Oranger Alhambra

This is a stunning product.Hope my review can help.I can tell I have tried a lot of parfum in my young life of 30 now. Also I worked in a sensory lab for a short time and my nose is mostly very sensitive to some smells and odors. I bought it in Germany for 140€ after comparing it to Dior- Eau de Savage and Acqua Di Parma- Essenza di Cologna and many others.Those two are damn close to it.Try it yourself! Dior is more green and more intense in the nose, smells chemicaly and not that tender. Just not as good as Oranger Alhambra. Essenza by AdP is more spicy, made vor men and has a longer lasting I remember.Would give it place number 2. Oranger Alhambra is more tender, more bitter Orange and Bergamotte, Oak moss in the drydown and super fine herbs that remember me of a soap you find in the Venetian Hotel Macau/China. Here comes the point. More soapy, clean and lighter then the other two. A bit more sour! Maybe more female but I still prefer this on a man. I dunno whats the secret ingredient here but it puts this Scent miles in front of the others.Must be the Oak moss with some other herbs, like the italien Soap I had in the 5 star Macau Venetian Hotel.So similar!After leaving Macau 18 month ago now i smell on my Oranger Alhambra and can still feel the sun on my skin on Taipa Island. Really made for a summer evening on a nice beach or an italien Garden of Capri Island maybe. Sorry I am dreamin again. Well.It has a soso longevity,ok. The other 2 do better but are maybe to aggressive to some female noses. The Bottle looks stunning! And the Dark Brown stone as lid is the eyecather in my flat.Next to another Prive.BRAVO Armani! scent: 8,5/10 longevity: 5/10 sillage: 6/10

Honestly? Its an orange flower citrus scent. None of these notes last very long. Its a beautiful scent. For the first hour. Then it disappears on the skin. Its fleeting, which makes it a little more romantic... Its such a beautiful and masterful scent, it was a true tragedy that it didn't last longer. If you have ever been to the Alhambra in spring, this is remarkably close... I was there in March of 2015, and this immediately conjured up memories of their gardens. First spray: like the burst of an orange peel, mixed with crushed leaves. Brash, bright, rather glorious. 15 mins in: definitely orange flowers, but in gentle and cool shade. Soft green herbal spice at the very edge, flirted with by a touch of moss... the kind that leaves a peppery smell on your hands after touching the trunk of an old tree. 1 hour in: fresh shower soap, skin scent. Boys, put this on your neck, and your significant other will be making a special effort to get closer to you and breathe you in. It's blends with skin very very well. 3 hours in: gone. You will want to get this because it is extremely dynamic. Like all wonderful things, this is tragically fleeting and makes you nearly desperate for more. You will have to reapply this often, and you'll use the whole bottle in a very short time... but you can wear it anywhere, and it is absolutely unisex.

The opening reminds me of Guerlain Homme Intense (2009) , and they both are aromatic citrus technically. The drydown is just like introducing a few camphor and more orange into Dior Eau Sauvage (1966) . Trust me, this part is quite close to ES (esp. the formula before 2007) , the same chypre except for some twists, thus gives me a illusion that if Armani wants to make his own version of Eau Sauvage. Even though he did once by releasing the dilettantish Armani Pour Homme (1984) , but this time is different. If you want to but can hardly find an earlier—at least the previous(2014)-previous(2011)-previous(2007)—formula of ES , choose this one in compromise. Longevity: 4-5 hrs on skin, 8-10 hrs on clothes. Rating: 7.0/10 .

It's not sweet like Orange Sanguine, but rather a bitter dry orange peel with woody oak moss. Not what I was expecting, but I still like it alot!

seriously for a perfume thats so expensive? it was like spraying the most basic and old-fashioned cologne with lots of bitter citrus and oak-moss. after 20 mins i couldnt take it anymore and sprayed the versatile simple chanel allure edition blanche on top of it. scent: 4/10