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200768 – :
Unfortunately to my nose, I do not find this fragrance to be powdery at all. In contrary to the two persons who agreed that this fragrance is very powdery. To me the kind of powdery that would make my head spin would be such found in a fragrance like Midnight In Paris.
To me personally this fragrance was a big disappointment. Not to say the fragrance is completely bad. I am just saying this fragrance is not at all what I expected and not at all of my taste.
To me this is a peppery, just a bit sweet ( slightly sweetened by the juniper berries and the amber ), kind of watery and not so well blended.
Or could it be that I received a bad bottle / batch? I would say this is a try before you buy fragrance. If blind bought just like I did you may end up with an unpleasant surprise. In the end, each of us have different ways in how we experience certain fragrances.
Amsiti – :
For some strange reason i have always been attracting about this fashion house without know how and why, just a feeling mention me all the time about it as one of the very underrated houses with great products.
Your reviews here confirmed this feeling indside me and thank you very much.
Today i had the opportunity to get into the world of this fashion house for the very first time because for some reason this brand is out of the perfume stores for the last years here in my country maybe for marketing reasons.The door of this house opened to me accidentaly through Krizia Uomo Istinto that i found on a shelf of some perfume store standing beside to other perfumes in offer and it was a really bargain following in a discount of 50%. I crabbed the old neglected tester bottle and i applied a generous dose on my wrists….and the travel begins!!!!
I am always on hunting for outstanding and unique perfumes that stand out of the masses and i am looking for scents that people not used to wear so often.
Krizia Uomo Istinto did it extremelly well on that and this is a big plus.
It is a very smooth,relaxing,elegant,powdery fragrance which never screams loud during its life and that makes it in my opinion to have a great versatility and make it wearable during all seasons in any occasion that gives you an elegant aura and a freshness statement at the same time without beeing annoying or cloying or bad crafted at all.
Maybe it is not acceptable from a non powdery perfume lovers but this uniqueness make it really distinctive.
You will love it or hate it but you will not ignore it because has got something retro in its dna but not old fashioned,has inner strength but never screaming,has something nostalgic but brings you optimism and good memories,a bit spicy due to pepper but never bites and make you to feel always calm with a clean and powdery fresh feeling. Finally it is not dark but has the dna of uniqueness and the elegance of black panther!!!!
UPDATE:I had a suspicion that turns to a certainly during the dry down has some similarity to Gurlain L’Instant de Guerlain pour homme to me, just with less of sweetness if that helps you more.
P.S Don’t be afraid the oppening just wait till the top notes fade away and you will enjoy a relaxing and marvelous powdery aroma.
Well done Krizia…grazie tanto.
Always admirer.
frantis – :
This has become my favourite from this house.
I agree with the comments of BIG.
Very powdery. I don’t think the list of notes is complete. I get loads of vanilla, laced with subtle spices.
A really unique fragrance !
Serg30 – :
Amazing perfume! I am a big admirer of the house since the time when I was Moods, which I think is very inspiring fragrance, especially for it some time in the late 80’s, but I still go back to this fragrant treasure! Start express warm, even my It seems that the first ‘occurring base patchouli, amber and incense, which gave him so pleasant almost powdery trail, but as pristine powdery although no orris or vanilla, but one of the most beautiful perfume powdery I’ve felt lately, not even I can not say that this powder has a ‘wonderful warmth that so captivates the borders on incomprehensible, how time passes, as the top notes gradually appearing, coriander and black pepper, to continue to lead in a slightly spicy fragrance form, which always goes from warm to spicy, when I say ‘spice to it and I think, just to know that perfume at no time does not pass in the gourmet (honestly I would not mind). “Admittedly, gourmet and can not be because he juniper does not allow it, and it throws in some geranium cutrus variations of citrus varieties, but extremely hot and not attack, which is often not the case with perfumes that have expressed this very citrusy trace, shortly after rosemary perfume itself is very calm and distract him from some of these ‘acid directions, while the myrtle a silent observer, that is, too the’ faint perfume that I came back on that one sour note of retro but still fine ‘bagged as a whole and does not stick out from the sweet and powdery series, which starts in a casual and the direction of a ‘tart aggression but it’s so nice ‘bagged into a whole that really enormous pleasure to wear this scent, which is warm but again it is very much open for someone to flirt with all my notes that it was simply incomprehensible! Exceptional, parfume, elegantly relaxed, so friendly and yet so laid back and honestly I did not find his counterpart, at least in Designer perfumes, maybe I could describe it as a combination of (somewhat), Guilty Pour Homme Gucci and Prada Amber Pour Homme, you will not recognize the ‘no bad combination, on the contrary! Yes everything is perfect (as always), unfortunately, took care of ‘projection of the perfume, which is the feeling I say 2 and a half hours, that is, I feel it in myself so long.Good even ok.po some of my ‘criteria, but it does not hurt to be more durable, but again the longer term, it would seamlessly aligned in a middle-upper class Niche fragrances (and a good representative of Niche, which also boast an insane projection, but really there’s a monster in terms of the projection itself and everything else, at least from what I’ve tried). Finally, how would I call Krizia Uomo Istinto-fascination in the bottle, and it must remain so, forever!
toha201012 – :
I bought it today and i don’t regret it. The drydown is marvelously powdery, makes your head spin (in a good way). Definitely a head-turner!!!
dainsofi – :
Istinto brings so many good memories. Being my first scent it helped me step into the world of fragrances with joy and impatience. Quite a strange choice for a first cologne as this is not a popular edt. On the other side it is a very good way to begin – istinto is not complex, it’s very linear i must say. But it is great nonetheless. It is warm, intimate and sweet. Based entirely on amber and incense. Though the rosemary and pepper give it a spicy feel. Recommended. ***(**)