Review (5/5): Very good clone, moderate longevity
Grand Parfums Versace Eros opens with a strong projection of citrus, fruity, sweet, musky and spicy notes. The opening is very fresh, sharp, bright, inviting, unique, and delectable. The green apple, mint, ambroxan, and lemon are the most prominent opening notes. The lemon is the fresh and bright opening note, astringent, sour, and vibrant; the green apple is by its side, delectable, sweet, sour, crispy, and acidic. The mint rounds up the opening with its cooling green and slightly spicy note. The ambroxan is also noticeable musky, lemony, and ambery note that works well, improving the fragrance's projection. As the fragrance moves towards its dry down, the tonka bean and vanilla add a sweet and aromatic touch without making the fragrance overly sweet or taking the focus away from the mint, green apple, and lemon. The vetiver, oakmoss, and cedar are part of the support notes; they combine their notes to create a fresh green and woody accord but remain in the back of the fragrance. The fragrance is linear, all notes come up as soon as the fragrance is applied and continue into the dry down. Once Grand Parfums Versace Eros has reached its full dry down, it can be summarized as a strong projection, spicy mint, fruity green apple, musky ambroxan, mildly sweet vanilla, tonka, and woody cedar fragrance. The fragrance feels casual, comforting, delectable, energizing, exquisite, fresh, fruity, green, high-quality, inviting, masculine, modern, musky, nicely-blended, playful, refreshing, rich, sharp, seductive, sour, sparkly, special, sweet, unique, versatile, wild, woody, and very pleasant.
CATEGORY: Aromatic fougere
BATCH REVIEWED: 2019.
WOW RATING: 10/10. A deliciously sweet, fresh spicy, fruity, musky, and woody fragrance.
DISLIKE RATING: 0/10. The fragrance contains no offensive or harsh notes.
UNIQUENESS: 10/10. The notes are relatively common, but the resulting scent is unique.
MASS APPEAL: 10/10. A delectable fragrance, a crowd-pleaser.
PROJECTION: 6/10. Very good, about 6 feet around the wearer.
SILLAGE: 8/10. Impressive, about 8 feet behind the wearer.
APPLICATION: 4-6 atomizations.
LONGEVITY: 5/10. Good, about 5 hours, it projects well for over 3 hours.
CLONE RATING: 10/10. A great clone, the original has a more noticeable ambroxan which develops into a dry accord. In this fragrance the fruity, mint, and lemon and stronger than the ambroxan.
SEASONS: Winter, spring, summer, fall, colder days, daytime, nighttime, and climate-controlled environments.
OCCASIONS: Outdoor gatherings, gym, sports, office, casual, holidays, vacations, romantic, dating, clubbing. This is an office-friendly fragrance.
VERSATILITY: 10/10. A highly versatile fragrance that can be worn any time of the year and occasion.
GENDER: Masculine. The spicy mint creates a slight tilt to the masculine side. I can safely be worn as unisex.
AGES: Any.
RECOMMENDATION: Grand Parfums Versace Eros can be purchased for about $27(8oz). It is a delectable, unique, and very inviting fragrance which makes it the ideal crowd-pleaser. This is a great buy.
BLIND-BUY: Yes.
SIMILAR: These are examples of other fragrances in the same genre.
• Alfred Dunhill Desire EDT is a good, unique, sweet vanilla, teak wood, fruity apple, floral neroli, rose, and musky fragrance.
• Armaf Sauville EDP Men is a very good, intense, musky ambroxan, lemon, and spicy peppery fragrance.
• Creed Jardin D’Amalfi EDP is a fantastic, mildly sweet, citrusy bergamot, mandarin, green petitgrain, vetiver, and fruity apple fragrance.
• Hugo Boss Bottled Intense EDP is very sweet, vanilla, sandalwood, spicy cinnamon, cloves, and apple fragrance
• Jaguar Classic Black EDT is a good, mild, bitter orange, woody, apple, and musk fragrance
• Montale Starry Nights features apple, lemon, patchouli and roses, a fantastic and very different fragrance.
• Parfums De Marly Layton EDP is a great, intense, spicy, cardamom, sweet, vanilla, guaiac wood, lavender, fruity, apple, and sandalwood fragrance.
• Salvatore Ferragamo F Black Pour Homme EDT is a good, fresh, woody, and peppery fragrance.
• Versace Eros EDT is a fantastic, spicy mint, fruity green apple, musky ambroxan, mildly sweet vanilla, tonka, and woody cedar fragrance.
• Versace Eros Flame EDP is fantastic, intense, citrus chinotto, lemon, mandarin orange, spicy black pepper, rosemary, mildly sweet, tonka, vanilla, and woody cedar fragrance.
• Victoria Secret Very Sexy Platinum for Him is OK, very common, a fresh woody, mossy, ozonic, violet leaf, and spicy fragrance.
• Grand Parfums Versace Eros is a fantastic, intense, spicy mint, fruity green apple, musky ambroxan, mildly sweet vanilla, tonka, and woody cedar fragrance.
SUMMARY: A strong projection, spicy mint, fruity green apple, musky ambroxan, mildly sweet vanilla, tonka, and woody cedar fragrance. The fragrance feels casual, comforting, delectable, energizing, exquisite, fresh, fruity, green, high-quality, inviting, masculine, modern, musky, nicely-blended, playful, refreshing, rich, sharp, seductive, sour, sparkly, special, sweet, unique, versatile, wild, woody, and very pleasant.