Carios

Didn’t know what to expect from this fragrance. I tested this fragrance weeks ago along with the other two. I had read terrible reviews about this fragrance and maybe it had imprinted on me. I left thinking they weren’t as atrocious as people made them to be. After a few weeks went by, one of the new pdm extraits kept itching my mind. I decided to go back to my retailer to test and find the specific extrait that rattled my mind. After testing them again I found out it was Carios. I decided to test on skin and walk the mall. I kept getting a whiff of the scent throughout my walk. It work well with my skin chemistry. I intended to buy City of Stars from LV since I heard that they are now stocking the fragrance again after rumors of it being discontinued. My wife and I stopped at LV to test the fragrance and she looked at me and said “do you want to smell like a kid” and I laughed. So, I unfortunately forked over the paper for Carios and haven’t looked back. It’s my Fall/Winter daily. I enjoy wearing it. It has its own personality and I like that others don’t smell like me. The dry down has a lot of stages. I get soo many different lovely scents with my skin chemistry as it drys. I like it , so I guess my scent palate is generic. It works well with my skin and I like how I smell. However, it’s pretty pricey and that’s a bummer. Side note for the other reviewer below: I do get Angel Share Paradis Raspberry notes on dry down. One of many notes on dry down.

this is my second favorite slightly behind Valero only because i LOVE a good fresh blue fragrance. but this is genuinely a masterpiece. it doesnt really smell like anything else that i own, and i own over 400 bottles. its just like a slightly fruity, SLIGHTLY floral, clean & sweet fragrance. i also think that this is the most unisex one out of the 3. the geranium really adds a feminine touch. i genuinely like this, i feel like this could almost be in Louis Vuitton's extrait line. it smells really uplifting right off the rip. i know the bottles are getting a lot of slack as well, but they are MUCH better in person. the pictures online do them no justice. it almost feels like its made out of crystal, its a very dense and shiny glass with the typical heavy ass PDM cap. nothing about the bottle screams "cheap".

I really believe more than half these people writing reviews have not even owned this fragrance. I understand, it is extremely over priced for what it is, but this is actually a good fragrance. Great quality and blend. It's PDM .. just wait until it hits all the discounters. It smells quiet addicting, I love it and it lasts over 8 hours. On clothes, for days. Some guy here said people should verify they have a sample or bottle before writing these ridiculous reviews and I agree. Don't listen to these non sense reviews, try it yourself. This one is great. I wasn't a fan of the other two, but still good quality. Considering retail the price ... 7 out of 10. I got it at a good discounted price, so I'll give it a 8 out of 10.

What an incredible fragrance! I went instore today to smell valeros and carios. Ended up buying carios. It’s different and oh my god sooooo good!! I have 200+ bottles and the only reason I mention this is because I have nothing like this, it’s just a beautiful and intoxicating scent. Yes it’s expensive but for something that moves me like this I am more than happy to pay this price for it. It’s fresh and sweet at the same time with added spices and makes me go weak at the knees. It’s an instant love for me and should be rated a lot higher than what it is. If this was rated purely on the actual scent and not the high price then it would be very highly rated. I will really enjoy wearing this!!!

Cela faisait longtemps qu’un parfum ne m’avait pas autant surpris. Dès la première vaporisation, Carios m’a complètement déstabilisé : je ne savais pas si je l’aimais ou si je le détestais. Cette ambiguïté initiale, presque déroutante, s’est rapidement transformée en fascination. Avec le temps, j’ai appris à apprécier toute la subtilité de ce parfum. Carios est à la fois frais, unique, élégant et d’une sobriété rare. Il dégage une présence raffinée sans jamais être ostentatoire. C’est typiquement le genre de fragrance que je pourrais porter chaque jour, notamment au bureau : discrèt mais sûr de soi, élégant et rafiné, c'est tout ce que j'attends de mon parfum signature.