Usher VIP

I don't get all the hatred on this. This smells different from the overcrowded market full of pepper and cinnamon, but in no way is this unpleasant. The leather/suede and violet notes are very pronounced. I wore this in an outing in Chicago with some friends and the next day, I wore Dior's Fahrenheit.One of my female friends went like "Didn't you wear this yesterday?" Now I'll tell you what makes these two appear similar..the violet leaf and the suede which gives these two an overall petroleum smell. Aquatic/citrus fans, this is not for you. I honestly fell in love with this with the first spray. Usher VIP is like a less well-made Fahrenheit and minus the mossy notes. Try it for yourself and you'd see what I'm talking about. All the bashing is indeed surprising for me because personally, I thought this would be loved by most. Never have I received a negative compliment on this and the best compliment would be 'You smell rich!' Indeed! I feel like a million bucks when I put this on. If liquid gold had a smell, it would this or Fahrenheit. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying VIP is a replacement for Fahrenheit's charisma, it is just that they have similar notes and like I mentioned before, to an unsuspecting nose there might be no difference to these two AT ALL. Unlike Fahrenheit, VIP is very linear. It doesn't develop much after its opening but I ain't complaining. I don't see anyone with a sporty wardrobe pulling this off. It is above casual...more for a better dressed person. I see a lot of comments on how this smells like a female perfume. Females should only put this on if they ever want to smell like a man. You can get 100 ml bottle for around 17-25 dollars online and 26-35 retail. However, seeing all the hate on this, you'd better try this out for yourself before making the purchase because apparently, this is not for everyone or their skin. Longevity - way above average and sillage is quite heavy on my skin. Alternatives: From what I hear, besides Fahrenheit, Ferrari Uomo smells quite similar. I don't own that but I'll make sure I have it soon.

Celebrity scents seem to have improved in quality and appeal over recent years (e.g. Rihanna Rogue Man) and even Jordan Belfort, the original Wolf Of Wall Street has his own line of fragrance now!! I owned Usher VIP and David Beckham Homme at the same time and found them so similar that if you didn't have them side by side you'd be forgiven for thinking they were the same scent. On close inspection Beckham Homme is more warm and soapy where the stout Szichuan pepper gives a green aromatic spiciness and Usher VIP is much less soapy where the nutmeg/leather combo gives a more sweet spicy almost boozy pepperiness to the spice accord. The way I wear them is David Beckham Homme for daytime, smart office wear and Usher VIP for evenings and weekends. I get compliments on both in both settings. Such good value. Go big on the sprayer and you should get arms length projection for up to 5 hours. You then have a decent skin scent that anyone near you will be able to detect. Edit 16/09/2020: I loved my original bottle of VIP so much that I finished it too soon.....because when I tried to buy more it was no where to be found. I have now managed to get hold of a 15ml travel sample just so I can have my fix. ;o) Oh yeah! Just as good as I remember and just as I originally described. A lot like DVB Homme but with a certain "je ne sais quoi" that puts it just out in front. If spicy, leathery, masculine florals are your thing and you can find this - buy it! It is an absolute gem of a fragrance! I keep my fingers crossed that they will relaunch this so I can get another 100ml bottle.

Ok, WOW! I love this scent, in ways i can not describe in words. This cologne lasts on me a good 8 hours, so a full night, as i would only wear this in the evening/cold nights. It has the most stunning scent to me, very leather and aromatic, but i cant really smell the citrus or woodyness to it. On my skin, there is no sugary or syrup like scent, or even powdery, which is what makes it so amazing to me. I have had many compliments when going out for a late night coffee or even to a night club, as anyone who walked past me would be captivated by Usher VIP. This scent is definitely not for everyone, as my friend tried some of mine on, i could still smell it, but to him, it just didnt work. Cost wise, i think this scent is definitely worth its money! couldnt have asked for a more perfect night time cologne! 10/10!

Just got myself a 100ml for £9.90 brand new.! And for that price everyone should own it as an inexpensive fruity white musk with a slight dusty dry down.. What's all this 2hours nonsense.? Lasts 6hours plus on me with most people within 6feet of you easily picking up the scent.. Has been described as Fahrenheit lite.. But that is only because they probably smell the violet leaf accord with a fruity sweetness in the opening, give it a try but don't trust your nose after the first 2hours if you're not detecting it.. Ask someone else.. Nose blinds me and my partner yet loads of compliments from everyone else.. Useful versitile fragrance that won't make you stand out but you will smell great and won't smell like everyone else wearing sauvage..

I love this. This is what started me on my fragrance collection. I have no idea why most other reviews are giving this a negative. I used about 20% of my 3.4oz and recieved so many compliments i bought the deodorant on ebay so when i wear this cologne i smell "completely" like it. I give this a 9/10 very safe buy and EXTREMLY great smell.

How about like Fahrenheits little cousin with some vanilla and some mint peppered on the poor little guy And that's not to say do not buy or try this But rather to say damn this is pretty good and pretty inexpensive The silage and Longevity unfortunately is a bit mild but still lovely enough to own...... A lovely New Year to all

This is the first cologne I bought for my boyfriend now husband of 8 years. I adore how it smells on him, honestly drives me crazy, but we're scared to use it because it's discontinued. Anyone looking to get rid of their bottle, or decent dupe recommendations would be awesome ❤️

I am an oil person and when I found this fragance in uncut oil form it was hooked, line, and sinker. I felt very confident and very important and it has an added bonus of driving women wild. I love it very much

I don't know how to explain this fragrance apart from it literally smelling like a night in the early 2010's clubbing downtown listening to "Give Me Everything - Afrojack, Ne-Yo, and Pitbull".

great celebrity scent for a cheap price. Smells great + good quality...reminds me of Coriolan mixed with Fahrenheit. A great alternative to those two...because it smells 80% identical

Very similar to Dior Fahrenheit. My 30 ml bottle gives a cheap impression. The cap doesn't click, but... Who cares. This is a cheap Dior knock-off and fits perfectly in the pocket.

Awesome scent cheaply priced. I purchased this as a blind buy. No regrets.

I've worn this a few times, and I've discovered a few things. This is a very unpredictable fragrance. It has many stages. When this warms up on my skin (I noticed while I was working out) the kumquat and whatnot comes out and it's very fresh and citrusy and clean. On cold skin, say outside, it's a powerhouse leather musk with the infamous petroleum note. I'm more of a fan of the fruity-warm phase, but this will definitely cut through the Winter air. Very versitile fragrance. I also get a lot of compliments from teenaged girls on this. I'm not too crazy about it myself but if you're a teenage guy looking to smell good to girls your age you can use this.

This is a strange fragrance, I detect something rubbery and masculine and petroleum-y (definitely trying to be Fahrenheit) and it's confusing my nose. I honestly don't know if I like this or not, it feels like a love or hate fragrance and I need to give it more time to know if I like it or not. For the record, I don't detect any fruitiness or citrus at the beginning as people have mentioned, just a bit of generic woodsiness and then this massive drydown of petroleum/rubber masculinity.

I found a bottle of this today in a discount store out of the packaging with the cap missing. It was the only one in the store so they let me have it for $1. Can you believe it? I honestly didn't know if it was a man's EDT or a woman's but I did know that I loved the fragrance. This seems like a unisex one to me...

Smells strong, for a little money has great longevity. Do not spray too much if you will be using during the day. Also the bottle is nice

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A fragrance most will be hesitant to try if only because they resent celebrity forays into every arena of retail profit maximization and are tired of simple cash grabs with little concern for the consumer. Usher VIP is definitely the most puzzling and least balanced of the three male fragrances offered under his name. Neither particularly pleasant or awful, possibly due to its evasive and rather hard to sniff nature, this is not your typical celebrity fragrance. VIP dares to push the bar a bit with one of the most expensive spices on the rack, saffron and right up against nutmeg to boot. VIP's bombastic pretensions are made clear enough by its name and incredibly cheap, unsophisticated and flashy 1970's retro packaging. All that aside, this is heavily synthetic stuff and not for the faint of heart or the more sophisticated organic sniffer. VIP is decent for what it is, a budget line celebrity fragrance that is always being discounted in the big department stores because the ingredients simply can ́t justify the MSRP. It even seems of late even the drugstores are having trouble clearing this one off the bottom shelf. Certainly it is fair to say that this is Fahrenheit extremely light, but even so VIP has no real character or heart. It is missing vibrancy and makes it quite clear from the opening blast of kumquat and mandarin that this has no intention of using organic notes. Even the saffron is a chemical creation far off from the stuff grown in Castilla La Mancha that most people would recognize from a decent Paella rice. I Would not call VIP pleasant, nor boring. A better description would be overly-ambitious, completely synthetic and absolutely cloying.. The synthetic spice was overwhelming for me in this one and was the first male fragrance to ever make me completely dizzy and disorientated with a dry throat and clogged sinuses. For those who can handle its synthetic soul, VIP has potential in that it certainly goes against the grain, though at its core it is simply too synthetic to be a staple of any refined man ́s rotation.

Usher VIP is one of two new fragrances for Christmas is very much a nighttime unisex version of Curve Crush for Men mixed with David Beckham Homme. Like Curve Crush it has a citrus open with some traces of spices seeping in from the mid notes (in this case nutmeg.) I do notice the kumquat along with mandarin orange (just like Curve Crush.) The mid has some differences as it is more floral and it even comes off powdery with the notes of saffron and lotus along with some spice with nutmeg. Usher goes woody and slightly leathery with the suede in the base just like Beckham Homme. That said Usher VIP isn't at all spicy in the way Curve Crush and Beckham Homme are. As I mentioned before, Usher VIP comes of unisex to my nose and the bottle itself is on the feminine side. The open is not overtly masculine, nor is it feminine with its fruits and citruses. Where Usher VIP goes unisex is honestly in the mid with the florals. Now don't get me wrong, I am a man who loves my floral notes, BUT I must say that this goes far more floral than spicy to my nose. It is a nice unique group of florals but they still come off as slightly feminine. The base takes it back to being masculine with a little bit of that mechanic smell that many say Fahrenheit has (I haven't smelt Fahrenheit so I cannot compare the two.) Usher VIP lasts about four to six hours on my skin with somewhat moderate sillage and projection for two. This I find is a good range for most celebrity scents. Few go father than that. Namely Jay Z Gold and Antonio Banderas King of Seduction or The Golden Secret. Usher VIP is a fall to spring nighttime scent that maybe can be used in close encounters if you can pull it off but it isn't a club scent. That said Usher VIP is really good. I'll give it a 6.8 for being a good average scent with performance being the only slight knock to this scent. I feel that Curve Crush and David Beckham Homme do what Usher VIP tries to do, but better.

This is Fahrenheit rebottled and packaged as Usher VIP. Does this deserve a thumbs down? Possibly not, but for me, I say YES! Why? Although this smells like Fahrenheit, it's essentially a lighter version of it, much lighter, almost like a Fahrenheit summer. Lighter for me means lousy longevity. I get 2 hours tops with this. 4 hours if I choose to douse myself. Is it more wearable than Fahrenheit? I'd say yes, but for me, Fahrenheit does this unquestionably better and it should, I mean, it's the original! I love the dirty, petrolium, leathery vibe from Fahrenheit, its fantastic! VIP, on the other hand, is toned down and not as brash or offensive. It's just another pleasant, boring, mainstream cloned scent. Either way, this is just another waste of time and money for anyone who owns Fahrenheit and loves it, but I suppose if you hate Fahrenheit, then give this a shot. It might be for you.