The original black version of this absolutely lives up to the hype. From a first wear this is a 3.5 maximum, it's just a typical womens spicy rose fragrance with some oud in it. It's undeniably a flanker of the original, but you'd have to be extremely confident to be a man and to wear this. If it improves in the following months I'll be sure to update my review. However right now the "rubber" that many complain about I absolutely see. Where as the original version I never understood what people were complaining about.
it's a jammy rose, an uplifting jasmine, there's just enough pink pepper to not overtake the fragrance and keeps it interesting. The only thing that I don't detect is the vanilla. My issue is how many other fragrances are doing this same thing. At least the bottle and presentation are going to make for great gifts.
this is somewhat grown up, for dances, going to the club, formal, night time, cold weather. Personally if I was a woman I'd get the black bottle of this.