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ivan.elabuga.87 – :
there is alot better fragrances then this one! so unless you are just looking to get the whole collection I would pass on this one!! please buy a tester before you buy this!!!
kozins62 – :
Not a full review but I sniffed this on a blotter today without being told the full notes – the front label says “gun metal and roses” and that’s all – and it smelled exactly like wet green bell pepper! Thought I was crazy until I checked the notes here. So…that note definitely comes through loud and clear. I’ll update if I try it on my skin.
timruss – :
This is one of the most repulsive scents I have experienced, in perfumery and elsewhere. Given the description (“gun metal and roses”), I was expecting a daring rose with a sharp edge, but what I received was a nose-wrinkling blast of (what is listed here as) green pepper and little else. Like Andrina noted, it’s got a very “chemical” odor; something acrid and unnatural.
It’s been two hours since I’ve given my arm a reckless series of spritzes (I really was expecting to love this), and, thank heavens, I can’t detect anything anymore (although it’s possible my sense of smell has been temporarily destroyed), so it’s not even a beautiful scent with a challenging opening; the challenging opening is all there is to it.
Deroxmppcb – :
Interesting and wonderful how 2 people can have such different perceptions of the same scent. The previous reviewer found Wicked Love to be rose-forward. I, on the other hand, can hardly sense the rose, and I’m dealing with a bomb of soapy green pepper.
As I sit here typing this, I find myself hoping beyond hope that the poor longevity experienced by the previous reviewer will kick-in right now.
I’m not familiar with water hyacinth, so I don’t know if the unpleasant/metallic sharpness is coming from it or not. There’s something very synthetic here. I’m not a stickler or a snob with regard to ingredients, but this is just over the top unpleasant, “chemically” and sharp.
It’s a cheap, sharp floral room spray on a soapy green pepper.
masyanya89 – :
I have so far tried all of the Replica Fantasies collection, and this one fits into the catalog well. It’s a very rose-forward scent, with a metallic/slightly peppery background (I would assume it’s the green pepper note listed above). The rose isn’t the typical refined Middle Eastern rose we have become accustomed to with recent scents, but more of a vintage, Crabtree and Evelyn Rose soap-type rose; the kind they used to use in their Turkish Delight candy. It’s nice and rides a very fine line of gender neutrality, verging more on the side of a traditional female scent.
Longevity and projection are both disappointing, as with the rest of the Fantasies collection. I gave my arm a couple good sprays over the course of several days, and got about two hours at most out of each wearing, with projection being about 6 inches to a foot for the first hour, and then deteriorating to a skin scent for the duration.