1 Million Absolutely Gold

Wow, I have found my new favorite fragrance! This stuff is nothing short of amazing. Simply put, this stuff has an opening that is so beautiful, so luxurious, so sparkling and dazzling and sweet all at once. The best opening of any fragrance I've ever smelled up to this point. And that's not to take anything away from the mid or base of this fragrance. It's altogether just a completely awesome scent. It's definitely the favorite of my collection of a little over 60 fragrances. When I first received it I thought it was a little more feminine than I thought, but after I got a few sprays and let it set for about a week, it matured into the most unbelievably bright and sweet opening that I have ever come across. I found a full bottle on eBay for just under $110 and I am SO GLAD that I decided to grab this one as a blind buy. I wouldn't recommend that unless you like really loud, dark, sweet, rich and decadent fragrances. But if you like all of those attributes in your fragrances, you better jump at the opportunity to get your nose on this one ! ! ! .....by the way, Michael Germain couldn't hope to produce anything nearly as high end and posh as this fragrance. This is nothing less than a niche fragrance from a designer brand, such as Dior H'omme Parfum or Bleu de Chanel Parfum. Just don't want anyone to be mislead. There's no supplement for this on the market but I do want to purchase the Charriol as soon as possible so I can save this amazing juice for special occasions.

First of all, the notes listed here is wrong. The actual notes are actually mysterious, Fragrantica lists mandarin, floral note and leather note, without specifying what the floral note is. Basenotes lists lemon, cardamom, praline, black amber, cinnamon, ebony and patchouli as the notes, but i believe that the notes are wrong too, because i believe that this perfume definitely has roses and oud inside. So I looked elsewhere and found the list of notes from parfumo, which i think (according to my nose) better described the perfume: Top notes: blood mandarin, peppermint Middle notes: rose absolute, cinnamon Base notes: oud, iris On to the scent, it's sweet, rosy sweet, and its really nice compared to the original. The projection and the longevity are stellar, so it might be an extrait (pure perfume) instead of edp. The sales guy told me that it's a pure perfume, which make sense if this edition was marketed toward middle eastern region. To my knowledge, Arabian perfume prides itself with its heavy scent, days longevity, and room filling silage; hence for 1 million to be able to be marketed towards middle eastern countries, it has to be adjusted formula-wise, hence the extrait was made, with rose and cinnamon as their main players, just like most middle eastern perfume... Nonetheless, this edition is now discontinued. I'm happy that i have one of these, I'll treasure this perfume forever, because it's really beautiful.

Wow, this is quite something. A fantastic execution of a "flanker." What they've accomplished with $1MAG I think is exactly what perfume houses are trying to do when they create a flanker. As other reviewers have said, this captures the original essence of the original while at the same time being quite different. It feels like there is a higher level of quality to this one for sure. This is quite floral. To me its as if they were able to achieve that bubblegum essence with florals and spice rather than citruses. The mid is quite unisex even feminine leaning for me but theres a touch of Oud possibly or maybe its just the leather keeping everything from getting too effervescent. I do get a more formal or night time scent for a man vibes but easily an anytime or even signature scent for a woman. I think this fragrance is one of those that will change or display quite significantly depending who is wearing it and when. If you're looking for Unisex Niche quality in a designer fragrance with versatility look no further than this gem. Move now before it sky rockets in price. Are prices now what they were when it was available at discounters? No But at retail prices this was a great value. Even at $150 id say its well worth it.

I prefer Absolutely Gold to the original 1 Million or the more recent Intense or Cologne flankers. While many maintain that the original was strong enough, I found it fleeting enough to not be particularly worthwhile, with clones like Cuba Royal or Antonio Banderas The Golden Secret serving as perfectly suitable substitutes, and to that purpose, I own both. However, Absolutely Gold is truly the stronger, more intense, more refined version of the original, a sweet/citrus/floral combination. Many offer that Absolutely Gold is more floral and less spicy than the original, and I agree, and certainly enjoy this floral/sweet pairing more than the original. The vanilla amber aspect identified by one reviewer does resonate with me, as the sweetness is pure enough to be vanilla, perhaps. Some of the bubblegum scent from the original (that's amplified in 1 Million Intense) is present, but not as prominently. Certainly the notion that it's a pure perfume / extrait is validated by its strength in terms of projection and especially longevity. I'm still not sure I'd buy this but it's definitely the best of the 1 Million lot, to me. 8 out of 10

Hands down the best version of 1 Million Its actually a perfume that among others has a strong note of the original dna , dense staff Bright sparkly and quite versatile , a bit less sweet but more aromatic , a great balance of white / yellow florals some rose and cinamon carries throught its life which for today standards is stellar especially for the nature of the perfume , while nowdays long lasting perfumes need to be dark and heavy this performs great for more than 10 hours by remaining an "airy" scent and remains detectable the other day , by saying airy doesnt mean u can go trigger happy , 1st of all my sprayer is stiff and needs special handling when applycating and literally more than 2-3 sprays is an overkill , if you going out for shoping with masks its fine , if you going on a date , one spray on chest/neck and then dubbing in various places since this stuff doesnt get ecaporated very fast is all you need , i cannot connect it with the CK one but i can relate with the airiness in a very broad spectrum and in the way the original CKone once projected can be worn all year around if you aplicate in modesty