Gentlemen Only Parisian Break

I love this cologne!!!! I can't say that about any other cologne i have ever purchased. Now this is the standard to which all others will be measured. Nothing else out there smells as good as this does! Its a shame they don't make it anymore. I already bought two bottles from Dillard's when i found out this was a limited edition. This is truly an amazing scent! It is very calming and relaxing and peaceful. I think its the middle note of clary sage but I'm not sure. For me when making a purchase its not just how a scent smells but its about how it makes you feel. There is something in this that is slightly euphoric, like sensual a turn on, but in a peaceful way. This is not a bold manly scent and it is not an invigorating scent. It is soft and inviting, like you want to get close to a person. It is quite a turn on to my nose. It's like i just can't get enough of it!!! I really liked Givenchy "Play" and still do, but this one is the best. It might not work for very cold weather however. I will stay with Play for winter! Buy this before it runs out!!! Antidepressant: Clary Sage Oil can boost self esteem, confidence, hope and mental strength, thereby efficiently fighting depression. This can be very helpful for forms of depression due to failures in your career or personal life, insecurity, loneliness, stagnation, death of a friend or loved, and many other reasons. Clary Sage oil also relieves anxiety. As an antidepressant, it can be systematically administered to patients suffering from acute depression who are undergoing rehabilitation. Aphrodisiac: This is one of the most well known properties of Clary Sage oil. It is an aphrodisiac, which means a substance or stimulus that boosts libido and feelings of sexual desire. It is very effective in treating frigidity, psychological problems resulting in loss of libido, and even impotency. Studies have shown it to be equally effective in males and females. It affects the hormones of the body and increases testosterone levels, which can seriously increase performance and interest in sexual activities.Euphoric: Clary Sage oil can induce a feeling of immense joy, confidence, pleasure and high spirits and fill you with the desire to live your life to the fullest. This is why it is frequently used to cure depression or chronic stress and anxiety.Sedative: Do you need to calm down? Do you want to concentrate? Or do you simply want to relax and have a good night’s sleep? Clary Sage oil can help you with all of these. It reduces inflammations and has an undeniably calming effect. People suffering from chronic stress or anxiety disorders find great comfort in the use of Clary Sage essential oil.

What a fabulous scent!! Quite similar to Davidoff's Good Life: Green, citrusy, fresh, bitter, sage-mint-vetiver on a polite lemony base! Elegant and sexy! I'm smitten!! If a guy wore this, i would surely fall for them!! PS: it stayed more than 12 hours on me!!!

It might be nothing new in recipe, however it is a very fresh, clean, handsome fragrance. I love it. Whether it's generic or not, spray this on after a shower, over a clean white pressed cotton t-shirt, and you are sure to turn heads.

They need to bring back this sexual toothpaste! Never owned it...it disappeared before money appeared...almost literally. Mild but magnificent is my review from brief dept. store encounters.

I am a fan of the entire Givenchy Gentleman Only line and certainly not a fan of everything that came after.

Tried a free sample today.Wonderful.Similar in aromatic quality to Gucci Sport & Dior Homme.

comfort, relieve. 7/10. soundtrack: cliff martinez - solaris ost.

I admit that I love the elegance of the bottle and evocative sketch on it. However, I found this fragrance to be generic in the extreme with its strong (albeit bright and refreshing) grapefruit/mint vibe. Longevity is a bit dubious too at 3-4 hours on my skin at the very most, with soft projection throughout. It also reminds me strongly of one of the Beckham fragrances - 'The Essence' I think. My advice is to stick to the Beckham fragrance for the same tonic effect as Parisian Break but at a quarter (or less) of the price. Overall I can't recommend this overpriced and ultimately bland fragrance. I still think that the gingery 'Casual Chic' is so far the stand-out fragrance of the Gentlemen Only series. UPDATE: OK, it's not so bad after all. I sampled Parisian Break again this afternoon and although it's still generic, it has an interesting refreshingly bitter and authentic grapefruit note throughout which I do like. In fact I now prefer Parisian Break to Casual Chic whose heavy dose of ginger after a while can get a bit nauseating and boring in my view.

Finally got my hands on this beauty. As you can probably tell, my signature is casual chic, and that, as well as this is discontinued. I don't understand why it would be: -This scent is mass appealing, it will never offend anyone. -It's got an element of "blue shower gel scent" to it, but I feel it develops as it goes, it's very clean. -The lemon is veeeery faint here, but I definitely smell the mint. It smells natural and doesn't have a synthetic kick to it imo. -Perfect for hot weather, scents like this were made JUST for the summer. It's very uplifting. The atomizer is very nice, but the performance is lacking. Spray semi-generously, as this doesn't seem like a scent that will offend anyone by over-spraying. The bottle is gorgeous. All in all, 8/10. Worth it to be in your collection if you like Givenchy.

I have to give it a 'like' because it's not bad...but what is Parisian break? I'd say uber generic piffle. It's mainly Ambroxan to my nose, there's a ton of citrus and sage and its minty too, which reminds me of Invictus/Eros/some Gucci blah...and the recent Sauvage. For all its powdered, homogeneousness (yeah yeah you won't find that in any dictionaries.) it does have something slightly masculine in there could be some vetiver? Not that it's very evident, certainly not worthy of being the top of the vote notes...bizarre. Like I said it's not bad but really doesn't excite me and is even a touch incipid after a while but hey it lasts very well, not that it matters.

it is a rather nice fragrance, the pyramid of notes is acually spot on, from the minty grapefruit opening through to Ambroxan Vetiver drydown. It is very similar in places to Dior's Sauvage, especially the heart notes. It's nice, it's likable, it's just a bit unremarkable.

Very nice bottle but the fragrance is nothing like the Chic flanker, which is my favorite from the Gents only flankers.

Nice perfume reminds me of something intense. It's smooth flower like. Strong enough but not aggressive

@antonpan: No Sir, no way this is a copy of Invictus!

The opening is pretty nice and refreshing: lemon, sage, and very light sweet mint. After 5 minutes I can smell orris-root, and I don't know from where do I get that smell!!! That heavy note (orris-root or whatever it is) masks out the nice freshness forever due to the way how it's incorporated...

In a nutshell... it's alright. There is literally nothing original about it. It's a bland generic fresh scent. Nothing memorable. I wore this today actually, and it had left me by about 11am.. and to be honest I don't even recall what it smells like right now. If someone walked past wearing it, I probably wouldn't even realise. That's how memorable and significant Parisian Break is. Probably why they only had it out for a short period before they discon'ed it.

Remainds me of Fairy soap for washing up ;)

mint and citrus...nothing of new.2/10

Gentlemen Only Parisian Break perfume was marketed as Eau de Toilette Fraîche and ended up becoming a Limited Edition, as it was quickly taken off the shelves and disappeared from the market. Its fragrance is classified as citrus-aromatic and brings notes of Sicilian lemon and mint from Nepal, in the output; Sage, in the body; Vetiver from Haiti, and ambroxan, at the base. Gentlemen Only Parisian Break is another one of those creations full of freshness, which are not original, but are always welcome, especially when they have quality. And this one has a lot of quality! However, Gentlemen Only Parisian Break behaved differently, depending on the volume of fragrance applied. In the times when I only tested it on the blotter, with one or two sprays, I came across a smell more similar to melon (or watermelon) and the typical performance of blue fragrances, while in the times when I wore the fragrance willingly, on my skin, I got a more citrusy and even juicier result. Gentlemen Only Parisian Break opens with a very evident lemon and gains intensity with the aromatic presence of sage. The mint does not attract much attention, and, in fact, it seems that it has switched places with the sage note within the olfactory pyramid, as I can only notice it more effectively after a few minutes of application. In terms of evolution, Gentlemen Only Parisian Break plays the basic and linear style that doesn't bring big surprises, since its intention is to refresh. And in this respect, there was a success, as Haitian vetiver is greener and lighter than the others, which are known for their strong content of dry woods and earthy roots. In the end, Gentlemen Only Parisian Break was another one of those representatives of the Cologne and Sport families, which deserved to have remained on sale within the brand's portfolio, as it stands up to competing fragrances such as Dior Homme Cologne (2013) and Jimmy Choo Man Ice, leaving nothing to be desired.

Gentlemen Only Parisian Break Givenchy for men. The composition is a citrus,aromatic,woody. It opens with tonic accords of Nepal mint and lemon. The aromatic heart of sage extends the freshness of the scent. Haitian vetiver is mixed with ambroxan at the base!!