CH Men Prive

Gentlemen, Unleash Your Inner Intrigue: My Review of CH Men Prive by Carolina Herrera Forget the generic "fresh" or "sporty" labels. CH Men Prive by Carolina Herrera is a fragrance that transcends trends, whispering tales of sophistication and magnetic charm. Imagine this: you walk into a dimly lit jazz bar, the air thick with the murmur of conversation and the smoky caress of a well-aged whiskey. That's the vibe CH Men Prive brings, bottled. But hold on, there's more to this olfactory masterpiece than just a smoky allure. The First Impression: The opening is a burst of citrusy sunshine – think grapefruit and pomelo jolting your senses awake. It's playful, almost flirtatious, but don't be fooled. This is no fleeting summer romance. As the fragrance settles, the smokiness emerges, not overwhelming, but like a whisper of secrets shared by the firelight. It's a touch of whiskey, not your frat party concoction, but a smooth, aged single malt, hinting at depth and experience. The Heart of the Matter: This is where CH Men Prive truly shines. The spices – cardamom, sage, and a touch of lavender – add a touch of intrigue, like a captivating conversation with a stranger who holds your gaze just a moment too long. The leather accord is rich and luxurious, not the worn-in jacket kind, but more like a handcrafted briefcase whispering of success. It's masculine, but not in a cliched way. It's the scent of a man who is confident in his own skin, comfortable in his power, and knows how to leave a lasting impression. The Lasting Legacy: The dry down is where the magic happens. The smokiness lingers, now intertwined with the warmth of tonka bean and the earthy elegance of vetiver. It's a scent that stays with you, not as a cloying cloud, but as a subtle reminder of your presence. It's the kind of fragrance that makes people lean in a little closer, curious to unravel the mystery it holds. Is it for Everyone? CH Men Prive isn't for the faint of heart. It's bold, it's complex, and it demands attention. But if you're looking for a fragrance that breaks the mold, that sets you apart from the crowd, then this is your olfactory soulmate. It's perfect for an evening out, a date night that promises more than just small talk, or even just a confidence boost for a big day. The Verdict: CH Men Prive isn't just a fragrance, it's an experience. It's a conversation starter, a confidence booster, and an invitation to intrigue. So, gentlemen, if you're ready to ditch the ordinary and embrace the extraordinary, then step into the world of CH Men Prive. You won't regret it. P.S. This isn't just another review. It's a call to action. It's time to ditch the boring and embrace the captivating. So, go out there, spritz on some CH Men Prive, and own your night. The world awaits your intriguing presence.

CH Men Privé is a sophisticated, seductive and intensely masculine fragrance. Launched in 2015, this creation by Carolina Herrera reflects the style of the modern man: elegant, self-assured and with an air of mystery. With a strong presence of alcoholic notes and leather nuances, this fragrance stands out for its duality between warmth and freshness, sweetness and raw masculinity. Performance Projection: Moderate in the first 2–3 hours, ideal for those seeking presence without being invasive. Longevity: Excellent – lasts 7 to 9 hours on the skin, with a noticeable trail especially indoors. Ideal Occasions CH Men Privé shines on cold nights, formal events, romantic dinners and intimate gatherings. Its warm, seductive and refined profile is perfect for autumn and winter. Although it can be used in mild climates, it tends to become heavy in high temperatures. It is ideal for men who want to convey confidence, charm and sophistication – without exaggeration. CH Men Privé is a fragrance that masterfully balances modern luxury with the timeless appeal of leather and spices. It stands out for its nocturnal versatility, excellent performance and a magnetic aura that makes it unforgettable. A safe choice for the elegant man who appreciates fragrances with a strong personality and at the same time accessible. Final Score: 9/10

My favorite perfume of all time that COVID-19 ruined. This was my first perfume and the fragrance that got me into the hobby. I grew really fond to it because of the crazy memories that I have while wearing this and I might be biased cause of this, but to date I truly believe this is one of the sexiest fragrances that have ever been created, a master piece in the designer sector. This is what a “bad boy” would smell like, it’s sexy, boozy, seductive, confident fragrance. It’s a whisky and leather fragrance, the perfect combination to make your girl crazy. This helped me a lot when I first started dating my girlfriend; not only was the scent one of the best for dates but it also has massive mass appeal. Unfortunately after I got COVID I never completely recovered and some fragrances give me a “dirty old wet rag” smell which completely ruins them, and this was one of the victims (others that come to mind afe Paco Rabanne Invictus, Dior Sauvage, the Valentino Uomo line, etc.). I’d do anything to smell this again and recover that same vibe that I so much loved, a glimpse of the best moments of my life, perfectly captured by this fragrance. Still, it will always hold the most special place on my heart, even if I never smell it like I did before.

This stuff has upset me for years. I have tested hundreds upon hundreds of fragrances over the years, and I can tell you that to me (my personal opinion) the opening of this stuff is my favorite scent of all time. I can't tell you what it is or even pick out any notes besides boozyness (I'm not an alcoholic, don't even drink), but it just smells so utterly incredible to me for about 15 minutes maybe. It's been the same way to me for years. Granted it is a long lasting opening usually, but still just an opening and therefore short-lived, after that opening is over, you are left with the most unpleasant, one-dimensional plastic/rubber "leather" scent I have ever smelled in a designer scent. I don't get it. I haven't heard this from anyone else, outside of the general complaint that the opening is misleading and what follows is somewhat disappointing. To me, what follows is what I don't want to smell like. What a tragedy. If someone can make a scent that smells precisely like this opening for a straight ten hours, it will be the greatest men's fragrance of all time hands down. Get on it, stupid science.

Well, I can't elaborate too much on the smell. I find this fragrance boozy and sweet. I love it and so most people who've smelled it off me. When I bought it I did it knowing the performance issues, but decided to do it anyway because I heard rumors saying it's probably being discontinued. It wasn ́t a first smell love. The first time I sprayed it I could only notice the sweet part, and then I thought: "this is redundant and reminds me of Azzaro Wanted by Night", but after giving it another try I realized the actual richness of the fragrance and became hooked to it. After that I noticed something else: This fragrance has great performance, projects heavily the first hour or so, and moderately the next three, and on my skin lasts for like 10 hours in total. I couldn't believe it, but then I remembered hearing that old batches used to have great performance, so I checked and realized it was a 2017 batch. So if you like this fragrance but want a better performance look for old batches. They also have a different presentation, for example old boxes only display CH Prive, not CH Men Prive.

I work at walgreens and after a year of me working there one day i was looking at the fragance section and notice this fragance there and for 70$(3.4oz)i went straight to the internet to see if the fragance was good and realized i found a hidden gem. Today is the third time using it and it’s really one of them, very seductive and addicting! Dry-down going crazy right now. These days i’ve been feeling in love with masculine seductive fragance and that’s what i really get of this perfume, i totally recommend it, i think you will not be dissapointed if you blind buy. If it was available in the market i could of pick it up for every day night signature scent but i think i will use it for very very special occations if you know you know. But at the end of the day like i tell everyone, my opion really don’t matter 😂, always be wise with what you pick when you blind buy a fragance, nothing worse than dropping a bag on cologne and the mf stinks, salute kings 🫡💯

To me, this is the sexiest and coziest perfumery can get. There is nothing quite as captivating that I have come across. Got a memory of my girlfriend sleeping on a couch on a cold and snowy February day in front of the fireplace, wearing one of my hoodies zipped up all the way up covering her nose. Wore that same hoodie the night before and sprayed some CH Prive on the chest, she kept wanting to nuzzle in to bury her nose and get whiffs as the night progressed. It's that kind cologne, very comforting and addictive. As usual, highly recommend you take the opinions of members of the Performance Gang with a grain of salt. If jargon terms like "performance" or "sillage" or "longevity" is more important to you than the actual scent, then that's an amateur attitude. CH men prive lasts and performs plenty enough when sprayed on body and clothes. EVEN if it didn't, the scent profile itself is more than worth it.

This is bottle sex. It is a date machine that guarantees you a night catch and that you will not go home alone. This is the son of Dior Fahrenheit and La Nuit de L'Homme. Lavender gives him that petrol vibe, which doesn’t last long but feels like it reminds me of Fahrenheit. While cardamom is the note that celebrated La Nuit de L’Homme and the note that women go crazy for. While whiskey and leather make him rude. So that's not for sloths, but for men who know what they want... In the crowd of Sauvage, Invicts, this fragrance is very rare and allows you to stand out. This is my signature scent. When I wear it I gain confidence at max. Women love this! It lasts for about 7-8 hours on my skin with a projection of the first 2 hours, later it becomes a skin scent. I always use it when the temperature is below 15 ° C. Longevity 8/10 Projection 7.5/10 Compliments 9.5/10 Versatile 7/10 Total 8/10

I once sampled this fragrance years ago and was not too impressed. At the time, i was wearing Burberry London quite a bit, and preferred that over this as I believed it would be used for the same types of events, moods, etc. Fast forward 5 years and I hardly touch my Burberry London anymore though I still like it. There are many scents I use more in those situations and settings. I decided to revisit this and bought when I saw it slightly discounted online. No regrets! This is ambery, leathery and sweet; woody, dense, and powdery too. I really love it. Great for cool weather in spring, fall, and winter; the citrus is hardly there. Good lasting power, and more mature than something like Pure Malt by TM which is more sweet and less versatile. I really feel like the powdery feel brought on by the lavender makes this wearable anywhere, including at the office. Another amazing CH scent!

I do like this one a lot. Smells boozy, but not too much like those that make people think you have been drinking. Its sweet from the tonka bean and benzoin, a little bit spicy and with a subtle background of leather. I understand why people refer this as a bad boy fragrance as it matches well with leather jacket and cold climate. The main problem is performance, after 1-2 hours it becomes a skin scent and it doesnt project well not even at the start. Probably competes (but not so similar) with Bvlgari MIB except MIB is more boozy and stronger. Also competes a bit with Ck One Shock as a "bad boy fragrance" as they have similar performance, are sweet, buy COS has tobacco instead of a boozy note. Because of the price difference, similar use and performance i would suggest CK One Shock over this one, even though i really like this and my girlfriend liked it too.

Best black leather jacket 'bad boy' type fragrance of all time! Whiskey, leather, & cardamom. Opens with a great whiskey accord, but it's soft and inviting which leads perfectly into the rich and deep cardamom & black leather base notes. This reminds me of late evening adventures while at university - from dates, to intimate cozy gigs, and even bars & cocktail nights. Sad to see this got discontinued. I immediately got a 150ml bottle when I saw it was getting hard to find and I only had a small bit of my original 50ml bottle left. I managed to get a pretty good deal off ebay, but it's scary to see there's barely any left available to buy - especially when I haven't found another fragrance that comes really close to it as a replacement, and it doesn't seem to have a big enough strong following for clones to be created unfortunately.

The whiskey plays behind the leather. But dont be fooled this is only analysing nose to skin. This is a bright fresh leather scent, subtle but decently strong despite the EDT build. Its great if you want to move away from the heavy amber, patch etc loaded bass notes you usually get with the famous EDP’s. Dont let the short longevity claims sway you either, its above average for an EDT - I get 4-8 hours depending on temperature. Whilst I can analyse and find most of the notes this really can be simplified by describing it as a sharp woody pencil shaving start that quickly disappears with a tonka like subtle whiskey taking over and mixing with the weaker woodiness. Fifteen minutes in and its a gorgeous smooth suede with subtle vanillic overtones. The woodiness and whiskey very subdued. Absolute stunner for the price.

I found this while visiting a former colleague who began managing a Carolina Herrera store, and it was irresistible. That's the only response I've ever gotten while wearing it, too - irresistible. Multiple friends have gone so far as to rest their heads on my shoulder, just to inhale it for an extended period. This is a refined, tailored, muscular kind of sexy. To me, it reads as leading man / secure masculinity / brawn with brains. It's the sensation of sniffing an old fashioned made with a spiced vanilla muscovado syrup, while settling into a leather armchair and loosening your tie in a fire-lit room. It's solidly a night fragrance, and I'd argue best for formal occasions or when you want to stand out in a more casual bar. It lasts a while but doesn't project too far (which is good).

I bought it without having tested it, since it is no longer on sale in stores. And I'm happy with my choice. the first spray I smelled reminded me of a perfume I had (but whose bottle is empty); Givenchy Gentleman Only. It was one of my favorite perfumes and whose DNA I find in CH Men Prive. a smell of leather intensifies this smell after about 30 minutes. The sillage is light, but a trick allows you to amplify the perfumes: After applying your perfume, wait 20 minutes, and reapply the perfume to the same places. This allows the scent to stay on the oil from the first application longer (which is the "primer" layer on the skin). If you like Givenchy Gentleman Only, you will like this fragrance which is warmer but with the same dna. Addictive fragrance !

If this was released by JPG as a Le Male flanker i wouldnt be surprised at all. In fact, if you put Le Male Aviator and Le Parfum and layer/mix them, that's exactly what you get here. In fact, when i asked for my GF opinion she had the same feeling: she asked if this was a new Le Male release, haha! That being said, this is a very sexy frag. It has a "dry sweetness" that is very soft and night-time appropriate. If i had no idea about the Le Male DNA and its various flankers, i could see myself being hyped and going insane over this one but alas, this is nothing new or surprising to my nose. I'd still wear Le Male Le Parfum over this though, but if you want an alternative to that frag within the same ballpark, CH Prive is a solid choice.

This is modern elegance in a bottle. It's a shame it was discontinued. I absolutely love this fragrance. This is every bit the description says it is, warm spicy, leather, aromatic, etc. The slight sweetness from the grapefruit, pomelo, with the slight kiss of the whiskey off the top gives it a nice booziness. When mixed with the spicy cardamom and aromatics in the mid, then layered with the leather, slight powdery quality from the tonka beans and woods in the base, makes for an all-encompassing intoxication of elegance. Such a masterpiece in my opinion. Great projection (1.5-2 hours) and longevity (10+ hours). If you can find it for a decent price these days but if you can I would say go for it. At least try it if you can.

I was very excited to test it today in one local perfumery. Gotta say, loved it from the first sniff! It's sweet, definitely reminds me quite a lot of the old 2009 CH Men, which I'm a huge fan of, but it seems to be more complex and deep. Smells very, VERY sexy and elegant at least to my nose. Overall, I think it's definitely an improvement from the original CH Men, highly recommend it to try it out. Longevity is really great on my skin, about 8-10 hours with 2 wrist sprays. Surprised with the above average projection as well, to me it performs really well. I find it quite addictive, immediately fell in love with it and will buy a bottle soon, which bottle btw is amazing, very luxurious and shiny.

One of my favorite scents but also very situational for me. Nighttime only and I would wear it for going out, getting drinks, partying, etc. Performance on my skin is not as weak as some might say, but nonetheless, it is an intimate scent that projects within arm's length and would last around 6 hours. Opens up with a nice sweetness from the whiskey, the cardamom and lavender give it a nice spiciness slightly reminiscent of YSL la nuit de l'homme, and the leather and benzoin in the base make the scent wear thicker and sticker overall. Not sure if this is really the lady killer fragrance some say it is but I wear this for the bois and the bois have complimented me on this scent before.

One spray of this angelic drink will teleport Megan Thee Stallion from her performance in New York right into your living room while singing "Freak Nasty" I have to carry 8 SIM cards when I go to the club, because I get so many numbers Imagine this being sprayed from airplanes, the birth rate would be higher in every single country If you look like a porcupine and dress like an Olympic athlete from the 80s, I don't care, every woman is yours, just don't spray it near your relatives for obvious reasons And I would ask you to learn the difference between your flask and this bottle, because they look very similar, so that you don't randomly exhume the entire bottle like I did

To me, this fragrance succeeds where MM Jazz Club fails. CH Men Prive is sweet, warm, boozy, and a bit smokey with a ton of character. There's a dark aura to it, like it would be worn by a complicated persona. I can't help but think of Lucifer Morningstar. It's like this and Jazz Club are attempting to play the same "sexy bad boy" tune, but JC chose both a higher key and tempo. As a result, it smells nice, but it doesn't do it for me. Prive, on the other hand, is fantastic. The whiskey and leather make this a rich experience I'll be gladly coming back to every fall and winter. Longevity is pretty average with extra sprays, but it's still worth owning.