The Lover

Wow! My first full day of wearing and it's complete love! A very beautiful and complete fragrance IMO. Reminds me of Guerlain Cologne 68 and a bit of L'instant de Guerlain pour homme. I can't believe it cost me £7.99! I'm stocking up! thankfully the apricot isn't overdone as its not fruity to my nose. The patchouli is not too heavy, all in all the notes (and there must be more than are listed here!) blend perfectly into a soft characterful depth. It smells so much More expensive. Quality.

Masculine opening; almost salty-citric initial blast, and the patchouli and apricot pair up and start to waft in. I feel like if Sauvage and Must de Cartier had a baby, it would be The Lover. There has to be more notes in here, it's too complex to just be two notes!

Its my favourite perfume. Well, one of my favourites anyway. I'm utterly in love with this. It turns me on a lot, but doesn't turn my man on so thats a minus, but i'd say it's a very confidence boosting perfume.

I just got a 3.4oz bottle of The Lover blind over the internet because it was so cheap and the reviews were OK so I felt compelled to give it a try! At first I was a bit confused about the smell. I knew it was classified as unisex but my first reaction was that it definitely smelled more male than female. It was heavier smelling than I was expecting, a bit spicy and I couldn't smell any fruit at all. It actually reminded me for some reason of Benetton Cold which is also a unisex scent and is OK but I'm not crazy about it. The difference though is that Benetton Cold is lighter and fresher, whereas The Lover initially smelled heavier and 'musty'. The longer The Lover was on my skin though the more I started to like it. I thought it would be quite linear and wouldn't change much on my skin but it mellowed out and the spiciness wore off (thank god!). It then started to smell a lot softer, less heavy, more feminine and I could begin to smell the apricot peeking through. It actually was smelling quite sexy at this point and very much a skin scent. So, I am liking The Lover now! I don't know that I'll grow to totally love it but I definitely do like it and it's another interesting scent in my (too rapidly expanding!) collection! If I had to grade it I'd give it 3 stars out of 5 at this moment but that might get even higher the more I wear it!

Anyone who says this fragrance its "too feminine" did not wait until the dry down. Anyone who says this gave them a headache must have bathed in it, or they where in a location that must have been really hot with no ventilation. ONE--the dry down is totally unisex. It is not heavy, so yes it leans on the feminine side because of that and 1 of the notes is a fruit... UNISEX frags TEND TO BE EXPENSIVE, not this one. JUST AS GOOD AS NICHE (in smell not necessarily quality of ingredients. BUT it wii get you just as many compliments though!!!! TWO--it is not too strong, because it mellows out quite nice. The patchouli is just as strong as the apricot. TOTALLY UNISEX. THREE--if you are a lumberjack type guy and everything has to be tough like you eat hammers and raw steel for lunch...stay away. IF you consider yourself a metrosexual and are always looking for something different, look no further. I personally have not smelled any thing like this --man or woman. FOUR--IF you like ANY OF THESE...Midnight in Paris, CK One, Eclectic Collections (ex. Carte Blanche or Magnet), Paris Hilton for Men, Thallium, etc) you should at least smell this from the BEGINNING to DRY DOWN. ANY SEASON, ALL OCCASIONS (except interview or important business meeting) Probably performs best in Spring or Summer. 8.5/10 unique