Pi Air

Husband and I picked this up at the Navy Exchange so we still got a decent price for an expensive new release. I honestly wasn't anticipating him purchasing a cologne that day, and wasn't in the mood to try things. I'm glad this was what we ultimately settled on, because I really do adore it and its a nice addition to his collection. On the top its very bright, you get the ginger/neroli/lavender/rosemary classic fresh haircut from the barber flavor. As it dries down it does develop that warm/sweet/powderyness that the original has, however its more like a cousin than a twin. Id say its close enough to the original that its recognizable to be a flanker but it has its own personality. At the base you get the PI sweetness, with a musky edge to it. I would suggest those that find PI is too vanilla and sweet to try this. The musk tempers the sweetness. That day we picked it out, after smelling far too many other colognes on test strips when smelling this on my Husband I said "yes, get this one! Its like that powdery smell you get from the top of a newborn babies head, if that baby was held by a handsome man and his delicious sweet cologne was wafting in as well." Perhaps the guy just got a haircut! Ha! At any rate its intoxicating to me as a woman, love it on my Husband. Try it out Gents! It think your Ladies will love it!

Pros: smells great, relatively inexpensive, versatile, gorgeous presentation Cons: almost identical to the original, not projection beast I wouldn’t really consider this fragrance a “sleeper”, but I do think it’s underrated for what it is. It looks and smells “pretty”, which is why I voted this as a unisex fragrance, however it leans more masculine than feminine. Think Givenchy Pi, but less sweet and more fresh. It is noticeably “airy”, but significantly less gourmand than the original. Whether someone is wearing Pi Air or just Pi, you would recognize both the same way from the Benzoin note. I definitely understand the “dryer sheet” comparison, but it doesn’t smell cheap by any means. It smells and looks expensive, which is why I think it is a great value for its price point. It could perform better, but it has the word “air” in the name so you should expect something light and soft. Perfect for spring and summer, can be used in early fall as well ideally when it’s light out. Overall I would say it’s very worth smelling or finding a sample of, definitely worth the price if you do end up buying, and is a versatile, early to mid year fragrance.

Whenever I see negativity about a scent I compare the persons tastes to my own. In this case a guy who dislikes about 50 fragrances (which includes noir extreme, dhi, la nuit, MIP, and just about any sweet scent there is, then proceeds to do the oh-so-common "this is a grandma scent" whining) and only loves seven, two of which are the dreadfully boring and overused/overhyped sauvage and Aventus. As a lover of the original and a fan of the notes, bottle, and overall idea of a fresher pi that still has benzoin and musk in the base, I think I will give this one a chance. I'll leave a review in a few days when I've had the chance to wear it.

I sprayed it today along with original Pie. Without comparing both in front of you you could never tell the difference. However next to each other, this one is much fresher. Much more white shirt type of smell in the spring/summer. I really liked it but I also suspect this is Fraiche but in a new bottle and labeled "Air" even on the bottom it says Fraiche. For me , i already own two other bottles of the original so its redundant for me to buy but its a great scent and modernized for today's generation. Can't believe how long original Pie has been around, its one of my all time favorites.

One of the freshest scents to have ever been created. I shopped around for my first ever designer fragrance, smelling every single thing available at Macys (there was like 50+ I smelled that day). Out of everything, this one scent stood out unlike anything else. It smelled fresh, versatile, non-offensive and clean. Only scents that I own now that compete with this i'd say are YSL Y, and His Confessions by Lattafa. If you can grab this, i'd highly recommend. I just ran out of mine and have swapped it out for the other two scents I mentioned earlier.