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First, the good news: The line is no longer part of Hugo Boss, which thankfully, means from the start the scent won't be amongst 200 others from the house being released this year. The scent, to me, is much better than Del Mar, which I thought was pretty mediocre.
The bad news: Although Baldessarini wants you to separate the men from the boys, they really need to ditch the old guy in the ads. I think, in terms of advertising, they would get a lot more mileage from say, a bust of Socrates or something. The old guy just looks slimey, sort of like Don Johnson's Crockett would look if he were that old trying to pick up the "ladeez" wearing a pink suit and Mr. T starter kit.
Oh, I seem to be forgetting something here. The scent! Well, I don't get much resemblence to the orginal Baldessarini as another had mentioned, other than it has a certain brightness about it I suppose. What I do get is a blast of red apple at top that comes across as almost, but never quite, cloyingly sweet.
The whiskey is present as well, but truth be told, this isn't the type of liquor scent, such as Escada Pour Homme, that suffocates. The whiskey balances with the sweetness of the apples to give it a boozy airness, but it's quasi-light. Quasi in that the scent isn't exactly faint at all--it's quite prevelent hanging over one's skin from a few inches away, though I have to admit I'm not sure of the sillage at this point.
Though it surely won't be to everybody's liking, and most may dismiss it after its opening blast, those noses who hang in their a bit will notice a gradual transformation isn't a quite nice base of vanilla with a hint of leather, the apple note occassionally revealing itself to give it some lightness.
Is it anything groundbreaking? No, absolutely not, and I'd recommend anybody looking for a whiskey scent to sniff no further than Le Dandy from D'Orsay which still remains the cream of the crop, at least to my nose. That being said, it's not easy to dismiss the fragrance either--I find it much more enjoyable and interesting than Prada's Amber Pour Homme with its barber shop appeal--I just wish I could think of a good setting for it to be worn.

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Thanks for the review! This gives me a bit more hope as I'm an "original Baldessarini" fan.

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I do have a question. Did you smell any amber in it?
m

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Originally Posted by marczilla I do have a question. Did you smell any amber in it?
m It's not a dominant note, that's for sure, but it is present in the base and more noticeable than Prada. If one goes into the first sniff expecting to smell something amber by way of Amber Sultan or Ambre Extreme, they'll surely be disappointed. Those are rich of the resinous scent, so much so they're dominated by the note and hi-lighted by some spice here, vanilla there, etc. Baldessarini, and Prada as well, aren't going for that particular concept in their renderings so it's kind of strange to get two "Amber" scents without a whole lot of amber. Sort of like Herrera Aqua, which didn't seem so watery like a lot of other marine-inspired scents.

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Even though I found Ambre quite similar to Boss Bottled I did like it a lot. Very smooth and elegant.
BTW Baldessarini fashion brand is not going to disappear.
It was sold to Ahlers AG-a fashion brand holding company. Werner Baldessarini will continue to design the collections; he will also be in charge of marketing.

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I sampled it in Bloomingdale's over the weekend. I found it to be very weak.

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I just sampled this one on a paper strip and well, it is waay better than I thought it would be. The beginning was truely offputting, I put the strip in my pocket and went out to lunch. Now back at home I must say that it is quite nice and powdery smooth. I have to sample this on my skin to see how it evolves. There is indeed some fruity apples or something chiming in, but what caught my interest was the small streaks of Helmut Lang Cuiron. They share the same powder and creamness. A tad too fruity for my liking so far, but we'll see what skin will do later.

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I must say that I was shocked at this scent.....This is nice. I'm not sure that I need something like this with all of the scents that I have....but none the less.....this is a nice scent.....i also agree that this is far better than the Prada for men.....I have tried to like that scent....something in there that I can't stand.
Gary

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I didn't like this one at all. I just can't take this cloying synthetic sweetness, that is present in several Hugo Boss fragrances. I kind of enjoy original Baldessarini, by the way.

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Originally Posted by G.303 i also agree that this is far better than the Prada for men.....I have tried to like that scent....something in there that I can't stand.
Gary I agree on this as well. Was about to put something in my post about how this is kind of how I anticipated Prada Men to be like, but lacked. Minus the fruitiness that is.