Guilty Pour Homme

I probably haven't been involved with fragrances quite long enough to realize what it is that garners all the animosity towards Gucci Guilty. Maybe, it's like Dior, a company that makes very original and stand out works of art type designer fragrances, suddenly went all out mainstream. Perhaps, this is viewed as "selling out", in some way. I get that. Before I was really into fragrances, I liked a lot of the Tom Ford created Yves St. Laurent stuff, then I found everything after he left L'homme to be, just not what I liked. I just didn't come into Gucci at their high point I guess. I found them now. I don't know what their old stuff smells like because most of it isn't available. When I got my nose on Gucci Guilty it was because I was in a store and compared it on an equal footing to many others for which I wasn't concerned with the brand name. My nose was my judge. I don't think this smells generic. Bleu De Chanel has become the Generic smelling cologne for me because there are so many that smell like it, Jimmy Choo, Acqua Essenziale, Sauvage etc. This one doesn't smell like Bleu De Chanel, so cross that "generic" description off the list. It smells really good, like almost fruity, but sexy. I have a yuuuge collection and I don't have anything that smells as close to this as all the previously mentioned one's smell to Bleu De Chanel. Seriously, this is a unique fragrance, unless you are comparing it to Gucci Guilty Intense which is supposed to smell like it. This stuff smells good, maybe familiar, but it is original. When my nose decided my favorite fragrance I was smelling at the store it was this one. Subsequently, I read reviews and tried to figure out how this one gets so much grief. I say just let your nose guide you and lay off the people running Gucci Guilty because your favorite perfumer left. Maybe this isn't your style, but it is someone else's, many other else's, and just realize a page has turned at Gucci. This is good juice.

I'm a little late to the party with this one. Just received my order of Gucci Guilty and a few flankers. I discovered this fragrance years ago when I had just only begun exploring the fragrance hobby. At this early stage I only shopped at Sephora and I think it may have been included in one of those sample packs that let you exchange a coupon for a full size bottle. I don't think I liked it very much back then, but smelling it now makes me feel some nostalgia. A simpler time. Now over 10 years later, I've smelled and owned a lot of different fragrances, niche and designer, different price brackets, and I think I've come round full circle. I really like this fragrance! I know people say it's boring or uninspired, and maybe that's true, but it's hard to argue that this fragrance doesn't smell good. Funny how tastes evolve over time. I can't really pick out individual notes, so maybe that's a testament to it's blending, or my poor nose. Either way, a bottle of Gucci Guilty and it's flankers can be had at discounters in the $60 range, which I think is a good value. I get about 4-5 hours of longevity with about an hour of sillage. Not a great performer, but at EDT concentration I'm not expecting much. It's good for what it is. Great for dumb reach, go out for a quick errand kind of fragrance. If you need it to last an entire work day, just go heavier on the trigger. I will review the flankers soon. Go grab a bottle!

I never saw the commercial for this fragrance, I guess because I almost never watch TV. So, the whole story about heavy marketing for this fragrance didn't have any influence on me. Anyway, after I sprayed it on my wrist I fell in love with it immediately! After it I looked up on Internet and I was shocked to see so many bad reviews. So, I thought maybe my taste for fragrances is really weird. Then I decided to listen to experienced users from Fragrantica, and I decided to test few of the fragrances with the most positive reviews. And guess what, I didn't like any of them! All of them were overpowering to the point of causing slight nausea. So, my final thought is: Most users who write reviews here are "fragrance fanatics" who LOVE to attract the attention of people on the street by wearing extremely strong fragrances. For me personally, it's a big turn off when I'm able to smell someone from the distance of more than couple of feet. My opinion is that only extremely attractive people leave good impression by wearing strong fragrances, and all other people look just funny by doing the same. For me Gucci Guilty smells incredible! It's masculine, sexy, warm, and nostalgic at the same time. Lasts pretty long on my skin, and it won't choke people around you. Anyone who smells this fragrance on you will come closer to smell it better. And that's what you want, right?

I liked this straight away. It seems very hated on, and since I've gotten my nose on it, I have no idea why. The performance, which seems to be everyone's biggest complaint, was at least average for me and definitely nothing that would detract from my opinion of it, and the scent itself is beautiful. It was instantly familiar to me, but I couldn't figure out what it reminded me of. The good ol' 'reminds me of" section came to the rescue: Only the Brave by Diesel, which I happen to like, and a bit of Allure Home Sport, which I also enjoy but don't own a bottle as I don't want to spend the money on it. That match with Diesel has received as many downvotes as upvotes, but I think people often mistake the "reminds me of" section with the "exact, carbon-copy" section. While certainly not identical, all three are similar concoctions sharing a general sweet, woody vibe. The lavender-focused Gucci seems a bit more mature and formal than the amber-centric Diesel, slightly less sweet and a little creamy or powdery. If you can get the 3 oz. bottle of GPH for under for a decent price, I think it's a good value and a versatile fragrance that will be liked by just about anyone who catches a whiff. And if you don't want to spend that much, you can get a 4.2 oz. bottle of Only the Brave for less than $45.

Hated on this when it came out because it was such a stark change of direction from their previous masterpieces. Bought it last year because I happened to sniff it in Hawaii and for some reason my brain attached some incredibly powerful neuroassociation to it being “the scent of Hawaii” — and yes, I know how ridiculous that is — and I have to say, as with all popular fragrances I used to be a hater of, this is a really well done, mass appealing little jewel. It’s such an easy dumb reach and smells great, lasts decently, and women really do love it. When I first smelled it my girl and I noticed how it was vaguely similar to Chanel Allure Sport, which is one of my all time favorites. It hits the spot when I don’t want to use up my good old stock of Allure Sport. It’s become one of my favorites for its comfortable and easy to wear scent, and it’s one of those that makes me feel even more attractive when I put it on. I notice it’s got a fairly low rating here, surely for the same reason that I initially hated on it — it’s not GPH or Envy. That’s not really a fair criticism to make of it. It’s a great one and still quite relevant today.