Paul Smith Story

Yes, i know, i am quilty as charged...quilty for adding a lovely floral and fruity scent into my collection. Normally i stay into the loud and heavy scents with a lot of sillage. How did i take the bate ? Very easy: i recieved a lot of samples and one of them was....Paul Smith story for men. After a only few wearings, i couldn't resist anymore and ordered a large bottle at my favorite seller. It's not only a lovely scent, but also a very special bottle. It looks like a glass booklet,that's ready to be "read". I really enjoy the fresh and crispy grapefruit in combination with the Ivy and bergamot. You must let the scent settle down a bit to get the full body out into the open. The Jasmin,musk and amber will take you for sure smiling trough the whole day. So what it hasn't a two days staying power...so what it isn't a sillage monster.....so what this isn't the most masculine scent on the face of the earth..... It's a story that delivers, uplifting your mood and turn a smile on your face. For good use in spring, in the summer and autumn. Never mind overspraying, just indulge yourself......it's worth a try.

I have readed a review about story by paul smith himself, saying he just loved the scent of books and he had a great idea to make a fragrance with this scent. What could i immagine about myself smelling like books? i just have tried this one, and it had an amazing combination on my skin! All the girls around me became mesmerized with the scent, and it became my signature for some time. The combination of lemon, vetyver and some floral notes were so perfect, and it really reminds a book scent. This one is very masculine, different and charming fragrance, not usual but delicious. This is a perfect scent for daily use, with medium projection and longevity.

Love love love it on my skin. The grapefruit note in the opening is bright, fresh and clean, whereas the dry down vetiver note brings earthiness that calms me. It just works with my body chemistry. I have received several compliments at work when wearing Story from Paul Smith. It was my signature scent, and I owned 4 x100mL, 1 x 50mL, and 1 aftershave. I was quite disppointed when I heard it was discountinued. Since then, I have been searching for fragrances that are composed of grapefruit and vetiver, but for me nothing is quite like Paul Smith Sotry for men.

This was my first signature scent. And i own 4 big bottles. I cannot tell you how much I love this one. Is kind of dirty green grass feel, and earthy vetiver. I have a lot of memories with this fragrance. Even I though I own 50+ Different fragrances, but my heart always keep a space for story. And this is my girlfriend's favorite. Since it had been discontinued, it is quite hard to find it right now. So I will keep my juice carefully and no one can touch it lol.

Floral/earthy/woody. Fresh. Unique. A very airy kind of scent. From what I remember, at the beginning it smells like flowers and roots. Then the flowers tone down, and wood joins the party while it keeps that earthiness. It is light, but lasts as well. Perfect for a day at the beach during summer!

this was my first fragrance i ever bought what can i said??? is very green, but yet still very earthy and now i am having my 2nd bottle (100ml) and this has been discontinued from paul smith so i will just keep it in good condition, and sometime using it when i miss the smell

This was a banger of a scent. Green, sharp, savoury. That hint of funk and mouldy citrus peel in the background, that made it feel just the right level of dirty and seductive.

This is a favourite! It ́s fresh,green,peppery(tho it doesn ́t say) and perfect for both men and women. Its not a unique one, but it ́s something else.

Sharp citrus, earthy vetiver, clean and green. Sillage-moderate. Longevity-on skin: fades pretty fast; on clothes: good; Bottle design: Hipster cool.

it is similar mandarina duck by mandarina duck for woman.different notes but same smell??

that's a really good fragrance.all people ask me what's that fragrance. buy this!

i love this smell.. but somehow the fragrance doesn't come out...

I how I miss this classic 😟😔

This is an interesting compromise between the bright soapy green of Mugler or Creed OV, and the dark moist sharp green of Eau de Gentiane Blanche or Eau de Campagne. Initially it's like a sharper Mugler, with a wet, ivy-like soapy green, not very sweet but very astringent. Then, while other scents become soapier at this point, Story becomes greener: an earthy forest green, with some dirt but not much, so that it still remains clean. It's mainly ivy from this point forward, which is cool and refreshing for summer, but one caveat here is an underlying rubberiness, imparting that sense of "eau de shoe store" that I find in a small number of fragrances. It's not as bad as in some others I've tried, though. It weakens quite a bit after this, getting duller and dirtier as it completely loses that initial sparkle. There's a little bit of spearmint in what's left, and it feels like it's trying to bolster both the strength and the freshness, but not making much inroads toward either. Overall this isn't a bad offering, and is admittedly pretty cheap, but if you've got the money, I'd consider the four aforementioned scents, or even the archetypal Paco Rabanne. But if someone starts selling bottles of "Paul Smith Story Minutes 0-5", I'll buy one!

There's nothing about this scent I dislike, except for the poor staying power-It's absolutely pleasant-a gentle aromatic, with a perfect breezy vetiver and deliciously bitter bergamot that remains present for some time... The opening is floral fruity, the rest is more aromatic, even citrus aromatic with pervasive greenness...When you spray it on, there is a lovely clear burst of grapefruit-sweet as grapefruit, or a temple orange sweetness at the most. It's light and fresh, but within one minute, the green takes over. Ivy, just a trace of the indole of jasmine contributing to that perfect masculine smell-a green pleasant smell that would make me comfortable to smell on a man, and it's so pleasant I would like to smell it on women too. My man only wears cologne on special occasions, even then, I don't always want to attack him with my samples-this is not a special occasion cologne, but a nice comfy natural cologne, in my opinion. So I will be wearing this sample instead!

To me, Story has always reminded me of Celery. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed this fragrance quite a lot during my university years, it is a scent of youth. This is a very Fresh Green fragrance and it is a great day time fragrance. It matches very well with the smell of wet grass on a rainy day. The Celery note comes a bit later, when the green notes subsides to revel some spicy celery seed and pepper note, mixed together with the remaining green notes and voila, watery fresh celery! I don't think this fragrance has much base not as it doesn't stay long on skin. Lasts around 2 hours.

This is a great fragrance for everyday wear. The Ivy and Grapefruit go together very well creating a peppery like scent. The Cedarwood, Ivy and Vetiver finish off this scent creating a lasting simple, yet attractive scent all day. The overall effect is clean, spicy, and intriguing. Story is not overpowering, and I think I designed for the men who appreciate masculine perfume which is airy and earthy, rather than too strong, overpowering, cluttered, and overbearing. I would say that this is defiantly one of Paul Smiths best fragrances for men.

I used to have Paul Smith Story back when they were available all over the discounters for dirt cheap. I remember it was very light, pleasant and green. This is one you have to overspray to get any sort of impact because it's rather subtle. There's nothing sexy about this one so if you're trying to impress others around you then you're not going to do it with this one. This is for those that want a discrete fragrance without alarming those around them.

The begenning is a slap on the face!! i thought i'll be smelling another overrated fragrance that smells like trash. but after a while, when it calmned down a bit, i started enjoying the smell. it for some reason reminds me of encre noire!!!! may be due to the vetiver and musk... all in all not bad , but i would buy something else. Edit: i think without the Ivy note this would be much much better

I really like this scent, bought another bottle after the first one ran out. Pepper, grapefruit and some wood make a good composition for me. I wish the longevity would be better though. Good to put after shower and to wear at work when you don't want to offend others with your statement scent but rather feel your scent on your skin. One of those "makes me feel better" scents.