Friday, May 5, 2017

Gucci Guilty Absolute for men(new) and Cabotine Gold

Gucci Guilty Absolute

Notes-leather, patchouli, cypress, woods and vetiver.

When I was in Sephora, I actually seen two guys smell it, wrinkle their noses and put it right back. One guy even went as far as exclaim "Damn, this is bad!"
so of course I had to smell it for myself. I can see why this doesn't appeal to some(or many) people-it smells like old leather. No, really. Old cedar box and old leather. You can picture both of those things and all is missing is the horse, and a cowboy hat(at least those are the images I get from this).
I wouldn't like it on a man(that's just from my female point of view) but if someone wants to smell like old tooled boots and wood, its a free country.

Rating-1(on 1 to 5 scale)

Cabotine Gold by Gres

Notes: Orange, pink pepper, melon(I am sorry but I can't smell any of those other hint of citrus in the beginning)
Jasmin, tiare flower(none of that I can smell either) and peony
Patchouli, vetiver and amber.

Cabotine Gold is a flanker of "regular" Cabotine and its not a new fragrance(its been around since 2010). However, I didn't sample it until yesterday even though I seen it sold numerous times at CVS drugstores. I checked Fragrantica for reviews and I was intrigued by those who claimed it resembled Chanel's Coco Mademoiselle.
Upon actually smelling it, I would agree that it does bear resemblance to Coco M but Coco M is much heavier overall and more intense on patchouli. Cabotine Gold is very light, golden smelling and sparkling. Kind of like champagne. It has very light citrusy note and then it unveils the golden sunny floral which is light and unoffensive.  I really like it but lasting power is zilch. I can spray it all over myself and its barely there. It lays VERY close to the skin.

I will say that its actually closer to Chanel's Chance if anything. Also, Perry Ellis Love is another one that is rather similar except Love is "drier" and more "Astringent" .

Rating-3.5. I would happily give it higher rating if it actually projected and lasted longer