Gentleman Society

How is Givenchy not $400+ ?? I went to Macy's today to try out some new colognes, specifically Bleu de Chanel Parfum and Dior Elixir Parfum and Dior Sauvage Parfum and what happened next is something unbelievable and a true awakening experience. I'll explain fully at the end but lets start with the star of this show: Givenchy Society. Givenchy Gentlemen Society is elegant, vibrant, sophisticated, neo-21st Century and Unique in its own right. I couldn't even describe you what this fragrance smells like. The only thing I could tell you is this is how a 21st Century Gentlemen would smell like, doesn't matter what age he is. This will turn you into a 21st Century Gentlemen that will stand out. No doubt about it. This cologne makes every other cologne seem generic. When I smelled this cologne I thought to myself "THIS is a 21st Century fragrance." Back to the awakening experience: I told the lady at Macy's I wanted to try out some new colognes and instructed her to spray various designer colognes on the test cards with the names of the fragrance written on the cards so I can identify them individually and compare them. A cup of coffee beans was on the stand and I used it a lot to reset my nose in-between testing. I was on my 3rd cologne when all of a sudden another lady from across the room came up to me and instructed me to follow her to test out "a new fragrance called Society that everybody loves". I didn't want to be rude so I followed her real quick as the other lady was spraying and marking the 4th cologne so I had a quick minute to spare. The second lady sprayed Society on the test card and I went back to the 1st lady. I tested these colognes in that 1 hour: Bleu De Chanel Parfum Armani Acqua Gio Parfum Armani Code Parfum Armani Code EDT Chanel Allure Sport EDT Chanel Allure Sport Extreme EDP Dior Elixir parfum Dior Sauvage parfum Armani Acqua Gio EDT Dolce&Gabbana Light Blue Intense Versace Eros Parfum Dolce&Gabbana Light Blue Intense-K EDP As I was testing and comparing all these fragrances I was also smelling the Gentlemen Society from time to time. I noticed I kept coming back to Givenchy Society for some reason. Something was drawing me to Givenchy. So I went back to the 2nd lady that dragged me to her station a while ago and to see what Givenchy has to offer. I went back and forth comparing all the Givenchy's to the 12 colognes I listed above. I kept comparing them ALL, smelling them, going back and forth, From Givenchy back to the other 12, about 30 times at least and I noticed a SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL smell in the 12 listed colognes compared to the Givenchy colognes. I noticed that ALL OF THEM SMELLED GENERIC COMPARED TO THE GENTLEMENT LINE-UP, especially to "Society". It hit me like a ton of brick. I was thinking to myself "Wow, Givenchy actually smells like a cologne that belongs in the 21st Century, a true outliner". Givenchy just smells CLEAN with no BS chemical smell. You wouldn't even notice the chemical smells in the 12 colognes I listed above until you compare it to a real cologne like Givenchy. So THIS is why she dragged me away from the 1st lady; she knew Givenchy was the best cologne they had in the store. Coming to find out, she also works at a high end boutique store in my city and is also a rep for Kiliani and Brunello Cucinelli. She is a professional and I had no idea. She told my Givenchy doesn't do any marketing and they have a loyal following. Her statement made me think of a famous Marketer who said: "How do you know you have a bad product? When it needs MARKETING" She told me 1 of her customers said "This smells like CREED", he came back the same day and bought 1 of the Givenchy colognes. I forgot which one she mentioned. Seriously, try this out for yourself and dont take my word for it. Go to Macys or any other store, test spray every designer cologne they got and compare it to any Givenchy and smell the difference for yourself. Hope this will helps you guys.

One of the few fragrances I fell in love with from the very first time I smelled it. I adore Gentleman Society, it's the perfect manly vanilla scent in my opinion. I also agree with the review below me in that it's the best from the Gentleman Society line, EDP Extreme has an off putting note that makes it smell like medicine (I'm assuming it's the peppermint), and I find Ambrée to be a boring ambery tobacco scent. From all the notes listed, vanilla is the most prominent to my nose. I get some of the spice from the cardamom and the different types of vetiver and woods give the scent an earthier quality that makes the fragrance very enjoyable instead of being just a flat vanilla scent. Despite the inclusion of these notes, Gentleman Society never strikes me as a woody or a vetiver forward scent, they're more so aiding the vanilla in making it a more complete scent. I bought a tester bottle thinking I'd receive a retail one and it has text in the back mentioning "wild narcissus", but I don't think I really perceive it when I spray the fragrance, but I do notice a more floral smell when I smell the atomizer. In terms of performance, I think this is the best performing designer fragrance I own. Longevity is astounding, as I could faintly smell it on one of my forearms 21 hours later. Even just 12 hours after spraying I could smell it quite clearly, so longevity is no issue at all. Projection stays moderate for the most part, and in a way I think it works in its favor as you probably don't want to make other people dizzy if they find this fragrance to be too sweet. It's definitely much stronger right after spraying, being maybe a good 3-4 feet but quickly settles down to around 2 feet only. Not entirely sure when it becomes a skin scent, as I could still catch whiffs of it while watering plants and moving around about 7 hours later. Overall it's a good performing fragrance with amazing longevity.

This stuff might not be anything groundbreaking or exciting as far as being innovative, but everything it does it does extremely well and effortlessly with a suave scent profile and overall texture. Another fragrance in my collection that is an absolute 10/10 on my scale and can be used in all the same situations as this one and yet smells completely different is Valentino's Uomo, just the original formulation that Olivie Polge did. Both of these fragrances have an addictive quality like no other designer fragrances in my collection and I'd say they are now both considered my signature scents. I honestly don't think I can pick one over the other, and I don't think either of them will age very much over the next 15-20 years. I'd definitely say that they are modern classics and anyone who likes to have style and class and carries themselves in a more reserved and quiet manner would absolutely love either one of those two fragrances and I definitely recommend picking both of them up!!! Performance on me is equal for both as well. Very good longevity of 7+ hours with 2 hours of moderately dense projection but reaching out no more than arms length. 10 hours of performance if you include skin scent. The Givenchy presentation could be a bit better as the bottles have gotten lighter and thinner in glass and the atomizers are not very good at all on this one. But that's a very minor complaint, I try to focus on the juice when dealing with designer prices. Highly recommend getting your nose on this one as soon as possible. If you like softer, classier fragrances I say it's blind buy safe if you like the notes.

If you enjoy the actual smell and performance of the new vanilla-sentric scents for men that are so prevalent in the past several years, but you find them to be a bit too youthful or juvenile for your taste then this fragrance does an excellent job of taking that DNA and making it lean formal. While not overly potent it can be used in the office environment, just tone down the sprays. That also goes for very warm weather. If you are going out and it's going to be nice weather then this does have slightly above average performance so that's another positive. But the best thing about it is that women absolutely love the way it smells and I think it's the most well done of the new, sweetened fragrance trend and it's the only one that doesn't showcase iris as the main accord such as DHI, Valentino Uomo Intense, Bleu Noir Parfum and even the original Valentino Uomo. While I definitely love all of those as nice, well put together, formal and good performing scent profiles, this one is right there with them and that is quite a pack of fragrances to be in. So I think that if you enjoy any of those then you can most likely blind buy this one and have absolutely no concerns. Get your nose on it if you can. Out of the 3 Gentleman Society releases this and Ambre' are the two to have.

Very strong, woody but sweet opening. I agree with a lot of people saying it has a harsh, almost "too strong" opening to some extent, however I don't fully see it as a complete negative. It is telling me from the beginning "Yes, I last. Yes, I am powerful. Yes, I am sweet but also savoury." I have received more compliments from this than from anything else I have worn, and around maybe 80% of those were during the Summer months but I'll be honest, I rarely wear this in the summer because it is in it's entirety a very wintery fragrance. The warmth and cosiness it brings is unmistakably a direct calling for cold weather, and that ideology is strengthened by the fact that in warm settings, the sweetness does get to be almost too much for many people. The longevity of this fragrance is undeniably very good. That's all there really is to say; I mean obviously it will vary with different people's skin, but for myself and a lot of other people that I know have tried it, it lasts at least 10 hours, if not more. Over time, the woodiness doesn't fade all that much until you get to the very end, where it turns into a lush sweetness, still maintaining some of that wood and vanilla, but I find it is most sweet at around 7 hours in. Genuinely one of my favourite winter fragrances, 9/10