Perry Ellis Midnight

Came in yesterday morning, let it calm down and gave it a spray after shower to check it out on wrist. First impression: Opens pretty amazing with an amber forward scent, that takes over for about 1-2 minutes and then slowly peels back the current to an amber mixed citrus maybe even slight apple I feel I’m getting, overall opening is is top notch stuff. Develops actually pretty nicely to a fresh citrusy amber with a hint of spice maybe the cinnamon carrying on. I for sure would put this in the same vein of fragrance as TMW but with also the slightest hint of ysl y trickled in, if I would give someone an idea of what it smelled like. For sure an attention grabber and I would consider safe blind buy if you like those frags. Will add it to my rotation as a nice cheap reach. Well done PE

Wandering the cologne and perfume area, I smelled alot of stuff, The One, Bentley, Invictus, Red Sky, Sauvage, Fahrenheit, Varvatos, One Million Parfum, Eternity Men.. used the coffee smeller in between, took breaks to walk around. Somehow this ended up being the one I bought. This was the one that popped like Wow this smells good. Almost pulled the trigger on the Red Sky until I smelled this. Now maybe this is just where my tastes and nose have developed to so far, but now it reminds me of One Million and Ferragamo Uomo Signature. So I'm starting to think my nose leans towards this type of smell, atleast in a store filled with modern style scents. Intimate, sexy, lingering. Not the old man smell I am looking for but nice.

Used up a dozen samples or so a while back, and enjoyed it. Kept scratching my head as to why I never picked up a full bottle. So I did, and realized that this offering from PE is a lot better than I even remember it being. I get the associations and likeness to SWY and TMW, but this isn't a clone (TMW came out around the same time as this, which makes me skeptical, unless some form of perfumery espionage was taking place). Youthful in structure, yet wearable even for a charismatic 50 year old-ish dude like myself. It really does garner a bit of positive attention. Right at home in the cold weather, and explodes off the skin in warmer weather (moderate the sprays, gents). Oh, and it is dirt cheap. A nice bonus.

There are thousands of people buying dupes of SWY or just dupes in general when you have this hidden gem for $35 at either Sam’s Club or Amazon all day long. Made in the USA, quality juice. The amber, citrus and vanilla are well balanced and the dry down is the best part. At the beginning it has that “cologne” smell that is kind of dated. But once the wears off about 5-10 minutes later, this is an absolute banger. Like the name says, best worn at night, even summer nights this handles well.

This is a banger honestly, especially for the price point. Most people you ask about this fragrance will like it. Downside being it has middling longevity, but then again, it is 30$ and an EDT. I personally like the black bottle, the cap is also rubberized. Finger print Magent. The guy comparing to hawas is kinda right but hawas is more musky and less fresh. Different enough to justify owning both in my opinion.