Agent Provocateur (2000)
by Agent Provocateur

Hey, another old woman perfume. But those are the kind I usually like as opposed to the silly one-note synthetic celebrity fragrances of today. This is clean, there's nothing repellant there, definitely a perfume intended to convey maturity and mature sexiness.

Soapy, wishy-washy, nothing memorable. Didn't like it at all, could barely smell it on my skin. Yuk!

Oh wow. Most compelling mixture of saffron, florals (mainly jasmine), vetiver and musk. Fresh and clean yet quite animalic juice. In colors, it smells like green was mixtured with pink. Would love to smell this one on a woman, but personally as a guy, I wear this with full comfort and I don`t think no guy should be afraid to give this one a chance.

A skanky floral chypre! I love chypres, so I want to like this, but I prefer for example the dry, cleanliness of Safari or the lush florals of Paloma Picasso. This one falls indistinctively between the two and the dirty wang leaves me turned off.

The first chemicals kick you away all off a sudden. These are not saffron and coriander; i have eaten much of them. This is just a disturbing chemical. After five minutes i put my courage on to bring my nose closer. Now it is softened and become a mild insecticide smell. After an other ten minutes florals begin to come to stage. First magnolia then jasmin. The scent is like mixture of florals and insecticide. What a big ambivalence for a poor bee...

If i got to be fair, I cannot say that it has no attractiveness. It is original and extraordinary. It does not resemble to many others. It is strong and has a character. Reminds me here the marvelous face of Uma Thurman. Not cute not tender, a kind of beauty; mostly strong and attractive. If the story was ended here i would hive a big thumbs up to this scent.

But after an hour comes the basenote; spicy amber. That is the point i began to take saffron and coriander which is really mild and suitable. But after that time it is not so good and does not resemble to Uma...

A rose that's too dirty, too dusty, too musky for anyone except those who might like to smell like an ageing prostitute that time forgot. Yuk.