Comments on: Avon + Christian Lacroix Absynthe for Him ~ new fragrance

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:22:12 +0000

Thanks so much for the detailed review, P — sounds like I would not love the men’s any more than the women’s.

By: kaos.geo

kaos.geo — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:05:03 +0000

Hi!
I just walked by the Avon store a couple of blocks from home…
They had it but didn’t know it was there LOL!!
The sales rep wastoo eager to close shop I guess
I am smelling it as we speak, so here’s the micro review…
IMHO it smells as all the notes described, but, as Robin said in a post about one of the female versions, it smells as it costs.
Not that it is particularly cheap smelling, but smells a bit bland.
The patch and the amber are just whiffs.
If this had 2 or 3 times the potency, it would be a must-have in my book.
On paper it remains very structured and the notes appear exactly in order as it goes towards the drydown.
On skin (on MY skin at least ) the topnotes linger a little more and the green leaves, pepper,orris, myrtle, barley notes stand out.
Of course those are the notes I care the less for

Still, I like this better than the noir and probably will end up buying a bottle, although the price here in BA is u$s 42!!
Import taxes are a killer!

By: Laurinha

Laurinha — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:34:28 +0000

perfumegeek,

I also have a very weak spot for Vetyver, and one of my favourite takes on the root is Vetyver Oriental by Serge Lutens. I was also bowled over by that available from Les Nez: perhaps the closest to my idea of the raw material.

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:45:59 +0000

Oh, sorry! Great description though.

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:45:36 +0000

All the more reason to raise some money by selling perfume, right?

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:45:14 +0000

Doubt it, but who knows!

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:44:57 +0000

I’m lost, Carlos — what about it?

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:44:32 +0000

Nice deal!

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:44:21 +0000

LOL…yep.

By: asuperlongusername

asuperlongusername — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:06:04 +0000

I won one of the bottles of the original in NST’s and was not pleased at all, sadly. Something lemony-green up top, then pink sugar for 20 minutes, then snuffed-out candle. Don’t hold much hope in Christian Lacroix’s fragrances. I wish his house hadn’t gone under, though. Brilliant couturier. Dx