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Nadyajkin – :
One of my most treasured purchases in the last decade of my fragrance buys. Very much a gentleman’s fragrance, manly but not Uber masculine. Guys, don’t let the comments about this being feminine or unisex discourage you… this is neither. Very interesting composition from the top to dry down. Getting harder to find so if you can find a bottle at a reasonable price get it!
maxbaron – :
This fragrance is utterly stunning. The honey, patchouli, rose and moss combination dominates. Its a true classic. Heavy and charming just like the Man himself was. Yes. Its a masterpiece.
wedc1977 – :
I have been considering this blind buy purchase for years and found a reasonably priced bottle. It is well worth the wait! 1994 seems like yesterday when I gave my first spray. I will reflect on that time in the world when life was little easier to live in many ways, harder in others. The three tenors were still around which made things just better.
This fragrance seems like it should be trite and easily forgotten, is anything but. It is a celebrity scent that lives up to its inspiration. Indeed you can imagine the man himself wearing this! It has all of the Italian fragrance sensibilities.
You get lemon, leather, rose, resins, oakmoss, vetiver, patchouli, Tonka, ambery musk and a liberal dose of creamy sandalwood. You just wont find this type of quality after 2001. It is a rich tapestry that many other fougeres resemble and in the last decade of the 20th century, they were triumphant.
The floral for men is pretty much left in the 20th century. It is refinement and style that has pretty much left the stage. You can still sport the classics and get a rise out of those you encounter. Its not “old man” or “has been”. This is one of those classics that if you can get your hands on a bottle, you have a chance to feel like you are forever elevated beyond anything you have ever experienced.
There is a little Chanel Egoiste and a lot of Guerlain Heritage in this mighty bottle that only one can imagine only the best noses can produce! Indeed, I am honored to have such a little known masterpiece in my collection.
bavogmc – :
This frag is as unique and exquisite as the Maestro’s voice!
xBOSSx – :
Beautiful and unique sound …..
Nice and unique fragrance ….
The head note is quite classical, and then it’s formed … sophisticated chords come up like a romantic piece of music … and the ingredients are flaming!
Damascus Rose ……. Sicilian Lemon … and drying up again in a classic direction, but on a much flourishing line like Givenchy Insense …. a big-scale creation!
The original version has disappeared altogether.One later release (1999) is still appearing at times and maybe at a fairly good price. It can be a very good buy!
Who likes bohemian smells in which the “joy of life” and “dramatic vocals” are mixed in adding a little Pavarotti’s personality to that smell of perfect harmony!
roman-rezvanov – :
My late husband Victor’s signature fragrance
My 3rd and last husband would scent his dress shirt with this fragrance and his handkerchief
Victor was a conductor and music teacher who was also my coach for a number of years when I was studying opera in the United Kingdom. Pavarotti needs no introduction. He was the king of the high Cs and one of the world’s most iconic tenors. In the mid 90’s he had enough status and celebrity to launch a fragrance. And it turns out he launched not one but two fragrances. There is the Donna woman’s perfume which I wear and the men’s cologne. The men’s cologne is so beautiful.
The opening is a rather bland citrus that doesn’t strike me as innovative. It’s the kind of men’s citrus notes that always show up in frags like Calvin Klein Eternity, Neroli Portofino by Tom Ford, Salvatore Ferragamo Tuscan Soul, Aramis, Ralph Lauren Safari, Givenchy Monsieur de Givenchy, Gentleman or Chanel Pour Monsieur. This is a bright citrus but gentle and almost aquatic. It’s light citrus and very fresh, very fresh and delicious even.
For a man’s cologne this is a sweet floral. The floral notes that most stand out are iris, rose, geranium and perhaps lavender. Men folk please do not allow your mental associations with flower scents as being exclusively a woman’s aroma to cloud your judgement or to keep you from wearing this amazing scent.
Yes it is floral but it’s in the same wearable men’s floral as Calvin Klein Eternity. In fact it is clearly inspired by CK Eternity and does reflect the 90’s period with the gender-bending and men in touch with their feminine side/metrosexual mood of the decade. This smells like an art teacher in community college who has long hair and paints nudes both men and women.
There is a very artistic and artsy feel to this perfume with the floral notes which deepen instead of turning into powder. This is why Pavarotti would have worn it himself. It has the feel of being a fragrance for singers, ballet dancers and conductors, not to mention pianists, violinists, and other classical musicians. This is an orchestral fragrance with notes that play music.
The iris is deep and purple, regal, and it seems to be swimming in a lavender aroma and it also has a rose that is more like the deep rose in Chanel Egoiste or Malle’s Portrait of a Lady. Once the florals begin to make an exit, as if they were arpeggios and glissandos, the deeper Oriental features of this cologne begin to emerge. They include notes of incense, benzoin, patchouli, musk, sandalwood, opoponax and tonka/vanilla. The dry down can almost pass for the dry down of Shalimar or Habit Rouge.
The scent also has a honey note which sweetens it up and keeps it from getting too dark or too moody. The incense is warm and not too smoky. It’s more of an aromatic fougere type of scent and certainly a million times more enjoyable and expensive smelling than Le Male by Gaultier. This has no civetone or musk notes but there is leather that smells like musk. It has a decidedly masculine but unisex quality. Even these darker deeper notes, including that hot opoponax incense, and patchouli, has a woman’s Oriental fragrance vibe. I would wear this myself but it reminds me too much of my Victor and it’s a fragrance I’d rather remember him by.
Ladies, this is a wearable fragrance on account of it’s floral sweetness and it’s freshness, as well as it’s vanilla and honeyed amber woodsy dry down. The fragrance’s dry down was somewhat reminiscent of Chanel’s Coco Eau de Parfum and Diva by Ungaro. In fact because it has that CK Eternity opening and florals, and the Coco/Diva dry down this seems to be like a perfect improvement or love child/consequence of all those unisex aromatic Orientals of the 80’s. But because it’s from around 1994 it has a softer and more pleasant wearable texture.
This can be worn casually and formally. My Victor wore it to work when he was teaching class as well as when he conducted symphonies and chamber ensembles. Absolutely gorgeous. It does a fine job of representing the voice of Pavarotti with it’s rich honeyed Italianate tenor goodness. It is not known whether Pav wore it himself but I would not be surprised if he did. It certainly captures his voice in a bottle.
aksel – :
Oh My!!
Here we have a Men’s perfume that can stand proudly beside the Bugatti 1992 on my shelf.
A blending of, one would think impossible, a dizzying number of ingredients.
I can identify each and every one of notes within this. The slight Bergamot, Pettigreen bitterness and slight tartness of the Lemon Verbena perfectly balanced. There are no sharp edges to distract. Patchouli camphour drifts through.
It is a symphonic piece of art that eventually dries down to a base of light tobacco, moss, soft Leather, all splendidly Honeyed. Not an ounce of cloyness. Sillage is mild as this holds close to the skin.
Like the Bugatti, it has me feeling Princely.
84ordenko – :
Spray some on and you’ll hit that high C in no time!
glk215bedyWelty – :
I have Donna by Pavarotti his perfume for women but my friends in Milan presented me with this gift during Milan Fashion Week last week. This is magnificent. This is a very formal, very elegant unisex cologne to wear with evening wear at the Opera. Pavarotti opens with citrus and I was afraid that it would be too citric and like lemon furniture polish but it never went into that direction. It’s a sparkling refreshing opening and I find it similar to Shalimar Emeraude and Esprit D’Oscar. So if you like those lemony bergamot openings, the way this fragrance starts will delight your nose. The heart is floral with heavy rose and iris. However while I can detect the rose, geranium and iris this frag never becomes too flowery because of the strong dose of patchouli and woods. There’s oak moss, cedar wood, and a touch of incense in the form of myrrh benzoin and opoponax. So it’s very smoky floral. I love smoky floral scents. There is also vanilla and sweet sweet honey. I thought this scent was also spicy with scents that remind me of ginger and it’s got cloves. I think a woman, the right woman, could wear this well. Yes it’s strong but it doesn’t have to be if you apply with a light touch. In the end it’s a sweet fragrance of smoky flowers incense and woods. At times it even turns powdery. It’s so beautiful and smells so good. I am so happy with this gift and will wear this to the Metropolitan Opera.
рудый – :
Really unique and unusual male scent. Similar to no other fragrance.Very powdery and delicate, with a lot of herbs and spices. Yet enormously persistent in time and space.
Vic52 – :
I had high hopes for this scent, but it’s definitely not for me – to my nose, it’s overwhelmingly woody & balsamic with little else surrounding. (It also gives me an instant headache.)
PlatLift – :
A superlative scent , pure class & im glad i have acquired enough to use with the other classic vintage frags .
Костик-ПК – :
Now that my bottle is 20 years old I revisited this masterpiece. And as I age, more I like it. Wonderful patchouli with rose and geranium in the overture, coexisting for a long time with the resins and leather that arouse softly. It seems a more gentle Givenchy Gentleman, with more pronounced flowers and honey. It is sad that I was too young when I discovered this fragrance and lost the opportunity to buy more than one bottle. But, at the other side, I am happy because I still have this one.
babBiapeDassy – :
I had forgotten how great this fragrance, the first time I heard I was a little perplexed, the opening seemed too strong but it was a moment I realized immediately that this was something wonderful aroma of spices and woods make it a masterpiece (it seems made to be paired with a couture gown, this is its refined elegance, and then the resin and leather flowers are voluptuous to blend into a symphony of scents, it may be old
good school … but these scents, you should still go to these old paths, where the warmth and charm of these fragrances have made history.
Memorable as the great Luciano Pavarotti, who knows if perhaps the handkerchief he held in his hands during her performances as well as a bit of sweat, there was also
this sublime fragrance ……
Pavarottimmortal
lex3 – :
delicious, an even better givenchy gentleman- its got a peppery note gentleman doesnt.i love both but have to give the edge to pavarotti for the pepper bite. discontinued.
pikxxx1 – :
But this one was even before todays massproduce of celebrety fragrances, as it sais that is was made in 1994, 17 years ago!