H.O.T. Always

Initially, it's almost a one for one of Giorgio for Men, but goes on to smell like Zino with cinnamon and civet in the dry down... It also has that Antaeus leather in here, too. Oddly, I REALLY like it. I know, I know, I said I was over with buying perfume. But I was looking for this thing for YEARS. I ended up giving up on it; I even took it off my want list with stuff like Over the Musk and Pure Wood. Yeah, rare stuff. Then, while obsessively looking for items on discount sites from my want/maybe-one-day-list(old habits die hard lol), I seen it! I almost said no. But I thought of how rare it is and how it was selling for cheap! I hit add to cart and the rest is history lol This is a SEXY scent meant for alpha males who dress sharp. Definitely falls into the proximity of the fragrances i compared them to at the top, meaning grown man stuff. I want to say mature but I don't think late 20's and up is considered mature quite yet. In any event, glad I got it. UPDATE: Since I've had this, I've been really, REALLY, liking it. To put a cherry on top, I had a random woman just follow me and come up to me saying how she "like that smell. It smells GOOD.". This with only one spray and a half, so the sillage is off the charts. The fact that she complimented the smell and not me tells me the scent is definitely niche, because she didn't say she liked the way I smelled or my cologne. Say what the want about Bond but they know how to make a mass, but expensive and niche fragrance. I instantly went on here and updated my favorites 😂

This is the hardest Bond ever that I manage to get... It took years of wishing upon the stars, as well as the required journey half way across the world... Even the internet didn't have any batch of this perfume in 100ml. Budapest's Madison perfumery was the only place where this perfume was sold, and they actually said that they wouldn't be selling this line anymore to make room for some newer lines (such a pity). On to the perfume.... This is Cinnamon Nuke, because bomb can't begin to describe how potent this perfume is. This perfume is all about cinnamon from beginning to end... Of course there are patchouli, animalic vibe, and leather too; And the mixture of notes in here makes it - to my nose - as if there are cloves in it. It's herbal, warm, medicinal, therapeutic. It almost feels like chinese medication, very very oriental. All in all, a very wonderful creation by Robertet (and the great one is hard to find). This perfume is really a compliment getter, and its projection and longevity are stellar, IMHO in par with Bond No. 9 Central Park West, which makes me wonder just how much the concentration on these two fragrances. This juice is aptly named H.O.T Always, however I don't find it in a sexy way whatsoever... For me it's hot because it's therapeutic... But then again I'm weird....

This is what I call the '80s Men's Perfume'. Very, very strong opening, manly smell. I feel very clearly leather and cinnamon in the opening, a few minutes later, the patchouli enters, giving a camphor vibration, the cinnamon comes to stand out more, leaving the sweetest aroma, mixing with the patchoulli, and the leather that is becoming less sharp. The best part of this perfume is after 3 hours, it calms down, and now who reigns is patchoulli, earthy and herbal. The cinnamon is in the background, holding the sweet part of the aroma, and the leather behind it all, giving the virility of the perfume. I can't imagine a woman wearing this. Longevity surprises my skin 14 hours.

Wow, this brought me back to the 80ies, maybe even 70ies, somehow. Hyper masculine, civet is very prominent, but accompanied with patchouli and cinnamon, it doesn ́t turn overly heavy. The sandalwood note cleans up this rather skanky composition and makes me think of a rich lathery soap. On the verge of cheesy and definitely not Bond No.9 ́s most sofisticated fragrance. Very loaded and animalistic, this is testosterone in a bottle, reminds me of hormonal teenager boy ́s locker rooms... Still a HOT fragrance I ́m happy to own! 7/10

I went to Saks to buy Bleeker Street yesterday and they were out (they were out of a lot of the Bond fragrances). I had my heart set on it, but it was not to be. So I sniffed around and fell in love with this! It is very masculine and it last forever. The sales lady wanted me to get something else as she said I was too young for this, but I love the earthy qualities and it is not something anyone else will have on!!