After Shave Lotion Invictus Paco Rabanne (100 ml)

This masculine cologne is quite appealing. The evocative scent provokes memories of clean-cut modern men gathering for a formal celebration. Whether it be an anniversary, wedding, or charity dinner, this fragrance embellishes your senses. It is an eau de toilette (water-based formula). This is a positive as opposed to an eau de parfum (oil-based formula) to avoid staining clothing. It originally was made in Paris France 🇫🇷 created by Poco Rabonne. Poco Rabonne was an iconic designer that revolutionized the fashion world 🌎 with supltural seductive pieces. Invictus cologne is made of 3 notes of scent. At the base is Patchouli Ambergris accord with a fair dose of Laurel Leaves Guaiac Wood, a drizzle of Grapefruit, Marine Accord at the top. It is a concentrated (a ... MoreThis masculine cologne is quite appealing. The evocative scent provokes memories of clean-cut modern men gathering for a formal celebration. Whether it be an anniversary, wedding, or charity dinner, this fragrance embellishes your senses. It is an eau de toilette (water-based formula). This is a positive as opposed to an eau de parfum (oil-based formula) to avoid staining clothing. It originally was made in Paris France 🇫🇷 created by Poco Rabonne. Poco Rabonne was an iconic designer that revolutionized the fashion world 🌎 with supltural seductive pieces. Invictus cologne is made of 3 notes of scent. At the base is Patchouli Ambergris accord with a fair dose of Laurel Leaves Guaiac Wood, a drizzle of Grapefruit, Marine Accord at the top. It is a concentrated (a little bit goes a long way!) formula that lasts for hours. It is described as fresh classy. I had my boyfriend try it out and he wants me to purchase the largest bottle for Christmas🎄! It is priced fairly well compared with other fragrances in its class. I would definitely recommend this cologne!

Sweet, summery, and playful, but not what it used to be, unfortunately. The citrus and sea notes are very punchy when you first spray, which gives a very loud, brash opening combined with the classic Invictus bubblegum-sweetness. As it dries down, the ambergris gives a slightly animalic but very mass-appealing muskiness which balances out the sweetness. Annoyingly, I find that the scent becomes quite soft quite quickly, with only moderate performance and projection. As much as I don't particularly like shouty, aggressive fragrances, Invictus used to be THE shouty, aggressive fragrance, with massive projection and a sweet marine scent that lasts for hours. While it still is playful and youthful, it's quite calm after a few minutes, so I agree that it must have been ... MoreSweet, summery, and playful, but not what it used to be, unfortunately. The citrus and sea notes are very punchy when you first spray, which gives a very loud, brash opening combined with the classic Invictus bubblegum-sweetness. As it dries down, the ambergris gives a slightly animalic but very mass-appealing muskiness which balances out the sweetness. Annoyingly, I find that the scent becomes quite soft quite quickly, with only moderate performance and projection. As much as I don't particularly like shouty, aggressive fragrances, Invictus used to be THE shouty, aggressive fragrance, with massive projection and a sweet marine scent that lasts for hours. While it still is playful and youthful, it's quite calm after a few minutes, so I agree that it must have been reformulated. There's a place for a youthful, loud, highly mass-appealing fragrance in a collection, but this just doesn't seem to fit that role anymore. Still smells nice, though

Invictus is a sweet, fresh, marine and woody fragrance that smells great. Its opening is sweet and it is true that it smells like bubble gum, this phase is the one I like the least because it feels very youthful, but later it becomes more pleasant, a little ozonic, marine and with a rich amber base and some herbal tone. It's a fragrance that you get compliments on and that sparked a trend for sweet marine fragrances. Its duration is quite good, at least it lasted more than 8 hours for me. It is a fragrance to be used in any season of the year. Its aroma is quite pleasant, which is why it is one of the best-selling fragrances of the last decade along with Bleu de Chanel, Sauvage, and Acqua Di Gio.

It starts off as a blast of pink grapefruit. It's faintly spicy and has a nice atmosphere to it. However I really do think this should have been a "for her" fragrance. It has it's purpose. Summer days more than anything. It really stood out in my collection but the last 5ml or so I couldn't wait to finish it. It lasts a very long time with very few sprays and it's beast mode so the early bottles of it especially like the one I bought years ago in Canada could easily fill a room but I would probably try something else from Paco Rabanne as I've bought about 6 bottles of it to date.

What can I say about this fragrance.. This fragrance hands down has gotten me the most compliments of all my fragrances. (I own many, including niche and expensive designer fragrances) This fragrance is fresh yet has nice complexities, longevity wise I easily get 8 hours of this stuff projecting around. This fragrance I would say is also very versatile both season wise and occasion wise. You could wear this in summer, in the fall.. All year round basically. This fragrance is not too offensive to be used in the office (all tho I personally would not use it, my suit fragrance is bleu de chenal EDP) I think this fragrance shines for when you are going out during the day or evening., it has a good energy too it. EXCELLENT club fragrance. Men might not love this scent, ... MoreWhat can I say about this fragrance.. This fragrance hands down has gotten me the most compliments of all my fragrances. (I own many, including niche and expensive designer fragrances) This fragrance is fresh yet has nice complexities, longevity wise I easily get 8 hours of this stuff projecting around. This fragrance I would say is also very versatile both season wise and occasion wise. You could wear this in summer, in the fall.. All year round basically. This fragrance is not too offensive to be used in the office (all tho I personally would not use it, my suit fragrance is bleu de chenal EDP) I think this fragrance shines for when you are going out during the day or evening., it has a good energy too it. EXCELLENT club fragrance. Men might not love this scent, but I know for 100% certainty that women LOVE this scent. I have received so many direct and indirect compliments whilst wearing this fragrance. As soon as girls have gotten close to me while wearing Invictus they have told me on too many occasions to count that I smell amazing. Seen some 10/10 reactions for this stuff from women. Age wise I think this suits anyone from the ages of 15 - 30 with a playful fun nature and who is outgoing and confident. All I can say is you will not regret purchasing this fragrance. Will always be one of my favorites.

Sweet, sensuous and fresh scent that is impossible to dislike by anyone as far I believe. Invictus is perfume that shows performance more than the personal satisfaction. There is fruity-woody accords in it. The grapefruit peel, bay leaves and marine accords are balanced by the ambergris, patchouli and guaiac wood notes. Initially, at the time of opening, the bay leaves and grapefruit peel aroma dominate which settles soon giving the sweetness of ambergris with the smoky and creamy guaiac wood notes. Bottle is much creative and beautiful making the Invictus beautiful in and out. To me, this scent is quite addictive and highly versatile as this could be used in any situation. Be is jogging, office, nigh out, date night, shopping or attending any occasions. Projection ... MoreSweet, sensuous and fresh scent that is impossible to dislike by anyone as far I believe. Invictus is perfume that shows performance more than the personal satisfaction. There is fruity-woody accords in it. The grapefruit peel, bay leaves and marine accords are balanced by the ambergris, patchouli and guaiac wood notes. Initially, at the time of opening, the bay leaves and grapefruit peel aroma dominate which settles soon giving the sweetness of ambergris with the smoky and creamy guaiac wood notes. Bottle is much creative and beautiful making the Invictus beautiful in and out. To me, this scent is quite addictive and highly versatile as this could be used in any situation. Be is jogging, office, nigh out, date night, shopping or attending any occasions. Projection is superb that lasts for more than 4 hours and the longevity is strong residing for 12-14 hours. All my love to Invictus

Invictus gets talked down upon due to the large amount of people that use it. However, I don’t see why people wouldn’t use it. It’s a fresh, sweet Spring and Summer fragrance. It just so happens to be my go to warm weather fragrance. It has good performance and lasts a good amount of time. I have many fragrances in my collection, however this is one of the few Iwould repurchase.

Everybody needs Invictus in their lives, or maybe not. Seems like people either love it or hate it in the reviews. I just bought a 24 mens fragrance sample box from Macy's. I sprayed Invictus on my arm 5 hours ago and I am still reveling in the smell. Every time I think about it or notice the scent, I have to go in for a big sniff. Some colognes can get to be too much, not this one. Forget Father's Day, I will just buy some for myself. I am so mad because before I bought the samples I had paid a fortune for a different brand cologne (which I put on my other arm)...I keep smelling both arms and could kick myself for thinking the other brand smells good. I am smelling every note of Invictus

I bought this fragrance by [brand:paco-rabanne] without sampling it first. This one is a bit sensual at the drydown, but give off a fresh scent with a blast of fruity notes at the top. A little unexpected, I thought it’d be a bit more fresh and masculine, definitely geared towards the young adult 17-23. You get the top note of grapefruit and at the heart of it all, the notes of guaiac wood and patchouli. Overall I truly love the design, the fragrance is a solid blind reach if you just want something to wear to the gym, a club, or a cookout. Wouldn’t recommend for a date if you really want to give off a mature and masculine kinda vibe.

Nothing brings out the male fragrance-head class warfare quite like a popular bland mid-tier designer scent! Guys in love with their cheap wet shaving scents like Backyard Pete's Homemade Bay Rum will call this stuff gaudy and superfluous with it's fancy packaging and sweet, people-pleasing smell, saying it's neither manly nor grass-roots enough to join them in their daily mustache waxing ritual. Guys that drop hundreds on a single bottle of Eau de Hedge Fund Parfumerie will cast this trophy-shaped bauble down as cheap, overly synthetic, and with poor performance compared to their nuclear ouds and ambergris florals made by the eighth generation of whoever from ingredients his man servants fetch him under fear of the lash. Dudes who just want to get lady's phone ... MoreNothing brings out the male fragrance-head class warfare quite like a popular bland mid-tier designer scent! Guys in love with their cheap wet shaving scents like Backyard Pete's Homemade Bay Rum will call this stuff gaudy and superfluous with it's fancy packaging and sweet, people-pleasing smell, saying it's neither manly nor grass-roots enough to join them in their daily mustache waxing ritual. Guys that drop hundreds on a single bottle of Eau de Hedge Fund Parfumerie will cast this trophy-shaped bauble down as cheap, overly synthetic, and with poor performance compared to their nuclear ouds and ambergris florals made by the eighth generation of whoever from ingredients his man servants fetch him under fear of the lash. Dudes who just want to get lady's phone numbers at the Hard Rock Cafe and max out their reps at the gym before tuning their Audi A6's for weekend street races probably already worship this stuff and have all it's flankers too. Who needs that pricey Dior stuff when there's Invitus (2013), the scent of winners?? Am I winning yet? No? Guess I better put more on. All joking aside, Paco Rabanne had to know all this controversy was coming for releasing an ambroxan-powered sweet citrus office bomb on the heels of Blue de Chanel (2010), and Prada Luna Rossa (2012). Their previous "winner" Paco Rabanne 1 Million (2008) was finally starting to show it's age a bit as the rich fruity composite amber stuff was getting played out in clubs by then, and "freshness" was made exciting again thanks to some new aromachemicals that Chanel took out for a test drive in Jacques Polge's swan song for the male line. His son Olivier Polge worked on this monster, alongside not one or two, but three other perfumers of some repute, including Dominique Ropion, Anne Filipo, and Veronique Nyberg. Paco Rabanne was borrowing from Calvin Klein's old playbook of "the more perfumer talent thrown at it, the better it has to smell", and just like with CK's confused mid-2000's output, Invictus also comes across like a train wreck of compromised ideas stitched together and made to draw breath, but it isn't bad... somehow. No, no, what we end up with here is a rather competent fruity fresh citrus musk with a telltale ambroxan base thrum, which is certainly the flavor of the 2010's tuned to what the buying public has since grown accustomed to calling "good". I like Invictus better than 1 Million, and give it a thumbs up only because it is inoffensive and versatile as a generalist, which is something Paco Rabanne has needed back in their contemporary lineup since they released the aged XS Pour Homme from 1993. The 20-something single-fragrance every-reach-is-a-dumb-reach kind of guys are who this is made for all the way, and you could almost stop reading here if that's all you wanted to know. I'm not going to try and fool anyone into thinking this is perfume art, as it is very painfully safe from start to finish, but that's why I ironically like it. Most Paco Rabanne masculine scents have some air of risk about them, going all the way back to the soapy green macho wonder that is the first Paco Rabanne Pour Homme (1973), then onto their brash animalic floral 80's release Ténéré (1988), with XS being the only safe space with it's barbershop tones before launching into the genderbender of Paco (1996), then the loud Ultraviolet Man (2001), and the club-hopping 1 Million. There wasn't really an office-safe entry in the Paco Rabanne canon outside of good ol' XS, or maybe the unisex Paco, but Invictus solves that, if you just look past the beyond-stupid packaging. I guess we allowed Zippo lighters, bright purple juices, and gold bars from this house, so why not a trophy? Invictus opens with grapefruit, like a callback to the late 90's and early 2000's ozonics, but it doesn't go nose-burn or tart like them, instead thrusting in some sweet mandarin connective tissue borrowed from 1 Million, and dihydromyrcenol/calone mix that also feels like an even older call back to the early 90's. However, before we go calling this a timeline in a bottle, the heart shows us the true face of Invictus: Hedione hedione hedione! Wow guys, if you thought hedione as an aromachemical was dead in modern designer fragrance, take a whiff of Invictus, as the stuff is simply soaked in it. If you survive the hedionic assault, you get some hints of that "fake bay" smell found in cheaper after shaves, but don't believe the pyramid here, as this is anything but a St. Thomas scent. The base is the place of disgrace for most perfumistas and colognoisseur, as it's a very ambroxan-heavy finish. I can handle it, as I'm also a wearer of Bleu de Chanel, Sauvage (2015), Obsessed (2017), and many others that have taken to this ingredient as their new fake-amber, but when saddled with guaiac wood, it almost has an oriental timbre than can be cloying in warmer weather. Luckily, this is still a few years before norlimbanol was shot into men's cologne like anabolic steroids before a Mr. Olympia competition, so there isn't much harsh scratch in the finish, but there also isn't much else besides musk either.