Mercedes-Benz Le Parfum
Mercedes-Benz (2015)

I really enjoy the original Mercedes Benz fragrance, as it smells like Dior 'Aqua Fahrenheit' or a fresh version of 'Fahrenheit', and has good performance. When I saw 'Le Parfum', I immediately grabbed it and from the initial spray I can tell you its about 95-97% Dior 'Fahrenheit', but much stronger, and a little less of the gasoline or motor oil note that 'Fahrenheit' is known for. It's still there, but just slightly toned down.

The initial blast is strong, very heavy and projects like a beast. If you have the original or the Intense version, your immediately realize this one is thicker and is going to last a long time (even though the original and Intense were good performing scents by themselves). It stays linear and even all the way through. A few hours in it calms down and becomes a dark, ambery sweet masculine scent that smells absolute amazing and lasts an extremely long time.

With eight sprays (neck, shoulders, chest, forearms), I get around 7-10+ hours of longevity, with excellent arm's length projection for about four hours. This has heavy sillage and leaves a scent trail and creates a fragrance bubble around you. It doesn't become a skin scent until about eight hours in. It lasts several days on clothes, and projects off them easily for 12-18+ hours. You will smell this all day, and everyone around you will smell you. Finally a parfum fragrance with the power and performance worthy of being called a 'Le Parfum'

If you enjoy Dior's 'Fahrenheit' or are thinking of getting the new 'Fahrenheit Parfum', grab this for less than half the price and you won't be disappointed. It is a powerful, long lasting masculine scent that is almost identical to 'Fahrenheit'. It gets tons of compliments and has a great looking bottle with the Mercedes Benz name and logo. Highly recommended.

This smells very close to Tom Ford Ombré Leather 16 (not so much like the 2018 release), and given that it came out a year before OL16, that's enough to make me raise an eyebrow.

It's essentially Ombré Leather 16 with pepper and some aquatic/ozonic DNA, so it's Ombré Leather Aqua, if you will. This combination is actually pretty successful, a fresh-leather release that stands nicely between designer and niche.

This boasts a terrific opening and a satisfying mid, though the late drydown is a touch disappointing (the leather fades away into a generically aquatic base, but).

Popularly compared to Tuscan Leather. They do not smell similar to me. What I get here is violet leaf, which often has that dry bitter thing going on, and cascalone (aquaticy notes). Rounded out with saffron, vetiver, and a little sweet pink pepper. It doesn't smell like anything else exactly, but my closest analogy would probably be Aqua Fahrenheit. Its got a handsome bottle. Pricing seems to be a little on the high end for a "car fragrance." Performance acceptable. Neutral.