Visit For Men

Since yesterday, anxiety and grief have been growing in me ... the reason is the confirmed speculations about the deletion by Gucci of one of the best male compositions of all time - Gucci Pour Homme.... sacrilege committed by the new creative director of the house - Frida Giannini, promoting nightmares of the likes of male Guilty and hijacking the sanctity of the classic PH , will never be forgiven her ... after all, who knowingly and deliberately butchers the hen that lays golden eggs? the company's new policy aimed at trashiness, hopelessness and banality will probably not go unnoticed ... customers will soon thank them for it by wreaking havoc on the sales charts ... what a shame and disgrace to turn the carefully polished image built over generations into a pile, throwing themselves into easy money .... So what's left? cash in the family's pretzels, sell a kidney on e-bay, take out a loan from Provident and stock up on a generous supply of Gucci PH, which, closed tightly in the refrigerator, will somehow allow you to survive until you find a worthy replacement ... but let's agree that only in the form of a substitute, because the original is an unsurpassed masterpiece in every respect, and nothing can really replace it ... 😦 So let's honor the memory of the outstanding Gucci Pour Homme with a minute of silence.... But one must live on... swallow this bitter pill tossed by crazy Frida (may her hand raised on PH wither and the teepees fall off) and move on.... looking for a replacement for Pour Homme, I came across a couple of compositions that can to some extent fill the void left by the irreverent classic, and I pre-qualified two compositions... the first is L. T. Piver - Epices, and the second is precisely Azzaro - Visit premiered in 2003.... To put it mildly, I'm not fond of Azzaro fragrances (not my parish), although I appreciate in a way the classic Azzaro Pour Homme (the one woven from a fartillion ingredients)... however, the other compositions, with synthetic Chrome at the forefront, I avoided with a wide circle... recently I bought on the basis of a sample lightly used 30th Visit and in the face of the catastrophe caused by the incomprehensible for me decision of the fashion house Gucci - it turned out to be a prophetic move.... Azzaro is maintained in the climate of Gucci PH, however, it is not a confusingly similar copy of it... it is less spicy, spicy, more simplistic and linear in its construction... it does not surprise us with subtle meanderings, as Pour Homme had a habit of doing, but with a little positive attitude, it will give us a pretty correct substitute for the irreverent PH.... Visit starts off quite peppery and spicy, thanks to the addition of pink pepper, cardamom ginger and muscat... the delicate bergamot in the background moistens this rather dry composition making it very digestible to the nose... it's a bit harsh, sharp and dry, but very masculine.... Visit is not another polite and ottomanized unisex, prepared to take the next generation of junior high school students by storm, but possessed of tremendous charisma as a lion of the salon... the fragrance is decisive, makes its presence strongly known and pushes ahead, like a crowd at the opening of a new hypermarket in Koluszki.... it is endowed with strong projection and decisive arrangement, so walking with it in the crowd, holding tightly to its mane, we will certainly not be lost.... I recently discovered an interesting fact when contemplating Visit... if you sniff hard on the wrist, after about 30-40 minutes after application, you can clearly sense in the background of the fragrance the leitmotif from Serge Noir - Serg'ea Lutens... except that it's a bit more diluted and not nose-breaking as in the case of the original... 😉 Azzaro is like a predator... vigilant, graceful and dangerous... reckless play with the atomizer, at best will end in the loss of a hand, and at worst in getting fired by co-workers irritated by its ubiquity... I did not notice in this fragrance a transition between head and heart... the scent begins its adventure on the skin, with a violent entrance with a dig, like van Damme in the “masterpieces of cinematography”, which he dubiously graced with his person.... This pungent and strong form of the fragrance lasts for the first 2-3 hours, so that after that the peppery-spicy dry spiciness gives way to a slightly milder incarnation of the fragrance.... Our kitty has returned satiated from the hunt and is now lounging in the shade of a large baobab tree... Visit's atmosphere to some extent reflects the dryness and harshness of the savannah where our animal king hunts... the blissful feeling of satiety induces Simba's drowsiness and the furry one falls into a relaxing nap.... the fragrance gradually changes its face, becoming more delicate, sweet and cozy ... the pungent chords stop, cease to dominate and give voice to a more subtle, but no less interesting base ... it becomes sweet thanks to ambergris, cozy and safe thanks to precious woods and incense, and is completed by the fleshy scent of musk .... Azzaro Visit is a very correct and successful composition ... containing its colorful face in two scenes

Beautiful. Phenomenal value for money: an elegant blend of woods, cistus and incense with spices and ambergris. Annick Menardo created a real thing of beauty with Visit. The flacon is stylish and functional, its content tinted a deep blue, and the sprayer is responsive. Perfect. It was the reported similarity with Rush for Men that inspired me to blind buy Visit. Such a delightful surprise - probably the best blind buy I've ever made. Excellent quality and value. If you like woods, Visit is a very safe blind buy. Beautifully rich, and woody, the opening brings a flash of nostalgia very reminiscent of Rush for Men. Overall this is an exquisitely beautiful fragrance that to my amateur nose has two distinct stages - the Rush bit and then the not-so-Rush bit. The dry down is a lovely subdued, incensey wood enhanced with a very realistic, velvety ambergris. Visit definitely does not smell "synthetic" (ie artificial) - on the contrary it smells like a niche fragrance, like natural perfumery. Visit's quality and beauty are self-evident - cedar, Palo Santo, cistus, spices and frankincense, enhanced with ambergris unite to create a classy gentleman's fragrance, versatile enough for any occasion, with moderate performance and longevity. A thing of beauty. Visit works extremely well layered with a molecule type fond de parfum (especially with woody aroma chemicals like Iso E Super, Timbersilk or Javanol as EDT), over a base like fractionated coconut oil, and/or when applied to hair (in moderation) which significantly extends longevity and creates a scent bubble. Visit is beautiful and it smells a lot like Gucci Rush for Men - close enough for us oldies to feel nostalgic while giving the kids a chance to experience something analogous to one of the (many) reasons Tom Ford (who was at the helm of Gucci when the iconic Rush for Men and Gucci pour Homme 2003 were released) is acclaimed as god-emperor of men's designer fragrances. Visit’s performance and longevity are better than Rush too, so don’t even think about blowing the megabucks needed for a Gucci scented trip down memory lane - unless you own a Gulfstream or your bank balance is greater than the GDP of a small nation state.

Think of Azzaro Visit for Men as the following mixture: 50 parts of Tokyo by Kenzo, 30 parts of Gucci Rush, 18 parts of Loewe 7 and (call me crazy!) 2 parts of Dior Homme Intense. This wonderful perfume, created by Annick Menardo in 2003, opens with a formidable nutmeg accord that lives throughout the evolution of the fragrance, enhanced by notes of pink pepper, cardamom and ginger. Bergamot refreshes the entire composition, making the aforementioned notes more sparkling. The woods and incense tremendously beautify the mixture and add to its undeniable masculinity, while gray amber and musk round it off--Come to think of it, it must be the labdanum that gives it a bit of sweetness similar to the iris note that is typical of the Dior Homme line. Despite its performance (5-7 hour longevity at most, as well as medium to low sillage and projection) and feeling a tad synthetic, Azzaro Visit has really impressed me...it's such a delicious and appealing smell! I am a professor and, the other day, I had four female students asking me what cologne I was wearing (of course, I didn't tell them, heh, heh!). It was intended for the cooler weather, but it works well in warmer weather as I could find out. It is a fragrance that will never feel dated or too formal; in fact, it is quite versatile and can even be used all year round. I think this awesome juice has gone straight to my men's fragrance Top 10. Here is my score: Fragrance: 10/10 (I LOVE IT!) Longevity: 7/10 Projection: 8/10 Sillage: 7/10 Value for money: 8/10 Total: 8/10

One of the best price/scent/performance ratio scents in the market. Most Azzaro fragrances have a certain quality to it with very affordable prices, and Visit can be placed in their top 3 in my view. It is not a beast, but that's OK. If Visit was a beast, it would be cloying for sure. The most prominent notes, as mentioned a lot already, are nutmeg, cedar and incense. Therefore it's not a dark-dry scent but warm-dry thanks to perfect spiciness. Even though I find the nutmeg is too much for my taste, I can totally appreciate the creation. Need to mention the cedarwood aspects of it as it evokes but the creamy Virginian and the more harsh, raw, resinous, slightly dirty Atlas cedar together. I strongly disagree with the resemblance to Wonderwood or Encre Noire. You can layer both with Visit though and results would be incredible, as I evidently do often. Visit is way warmer and sweeter compared to aforementioned and it lacks the heavy pepper and vetiver. What you get in Visit is nutmeg-prominent cedar and incense. So do not blind buy Visit with hopes to get anything close to Wonderwood or Encre Noire. However I do find similarities to Ferrari Silver Essence or Pal Zileri Sartoriale. The sweetness is mysterious to me as it neither evokes a vanilla/gourmand feeling nor a fruity one. It feels like a woody sweetness, the type where aged wood reveals sweet resins and aroma. Overall, amazing bargain for the price, 10/10 fragrance.

Something strange just happened. I picked up the last bottle of this at my local chemist discounters at the weekend. I unwrapped the cellophane, opened the box and took the bottle out. I sprayed a couple of dots onto my skin and that’s when I suddenly lost consciousness. On this plane anyway. From nowhere, I could hear the clanging beats of Dillinja’s Nasty Ways. Posters were strewn across the wall in front of me. Two decks, a mixer, an ashtray with a few finished dibs made up the backdrop. Where was I? My senses were picking up an outstanding assemblage of woods and spices. Some leather, some smoke and a fading citrusy aroma matched them. I knew I’d been here before, but what had transported me back to 2001? As the woods and spices dried down, I could see something out of the corner of my eye. A white rectangular object with clear sides. I could just about make out two words. Gucci. Rush. In a split second, I regained my senses and found myself back in 2022 enjoying this wonderful scent. Yeah, it’s not quite Gucci Rush for men, but it’s bloody close. And boy, did I get a massive bloody shot of nostalgia. Incredible juice. 🎶 I’m wishing tomorrow was like today I want to love you like yesterday Those things I like you to always say Give me some of those nasty ways...🎶