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Just curious, as you don't like Fahrenheit, what do you think of 212, Emporio Armani, Eau de Gray Flannel, Kiton, Paul Smith and Roberto Verino?
Renato

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I love it. It was (and probably still is) insanely popular in Russia in the early 90's and I had a crush on someone who wore Farenheit and I remember it as a very distinctive and a very appealing scent that added tremendously to the charm. I still have that scent in my memory even though I have not actually encountered it in 10 years.

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Quote: Originally Posted by d4 Although I'd smelled it plenty of times before, it always repelled me until very recently it clicked all of a sudden and I felt compelled to own some. I'm intrigued now to learn other folks may have had similar experiences with it, and I find this especially interesting since Fahrenheit is such a widely available fragrance.
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I think Fahrenheit is the most dramatic reversal yet, though. I'm curious to see if it sticks or if I'll go back to disliking it, or vacillate.
If I ever learn to appreciate Kouros, that will probably eclipse Fahrenheit in sheer magnitude of opinion change. I can just barely imagine that happening. I posted the above in the "Fragrances that at first you dismissed" thread. Three other people also mentioned Fahrenheit there, so I'm ready to conclude this fragrance is frequently an acquired taste.
I encourage you to keep trying it now and then! Finally "getting" Fahrenheit after being so puzzled (and even repelled) by it for years has been one of my most exultant fragrance experiences yet.

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I've been constantly leaning from one side to the other on Fahrenheit. I wouldn't say I've found a real liking for it, but I find it to be one of the most intriguing scents in existence. Nothing out there smells like Fahrenheit, it is so original and distinctive. It's such a powerful scent, evokes really fiery images, a big forest fire, yet at the same time, I can personally really detect the sweetness of the honeysuckle in it.
I really, really want to like Fahrenheit. It's such a masculine and imposing scent. However, sometimes it's just too harsh and woody and I'm somewhat repulsed by it. I probably won't be buying it anytime soon but it's still definitely one I'm highly interested in and will stop by to test it everytime I'm at the store.

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I like Fahrenheit because it brings good memories to mind. It has the same aura that the bike storage room in my moms house. Little dirt and sand mixed in some bike grease. It just has the masculine and comforting aura with it. It reminds me of the days when life was little more simple and you didnt have to worry about bills and stuff. The bike storafe is my get away, the place where you can just close your eyes and imagine how some kid is getting his bike fixed by his dad, and you just feel safe.
That to me is Fahrenheit. Scent that makes me feel more confident, and makes me feel a little more whole. Like I would have had a father after all.

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It is a great frag. Try give it more time. I find it develops beautifully.
It is however the type of frag that would be either loved or hated.

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I actually like fahrenheit, in fact i love it. That it smells like motor fumes? I like it!
The formulation was changed but it basically remains very true to the original one, but slightly less intense.
Very masculine, very unique.

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To answer question in the title of this thread, “Hell yeah!”

My two cents worth on Fahrenheit:

Fahrenheit is a scent you have to carry gently and discreetly around with you for most of the day. Don't smell it up close and judge it solely on the basis of how it smells close up next to your nose. Its genius develops through time and from the total effect produced by its sillage within two or three feet around you after spraying, particularly after the first hour of spraying, when it’s at its best. There are some scents that have a time and space component to them, and this is one of them.

Fahrenheit is a powerhouse fragrance and open-air, open-skin spraying is not necessarily the best method of application. The best way to wear it, IMO, is to go relatively easy on the spraying, and spray it under your clothing and particularly on areas of the body that generate a lot of heat: torso, chest, and underarms are a good place to start. With this method of application, and over time, the fragrance will work its magic. Alternatively, spray it on a friend and see if you don't agree that it develops the most beguiling sillage over time. BTW, the sandalwood drydown many, many hours into the life of this fragrance, is one of the most elegant and beautiful sandalwood drydowns I’ve ever experienced.

There have been many occasions when I have worn it and found myself almost unconsciously asking "What smells so good?” only to discover that it was me or, more correctly I should say, the Fahrenheit I had sprayed on a few hours ago and had forgotten about. Every time I have sensed the sillage of this scent on someone else, I have always caught myself--in the liminal moment before recognition--thinking "Wow! What is that exquisite scent?". (I use the word “exquisite” here quite deliberately.) Coincidentally, this actually happened to me just this morning at the supermarket, and the person wearing it was a woman. This is not the first time it’s happened, and it’s not the first time it’s been a women wearing it. It works, aromatically speaking, on anyone. Its sillage is person proof.


Fahrenheit is a truly unique fragrance. It uses lentiscus, among other things, as a basenote and certainly has a petroleum-like headiness to it in its top notes. This is not your run-of-the-mill fragrance. It's unapologetically bold and innovative, and is, if one thinks about it objectively, a masterpiece of modern perfumery. Certainly it’s not liked by everyone, but then isn’t that what we’re always complaining about these days, that all new releases try to please everyone by being generic and uninspiring, not that they do by being so. You certainly can’t accuse perfumers Jean Louis Sieuzac and Maurice Roger, who developed this huge success for Dior, of following the rules and producing yet another feckless, chlorotic, insipid clone of what was already around at the time of its release; in this regard it’s utterly original and commendable. (Sieuzac also, incidentally, developed arguably one of the greatest orientals for women, Opium.) Despite its not being a run-of-the-mill fragrance, it has continued to be a world’s best seller since it was first released in 1988. In 2003, it was still the second best selling men's fragrance in Europe. If one doesn’t like it, one should at least give it is due.

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P.S. Although they’re not identical, I get the Fahrenheit effect from Kiton for Men, especially in the top and middle notes. The same method of application works best for Kiton for Men too.


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I love it as well. In my top 10 in fact.

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I really love this fragrance. I remember when it first came out I wore it every day. I still get compliments when I wear it, my dad likes it too!