Moods by Krizia Uomo

I have waited to find this scent for a reasonable price and was able - as it was sadly discontinued. Overview: Moods by Krizia Uomo was launched in 1989. Top notes are aldehydes, coriander, lavender, bergamot, cardamom and lemon; middle notes are rose, carnation, ginger, jasmine, lily-of-the-valley, and geranium; base notes are patchouli, leather, tonka bean, amber, musk, vanilla, oakmoss and cedar. I have been seeking out special bottles of Krizia juice recently, including a 100ml bottle of Spazio Krizia (with the after shave balm). I've owned Krizia Uomo for a while, really like it (although there is no similarities here) and Moods has been lurking in my "Want" list near the top for a couple of years. Patience is virtue. I am really loving this composition! It is, at once, entirely modern in feel, yet some of the singular notes/aspects have retro vibe. Unreal. Truly amazing scent that warps time. The opening is a blast of sharp lavender (green and slightly medicinal), aldehydes that tingle the nostrils at first, along with rich carnation-clove (at the far end of the spectrum in smoke-infused clove oil), and crisp bergamot engulfed in patchouli - huge, opens herbaceous, slightly camphorous, very aromatic and powerful. After about 10 minutes, the cardamom, ginger and coriander add spice and "simmer" the concoction while aldehydes give a lifted airiness to the overall scent - tantalizing. Then, a note not mentioned above rises into the fragrance that blends so beautifully with the entire composition and gives it the color of the juice, golden tobacco leaf. It is one of the finest uses of tobacco leaf I have ever come across - as it merges seamlessly with the patchouli's green, sharp earthiness (with a slight camphorous quality now emerging)...and the bouquet of radiant florals. Absolutely brilliant! The rose enters quietly and it is a great note here (not "dirty" like in Zino, nor dominant) - but the depth of the patchouli now darkens even more (with the leather now prominent), making the rose deep, warm and rich. The beguiling, earthy carnation-clove and alluring rose together with lily-of-the-valley, jasmine and geranium constitute the floral heart - a masculine bouquet with a lot spiciness and green notes all wrapped in smooth, warm leather. A spicy and fragrant dash of ginger keeps the freshness here, along with a little zesty kick...blended well with the potent coriander. The base shows some ambient warmth in an unsweetened "amber" accord (the tip of a tobacco or clove/kretek cigarette or incense stick), along with a nice peppery cedar, sandalwood and radiant musk - but the patchouli and tobacco are still front & center...incredible! The florals ease down and the bouquet, while present, is now an undertone to the warm base. Masculine, bold, fragrant, rich and deep - yet articulate and refined...Moods fits its name in that it shows several. It transitions beautifully and I find the fragrance to be in very good harmony. Krizia has created another wonderful scent here. Final score - 9+/10 and know that it definitely can change your mood. Macho elegance in a bottle - superb! **Update** - Full wearing the other day and it resonated in my mind. This is truly niche-quality fragrance from a fantastic Italian house. Moods is revelatory to me and has worked its way upward in my mind. I smelled the shirt I wore that day and it still had the full smell of Moods over 48 hours later. I am shocked at the incredible depth, richness and power. Ultra-chic! A top-tier scent for me that is truly avant-garde. Revised score - 9.5/10! Very rare, unique and special. Incredibly, if this was released today, it could be from a guerrilla-marketed perfumier in the niche world...and every bottle would beckon a $2-3/ml price tag.

Okay, gentlemen, look. I am a woman. Who likes men. Here's a secret: 98% of all women do NOT KNOW OR CARE what year your fragrance was made in. No woman in the history of the world has ever thought, "I really like this guy but . . . sniff, sniff . . . why, what's that I smell? Can it be? He is wearing a cologne that came out 12 years ago. Nope!! It's off!! He's going home by himself." We care (1) if you have basic hygiene, and (2) do you smell GOOD or not? We don't know if it's dated. We don't know how much you paid for it. We know if the scent works on YOU, enhances YOUR masculinity. Now, will Krizia Moods enhance your masculinity? Do you have a pulse? Then yes. I CAN tell you this: I once stopped kissing a man on a date, solely because the cologne he was wearing was some trendy, department-store, expensive nightmare . . . sickly-sweet and full of calone (the plastic, allegedly "aquatic" or "melon" note that somehow manages to smell like industrial waste, cheap air freshener, and rotting produce all at the same time). Oh, the stuff was The Latest Thing, to be sure. And The Latest Thing was bleeping awful. I could only imagine the stench if things had gotten . . . more heated. As it was, the petrochemicals in the "panty dropper" he was wearing were giving me a runny nose and a pessimistic attitude. If he had been wearing Krizia Moods, though . . . believe me, he would have gotten more than just kissing. Heck, I would have bought him breakfast too. Cheers, Friends.

The opening on this is a joy - a wonderful slap to the face. The scent then calms down, which is a shame really, as that big, brassy 'hello' is so much fun. As it does, it becomes quite similar to the legendary Givenchy Gentleman (1974) - a scent that defies classification. The most notable differences are that the Givenchy has an animalic dimension (civet) that the Krizia Moods entirely lacks; and the Krizia amps up the leather. Reviewing one scent by quoting another is a pet peeve of mine, but I feel entitled to do it here, because I think that anyone even remotely considering buying this scent will be coming from a perfume 'tradition' or 'fanbase' that makes ignorance of the Givenchy masterpiece nigh-on impossible. The scent acts like it's going to be 'beast mode' (apologies for the Fragrantica cliché), but actually becomes quite demure and 'background-y' relatively quickly. It's not an '80's powerhouse' (you can officially slap me if I use another perfume cliché), although it opens like one. It's exceptionally masculine. I think it's only really likely to appeal to a perfume collector or obsessive, who loves to explore the by-ways of the 70s/80s 'golden age' of men's perfumery. But hey - it's dirt cheap to get new old stock, so go for it. I got 30 ml delivered for £12, and that supply will outlive me. I absolutely love it.

A distanza di anni dalla prima recensione e indossandolo in questi giorni ,penso che sia uno dei profumi più moderni in assoluto mai provato. Non guardare l'anno di nascita ,questa fragranza era troppo avanti coi tempi ,molto sofisticato ,elegante fin troppo,cupo come lo sono i nostri tempi ,inquinato come le nostre città,una pella dura come quasi nessuno ha mai interpretato,aldeidi che compaiono sin dall'inizio ma poi ci abbandonano quasi subito per lasciarci avvolgere da questo immenso mare nero di note che ci aggrediscono e ci ammaliano nella loro stretta. Poi la stretta si fa più leggera e si intravede qualcosa di più delicato ,i fiori giungono dopo essere stati assenti per diverso tempo,la fragranza si ammorbidisce e rimane più delicata ,fino a giungere al finale dove si ripresenta un cuoio meno pesante e affievolito da muschi e legni. Una invenzione paragonabile solo ad una toccata e fuga di Bach . Quando i Grandi sarti ,qui parliamo di Krizia curavano personalmente anche le fragranze i risultati erano maestosi . Questo potrebbe essere un profumo del 2030 e noi non ce siamo ancora accorti .

This is all about patchouli to start. Slap you around, dense, dank patchouli.Fast forward maybe 30 minutes and some florals creep in and a beautiful leather accord settles in with an oakmoss base. A classy scent that, to me, isn't quite 80s powerhouse. More of a classy gentleman's scent that definitely evokes the time but also draws my mind to Jovoy's modern patchouli scents. It's niche quality, not super dated (I tend to not think of scents that way, generally, but this could be released by a niche house today and it'd be lauded). Probably one of the smoothest and most natural smelling scents I've blind bought from this era. I got a mostly full 25ml bottle from eBay for cheap and I'm happy to have it. I'll never finish this much juice, so anything bigger would be a waste. 7-9 hours on my skin, 2-3 hours projection that I notice. A 7.5/10 for me. Not something I'll reach for a lot, but if I want to do something different for a cold weather date night, I could do worse!