren scent I can bear! One thing I will say: it is in DESPERATE need of a packaging/bottle makeover...the bottle SCREAMS "perfume discounter"...does it not? (I have a sample of Antaeus making its way to me...review to come when I get thru the tons of new releases I must review....) Eric: I'm WORRIED about you…you are WAAAAAAAAAY to impressionable! Is your secretary a perfume expert; does she know about any perfumes that were released since POLO? If not, or if SO, who cares what she thinks? I wore Bel Ami this week and it does not smell like Polo. It IS rich and powerful which may account for the secretary saying it was POLO…if she doesn't have many perfume reference points…? Anyway, I don't have any negative connotations of Polo (see my review!)…and I actually like the fragrance and think it's a zillion times more interesting/original than most men's mainstream scents made over the last decade. I think it's the only Ralph Lauren scent I can bear! One thing I will say: it is in DESPERATE need of a packaging/bottle makeover…the bottle SCREAMS “perfume discounter”…does it not? (I have a sample of Antaeus making its way to me…review to come when I get thru the tons of new releases I must review….)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/hermes-bel-ami-fragrance-review/#comment-28193 Anonymous Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:15:45 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/hermes-bel-ami-fragrance-review/#comment-28193 Kevin, I spritzed Bel Ami on my neck and lapel this morning. I was actually in a TGIF kinda mood on a cold sunny day. But my schedule was very busy with meetings in boardrooms... I was "accused" by a nice secretary who walked by me of wearing...POLO! I guess she was meaning it as a compliment but it ruined my mood for the entire day. At each "washroom break", I would wet a towel and wipe my neck clean above the collar in hopes of diluting the scent. I am seriously questioning if Bel Ami should even be allowed nowadays... The green Polo bottle...Can you imagine? Yikes!!!! Kevin,

I spritzed Bel Ami on my neck and lapel this morning. I was actually in a TGIF kinda mood on a cold sunny day. But my schedule was very busy with meetings in boardrooms…

I was “accused” by a nice secretary who walked by me of wearing…POLO!

I guess she was meaning it as a compliment but it ruined my mood for the entire day.

At each “washroom break”, I would wet a towel and wipe my neck clean above the collar in hopes of diluting the scent.

I am seriously questioning if Bel Ami should even be allowed nowadays…

The green Polo bottle…Can you imagine? Yikes!!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/hermes-bel-ami-fragrance-review/#comment-28192 Anonymous Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:14:17 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/hermes-bel-ami-fragrance-review/#comment-28192 AB: Even though Bel Ami doesn't smell as forceful as it once did, I still like it...and I even bought a bottle. It still has "something" that I don't often smell in other men's scents of its type. (I loved the old bottle too.) AB: Even though Bel Ami doesn't smell as forceful as it once did, I still like it…and I even bought a bottle. It still has “something” that I don't often smell in other men's scents of its type. (I loved the old bottle too.)

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