Hunter

I really like this. Its a delicious gourmand treat full of fruit, nuts, flowers and candy and it ends up with patchouli- but not too much and musk an hour in. Nice job. For all the bad reviews I had nice longevity and little silage. I would buy this again before I run out. I have drawers and drawers of fragrances and its running in the top 40 rotation.

Who cares if it resembles Bvlgari Jasmine Noir or not ! It doesn't, in fact. Fresh but subdued Jasmine with Sandalwood undertones. Yes, a whiff of white chocolate here and there. Delicate and delightful . Agreed, the ethnicity matters and it smells heavenly to my Indian nose.

Hunter, my first women's fragrance from Armaf, doesn't disappoint. It's a jasmine bomb, reminiscent of, but not identical to, Bvlgari Jasmin Noir. However, I find this one more comfortable to wear. During the first hour or two, the full array of notes take their turn in the spotlight. Overall, it's a barely sweet, medium-bodied, but bold white floral with a bit of an edge. However, the dry down coalesces into a potent, straightforward jasmine as the base notes and almond play subtle supporting roles. The licorice is not prominent on my skin (thankfully). If you check this one out, do not look at the notes and expect it to be sweet. I'm very pleased with it as I wanted a strong, beautiful jasmine that doesn't feel strange to my nose like Jasmine Noir. The quality is great, especially for the low price point.

This was a nice blind buy. It's a soft jasmine forward fragrance, pillowed by a very soapy clean scent. The almond-y base is similar to what you would get from a creamy Softsoap. At the end of day dry down, it really does smell like I've just washed my hands.

@Chiru In response to your assertion that I was suffering "olfactory fatigue" regarding this perfume, I am compelled to respond. I have nearly 800 bottles of perfume and - at the age of 55 years and having worn perfume regularly for most of them - I am well aware of when I am suffering olfactory fatigue. I often lose the ability to smell the perfume I am wearing one day - BUT, I can smell it on the clothes I was wearing the following day, when my nose has recovered. For this reason, I assess a perfume's longevity on the basis of its performance on cloth, not on my skin. When I tested MY BOTTLE of Hunter Armaf, it had absolutely NO longevity or projection either on my skin (which is admittedly very dry) OR ON MY CLOTHING the next day; there was no trace of it - hence my comments below. I am - absolutely - prepared to concede that the bottle you tested had excellent longevity and moderate projection. However, the one I tested, and clearly the one mschnabel666 (who, incidentally, is an experienced and prolific reviewer) tested did not. It is quite possible that there was a production problem with the bottles that we tested and that the issue has been addressed by Armaf; if that is the case, I am very happy to hear it. Please do not condemn a reviewer's personal experience and opinion of a perfume on the basis of your own.