Perfume Reviews by Fjolltzu

Invictus Legend by Paco Rabanne

Very sweet BUT the shimmery saltyness and cooling bay leaf, along with an overall freshness balances it out. Gives me an image of a tropical cruise ship experience. Smell of salt, soda, cocktails and some green nature. Phenomenal. Summer banger for sure. Wearing it in cool weather brings out the sweetness and Bayleaf more.

Performance is beastly and the sillage is potentially choke inducing. Tested the sillage this leaves multiple times and have been shocked. It hangs around in the air forever.

10 hours with potentially offensive performance with 3 sprays.

Office for Men by Fragrance One

Weirdly long lasting juicy candied bergamot, transparent silky aroma chemicals ( no fuzzy ambroxan like in Dior Sauvage) green pine like nuances, very dry super macho high testosterone cedarwood+ touch of iris and jasmine. As said before, the bergamot juicyness lasts forever. It is still fresh when it's almost gone...

There are some vibes of Fierce and Aventus here, but ultimately it doesn't smell like any of them. It is however in the same genre as Bleu de Chanel and Sauvage, just very thick and bordering cloying. Suits more a clubbing environment than office, given how dense and powerful it is.

By the 9 hour mark, you will have to scrub this off. Very loud and lasts easily 12 hours with 3 sprays. Can't knock Alberto Morillas for this one at all. It's really good honestly.

Invictus Aqua (2018) by Paco Rabanne

Aquatic sweet Jasmine. So good. Leans a bit feminine cause the jasmine and sweetness but ambergris, salt, woods and all the rest of it balances it out nicely. Warm weather champ. Good longevity with loud projection the first hour or two and then more intimate. Compliment machine, ladies, girls and non straight guys love to smell this on you.

I wore this a bunch in 2019 spring from tester bottles and made nice memories and now finally got a bottle cause i saw something weird was going on with the supply of this. Not sure if discontinued. Paco Rabanne wouldn't comment, they just told me where to buy it.

#FIERCE by Dua Fragrances

Opens up like fierce but less piney, less dry, more soapy. But it is 90-95% the same. The transparent nature of Fierce is ever lasting here, and the musk is superposed. So is the performance. I do 2 or 3 sprays. I once did 4 and it was so overwhelming my eyes were watering for hours and I'm used to some strong stuff.

Love it so much. Much rather wear this than the original.

Heavy projection with 8-12 hours of longevity

Sauvage Elixir by Christian Dior

Opens with a blast of liquorice, lavender and sweetness. This opening reminded me of the original A men lavender caramel liquorice combination. About an hour in you start getting this pine tree note which is backed up by liquorice and lavender. Then the musky note of past Sauvage comes in in the background, supported by a sweet gooey amber. There is no showergel to my nose though. It barely smells like Sauvage but still gets a thumbs up.

And yes it is a beast. Still smell it the next day. 1 spray on my hand was overtaking the Orion i was wearing on my neck.

Kuhuyan by Parfums de Marly

Most Beautiful ozonic leather since Fahrenheit.

I'll keep it simple. Take the leather note from Fahrenheit, remove the gasoline, amp up the ozonic notes, add a shit load of ambergris and finally a touch of milky vanilla and jasmine to dance around in there in sync. It is delicious yet upclass, rich and beachy.


Very good performance. Less is more.

Dua Man by Dua Fragrances

Just as i remember in the remnants of my subconscious OF le male from the 2000s but bolder in the fougere element, which i like. It's a true barbershop fougere note on top of that spicy cumin caraway cardamom vanilla combo le male is well known for. Absolutely perfect. No off notes or nothing that smells low quality.


Performance is also offensively strong. Whenever i do 3 sprays, people complain, unless I'm in a CLUB.