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Versace Men's Perfume Dreamer 100ml (Pack of 1)

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Despite its versatility and wearability, you must wear it in open spaces or among people who like strong scents. Most people will love your sillage but they may become uncomfortable with proximity sniffing. As far as I am concerned It's a fantastic fragrance, but you must choose well where you may use it; some suggestions: alone (for your own pleasure), driving an open-air car, making a presentation or conducting an audience, street/park walking... Still this fragrance has the ability to make me feel like i am wrapped up in a bed of soft feathers and ready to dream away. Authority to prescribe an Authority medicine is granted for specific indications and/or for certain patient circumstances. Authority may be obtained by telephone to Medicare Australia (known as "phone approval") or in writing from an authorised delegate of the Minister for Health. The longevity of The Dreamer is as immense as the Roman Empire. After twelve hours on my skin is still quite decernable and projects extremely well at about six feet for the first three to four hours. It is to be applied with a light finger or you might find you are overpowering as you pass the innocent bystander. Talking about the scent: I smell a herbal-aromatic note (Tarragon and Juniper) at the start that reminds me of lavender. It's harsh but vicious. After 10min the tobacco flower starts to appear along with other flowers (iris and lily) although it's not powdery neither feminine. After 1h the coumarin joins the game and the scent turns more sweet, alluring but still kind of floral.

It opens objectively and bluntly (in a good sense) as an oriental fougere, with accords similar to leather. It shows a forestry juniper, notes of absinthe seasoning (Artemisia), and especially notes of anise seasoning (Tarragon). It is an almost unique opening that no one else does today and is easy to confuse with the lavender opening of the initial batches. From its first generation, it has maintained a "barbershop" aroma that continues to enchant old and new connoisseurs of good perfumes. In addition, this is one of the few perfumes I know that has maintained or improved its qualities over the years. In a nutshell, a clean barbershop aromatic fougère. But it's the dandified kind of barbeshop -- it's retro, but not the mossy hairy chest style fragrance with 100s of notes. The note pyramid seems wrong, though. For me, it's mainly a lavender scent with tobacco accents, really prominent floral notes (rose, carnation) and a clean ambery drydown. So, basically I'm getting the "Dreamer The Original" notes. Only a slight powderiness to it, and although it is sweet, it's not vanillic or gourmand at all. Slightly soapy, but upscale soapy, not the "rat has died on my white soap bar" kind. I was testing this with other fragrances and kept getting whiffs of this as it is strong. My opinion on it has changed over the years from an “it’s OK” to a solid like. This fragrance plays in the same yard as its brother Eros, also by Versace. This is a sweet tobacco/tea based scent to me, but not nearly as sweet as Eros. It has more in common to Gucci Pour Homme II than Eros in my opinion. It is well blended, with a comfortable scent bubble that won’t offend others with 3-5 sprays. There is a touch of class to this fragrance, but I feel it can be dressed up or down. This is a good all weather fragrance, but I could see it becoming a little bit cloying in the summer heat. It is definitely strong enough to cut through the cold winter air. When it comes to season, colder temperatures definitely fit the best – fall and spring are perfect seasons for it. You can wear it during summer too, but only during nighttime, as high temperatures during the day will cause the sweetness to be a bit “too much”. I wouldn’t recommend that you wear The Dreamer during winter as it will basically have no effect – very cold temperatures won’t allow it to open and dry down nicely and express all the beautiful chords that it has. These are different, but there is a similar overall powdery-aromatics & a musk/white-musk vibe, although the soft purple tones are lavender in English Laundry Signature and iris-violet in The Dreamer. English Laundry Signature has a more forward woody accord, while The Dreamer has more forward iris-violet accords. Both have good performance.

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I don’t think the sales lady knew that, either. At least she did not say, she just agreed with me, that it is really really lovely. Some people called the original the washing machine detergent fragrance because of all the lavender scented detergents out there today and is probably why they changed things up a bit because you don't want that to be the association of the last fragrance that was created by Versace himself before his untimely passing. Even though the lavender is not there anymore there is still a resemblance to that kind of scent which is probably why people get that feeling of relaxation and comfort from it. Blind buy worthy? Why not! If you get this gem for €20~€25 don't waste your time looking for decants.

There is something about this fragrance that makes me feel so comfortable and relaxed. I would have said it was the lavender but it has been reformulated and there is no lavender in it anymore. I sprayed it on a tester strip, waved it under my nose and boom! It all came together. I made my first trip to Rome in 1999, three years after The Dreamer was introduced. And smelling it on paper, not my skin I recognized that this was the smell of Rome in the last year of the 20th Century. Everyone that year must have been wearing Dreamer. It permeated the Via Veneto and the lobby of the Excelsior Hotel. It was in the museums and cafes and on the bus to Pompeii or the train Florence. During my first week in Rome the smell of The Dreamer entered my memories and then somehow got buried. When you think of the big fragrance houses and popular perfume brands, Versace is rarely mentioned at the beginning. After all, most fragrances of this brand are felt to be permanently on sale. However, I had never seen one in a store: The Dreamer receives virtually no attention from Versace, although it is produced regularly Fast forward to today as I wear this souvenir of that lost summer. It is very distinct and immediately recognizable. The 90s trend was light, breezy, floral and somewhat metallic. Tobacco flower is clean and blends well with rose and jasmine. Its not the stinky cigar note. The tree is somewhat incomplete. Missing is iris/violet, lots of frothy oakmoss and amber/musk. Its clean, dry and oddly sexy...There is nothing original here and seems quite familiar. The lavender is calming and somewhat sleepy. Compared to Blue Jeans, its somewhat boring. Hey, boring is good for some. Boring can be translated as discreet. Cultivating awareness and a deep understanding of the power of scent is crucial in helping you appreciate fragrances. It will also empower you to navigate the somewhat intimidating world of assorted fragrances with utmost confidence.Its well-demarcated fougere DNA does not bring this perfume closer to other fougéres of the 90s. It presents an enviable individuality and, after so many years, it still shows the influence that Gianni Versace had on it.

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