Eros Parfum

Having reviewed Eros EDT, EDP, and Flame, the only one left is Eros Parfum (barring the new Eros Energy that I haven't picked up yet). I have enjoyed everything in the Eros line thus far, now it's time to see if I can go 4 for 4. Let's get into it; Scent: Opening is sweet, fruity, and green. The primary notes I get are green apple, mint, lemon, and vanilla. The strongest of the notes are the green apple and mint. The green apple note is fruity, juicy, and in my opinion more realistic than the apple notes in Eros EDT and EDP. The mint note is a carbon copy of the mint in EDT and EDP; fresh spicy and cooling in a green way. This is followed by the lemon and vanilla. The lemon adds to the fruitiness with it's signature citric and tart accord, while the vanilla adds a healthy dose of sweetness at the base. The vanilla is not as forward in the opening of the Parfum as it is in the EDT and EDP, but it's still very noticeable and provides the signature Eros sweetness. Dry down is sweet, aromatic, and green. The primary notes I get are amber, mint, lemon, and tonka. The strongest of the notes are the amber and tonka. The amber has its familiar warm, resinous sweetness while the tonka brings the usual powdery sweetness. This is followed by the lemon and mint. The lemon brings the same fruitiness from the opening but dialed back a bit, while the mint continues its fresh and spicy green accord to a lesser extent. There is also a bit of lavender in the dry down to lend a bit more aromatics. Performance: Initial projection is strong at around 6 feet. Sillage is very strong as well and leaves an unmistakeable scent trail. After a few hours the projection was still strongly projecting outside of arms length and the scent trail was still easily noticeable. At the 7 hour mark the projection was still noticeable right outside of arms length and the scent trail was still noticeable. At the 12 hour mark the projection and sillage were unchanged, meaning this fragrance will last at least 12 hours before becoming a skin scent. When to wear: Like the others in the Eros line, this will work for any occasion and any season as long as you adjust the sprays accordingly. Go lighter when it's hot, and heavier when it's cold. The only exception, just like the rest of the line, would be formal. The DNA is just not suitable to formal occasions in my opinion. Blind buy: If you like the rest of the Eros line, or you just like sweet and aromatic fragrances in general, this is a safe blind buy for you. Final verdict: This is another solid entry in the Eros line; strong, attention-grabbing, mass-appealing, and a compliment magnet. Other than the fact that its DNA is over-worn, there's not much to hate on here. But honestly that's not necessarily a bad thing. It's over-worn because its a good fragrance and does what it sets out to do, get attention and solicit compliments. Now lets compare this to the rest of the line. When compared to the EDT it's much smoother, and when compared to the EDP it's warmer and deeper. We'll skip Eros Flame because it stands apart from the rest of the Eros line. When it comes to performance, the Parfum outperforms all the other flankers by a significant margin. That being said, I may slightly prefer the scent profile of the EDP over the Parfum but the performance boost on the Parfum gives it the edge to take top spot in the Eros line for me. I can see all of them having their uses, but I'll probably be reaching for the Parfum the most. In any case, you really can't go wrong with any of them. They're all fantastic fragrances deserving of a spot in any men's fragrance collection. Fragrance snobs may hate to admit it, but people go crazy for Eros. Results and sales numbers don't lie. Scent: 8/10 Longevity: 10/10 Sillage: 9/10

You should go spray the three concentrations and try them for yourself, because they are different enough. Parfum is my favorite, just because it smells straight up better to me. More depth and more masculine. People talking about age limits need to put down their bongs. This is a finely balanced sweet, aromatic, and fresh scent that can be worn any time or place and at any age as long as you use just the right amount. It is sweet for sure, so be careful about that, but this is very versatile stuff. To me, this is the sweet spot (pun city) of the entire fragrance world. If you want one that women approve of generally if not drool over, that will also suit most any situation as long as you are self aware about your spraying habits, I can't think of anything safer that is this likeable, except probably The One EDP. I own hundreds of fragrances and have sold hundreds more, but I go for this stuff a lot and it has just become home base because everyone likes it. I used to think it was too bleh and meh, but in this hobby you need to get over the whole image and marketing issues, get real, and come straight down to the smells. Eros parfum wins for me currently. Honorable mention to The One EDP. That stuff is too good if you don't want to go the super sweet route. I'm sure most people on here know how that smells, which is good because it's hard to describe. If you don't know, It is critical that you get some and test it out at least. I used to think it was meh too, but it is unique enough and everyone will like it. I have a hard time believing that anyone would ever complain about it unless you use like 25 sprays. I have gotten more compliments from The One EDP than anything else except maybe Sauvage, but we all know how that goes. Compliments aren't everything when it comes to picking the absolute top scent to associate yourself with. Other things I actually USE are ADG Parfum, YSL l'homme (and la nuit if I want to smell like babypowder, but women love it), Invictus Victory Elixir, The Most Wanted, Sauvage Elixir, Boss Bottled original (intense EDP is too sharp and gross to me by far, but I keep it), PDM Carlisle and Kalan (yes it's crazy daring, but the deep deep deep drydown is to freaking die for). I like Layton, but found it to be just too nuts to be believable. Everyone's just like "alright, who's wearing the crazy cologne from ancient Arabia." I want stuff that suits a handsome modern man at the office or store. Another forgotten one I have been on the fence about for years and years is CH Men (I hate prive because after the opening it smells disgusting. Create a perfume that smells like that opening for 10 hours and you have the best mens' fragrance of all time hands down.) I don't know what CH men is like these days, but I still have a batch from 2010 and it's weird (not because it's old, just weird fragrance), but I've always liked it. I've droned on long enough I think.

I am almost completely sure the notes that are listed are accurate. Someone mentioned the missing vanilla and another mentioned how sweet this scent is. I absolutely love this Eros and it seems to smell almost identical to the EDP, and EDT. It's very sweet and I absolutely love this addition. I got me a 100ml bottle. I think the whole EDT, then EDP, and then the Parfum is a very smart marketing strategy. They get the rumor going that there's a reformulation to the EDT, to get those people to buy the more expensive new one. They then do the same thing, saying the EDP is reformulated to get customers to buy the Parfum. If you think about it, it works. I've owned all of the them. Honestly off the top of my head, it smells close enuff. Now the new marketing strategy is drop the Elixir concentration. Dior did it with Sauvage (Sauvage Elixir is my favorite of all time) and others are now doing it. But I'm definitely a fan of this. You can't go wrong if you like the other ones. People who mention it's a good clubbing scent makes me wonder if they get people to mention it's a clubbing scent. Like who goes clubbing? Like clubbing was out long time ago. I think the whole 'clubbing' label or moniker is dropped to get people to think it's strong. I know lots of people. None of them went clubbing. The few that do actually go clubbing don't come on here or online to see what people are saying. Lot of marketing strategies and some do it very well. Some do it on past reputation. Like it's pretty much a guarantee that if Chanel, or Dior drop a men's fragrances, you can bet your mortgage it's gonna be good. People rip on Sauvage but man does it ever smell good. Versace is the same. Glad to know they still want their customers to buy their fragrances. It's about due for Versace and Dior to drop a new scent. Sauvage Elixir is just a legend for me. If you like the Versace Eros line you are gonna love this one. It's strong, it projects like a wet fart. Soon as you walk in a room, five or ten seconds and it's all over the room. The mint/apple combo is just great.

Eros Parfum is a green, aromatic and woody-oriental fragrance. Its aroma has many similarities with the Eau de Toilette (EDT) and Eau de Parfum (EDP) versions, but it has minor differences. The opening is fresh and green, keeping the mint note very present, but the citrus and fruit notes are a little less prominent than the (EDT) and (EDP). What is present from the opening is vanilla, which is what gives it a slight sweetness throughout its development. After a few minutes, a floral aroma is perceived with a little lavender and geranium that give it Fougere characteristics. After about an hour the fresh sensation of the mint subsides substantially and a very rich oriental woody base remains until the end of its development. This fragrance is suitable for cool days at any time of the year, preferably autumn and winter and for casual outings, parties, special occasions, etc. Its longevity with me was excellent, just like the previous versions, it lasted more than 9 hours. without problem, although it has less sillage than the others Eros. I recommend it to anyone who likes the DNA of Eros like me. The Parfum version is a refined version of the EDT, however my favorite so far is the EDP version because it is more versatile than the Parfum, but this is a very good fragrance too. The official notes are: Top notes: italian lemon oil, italian mandarin oil, litsea cubeba, madagascar elemi, black pepper oil. • Heart notes: pomarose, egyptian geranium oil, lavender, clary sage oil. • Base notes: benzoin resinoid, patchouli, cashmeran, vetiver and vanilla The curious thing is that in that list of official notes, mint is not mentioned, which is notorious at least for me.

I’m officially done not giving every designer fragrance I come across a fair shot. I’ve turned my nose up to big designers so many times for no reason other than my own pretentiousness. My collection currently houses 80+ bottles, yet today was the first time I’ve ever worn this (or even smelled it). Man, when a designer does it right... it’s just right. Although I do like the EDT and the EDP versions in the air, they’re too sweet/young for my taste and age (for ME. I’m not saying sh1t about YOU. You do YOU cause u iz u. Me do ME. Me is me bro. My son would fu3king kill me if he knew the way i post). But seriously, this one is an addiction. Even my wife likes it: HALL - e - effing - LU - JAH. It’s a miracle. A Christmas miracle in July. I find the spices here to be present, yet still light enough that they work even with a warm (maybe not hot) day. Not sure about you all, but in the air (even deep into drydown), I get a twist of mentholic cooling mint. Up close nose-to-skin I get less mint. There is certainly some sweetness, but it’s a darker, richer, but not cloying toned down version. Tell me—do any of you get some Layton vibes from this? The drydown shares some similarities. The price shares none though. Such a nice, well rounded fragrance this is with very impressive performance for the price. Not a screamer for sure, which is great for me. But man, the trail left behind with movement as the air strips these molecules off the surface is just great. Also, I layered this with some Hacivat (please don’t report me to the frag police) and somehow it works. I wasn’t even drunk. Do yourself a favor and sample this. Peace to all you fragmouths.