Noble Locks wrote: i got the normal intense and its well nice…i rotate from that and sean john unforgiven for my daytime scents at the moment….save the trendy one for nights, very much like i do with my nicest clobber.

Noble Locks wrote: i read that the new paul smith man is a winner, and the first smelly hes got right.
anyone confirm?

Meanwhile, in the fragrance world, the team that breathed new life into the Halston fashion label has now lent its clout to the scent. The perfumer Carlos Benaim — who trained under Bernard Chant, creator of the original Halston fragrance in 1975, and worked with the man himself on a limited-edition project — has been given the task of “reinterpreting” the original woody scent (£75 for 100ml, from Harrods). There’s a little more marigold and floral to it, as well as sandalwood and amber to soften things. “Fragrances were more heady then,” Benaim says. “Nowadays, the style is for more refinement.”

The bottle is still in the same Elsa Perretti design as the first time around, but in a platinum finish. So is it better? I can’t say, but it does smell darned good — good enough to make me feel like an old-fashioned party.