Black Extreme

Mandarina Duck Black Extreme is a really good designer fragrance that fills all my needs for a winter fragrance. It is sweet relying heavily on Tonka, Vanilla and woods (all perfect notes for the cold). MDBE has a denser vibe but the citrus notes at the top and the white florals in the heart lightens it a bit so while it feels thick it doesn't feel like a blanket like when wearing Amen another sweet Tonka heavy fragrance. This is a nice under the radar fragrance that will demand people's attention in casual settings. I'd consider it a great date frag in any weather. Orientals in general work well on me to others. Most are warm, inviting and very people friendly. Hard to imagine a guy wearing MDBE to offend those around him if worn the right way...Which leads me to performance. You can choke people out with this fragrance because while its not a 12+ plus scent, it get's pretty close, while projecting loudly for many hours. It lasted 9 hours on my skin. So be very wise on the amount of sprays. It can walk a fine line between 'just right' and 'too much'. anything over 4 sprays may be pressing your luck...In my opinion this is a less is more frag. But if its really cold and you feel like being obnoxious, go for it...lol...Every once in a while I have the urge to do that too...lol This isn't a complicated scent which evolves through its stages in a seamless Guerlain like way...It's more linear and no where near complex...But i'd buy this scent again if for nothing than the fact that most guys won't know about this brand let alone this fragrance and it smells great for hours. The EDT is very similar as others have noted and some may be hard pressed to notice the difference besides the performance aspect. Simply Put: This is a better, warmer and stronger alternative to POLO Black or even La Nuit and would be a great all around fragrance for lovers of sweet masculine scents. 8.5/10 YouTube Channel- Simply Put Scents

I wanted this fragrance but it disappeared and a few people said it was discontinued. As of 7/2021 it's back on fragrance net.com for @$60 (before coupon). If it is discontinued, now's your chance. I got it and it's my first time delving into the "stronger" edition of a fragrance after owning the regular (Mandarina Duck Black). To me, it smells the same if not just a bit more powdery. Some citrus in the beginning that turns into a powdery, vanilla orange cream-cicle. Citrus/orange is there prominently but the tonka/vanilla/powdery notes are powerhouse intensity and really push it back. Overall very similar to the original and I now love both. But whoah buddy is it strong! That tends to happen on my skin with heavy vanilla/tonka. A spray filled up my bedroom and I finally washed off the two sprays I used on me as summer isn't the right time for this. Summer = cloying quickly! After washing I can still smell it. I love both this and the original so this'll be great come cold weather. IMO, not office friendly as it's too strong. Use the regular Mandarina Duck Black for that. If you own the regular/edt version, IMO you're not actually getting a different fragrance here so it may not be worth it. I love the original, wanted a pumped up version of it if the price was right, know Extreme has been scarce (even discontinued according to comments), so to me it's a real winner. Just don't expect any noticeable changes beyond intensity.

Glad I came across this one. Like most have said before, it does smell like the EDT but Extreme performs better. Longevity and sillage are good, above average. Overall, the tonka and wood are ramped up slightly, while the citrus is toned down a little but still there. If you don't care for tonka, you may want to pass on this one. Of the EDT and EDP, I do like the EDP better. Smells somewhat more well blended to my nose. I love how they didn't change the scent completely. Too many flankers have no relation to the original. A company comes up with a scent that sells and rides the coat-tails of popularity in hopes we will buy something that smells completely different. It would be like if you went to a restaurant that is famous for their pizza, you order a new kind of pizza on the menu, and they bring you a turkey sandwich...You wouldn't be too happy. Unless you don't like pizza but then why are you ordering pizza in the first place. :-). Anyway, Extreme keeps the original Black's identity but with some refining and tweaking. Like the review below, I get some of the comparisons to Chanel Allure Homme Sport Eau Extreme. So if you like CAHSEE or the EDT, you will like this one. I know I do.

This is very close to the EDT version in smell. The selling point obviously is because this is an EDP and in theory last longer and has more powerful silage. This one certaily will not let you down. The tonka bean note is the more prominent of all of the notes listed, although the citrus notes and to a much lesser extent the vanilla notes are present. The silage is superb DO NOT OVERSPRAY and the longevity is second to none! This is actually a really good alternative the Chanel Allure Pour Homme Sport Eau Extreme. It smells quite similar especially in the dry down and costs half as much. I would say only that Chanel Allure Pour Homme Eau Extreme has a bit more citrus. It also has comparable silage and projection. Absolutely worth a shot! Sidenote: when shopping online for this a lot of places have this listed as a women's fragrance. There is no women's version, so if you're on a site that does have this listed as a women's fragrance ignore that! (fragrancenet.com)

I dont know where to begin when writing out a review for this bottle. Is it a potent magical opera set in the backdrop of a vanilla orange cedar forest?.... Yes. Does it last?... very much so... so much that its almost just as peneterable as my niche fragrances. Not as much as a Tauer but more than any dark Kilian fragrance and you can find this for sub 45 dollars!. Its also inbetween a linear and non linear fragrance. I know that doesnt make sense but It opens up beautifully and your so entranced in every note, but at the same time it feels like the molecules fade out and then punch back in like an LSD trip. A story indeed this perfume is. More like an invisible talking friend actually. Overall a great Perfume. Amber Fougere so one would say its a great winter/fall fragrance but I pull it out whenever cause Im in love with it. Give it a try or a sample as it's definitely worth checking out from a brand that sells on the low.