Carolina Herrera (M) EDT

carolina herrera for men smells definitely like a freshly opened pack of cigarettes. very herbal with a strong note of tobacco. u can feel also something like geranium and clove with neroli and bergamot in the opening, but the tobacco is the leader of the fragrance. it's refined and uber masculine, ch for men reminds me someone well-dressed, serious, a bit surly like h. bogart. the blend is abosolutely well-made, it comes from the 90's but it has something from the 80's. on my skin is quite strong in the first hours, then became more gentle. absolutely for fall and winter, better for people over 30-35. for casual but not playful situations. it takes time to be appreciated, a young man can find it too dated and complicated, so be careful for a blind buy. overall, i dont think it is a compliment magnet or a sexy smell, but ch for men is something different from the current offering and maybe someone can find it attractive for the super masculine vibe. if i have to pick something similiar my choices are trussardi inside and versace the dreamer. they are not identical but play in the same league: ch for men is more serious, trussardi inside is more elegant, versace the dreamer more artistic. for mature, elegant gentlemen! profumo molto mascolino, dominato dal tabacco e qualche note lieve di agrumato. elegante e serio al tempo stesso, lo consiglio a uomini dai 35 in su, seri ma con buon gusto nel vestire.

….. PDM Sedley??? Yes yes indeed very much so . Starts off more like channel platinum egoist then transforms to sparkling effervescent citrusy lavender minty concoction very much like the backbone of Sedley. Very similar vibe. When considering the price vs originality ,.. this CH for men is the clear winner in my book. . This isn’t going to be for everyone obviously, but for me it’s a new found treasure from way back in the way back Time Machine . If Sedley was around back in the 90’s it probably would have cost as much as this CH cost today. Very affordable and equally enjoyable. If you like one you’ll love the other . If you wanna throw the full weight of your money around go for the PDM, but if you just wanna smell like this, go for the CH. for reference, my bottle of CH is of the new current batch. Zero complaints, zero regrets year round versatility. But wait…. There’s more.. You will also get pops of a really nice tobacco note , and then some times a frequent hit of what appears to be similar to creed Himalaya !!! This fragrance is a damn masterpiece!!!!! THE END

This one , is one of few fragrances that I never forgot its smell , I smelled it early 90's when I was very young, my father had one and forgot it in some place, completely, so I had founded it and smelled it and immediately fall in love with it , after more than 25 years I decided to buying a bottle online, and I was so excited to smell it again , and after I had received it at work , I take it to private place and opened the box , immediately knew the new " old " looking bottle that is so simple , and just opened it and spray it on my hand and I took a sniff, WOOOOW ..... this is beautiful smell, I know fragrances reformulated over years , and I red reviews about how reformulation ruin fragrances, but NO , I am sure the new Herrera changed a bit coz reformulation, and replacing natural ingredients with synthetic ones , but it is almost the same smell as I remember it . I smelled it since 25+ years and never smell it since then until I bout one past summer ... if the smell is changed a lot , I would notice that ..

Back in the 90's when I was in high school my uncle got me a bottle of Herrerra for men by CH. I'll never forget that every time I wore it my mom would ask me if I've been smoking. I wondered why she would ask then I caught on that it was the cologne that smelled like smokey tobacco. I see many reviews say that this is not like the one from the 90's but I feel that it's exactly like I remember it. These are the notes from Fragrantica that I agree with. I'm getting this fresh, spicy, warm, tobacco that comes across very smooth and elegant. I bought it because it was at a great price at a discounter and I'm so glad I did. I can't wait to show it to my brother he would borrow it from me back in the day.

Review below kinda nails the issue for customers that are familiar with the original. It has become a fragrance for what or when? Signature, light office fragrance, I suppose? I would not say this is being "marketed" compared to other Herrera offerings - it's hanging by a thread on the company website and perhaps 1 dept store - but the original DNA is certainly more in tune with cooler temperatures that demand some weight. If Puig EdP'd this, they'd reconnect with a mature audience, and - coupled with Bad Boy - be able to offer a 1-2 punch at retailers...if that simply meant renaming the Concentree(White bottle) version other reviewers have alluded to, great, I'd be all in at $100-$120.