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vladimirford3 – :
I bought this fragrance just based on the notes on Aveda’s website and it is now my absolute favorite cologne for my husband! He just smells so yummy when he wears it!!!! I highly recommend it if you are on the fence about buying.
bolgartsev – :
LIKE: Pure-formance is an incredibly relaxing spa-type scent good for 4 season-wear, herbal and all natural smelling. Puristic, clean presentation, excellent sprayer.
DISLIKE: On skin it opens with a strange sour smell unlike other aveda products for about 1 hour. Longevity is only about 4~5 hours, even on fabric. Although many reviewers praised the potency. The 2014 reform is probably fact.
Buy again? No, not with my current impressions, but I will give it more skin time and see if it grows on me.
As alternative I enjoy Guerlains Vetiver more.
vankaz – :
No doubt it is as natural as this kind of thing can get, but this is one of those that I wish I could get just the drydown, which is great. Top has some kind of rough anistic note that smells/feels like a Fisherman’s Friend cough drop to me.
idp500Unlogrere – :
Smells exactly like cheap Lemongrass essential oil, to me. It has an astringent, medicinal quality to it that reminds me of Novocain. The lavender and mint notes are there, but they give it a gross, plush kind of accord.
Vetiver and citruses used together can either be glorious or demonic…and this one is demonic. It smells like an old bottle of peroxide.
vitasik – :
I came across this again and although I sampled this a long time ago, I revisited it and I have to admit it is very aromatic and does remind me of an expensive spa treatment using the best pure natural oils. I sprayed this on early afternoon and it still smells strongly on my skin a good 8 hours later. It has wafted around all day long reminding me it is still there right through to drinks and a evening meal with friends. A few comments that night were that I smelled spicy, fresh and very clean smelling. I am very happy with this purchase.
8smartclica – :
Basically the smell of NIVEA skin cream with added ginger and massage oil. Smells REALLY clean and sharp. Sterile is a good way to put it. I personally like a clean sharp gentlemen’s scent.
However this quiets down rather quickly (within 20 minutes). What you are left with is the Nivea cream smell more than anything else.
Nice try and worth a sniff for the first 20 minutes. Clean freaks will love it…then you know the deal…like everything else these days it fails to please.
bityPlutZoott – :
I don’t like it. It’s cloying and smells astringent and clinical, like you’re in a dentist’s office and about to suffer some pain.
abolduy – :
This is a “spa fragrance,” and reminds me of something one would smell like after having an incredibly relaxing, yet invigorating massage and treatment at a high end club. Simply fantastic.
Note to the wise: you only need one spray of this. It is very powerful and almost comes off like a whiskey, but let it settle down a bit and it will last all day long.
dimmed – :
I am surprised at this fragrance’s sillage. It wears well all day. I am really impressed. I was somewhat reluctant to purchase it but am absolutely pleased I did now. I feel I am wearing a fragrance with integrity and some level of honesty – if that makes sense??? It feels real and earthy. I was greeted with wafts of lavander and vetiver all day. The citrus notes are there but I don’t think they’re what you smell – I suppose they balance the wood of the vetiver. Love love love it.