Hunter Men

Opens slightly sweet and citrusy fresh, then quickly dries down to a woody, floral. At the far dry down, it's akin to a clean musk, similar to fabric softener (but not in a bad way). Hunter is a great example of a floral masculine fragrance that works. Yes it can be unisex, but I also do not know any other fragrance that has a masculine appeal with the note of tuberose (which I love), so I’m very excited with this one. Another thing that excites me is that this is a refreshing freshie (see what I did there?) that does not smell like your contemporary citrus and blue fragrances for men. And on the plus side, the ladies love this! Ok, so about what this is duping. Most everything I mentioned about Armaf Hunter can be said about Lacoste Blanc EDT. To me, Hunter is a more-than-perfect dupe, because not only does it smell exactly the same on skin, but also projects better and lasts way longer than the OG Lacoste. For me, this a rare case where the dupe is better than the OG. However, that does not seem to be the case with roughly half the reviews I stumbled upon when I was deciding to get this fragrance. A good number of people here (and on YouTube) complained about Hunter being too synthetic and unappealing to them. I can’t speak to that, other than maybe Armaf’s batches are not consistent and I just got lucky. Regardless, in my experience, it was an absolute win! I ran out of my Lacoste Blanc EDT a while back, and for some months I forgot about it, but then spring rolled around, and I started to miss it as that was my signature scent in the past spring and I had lots of fond memories, so I decided to buy it again. However, after doing some digging, I discovered Hunter and figured “for 25 bucks, why not?” And man am I glad I got it! So if you are worried about Hunter smelling cheap, synthetic, or not worth it, my guess would be you probably would not like Lacoste Blanc EDT either. But if you do like the OG, this will certainly be worth your while! The caveat is that Hunter is stronger and you just need to give it a little time to settle after you’ve sprayed it on skin. But that’s just the first 5 minutes, then after, it’s hours and hours of bliss!

If you are reading this, it probably means that you like Lacoste Blanc but are not willing to pay the rising price for it. Do yourself a favor. Just buy Armaf Hunter EDP Hunter EDP is effectively identical to Lacoste Blanc. Hunter performs better. It costs less than half of Lacoste Blanc. It's a no-brainer if you like Lacoste Blanc, Now, if you are here to know what it smells like, here's my try: Notes I notice: grapefruit, white florals, some light woods, some manner of light suede, a dusting of cardamom. The feeling the fragrance conveys: You have awoken to a sparkling, beautiful morning in early summer. You have showered and put on a crisp, white button-up shirt with slacks. You slice yourself a grapefruit and sprinkle it with sugar. You put on some new leather shoes and step out to your flower garden to eat your light breakfast and breathe the garden air. As you sit in the morning sun, a gentle breeze wafts a light resinous aroma from the nearby woods. There. That exact moment. Sunshine on cotton with sweet grapefruit on the table and flowers in the air. That is Armaf Hunter. Hunter is a really lovely fragrance that, to me, screams late spring and early summer. The only drawback is that it is not terribly masculine. But, then again, if your reference point is something full of vanilla and sweetness like some modern men's fragrances, you could make the case that this is a good deal more masculine than those. I suppose I would say that Hunter has more to do with brunch at the country club than cigars in the cabin.

I first smelled this at a fragrance shop at the mall, where they were sold out of this fragrance and claimed to repeatedly sell out of this scent. For $55 plus $5 tax, if that gives you any idea how much the general population loves the smell of this scent. And yes, it does smell like Lacoste White, but this is much more intense with better texture in the base notes. I sprayed this on my hand and just kept coming back to it over and over. The scent survived 6 hours and multiple hand washings. I decided to finally pull the trigger on this one and bought a used bottle. I would've bought it at the mall myself, except I knew I could find it cheaper. This is a steal of a fresh scent for $20 and a much more interesting option than Lacoste White. The opening is a bit abrasive sometimes and a little too "in your face" if you spray it more than 3 or 4 times. The drydown kind of reminds me of Invictus Aqua, due to the texture, but it's less sweet. Some others complain about the drydown, but it's actually my favorite part! My suggestion: spray light (2 sprays) and bring an atomizer to refresh, layering the next application over the drydown of the first. That's not to say that you "need" an atomizer, because you don't. This stuff has NUCLEAR performance for being a fresh scent. Overall, definitely worth a try, especially if fresh scents are your thing or if you're looking for an improved Lacoste White.

Some of the smells from Armaf stands out on it's own i don't mean fragrance wise or not being a clone but some of the fragrance have such a nice blend and smell expensive, this one is a nice woody, aromatic, slightly fruity and good floral notes, a very little spice is also there after so long i have found something that gives me a nice light and fresh feeling otherwise a lot of fresh fragrances that are being made these days are heavily fruity which i don't like, i spent 55$ on Rasasi Hawas even though Hunter is nothing unique it still is such a great fragrance which lasts long on me and is better than hawas i wish i had never bought hawas and bought this earlier, I'm not comparing the 2 being same on terms of notes but just in the terms of being fresh fragrances, hawas i got doesn't last longer than 3 hours but this one here it has been 8 hours now and still i get whiff of it every now n then from my hands, sprayed under the tee also so that part is still strong after 8 hours, although these are the first few sprays just out of the box so let's see how it evolves but definitely worth it for the price this is one of those great among lots of cheap fragrances.

This is a very fresh, clean fragrance. I really enjoy the scent of this. Opens up with fresh citruses and sweet cedar which stays throughout the life of the fragrance and kind of develops into a really fresh and modern log cabin smell in a way. It's just really clean and soapy and fresh. One of my favorite scents to wear in the spring and fall. Performance is decent. 6 or 7 hours longevity with okay projection. Projects good for the first few hours but then becomes closer to skin. It's not fantastic. I do wish it performed better. But it's still one of the best fresh and clean fragrances I have found. I just thoroughly enjoy it's scent and versatility although it's best as a casual or work scent or something to spray on a sunny spring day.