Gucci Guilty Cologne Pour Homme

Confessions of a Gucci Fanboy: It's happening. . . I have gone full circle from the frustrating prospecting of niche to the well-calculated, marketed, targeted, tested raw power of designer. Oh hell, I just gave in, the designers are so darn good. Still, I love my niche Sticky Fingers by Francesca Bianchi. Just one score like this one makes niche worth the struggle. Side Rant: Francesca Bianchi is so amazing--not hard on the eyes either. Probably can't say that nowadays. We guys oughta just shoot ourselves or maybe go to one of those charming 're-education' facilities like the Communists use. I can see it now: Bad Doggie re-program Room A. Right. You are now cured. 'Oh. . you look nice today (snore). You can't even joke anymore so let me sort this out so as not to offend. Guys who are gentlemen can meet todays standards. A gentleman always keeps the standard. OK relax, good talk. Regarding 'designer' versus niche; designer is not as robust a fragrance and re-formulation has erred toward weaker compared to niche. Still, alot of niche quickly becomes a skin scent. Confused enough? Wondering if the public does not want something too strong that will hang in the air. Maybe the public just wants a fragrance quickie. NOTE: This is a cologne with surprisingly great durability. Being a cologne it is not as concentrated as a Toilette. Still, keep the faith. This stuff delivers with a hearty spray!!!! The juice is the prettiest, softest green-- that ever made the scene. The glass bottle is so heavy and tapered for the hand. Yep. It just feels good. Nice ritual. To the notes, to the point: Top: Juniper Berries, Rosemary, Calabrian Bergamot Middle: Cypress, Heliotrope, Violet Base: White Musk, Patchouli LEAF, Cedar Done by Roberto Morillas and launched 2019. Open is just wonderful with my favorite note of Juniper Berries. I go crazy over black pepper and juniper as found in many of the British scents like Dunhill or Hugh Parsons. (By the way. . . . Hugh Parsons kind of is getting the 'high hat'. This stuff is fun, bright and traditional for a real gent!) Moving past the Juniper--there is no black pepper. A quick entrance of Cypress, and Violet in just a matter of ten seconds. Super nice Violet. The Heliotrope adds a lush nectar/sweetness with maybe even some heft! The only base I can really detect is Cedar which I have come to love. After some hours, the final drydown does seem to have the White Musk factor and it is barely detectable--but 'gamey' and classy. It's in there: I'm going to have to try the Patchouli Leaves by : is it Montale? Mancera? This scent is remarkably successful in attaining two goals: First off, it has a certain bulk to the fragrance cloud as well as a bright aspect. Also the Violet is so nice and the Heliotrope is like a really satisfying confection or pastry. I think the Heliotrope adds the "bulk". Secondly, this scent in final dry down offers a real delicate interpretation of musk and a much brighter Patchouli that fools my nose. I saw it in the notes, I did not detect it. So light. . . must be the leaves. Apparently, this was not run for very long. I get real curious when a fragrance is met with 'we don't get it' . Dump it, 'it aint sellin'. I just have to move in for the sniff. I like prospecting. I'm getting real good at it, but had to waste some money at first. I paid $71USD. Upon initial purchase, it seemed a bit rich. The product really is unique and worth every penny. Shop it, if you want. I love a great deal. I learned alot. Patchouli leaves--wow. Heliotrope--luxe.... doll. Violet--not all the same. Juniper Berries--where the big boys screw it up but not this one. Also learned: Cologne is not always too weak. Re-calculating. Also learned: Practical and hot all in one bottle. I like that.

I must reveal my strange relationship with this fragrance. I cannot be silent anymore because I've been obsessed with Gucci Guilty Cologne ever since I got it. It confuses me, it intrigues me, it humors me, it supports me, it loves me, it gets me... I didn't bother test this one. I just plunged straight into a blind purchase. I disregarded the consistent hate, disgust and rejection this scent received. People call it names insult it but it just made me more curious. It came. I sprayed it on. I thought, "Damnit I actually don't like this... What is that saltiness? What is that fizziness? What is that weird creaminess? What is making it smell dry, powdery and soapy like baby wipes like others have mentioned? The notes looked so promising but the result is so f...ing strange". I was so upset that I continued spraying it on hoping it would change or dry-down to something different. I kept spraying trying to find out what I enjoyed about the scent. Why am I still spraying this thing? I already decided I don't like it, but why do I keep spraying. Am I forcing myself to enjoy my blind buy? Are my feelings about this not reliable anymore because I am a hostage in denial of the idea that maybe I wasted my money? Stockholm syndrome at its spookiest... But wait a minute... At the time it had been two consecutive days and I had worn nothing but Gucci Guilty Cologne trying to understand it, but also enjoying it. Performance is quite strong for a cologne even an edt but stable. It is clean and soft, like fabric softener and baby-powder in the air but contrasted by the facets of creaminess, fizziness and the sparkle of shaving cream like an ultra-modern fougère. The scent profile humors me. It is humbling expressing humility by displaying an infant-like cleanliness but then it is rounded and matured by a cleanliness that is also of a grown man clean shaven. I have stopped wearing it to understand it because not understanding it is why I love it. Gucci Guilty Cologne is Olfactory art. It is a statement. It has told me, "shut-up, stop overthinking and just wear me" reminding me of the basic function of a perfume, and I have submitted to its commands. It has restarted everything for me and told me it is as much functional as it is art. I needed Gucci Guilty Cologne to remind me that perfume is equally an art as it is functional. I find it calming and addicting and it has become one of my favorite signatures to reach for this spring and summer. I look forward to also wearing it this fall and winter. Unique, avant-garde, but ultra-modern and clean. A misunderstood masterpiece in my opinion. 🧼 🌿🪒 10/10 Edit: I don't know how or why but I've been complemented and approached numerously on my wearings of this. I don't usually write on complement factor but this performs very well on me. I'm always afraid to recommend it because of how polarizing I know it is. And yes @dabatch I too see a second bottle of this in my future if I can still find one!

I like this cologne. It's challenging, but the more I smell it, the more I'm reaching for it as a daily wear. I am satisfied with my purchase of a whole bottle. And truthfully, I enjoy it a lot. Among the shower-gel freshies, the ambrox bombs, and the nauseating milky-sweet-sandalwood mens fragrances at Sephora as of 07/21, this one definitely stood out. The fragrance is dominated by a strong, long lasting "gunpowder" accord that I can only describe as extremely powdery, dry, green, sharp, fresh, slightly sulfurous, smooth, and balanced. This might be the "heliotrope, violet and cypress". I'm guessing the heliotrope + violet is a ton of ionones (alpha ionone anyone?) and some irones and heliotropin, somehow dried to a crisp with other aromachems. The cypress note might be a microdose of some sulfurous aromachem? The Alaskan Cypress Oil I own definitely has sulfurous top notes, so this is appropriate. Anyway, it's a really nice and unique aroma that is linear and lasts. It starts out with a nondescript, acidic, distant, sharp but pleasant citrus note. It finishes off with a nose-tingling breeze of woody-amber molecules (ambrocenide, norlimbanol perhaps). Through the duration of the fragrance, there is a very mild and lovely aquatic presence, perhaps calone or cascalone. Normally calone disgusts me, but here it works so well!! I cannot detect the white musk... I could perhaps be anosmic to it, or it's just carefully hidden, or very transparent. Good longevity, and strong but not overpowering. Is it a safe blind buy? No. But it's different than anything I own, and I really enjoy it. It's minimal, light and transparent, but lovely. Definitely polarizing. Try before you buy! Wear it and see how you feel. EDIT: I really like this juice, the more I wear it the more I appreciate it. I also removed some snark in my review regarding note pyramids.

This is a really good fragrance. This is probably my favorite of the Gucci guilty‘s for summer weather. It is a great every day summer scent. I use things like dolce and Gabbana light blue, Dylan blue and maybe even a little happy for men during the summer but this is for sure my daily go to in warm weather. It reminds me of the beautiful beaches of Malibu and the windy mountain trails and fresh breezes of Topanga! You get the perfect combination of clean and earthy without a lot 🍋 and 🧼 and the dry down is completely comforting. When I put this on I get comps out of the gate! It is unique especially the dry down. I get pretty decent longevity but do carry a small bottle of it for refresher around 2-3pm After a 8:30 application. Is it worth the money? I would say yes this is one of the few fragrances that I constantly re-purchase. I do look for opportunities to pay less for it but that’s just in my nature I do that with everything but I have never had an issue paying full price for it. I’ve been very satisfied. If you never experienced one of the Gucci guilty fragrances for men I think this would be a very good first time buy for that line. Honestly I think this has the best longevity and silage (outside of absolute and the GG Parfums) I’m such an ADD individual when it comes to fragrances I cannot consistently wear the same one every single day because I need my scents to go along with my mood and what I’m feeling for that day. But I wear this more consistently as a signature fragrance than I do anything else during the summer. The key to its longevity, since it is a cologne, is to go heavy on the application and let it completely dry if you want it to last more than a hour or so...

Wow! This fragrance is actually really good! Definitely not what I was expecting but I'm happy about that. Very modern and not your average designer spring/summer fragrance. Where most are all citrus and aquatic, This cologne is floral and woodsy. This one really reminds me of Dior Homme, but not in smell rather in genre. The more floral, soapy and woodsy with be a nice change and make you standout from all the other heavy citrus and aquatics this summer. Like Dior Homme this one opens with a pungent almost medical citrus smell, I'm assuming from the bergamot but that dissipates in seconds and the florals takeover. The Heliotrope is centerstage in the fragrance and again like Dior Homme gives a really nice soapy/powdery scent with a little little spice from the rosemary I'm guessing. From there the scent remains this soft clean floral with a warm base and the scent stays this way for most of the duration until maybe around the 4 hour mark and then the woods and patchouli completely takes over and finish off the night. And honestly the woods is really what made me a fan of this fragrance. The warm cypress with the patchouli gives this a animalic, balsamic aroma that almost comes off as a cleaner more musky Oud. This fragrance is label a cologne but the opening is pretty wide and comes off more like a edt but once it dries down it becomes very soft which I'm sure others will confuse the performance with being weak but I think this is a A+ fragrance from the house of Gucci and another one of those fragrances pushing the boundaries and starting conversation of what men fragrance can be just like Gucci Guilty Absolute, this one belongs in my collection.