Armani Code Ultimate

Masculine and mature... A solid fragrance... “Kate” is a graduate student at an illustrious Ivy League school who was hard at work on a research paper in a local coffee shop when he (she later found out his name was “Evan” by the scribbling on a binder he was carrying) brushed her chair on his way to finding his own table to escape the autumn chill and catch up on work. Engrossed in her paper, she did not initially notice him, but she found herself in the midst of his fragrance wave – soft, masculine, distinguished, refined, vanilla, and woodsy were all words that came to mind – she enjoyed the smell, especially when it was coupled with the distant smells of coffee and an active fireplace. Kate is an attractive woman in her late twenties and considers herself well-kept and stylish. She has been out of school a while, like many of us, joined the working group out of college, but decided that a mind is a terrible thing to waste and entered graduate school years later. She guessed Evan was a “junior” professor at the university, probably mid-thirties, and judging by his distinguished, but rugged look, maybe an expert in archeology or geology. She noticed his modern, albeit disheveled hair, and his retroactive glasses were a clear sign he was intelligent. She also noticed the pen he used, classy and elegant, and the shoes he wore – stylish with a European flare. They caught each other’s eyes for an instant – you know the “look” – and held that moment until it was interrupted by another patron passing through... At the moment, Kate is single and the longer she enjoyed this distraction, the more she lost interest in her paper. Her heart began to race and she felt giddy. Evan’s fragrance still lingered and this intrigued her... Evan finally settled in to a table diagonal from hers with his cup of java and soon became consumed with a text book all the while taking copious notes with the pen – she came to the conclusion – he was a gentlemen and he wears Armani Code Ultimate. Life comes down to a few moments... Make a move and don’t let a moment pass by... Armani Code Ultimate is a great fragrance that will garner many compliments. It is refined, distinguished, and a fragrance for gentlemen. Performance is underrated, lasting 7+ hours on me and even longer on clothing at an arm’s length distance or closer. At times – “closer” is a good thing.. You will love this fragrance and I highly recommend adding to any collection. My final tally for Armani Code Ultimate is 4.6 stars out of 5 stars. On a personal note, my Mother purchased this for me last year as a Christmas present. Thanks, Mom – you are the best and I love you very much..!! Enjoy your day and happy fragrance hunting...

An excellent addition to the Armani Line. AC Ultimate lines up well with the original, but adds on a sort of 'Intense' vibe with this newest flanker. It spruces up the original with more vanilla flavor, and some woody undertones to give it a very pleasant, professional feel. I very much enjoy the added longevity on this one as well. To demonstrate, I sprayed it once on my arm about mid morning (~11am), and that night I could still smell it at a good strength around 7pm. Impressive, considering the original died down after about 5-6 hours on my skin. The projection is quite nice, also. After a couple hours of basking, someone could smell it easily from a foot or two away, and complimented me on the classy vibe it put off. Spray Recommendations: 1 to the chest, and 2 to the neck....OR, 1 to the chest, 1 to the center of the neck, and one to each arm for better spread and sillage. Overall, this perfume seeks to impress, and it does this with ease. It tones down the leather of the original, and brings out a slightly more feminine, yet compensatingly masculine vibe, and can easily be worn for just about any occasion- informal or other. Longevity: 9/10 (Easily 8-10+ hours) Projection: 5/10 (Somewhat soft) Versatility: 9/10 (Any occasion you darn well please!) Smell: 8/10 (Quite nice- I can easily see this on a man in a suit, or perhaps a man on a date...VERSATILE!)

The BEST Armani code flanker hands down!! I love Armani Code Ultimate. I smelled the original but I never liked it. This fragrance is a vanilla bomb from the opening to the dry down. Sadly, this flanker is discontinued. The smell of this fragrance is very mass appealing and can easily be the king of winter date night fragrances. The longevity was great in the cold it cut through winds on a New York evening. The sillage was very alluring to people who walked past me or behind me. I would always be getting stopped by people asking me what I am wearing. Oh, I wish Armani bought this amazing composition back soon perhaps an Eau de parfum version. Scent profile: heavy vanilla fragrance for vanilla lovers (not vanilla extract heavy) the other notes in this fragrance makes the vanilla note jump out to you but not sickly sweet. Rating: 10/10 wonderful date night gem that’s sadly discontinued :( Silage: 9/10 (great for evenings and winter season) Compliments galore: 10/10 sexy, alluring, inviting, rich warm vanilla, Netflix and chill ambiance, close encounter

By far the best Code around. This is like Armani Code turned up a few notches and sweetened. Top notes are bright, but burn off into a darker heart. It is sweetened thanks to heliotrope and vanilla. Otherwise, it is similar to the original code ramped up on steroids. IMO, I felt like the original code was really weak. Perhaps it was a crime it was so weak. People needed to be on you to notice it or you layered the heck out of it. Code Ultimate makes up for that flaw, without turning itself into the next JOOP! Projection: 9/10 (not room clearing, but not bad either) Longevity: 10/10 (on you the next day you wake up) Sillage: 8/10 (noticeable trail) Versatility: 7/10 (not for the workplace, this is a night/dating fragrance) Scent: 10/10 (smooth, pleasant, and unique) Bang for buck: 7/10 (not cheap) Compliments: 9/10 Overall: 9/10

This is a Masterpiece. Armani releases new Code versions as if it were socks. Absolutely ridiculous. As if they are competing with J.P. Gaultier Le Male. I just found out that there is even a bottle colour combination that looks very similar to this one, the EDP version. I had 4 codes. Gave away the original and the Profumo version. Still have the Absolute and the Ultimate which is by far the best one for me. Weirdly enough it was rather soon discontinued. Sometime later they have spent millions on promoting the far too sweet Profumo, which was just oke and probably ment for a younger crowd. No need to promote Ultimate since it's not for sale but it is really sad. In fact Ultimate should have been the last one of the Code family, because that is what the word means.