Explosive

A pleasant blind buy! I was half expecting some brassy '80s nightmare' a la Poison. I got the 'EDT natural spray'. At first spray on the back of my hand, I thought this was very very weak - :( - but nice, and wondered what the EDP would be like. Have just had a proper wear on neck and wrists and what a difference! Must be the increased skin oils - now it is much stronger and longer lasting and the initial 'fizziness' turns to what I would almost call a 'rubbered rose'. I'm wondering if this might be best applied fresh out of bath or shower, with extra clean skin? It's the fizzy bit I like the best but seeing that I gave away my Diva and Cabaret, and only have the sparkly AP now which I don't wear too often, there was a hole in my wardrobe for a dusky rose frag that is now filled again. I have and love La Perla and don't find a similarity with this but Explosive does remind me of Ungaro Diva so if you like that you'd probably like this, just be aware of the possibility of a bit of added rubber tyre! Update: I wore this out and about in the cold air today and I got a strong smell of violet leaf from it, although that is not listed (ahaaaaa! it's the orris root apparently)? I also think this is a very Christmassy scent! UPDATE, 13.02.13 - I'm wearing this every day and falling more and more in love with it! This perfume is a beautiful chameleon and a flower that just keeps unfolding its many coloured petals. What a find - I got it real cheap on Ebay - makes up for many stinkers. :) UPDATE, 26/03/13. Still in love with this. Applied it today and there was this animal/body/skin undertone smell that rose from it - so me and so comforting. My husband sidled up to me tonight and said 'mmm what's that smell, it's like jasmine incense or something'. He never usually notice or comments on perfume and anything incensey is even more of a winner for me! imo, Explosive is a masterpiece, must stockup/backup soon.

AN immediate hit in the face with sweet, sweet rose. When I first smelled this I thought it was going to be way too floral and powdery for me, but after about half an hour the rose eases (though never leaves) and the powder completely disappears which brings this perfume out of cloying territory and lets the woodsy spice scents in the base notes start to shine. My favorite time with this perfume is after I've had it on for two hours or so. The moss, wood, and spice dominate at that point, and turn an initially overwhelming floral into something complex and sweetly earthy & musky. Wear time is *long* and sillage is HUGE, don't wear in an office or otherwise enclosed space you're going to be for a long time. Love it for a night out though, and all the compliments I get come after that drydown time I mentioned above. I find this blends super well with my natural scent, but I would NOT recommend this one as a blind buy unless you know you love the base notes together and are confident walking around leaving everyone you pass wondering what you're wearing. Also, if you really really love it (which i do) spraying a down duvet with this before putting on a cover results in literal months of delicious scent. Blasphemous usage, I know, but worth it if you live by your own rules.

A very spicy, dark, almost a little incense-y rose; something you'd imagine on Morticia Addams, or a classically ageless English lady with at least six tragically and mysteriously predeceased husbands. Which is... very much not me, but I try to do it justice, anyway. I swiped my mother's vintage bottle (who got it as a gift sometime in ages past but vastly prefers pure rose perfumes at least an order of magnitude more expensive than this) and am going to get myself a backup before they start becoming rarer. This is pretty much my ideal rose chypre, and with some luck it'll be a faithful companion for many years of special evenings. Sillage and longevity are strong and my nose severely objects to this being oversprayed (not because it doesn't smell good in large amounts, which it does, but because the sheer spiciness of it is physically irritating); this is not an issue if it's used carefully. The scent takes a minute to settle and wake up the florals; over time, it develops an almost incense-like undercurrent that lurks beneath the rose and is extremely appealing. Definitely an evening perfume, and one with a strong personality - but if you enjoy a slightly earthy, spicy, incense-y explosion of rose, this is a great one.

This perfume literally blew me away. It was instant love and I immediately bought a FB. Impetuous I know but it's 'that good'. Damask rose in the initial spritz is so lovely, so sweet and very fresh. Sometimes rose can be bitter or a little powdery with a vintage Elizabethan vibe, but this is soft and gentle. Bergamot freshens the fragrance without adding too much of a citrusy note and please don't be put off by the aldehydes. They are calming and just enhance the beauty of this perfume. This wonderful perfume shape shifts continuously but retains its beauty throughout. It doesn't lose the sweetness of the rose, nor does it ever become herbal. Silage is powerful and a little goes a long way, longevity was amazing as I wore this for 8 hours+ and I could smell it continuously wafting up at me. I think this perfume will be even better in the heat of a summers day, it will become more intense, sweeter and more powerful. Explosive is a perfume for 'perfumistas', it should be savoured like a great wine and should never be abused or worn to death. This is a subtle beauty which needs to be saved for special occasions! Stunning but stunning!!

Explosive is a rare unicorn,that I heard about in the online fragrance community. So, when I saw it up for auction on Ebay, I bought it and it is just as beautiful and stunning, as I heard it was! Truly ❤. In my mind, Explosive, is a prime 1980s but also modern; chypre floral and the rose is a dusky, decadent and jammy maiden And everything about her, is so well blended. The spiciness of the coriander keeps it from being too sweet and the aldyhydes which I honestly can't detect, give the fragrance a lift and keeps the rose smelling like shes in full bloom and ripe for plucking,thus preserving her fullbodiedness. Like a good red wine. Explosive is by all accounts, a garden variety, gothic rose,that I've been searching for since I started on my perfume journey. And she isn't cloying, insipid or weak. In fact, Explosive starts out big, full of eastern promise behind black rimmed kohl lidded eyes and then dries down into a Persian rose garden where lovers, poets, dancers and artists meet under the stars, to smell the blooms. And shes all mine.

Signature scent for non-trivial ladies, absolutely mind blowing fragrance for my perception. To say I love it would be a serious underestimation. It is dark, as you can see by the bottle, it very rich coriander-y night rose, soaked in prune wine, enveloped into earthy base from moss and patchouli, its Eva Green in-fragrance-ed. Even among vintage fragrances that I have tried (so many) its very hard to find comparisons for Explosive, might be if Coriandre Couturier to mix together with some expensive niche rose fragrances, like Amouge style ones?..Something like that. Yet I guarantee that Explosive will give a hundred points ahead of any niche by longevity, depth and originality. She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. Lord Byron

Apparently I have an affinity for aldehydic, mossy, geranium-rose bombs, and this one is indeed "explosive." The closest modern analog that comes to mind is Sisley Soir d'Orient, also a dark, bombastic beauty. Both feature rose with geranium, rendering the vibe more unisex courtesy to the greener, more aromatic elements of geranium as a counter-balance. The opening is a true 80s-chypre conflagration of aldehydes, accompanied by the diffusive linalool-heavy combination of coriander and bergamot (reminiscent of Jean Couturier Coriandre at this stage). Soon, this descends to florals that lay in a bed of woody, mossy, muskiness. Undoubtedly unisex, performs like a champ, but is not nearly as aggressive as the name would suggest. Consider it blissfully 'explosive.' The best from Aigner, by a country mile.

One of my youth's first self-selected "evening perfumes" and how I loved it! After my second bottle ran out, I managed to come across another bottle in a small dusty store on a back street. (This was long before the possibilities of the internet that we have today) I have guarded this third bottle as a treasure ever since! Used only on VERY special occasions! A scent that is certainly not for everyone, very special and not like nor reminiscent of anything else I have smelled before, so I have a hard time describing it. But it's definitely an evening perfume to me. Tough, cool, sexy and shameless. A fragrance suitable for a strong woman who knows what she wants and takes what she wants without asking permission. I have to try to find more bottles of this one so I can use it more often! <3

Holy Grail potent witchy brew, I love yoooooou. And I completely understand someone not liking it. It is SO strong, which I realized I need, perhaps it’s from having dry skin? I feel like I just burn things away too fast, so something like this can actually give me the experience I want of being enveloped in something that grows and billows around me, and keeps on talking as it warms up. My hoarding impulse is to not praise publicly the things I love the most, for fear of everyone else buying them up, but considering I have 3 bottles of this now, I feel safe to say this stuff is incredible. For anyone who has regretted blind buying this, message me and I will happily trade you for it.

I was so intrigued about this perfume for over 3 years. Now I own a bottle but I am also kind of disappointed. I like the smell but it's weird in a way because of my expectations . I also own the shower gel and I love it. But this, this is not heavy at all. It's indeed a dark rose...but reminds me of roses that you can make jam. Picture this.. it's morning, you're on a walk in nature after a heavy rainy night and you find a bush of wild roses..fuchsia or rose pale.. you want to pick one but the thorns stung you. It's develops nicely tho. Also the lasting power on me it's almost 6 hours... =(( The Coriander( Parfum de toilette) by JEAN COUTURIER lasts moree.

I wanted to add this fragrance to my collection for a long time. Decided to blind buy it after reading reviews and I don't regret doing so. First thing that came to my mind was the little shop in my home town that used to sell CDs and t-shirts featuring metal bands. It smelled of roses, sandalwood incense sticks and the owner's perfume - Paloma Picasso. Intense and smoky. Dark powdery roses, civet and incense - at least on my skin. Smells like an old old church filled with fresh cut roses and burning candles, wooden benches covered in dust, smoke coming from thurible.... Something to wear with black velvet dress.

Mine is old bottle with old name in it, Provocation. Although marketed as woman perfume, this is definitely unisex and somehow lean more to masculine. I like the idea of woody aromatic from woman back then, but still, this one is very different from others release in the same decade. A very deep and mysterious blend of coriander with geranium, seasoned with aldehyde, with body of powdery orris, dirty earthy vetiver, patchouli, and a slightly damp sandalwood. They rarely create this kind of scent nowadays but definitely a treasure and worth to collect.

My late mom had it and I love it. This is the smell that lingering in my mind for quite sometime, but due to not knowing the brand... I just kept it there along with the image of lovely black bottle. And then I remember the logo and I scrawl in here. Found it. I may starts to hunt this thing, but I won't let my hope too high. ........ My bad. My sister and I check our late mom wooden box. Turns out it's not explosive. Same bottle differrent name, same brand. It's called Provocation. Weird...

what a magnificant dark masterpiece. I found online at a stupidly good price and blind bought from reviews. total success. this fragrance is a mysterious concotion that reminds me of Femme Rochas but this is somewhat sweeter and the rose is prominant. the smell of the rose makes me think of a deep red one on a cool morning. the herbs are exotic and confronting. I believe this could be unisex. sillage is good. its strange... close to skin then the sillage.. different scent. very pleased!

What a beautiful spicy mossy rose! Bold, daring, a little bit dirty, dark and lazy. Incredibly slender and sleek at the same time. Doesn't smell retro, old fashioned or outdated at all. Just the opposite, it's more like an expensive niche mimicking old good classic rose chypre. Amazing quality for a very affordable price. Dark rose (soiled with vetiver and geranium), coriander and oakmoss. I love it!

This one found me! What a luck! I purchased it at 1/4 of it ́s list price and it really surprised me! As others have said it has a strong personality and the sweetness is just the right amount if you dislike very sweet fragrances. I ́ve been wearing Explosive a lot these days and I like it almost as much as Salvador Dali Pour Homme (almost). What a beautiful red, dark rose is in this perfume! <3

This is how I like my chypres, to start with OAKMOSS in the opening, then detect any notes that survive surfacing here and there as fragrance continues to develop, the darker, the better, and OAKMOSS in the dry down until it fades six or more hours later. Longevity is super with my chemistry. Thanks to the generous Fragrantican that sent it because we had discussed chypres, which we both love.

This was one of my first few perfumes. many years ago, i dont really like it. but as time goes by, i rediscovered it. it's lovely powdery rose & aldehyde combo. super 80s. oakmoss and musk is definitely there in the drydown. silage is just lovely... whiff of aroma when i move around... love it! it last a very long time. even longer if i spray on my clothes/sweater instead of my skin.

YES! This is a great perfume! Just receive it today. I detect a lot of rose and a lot of honey! For my nose this is veeeeery similar to another great perfume - Soir de Lune by Sisley. Is just that Soir de Lune is a little bit more sharper, smells more expensive, and you pay 3 times more for a bottle. But they are indeed very similar! Very pleased with this fragrance! A real classic!

She's a rough girl!.This bunch of roses we're given birth under a soil covered by patchouli,moss woods and spices. Perfect costume to be worn on a cold rainy day.