Description
For all fans of perfumes created by independent perfumer Geza Schön, the new fragrance by the house of Baldessarini will certainly arrive on your test list. Known for fragrance of the collection Escentic Molecules, fragrances he created for the house of Clive Christian, Ormonde Jayne and others, Geza collaborates with Baldessarini to create their latest fragrance which promises a modern and very dynamic composition. Baldessarini Ultimate starts a new era for the brand Baldessarini, according to Nadine Rebentisch (Maurer & Wirtz Director Marketing & New Business).
Top notes of BALDESSARINI ULTIMATE contain Peruvian pink pepper, mandarin and bergamot, followed by floral notes of magnolia, jasmine and freesia in the heart. The oriental base will warm the composition with chords of labdanum, olibanum (frankincense), amber, leather and patchouli by creating thick, hot base for the flowers, citruses and spices. Geza Schon characterizes the composition as spicy-metallic-refreshing, leaving patchouli in the base as a kind of signature of Baldessarini brand.
Under the license of Maurer & Wirtz Baldessarini Ultimate arrives in massive flacon made of heavy glass, as 50 and 90 ml Eau de Toilette, in a leather box with silver details. The collection encompasses 90 ml after shave lotion, 200 ml shower gel and 75 ml stick deodorant.
Ultimate was launched in 2015. The nose behind this fragrance is Geza Schoen.
VoV.Cool – :
This scent has a beautiful opening which I love. Olibanum, leather, patchouli, labdanum, manly and strong, just gorgeous! But the drydown is completely different, cheap smelling. If you want the smell of the drydown of this, buy the much cheaper arabic scent called Krypton edp “oud” which I own. It’s 99% the same. The difference is that Krypton has better projection and sillage from this Baldessarini.
Performance is moderate overall.
archangl – :
Definitely over 30 years of age type of scent, for some reason I’m thinking more bitter orange than Mandarin.
It starts off rather rough around the edges, bitter/spicey so that might throw off some new wearers of this scent.
It projects and lasts well into the next morning. This whole morning I’ve been sniffing the sweater I wore yesterday with Ultimate, it gives the impression of a Fahrenheit-like petroleum aroma.
Easily falls into the evening, fall/winter categories.
butkor916 – :
All I really get from this is the kind of orange and patchouli smell that you’d get from an aftershave balm that you’d buy from a hand-made beauty shop. Slightly headache-inducing, a little coppery, but with a flourish of vetiver to make it dry and mineral enough to compare with something like Terre d’Hermès or French Lover. Bear in mind it really doesn’t smell enough like them to make it a substitute, but you get the gist. All in all, I don’t really understand how this fits in with the Baldessarini aesthetic after Strictly Private and Private Affairs, both lovely fragrances.
This smells like the sort of thing you’d buy for dad for father’s day without much thought.
HuffExcuppy – :
Besides a small amount of spice, I see no resemblance between this and amouage honor man. The closest thing I’ve smelled to this is Frederic Malle French lover. What’s strange about this is the perceived notes compared to the actual note breakdown. To me, I get an orange and vetiver combo with a patchouli base. When I came back to check the notes, I see how very far off I am! This is not a typical designer scent – and I can see this being signature worthy during the cooler months. For the price, this is a steal.
rvd947speagoessenda – :
Geza Schoen is my favorite “nose”. He has backbone and a recognizable style that I like a lot. This shines through in here as well. The marketing and the name of the fragrance are ultra cheesy but the scent itself its so cool. Schoen breaks boundaries in a very intelligent manner, still appealing to the crowds. This blend is juicy, bitter, leathery, lush, yummy, classy, sexy, urban and sophisticated. Spot on!
Jerxa – :
This is a good fragrance – just received this blind buy today and at first I was really impressed – it’s is a beauty – I am not disappointed certainly not for the price I bought it for for – this is a good scent for more formal occasions not directly the fragrance if you want to go to the gym – it’s also a more adult scent so not really for teenage boys – for me this is a really oriental scent with a leatherly dry down – it’s a sort of incense smell I usually encouter in a souvenir shop ” Hamzah Batik ” in Yogyakarta Indonesia – a little spicy the peppers a bit woody – really nice scent – the dry down was not so spectacular as I thought it would be – the most lovely amber smell for the best price is still Ambré Noble from Zara – with a real long longetivity and at price less than €20 – most of you readers would not even enter a Zara for a fragance but the last 2 years they have really improved the quality of their scents at very affordable prices – Baldessarini Ultimate I would give a well 7/10
jxz214Unlogrere – :
update.
So i finally get to wear this on a nice cool northeast day. This thing blew my mind as I was hoping. I’m still looking for the leather, but what i noticed after an hour or so was a wonderful vetiver-like note. It’s not listed as having vetiver, so all i can think is the citrus in this blended with the other stuff just gives you that warmth. I also noticed a strong similarity to the dry down on Laligue’s Hommage al’homme Voyage. Lalique’s strong patch openning slowly gives way to a nice mellow vetiver. Not as prominent as the scent on Ultimate, which stays very linear in my opinion. Tut the similarity was uncanny. It’s perhaps the only thing I don’t like here. I don’t like fragrances too similar to others in the collection. Nonetheless, Ultimate is a definite keeper and I’m glad i got it. Another big plus (compared to my other Baldessarini fragrances) is longevity. This one has a long life. Projects very well and long after initial application the skin scent is beautiful. So if you can find it, go for it. Cheers.
lovely spicy kick to get your attention from the start. mellows down fairly quickly…very few minutes!! The patch is prominent from the very beginning without being overpowering. It’s well rounded off by the florals in the mix. This is a very masculine fragrance that feels quite different from other Baldessarini offerings. Sadly I’m waiting and looking for the leather note…seems to have gone MIA. Great fragrance and finally available at reasonable prices if you look around. This one should make for a great cool weather scent, so enjoy. I know I intend to. Cheers!
Stoyanov – :
Copy of Amouage honour Man
3020072007 – :
A quick spicy opening that quickly drops down to a well blended patchouli and floral (mostly the magnolia, but almost has a rose-like quality to it). I personally get none of the amber or leather qualities Ultimate supposedly has.
ComprarViagraES – :
I got it this week. i am addicted by baldessarini.
ultimate is a bit different from previews baldessarini. more like ambre but a bit different. more tasty and bitter.
i love it.
IrinaZvezda – :
Today i got my hands on this one,
i have been looking for it since i saw
the first adds. And it arrived finally,
the first spray just blew me away, it started out
very strong and spicy, but after 20 min it
soon dried down to a more calm variation,
this fragrance slightly reminds me of a twist between gengis khan
and dsquared potion royal black, but still it has its own charachter, i love spicy fragrances like this so i am thrilled by this one, if you like spicy
frags you will love this one i am positivly sure
of it.
zoob_k – :
The new Ultimate despite the silly name is the best designer fragrance that I tried this year. Moreover, it’s the best Baldessarini ever. A big surprise, it seems that Baldessarini did impossible thing for themselves. To my nose, if the Dior Sauvage smelled liked this, it would immediately become the new classic.
Ultimate is a patchouli centered scent with a signature Geza Shoen’s game on ISO e Super theme. A patchouli arounded by pepper, incense and violets. That way the composition shares the mood of the patchouli fragrances, of peppery fragrances (MJ Bang) and incense fragrances simultaneously. It doesn’t smell like LIDH, though those who love the Guerlain fragrance could easily fall in love with the Baldessarini.
The quality of the notes is great, I haven’t noticed anything from One Million / Eros / Invictus. Just the great combo of patchouli and other noble components. The longevity is above average, the sillage is not that high (however, people notice it after 2 hours and make compliments).
The bottle is not really different on the shelf. But when you take it in the hand, you feel it very, VERY heavy. Maybe the most heavy glass bottle that I ever held.
diego 380 – :
Geza Schön has succeeded. He finally created the first perfume of the house of Baldessarini, that has caught my interest. No, it did not only caught my interest, I actually do like this one. Pretty much even.
I went to local stores for a few weeks now, constantly asking if the perfume is there or if they know when it will arrive.
Today I finally was able to sample it. Not a proper testing so far, but what I smelled triggers my ‘must have’ button.
The inital blast had quite some citrus in it, but it was woven wonderfully with the floral notes and even the leathery smokiness was there from the beginning. So Geza managed it that the citrus notes didn’t ruin this perfume for me.
And as they disappeared and the floral heart as well as the balmy notes from the base intensified I was lost to Ultimate.
The florals never leave the stage and can still be detect in the base, which makes it more individual and less similar to all the common bases.
This actually do remind me of some smell from the past, but I can’t say what it is. All I can say is, this perfume doesn’t smell exactly like something I have smelled before, maybe it is just an accord similar to another fragrance.
To me, the overall impression is of a very elegant, sophisticated perfume. Mature but not only suitable for older men. It is not intrusive when it comes to sillage. Can’t tell about longevity on skin yet.
I’d highly recommend to try this perfume, even if you have been disappointed by Baldessarini so far.
When I read that Geza Schön was hired I was quite nervous and almost sure, this couldn’t be a bummer. And now I’m even more excited, as it seems I was so right.