Perfume Review: Diamonds Truly Are a Girl's Best Friend!

Created: 9-26-09

It's that time again, i'm back with another perfume review, whats the fragrance this time?

Giorgio Armani Diamonds

"Diamond smells amazing, it's long lasting, a soft deliciously beautiful fragrance".

 The scent is sophisticated, yet delicately feminine.

Age Range?? This fragrance is for ladies in there late teen (17-19) 20's-and up.

This review is of my own personal bottle of this amazing scent and the reviews on Fragrancenet.com

Though I disagree with the websites"Recommend Use is:  Casual

This perfume is way more than a "Casual" wear all day type fragrance:

This perfume can be worn anytime you want to feel sexy, confident, yet playful:

Which I recommend would be all the time, if you asked me!

But I feel it's more so for evening to night use 

 If you wear perfume(s) as your "signature scent" then, this perfume can be worn during the day and later on during the evening (after a nice bath or shower).

Diamonds is more so for evening to late night perfume, if your a lady who love to switch up your perfumes and\or body sprays, I would say use your body sprays

 (other fragrance classed perfume) in the morning through afternoon, then switch to Diamonds (a sexy and fun scent) by the evening:

Giorgio Armani: Diamonds would be perfect for a night out, date night, or being with your significant other.

DESIGN HOUSE - Giorgio Armani

YEAR INTRODUCED - 2007

FRAGRANCE NOTES - Raspberry, Lychee, Freesia, Rose, Muguet, Vanilla, Cedar, Patchouli, Vetiver

Price Range: $60.00-$30.00

Scent Life: 6-10 hours

Recommended Use:  Casual

Classification: Oriental/Spicy

 

The fragrance comes in 3 bottle size to fit almost anyone's price range:

EAU DE PARFUM SPRAY 1 OZ
EAU DE PARFUM SPRAY 1.7 OZ

EAU DE PARFUM SPRAY 3.4 OZ

Body Lotion and Showe Gel is also available

Perfume Review: Fragrance VS Edition

Created 9-1-09

Usher for Women

VS

Usher UR

Usher for Women

Scent: Masculine, Woodsy, Oriental, Warm

Strength: Strong, and it lingers

So I bought Usher for Women tried it, didn't like it that much, have gotten compliments when wearing Usher for Women, but it smells like a very expensive good smelling cologne

On A Grading Scale: A+\F-

C - Usher for Women gets a C minus: It does smell good, but it'd smell better on a attractive guy: It's way too manly smelling for me

Usher UR

Scent: Lightly Sweet, soft, floral

Strength: Light but lingers sweetly

I just bought UR: It's a light scent but carry's very good, I can smell the scent even from a couple of feet away, but it doesn't overwhelms me.

It's sweet, yet not too sweet (not kiddie or candy like), I seem to have to take a close whiff of the perfume every couple of seconds to remind myself how good it smells. I sprayed it on and it smells very nice: it carries well. The scent smell better the closer than it does far away.


On a grading scale A+\F-

B - I'd give Usher UR a B minus

And for a B\C (and sometimes A) student I think thats a pretty good score


Staying Power (How Long the Perfume Last: 7 Plus Hours
I even workout with a light spritz of this perfume and after a 3 hour workout routine, it smells fresh and sweet.

The scent is nice, but capturing the true scent is a little difficult since all the fragrance notes do not carry: only some so it smells like a different scent up close then farther away: If that makes sense.


I like a perfume that has the whole bouquet I can recognize, Usher UR only some of the scent carries, which makes me think its a whole different perfume altogether.


It's still a nice casual perfume, maybe even a signature scent for a lucky girl.

Perfume Review: Usher For Women Perfume Orginal post: 8-22-09

All right I bought it, Usher's fragrance and no not Usher UR, but just Usher for women. I researched both fragrances and compared fragrance notes:

Usher UR

FRAGRANCE NOTES - white freesia, peach nectar, jasmine, osmanthus, pink peonies, creamy musk, honeysuckle, praline, soft woods


Usher for Women

FRAGRANCE NOTES - Pink Freesia, Red Currant, Frangipani, Apple Blossom, Jasmine, Apricot, Amber, Rose, Musk, Wood, Incense, Cashmere Wood



I think I was going for UR since it has the fragrances notes I as feeling. But I thought why not Usher for women and then I'll get Usher UR?

Sometimes I test the perfume out at the mall and because I have on lotion: which last week I did while testing out a few hit fragrances:

(Vera Wang Princess, DKNY Be Delicious, Ralph Lauren Romance: And more)

I couldn't really tell if it was for me so I gamble: which I'm not good at (not enough confidence nor common knowledge) and I was robbed! I can honestly say I'll never know what exact type of perfume is for me until I actually test it on my body, that is the only way, hell not even that, I have to make sure I use the same hygene products so the scents dont clash: sometimes my scents clash: and I have to re do my whole scent.


On the gift box of Usher for women it states :

"It's not how famous UR it's what UR famous for"

Was that quote for sombody in particular Mr. Usher Raymond: huh??? Huh, lol

Anyway, Usher for women has kinda a manly scent to it, I mean if your into oriental, woody, musky, sandalwood type perfumes: you'll love this fragrance. BUT I'm more of a freesia, vanilla, type chick. I have to admit I am not a strong oriental type I can wear oriental fragrences if the base note isnt so strong like this Usher scent is...

I am a sweet, fresh candy type, that's what my skin blends so well with and make me smell irristable.

The sad part is I wont even be able to pull off this perfume, I'll stop every once in a while thinking whose wearing that cologne? When it's ME! It's coming off as a mature older women on my skin: I am mature but mmmm, I'm not going for the "sexy mature older lady", more like the cute fun girl: you know?

This perfume is strong and it lingers, no good for me: I bought a gift set: smart I know right?


The whole look of the bottle and gift set box reminds me of stetson cologne you know the manly mans cologne with the leather, cowboy boots, suede, etc

Sigh whats a girl to do: Regift, I could though who could I pass this off to?

My mom: Like Musk


My Big Sis: Likes Truly expensive floral scents

My 2 Big Sis: Likes Body Sprays and water\fresh scents



Oh well, I can't return it.... I guess I'll place this perfume on Ebay!