Alegria Hombre

15 reseñas

Mostrando las más recientes primero.

• francisnatanaell

  September 30, 2013

  

  I don’t know how to write a good review, but I’ll say it smells fantastically, it’s long-lasting, and goes very well for the summer. I hope you can try it if you find it, as it’s very hard to come by.

• mak2.9

  June 19, 2014

  

  One of the first I owned, fantastic for hot days; it doesn’t bother, quite the opposite, you’ll receive many compliments.

• mak2.9

  July 11, 2014

  

  One of the first I owned, fantastic for hot days. It doesn’t bother you on those days; quite the opposite, you’ll receive many compliments.

• Javier Zurbano

  April 8, 2015

  

  Very fresh and good, but it’s true it’s hard to find. After using up the one they gifted me, I tried to buy it again and couldn’t find it.

• FanDeDuneVintage

  February 11, 2018

  

  I still follow it with a vial gifted to me. It seems pleasant, striking, unsettling, and sensual due to its sparkling opening that integrates citrus, greens, and ginger. After a few minutes, calone joins, a note I never liked in other fragrances like Nautica Voyage, but here it’s handled much better. It’s halfway between Acqua di Gio and its Profumo, very much along the line of fresh scents from the early 2000s that seek cleanliness with seduction. It has acceptable longevity and an intermediate trail. Its name is congruent: it doesn’t make me happy with uproar, but it lifts the mood. Pity it’s discontinued, although some bottles can be found online, perhaps at higher prices than it was worth. Scent: 9/10 Longevity: 7/10 Projection: 7.5/10 Versatility: 9/10.

• MiG69

  March 22, 2018

  

  I used it a lot when it launched as a cheap alternative to the expensive Acqua di Gio, which smelled everywhere. Years ago, I bought a bottle and checked that time had altered it. The opening was non-existent; apply it and have the scent of hours later in the dry-down. Since then, I haven’t dared to buy ‘aquatics’ or ‘freshies’ vintage.

• MiG69

  March 30, 2018

  

  I used it quite a bit when it was launched. It was a cheap alternative to the exorbitant Aqua di Gio, which was everywhere. A couple of years ago, I located a bottle and bought it… only to discover that unfortunately, time had altered it. The projection was non-existent; you’d apply it and have the scent that, in the past, lingered for hours after drying. Since that day, I haven’t dared to buy ‘aquatics’ or ‘freshies’ from the vintage era.

• Espartaco

  August 21, 2020

  

  Who would have thought I’d miss a fragrance like this? Around 2001, my mother finally convinced my father to stop using that ode to salami skin called Brummel, with which the bastard used to torment us since the eighties. I’ve told the story before: my friends’ parents gifted me exquisite, verdant scents that dazzled me—splendid notes of green ferns and Quorum wood, Polo, Antaeus, or Agua Brava. My father, however, smelled of the abominable Brummel—petrified dandruff and overripe orange peels. Somehow, the switch from Brummel to Alegría went down with quite some enthusiasm, which is strange because he’s one of those gruff men who hate change. I remember teasing him at the time, calling his cologne simplistic, while I was indeed floating in a cloud of those woody, affected oriental hits of the era: By D&G, Very Valentino, Gucci Rush, Gucci Envy, and Le Male. So, a fresh cologne like Alegría wasn’t something I fancied using. Twenty years later, I miss it. First, because it wasn’t as bad as I’d stubbornly insisted it was, just to go against my father’s grain. And second, because I’ve been in a phase where my interest leans towards gentle, fresh waters with a clean scent… Alegría was a shift in the house’s male policy, which had previously been more aromatic, spiced, and conservative. They wanted to sell to twenty-something guys, athletes, young, handsome, and dynamic men. What they invented was an aquatic with very wearable herbaceous sweetness, easy to grow fond of. The inspiration was clear: Acqua di Gio. Only here, there was no oceanic harshness of the Armani… it was a younger, more transparent, crystal-clear Acqua di Gio, calmer and more familiar. It also had a bit of an artificial edge, but there’s no aquatic that doesn’t; the very essence of the family, Calone and co., is inherently a synthesised composition that abstractly forms the sublimated smell of the sea, a scent far from real, because the real ocean smells of salt, petrol, and tar. Alegría was an inexpensive, practical cologne; within its range, I’ve smelled infinitely worse things. It was a cologne you’d put on after a shower to go for a stroll, and to be fair, it smelled very good. An Acqua di Gio less harsh, with a very characteristic citrus/spiced/herbaceous sweetness. Like a sweetened vodka on the rocks that you’d eagerly bathe in. I miss it.

• Espartaco

  September 13, 2020

  

  Who would have thought I’d miss this? In 2001, my mother convinced my father to stop using that ode to salami skin called Brummel, with which the bastard used to torment us since the 80s. My friends’ parents gifted splendid green scents, but my father smelled of Brummel, petrified dandruff, and burnt orange. The switch to Alegría was met with joy, which is rare in gruff men. I was wrapped in clouds of woody, effeminate orientals, so a fresh cologne didn’t appeal to me. Twenty years later, I miss it. First, because it wasn’t as bad as I insisted on seeing, just to annoy him. Second, because now I lean towards fresh and clean scents. Alegría was a change in the house’s masculine policy; more aromatic and conservative before. They invented an aquatic with easy-to-love herbal sweetness. The inspiration was Acqua di Gio, but without harsh oceanic notes; more youthful, transparent, and familiar. It does have artificiality, but all aquatics do; it’s the calone and casalone that form the sublimated sea scent, far from the reality of salt and tar. It was cheap and handy, infinitely better than worse things. You put it on after a shower to go out and it smelled very good. An Acqua di Gio less harsh with characteristic citrus/spiced/herbal sweetness. Like a sweet vodka to bathe in. I miss it.

• monsieurleather

  September 28, 2020

  

  I miss it too @Espartaco. It was my daily wear for years, even on weekends in my 20s. If I’d known it would disappear, I would have saved a bottle. In my opinion, the best from AD. I’ve used Agua Fresca, Vetiver, Adolfo Dominguez Hombre, and Alegría; I know all their masculine scents and some feminine ones. Alegría is fresh, pretty, simple, and had an excellent price; it gave a thousand turns to more expensive perfumes. Au revoir.

• monsieurleather

  October 18, 2020

  

  I miss it too, @Espartaco. It was my daily fragrance for years, even sometimes on weekends, in my twenties. If I’d known it would disappear, I would have kept at least one bottle. In my opinion, it was surely the best fragrance from AD, and I’ve been a user of their Agua Fresca, Agua de Vetiver, and Adolfo Dominguez Hombre (their first men’s line), as well as Alegría. I know all their men’s fragrances and some of the women’s. Alegría by AD is a fresh, lovely, simple scent that had an excellent price and gave (and would give) a thousand turns to much more expensive fragrances. Au revoir.

• Pplu

  December 8, 2021

  

  I found it again after 20 years. I saw an advert and thought it was ridiculous not to buy it at that price. It’s incredible how smelling it unlocked memories of my adolescence. I used it aged 15-17 to go out; my diary was Massimo Dutti. At first, I was uncomfortable with the blend of grass and galbanum; that made me stop using it, and then it disappeared unjustly. It has that touch of Polo Blue that overwhelms me. If you like Polo Blue, you’ll surely like Alegría and vice versa. It’s linear with a citrus opening, but the green and musk make it wonderful if you love it, although they overwhelm me and I want to reject it. I wait months before applying it again; on top of that, it lasts on clothes and the trail is quite heavy.

• Juangg

  May 29, 2022

  

  I don’t know why this perfume was discontinued… I used it from the age of sixteen; it was incredible. I wish it would return. Today, at thirty-four, I’m still looking for perfumes that resemble it somewhat. I almost always buy cheap imitations that last very little, out of fear of spending money and not liking them. If anyone would be so kind as to know of something that resembles it as closely as possible, please help me! Why do I understand that none of the bamboo ones resemble it?

• Juangg

  June 1, 2022

  

  I don’t know why they discontinued it… I used it since I was 16 and it was incredible; now at 34, I’m still looking for something similar. I almost always buy cheap imitations that don’t last long for fear of spending too much and then not liking them. If anyone knows of anything that resembles it, please help me. Why don’t any of the bamboo scents come close?

• Vilory

  July 21, 2024

  

  I tried it back in my youth; it smells like L’Eau d’Issey Pour Homme by Miyake but more fougère and with much less potency. On skin, it doesn’t last even four hours. It passed through my life without any sorrows or glories.