Aura for Men

There is a little street in Paris on the left bank just off of the Quai de Montebello called Les Degrés De Notre Dame. It is an utterly charming narrow street with a restaurant which bares the name of the street and a small clump of trees in a little island in the intersection that have fairy lights in them. It is one of my favorite just out of the way spots in Paris. It is so beautiful that movies are shot on this spot. Most recently Anne Hathaway was romanced on this spot by Simon Baker in “The Devil Wears Prada.” And here at this junction under a lilac tree you can smell the most incredible scents of the city. Heady mixtures of the river Seine, the enticing aromas wafting from the restaurant Les Degrés De Notre Dame, and the surrounding flowers and the trees assault the senses. IT is heaven on earth with a view of Notre Dame Cathedral at the end of the street glowing in the night just beyond trees across the river. Aura by Jaccamo Paris is much like this tiny part of paradise in the French capital. It is listed as a woody spicy but to me it is very gourmand. The opening notes of ginger, lemon and sage just burst forth in a splashy rush and for ten delirious minutes you are almost knocked off your feet. This almost put me off at first but what comes next is like a fabulous meal in a great undiscovered bistro. Nutmeg, Tonka bean, cinnamon the smell of fresh cut sweet tobacco leaves and tea hover at the heart of the fragrance. And they make a wondrous combination that both satisfy and strangely leave you hungry for more. It is almost too much to take in as it unfolds. But it is worth it. At the dry down you meet a classic combo of musk, sandalwood, cedar and patchouli, this desert is warm and comforting as a good cup of espresso after a long and enjoyable meal. All of this was a real surprise to me as I only paid including tax $14.95 for this fragrance on-line. I found the very sleek modern bottle design to be intriguing and thought well why not give it a go. How happy I am that I took the chance on this blind buy. It has a fairly good projection and last quite long on my skin. This fragrance that bowed in with the new millennium is a real find for those looking for a great modern fragrance that fits well with all ages and can be worn year round. Bravo to the nose of Henri Bergia for a great work in perfumery. Five gold stars. *****

I very rarely write reviews on scents worn by man around me, but I simply had to say something about AURA. My SO does not wear perfume, when we started dating he had worn only Old Spice Whitewater and was completely numb to anything else. Nevertheless, he gave me a permission to gift him a perfume. I was excited and started planning a gran niche purchase costing me much $$$, but he forbid me telling that he will not wear stuff costing more than 30$. So my quest began. I found AURA on clearance for around 15$ and instantly bought it not expecting much, I though - well then, if he does not want a unique and expensive stuff, let him have this little drugstore thing. Nevertheless since then we have stacked up 6 bottles of AURA in fear of running out. I love this scent. And he loves it too. AURA has the perfect balance of fresh tea and warm sandalwood AND sweet tobacco. This will surprise you - this little 15$ gem has proven to be much better than many niches out there, it has a perfect balance in notes, they are blended together perfectly, it is very unique, very versatile, it has a fantastic silage and it LASTS! He applies in on 7 AM filling the room with this awesomeness and on 9 PM when we snuggle in the coach to watch a movie I can still feel the creamy sandalwood and sweet tobacco. A FANTASTIC THING! I recommend AURA for every male out there. This is a catch. Buy before this goes away.

Took a minor gamble for £5.14 for 40 ml on eBay after seeing a Mr Smelly review. Well worth it. To me it's similar but definitely not the same as Tasmeem by Rasasi. I can smell a similar cardamom accord despite it not being listed. That's what comes across first for me. There's an added element of barbershop and some crisp, fresh greenness. I can easily pick out the nutmeg and ginger. A tiny bit of leather but no tobacco for me. On me it dries down to a creamy clean soap which I think may be the sandalwood. Performance is very good on me. Totally unexpected for a £5 fragrance. Wore it all day yesterday and have had it on for three and a half hours so far today. I could get good wafts of it after six hours yesterday although it's not a powerhouse. If it's not unique then at least it's different and distinctive enough to be interesting. Very happy with this one and the bottle reminds me of a prop from Gerry Anderson's Space 1999.

90's in a bottle. The opening is really aromatic, herbal, a bit old-school and daring, I smell the sage, nutmeg and a dry sandalwood in the opening, I get the same sandalwood smell in Dior Dune for women, they're not clones of each other but the 5 first minutes are really close.. Then it gets a bit powdery and sweet, less harsh, I get more of the tobacco, ginger and tonka combo, in a almost spicy-gourmand way, it smells a bit like Christmas to me, i'm surprised it wasn't mentioned. If you appreciates those 90's scents, the drydown won't surprise you, it reminds me a bit of Versace The Dreamer in the very drydown. It would be a great spring and fall scent, maybe a bit too much in the summer heat and a bit too flat during cold days. Given its price , the value is really great, and I love this bottle so much, it looks futuristic and 70's at the same time.

Lanier, what a genious review!!! I have blind ordered this fragrance just because of that single review. If it hits the mark, Aura will be a great find and Iam sure it will!!I love the sort of feeling which Lanier describes in his review, the narrow street, the bistro, the smells, the meal with the nice espresso ending....fantastic! I always look for such hidden little streets and restaurants when abroad and those two hours you sit there and watch the world turn, people come and go, waiters in hurry...while you eat the delicious lunch of yours...fairytale like! Lanier's gormand approach to this scent makes me almost 100% sure that Aura is something for me! The fragrance should be with me in a few days, so I will come back and write my review about it for sure....

....and so I continue! Aura has arrived yesterday and I involved myself in it entirely since. Lanier's review is spot on! It has the charm he describes as well as a timeless elegance which is casual enough and lets you linger with feeling of sophisticated well being. Its a modern, good taste fragrance which at the same time stands the test of time. This is true for both the bottle design and the scent. It belongs to a special, hidden germ category with a totally own personality just like Trussardi's Phyton for example. Theres no trend it follows therefore its perfect for an all year 'round signature scent. Comfortable, friendly, sophisticated delicately fresh with a special Aura/Personality! Amazing job from Jacomo/Henri Bergia, Bravo!!!

I bought Aura about 7 or 8 years ago, the modern minimalist bottle caught my attention and I was looking also bor a fresh citrus fragrance. Well, this perfume was a great surprise and unlike many other scents this one gets better with time, the drydown is beautiful, silky, powdery slightly sweet and floral and yet masculine. But what I like the most about Aura is that everytime I wear it I get many, many compliments and (to me) that's a good reason to keep using Aura by Jacomo.

The neon green bottle lends cognitive dissonance to this rather smoldering tobacco and tea scent. Perhaps a muted hunter green would have been more appropriate. The design is really cool, though. This one is shockingly enjoyable despite the price, and the dry-down somehow reminds me of that sweet, agrestic, coumarinic aroma of walking through a meadow on a Spring day here in the Northeast. For that alone, I am hooked.

this might not smell the same - but side by side it has the same initialblastvibes of Dior`s Higher with citrus instead of pear .. It is as clean green and soft metallic fresh as it can get .. pleasant and comfortingly strong i.m.o. I will soon grab a full bottle , for now I have a decant - and I enjoy it a lot! spring / summer pleaser .. well done Jacomo

It's nice fragrance. Fresh lemon, ginger and cinnamon after warm amber at last. Good spicy scent very manly. Quite longevity 6 hrs on me, Good for everyday and good for office wear too. Aura is the good one from Jacomo. This is one of my favorite,

A green tea fougere Santal 33. Amazing for the price.

Loved the scent, loved the bottle, need to get more.

This one took me by surprise. A blind buy, I was purchasing a few designer fragrances from an online discounter and I decided to add a cheapie to the cart just to round the price up and get something extra for fun. Aura for Men caught my eye due to the distinctive bottle so I took it. I didn't have high expectations for it, but it turned out to be a gem. Aura for Men is a very nice aromatic green fragrance. It has a woody and musk opening and as it begins to dry down some nice spice notes come to the fore and I detect the green tea and ginger here. As Aura for men dries on the skin it settles with warm, musky, tonka notes with tobacco and hint of spice in the background. A nice warm, confident, masculine scent, not too bold, not particularly unique or amazing but very much a decent, peasant scent. Aura for Men is great value, it lasts about 4 or 5 hours and projects moderately well and it is around $12 or less for a 40mL bottle. A good fragrance for a young man, as a school scent during autumn, Aura for Men could be a reasonable budget signature scent for everyday use, office, school, college etc. Cheap and synthetic yes, but a nice scent and good performance to price ratio, 3.5/5.

I've waited for a couple of months before my review and it was a good decision. Why? At first I was disgusted by this fragrance. I was almost going to give it away or keep as toilet refresher. The initial opening was the worst for me, the harsh tobacco opening which is soured by the tea note. Not sure if the scent gets better as consumed, or my nose got a hold of it, but I started to like or at least appreciate this fragrance. Shortly after spraying the sour tea note goes away and tobacco becomes more soft with round citrus shows up. It's still a bit powdery/soapy but sandalwood is good in this one. I somehow get Davidoff Cool Water in the background covered with tobacco and powdery woody notes. The scent is not sweet by any means, i would say dry and powdery. Performance is also very good comparing its price! It settles down quickly into powdery sandalwood but lasts longer than expected 4-5 hours easily noticable with low projection and 7 hours up close on skin. Overall this is a good fragrance for its price and suitable for everyday use. Just nothing special.

We are talking about a different scent here. It is different from all others I have in my collection, which is already a positive point! The bottle is beautiful, masculine, with simple lines and modern design. Another one positive point! About the fragrance: I have already seen comments that this scent reminds Gucci Envy. I don’t know Envy, so I can’t give an opinion about it. However, I can say that it reminds me, during some nuances of its aroma, Gucci Rush with that mix of sandalwood, patchouli, musk, etc. - notes that both have in common. Aura has a well blended heart, because the nutmeg, the tonka and the tobacco are very noticeable during its evolution. The cinnamon I didn’t feel, neither the green tea. The lasting is very good but, it stays very close to the skin, what I put as the 1st negative point, since I like scents that exhale. Aura is a great fragrance for office wearing because, as its name says, it creates an “aura” around you, letting you perfumed without bother others noses.

If you want an interesting fragrance for the price of a Happy Meal get this. This is interesting, to say the least. Doesn't mean you'll like it but it's interesting for sure. It starts off a little off-putting so I was a little weary off the first spray. However, this fragrance develops a lot. Once you get past that weird citrusy ginger sage opening you're greeted with notes such as tobacco and sandalwood. I mainly get those two notes but the composition as a whole makes for a niche-like experience. Not the most natural smell, but a unique approach to say the least. I only paid $7 for my bottle and it scratched the itch when I was bored of the same old stuff. I say go for it.

Impulse blind buy. While buying Christmas gifts online saw this at a ridiculous price and went for it. Felt strangely muted at first try, so let it sit or “steep” for a week or two - and it blossomed into life. The plastic flacon is stylish, functional and well-made - you could safely carry this in a gym bag. The spray is better than most, metered to dispense a light mist. It’s kind of fresh (ginger?) at the start and then a subdued tobacco paired with green tea like a Starbucks Matcha Latte. Aura is like a lighter, green tea version of Jacomo de Jacomo. Can’t imagine anyone finding this offensive in any way. Performance is average and projection modest. Great value.

@ Chrismriley, I wonder how do you manage to find such a scale "Ages 48 - 62"... It would be easier with 50 - 60, wouldn't it? ;-) To be serious, I hope I will wear what I want , even when I will be older... I don't see why an old man should wear an old fragrance, and a joung man new scents... In my rotation, I use Spicebomb, CK Shock for him, Roadster, and many other scents, and I use Pino Sylvestre, Sung, Bijan ... Wear what you want, when you want. The only important thing remains to be easy with a Fragrance...

Aura, to my nose, is a woody/aromatic tobacco scent. I do get the spices, but they're not pronounced enough for me to declare this a "woody spicy". There's a stronger presence of tonka, green tea and sage. Definitely a tobacco scent, but a fresh one. Tobacco leaves, not Skoal. I appreciate the old school and nutty tonka vs the sweet/creamy one that's more popular these days (see Versace Eros). I think this one works for all ages and is easy to like and wear. As per usual, another solid offering from Jacomo.

This is now the literally price of a milkshake at discounters. At that price (think i saw $7 on one of them??) I could truly reccomend this to any person on earth. This has now dethroned horizon by guy laroche as the ultimate super cheapie hidden gem. Its not even just "worth its cheap price", theres things here that you dont see often, only seldomly. The tea and tobacco is quite interesting, almost like a kind of aquatic sensation in a way.