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I love perfume samples, but I loathe when they are for “men’s” fragrances! How dare a store put something in my package that’s not for me?! Shame… I know scents shouldn’t be gendered, but I still do not typically lean toward more masculine fragrances, so I give them to my husband.
That’s exactly what happened with Viktor&Rolf Spicebomb Infrared Eau De Toilette - it was a rogue sample. Unfortunately, my husband fell in love with it so we had to buy a full size. The EDT is available at Dillard’s. The EDP is sold at Macy’s, Sephora, and Ulta.
Top notes: red apple, red pepper, grapefruit, pimento, saffron
Middle notes: cinnamon leaf, habanero chili, provencal lavender, lavender
Base notes: tobacco, benzoin, amberwood, cedarwood
Viktor&Rolf promises an intensely powerful, seductive scent to awaken the senses with the fiery habanero. Whoever wrote their marketing materials has a decent shot at selling romance novels.
My impressions
While this fragrance was not purchased for me, I have a lot of experience with it because I live with a person who wears it. It’s a wonderful, slightly sweet and spicy scent that’s complex and interesting. It’s not overwhelming and not “traditionally masculine” (as in, it has nothing in common with AXE body sprays or Nautica haha). The fragrance lasts all day, much better than most scents marketed to women.
Men’s scents are often too intense, or perhaps men overspray them. I recently sat next to someone at a concert and his fragrance was like a punch in the brain. Spicebomb Infrared isn’t like that, even though the internet rates it as “strong”. It’s noticeable but not overbearing - but my partner only sprays it once on the neck and that’s plenty. It smells expensive.
To me, Viktor&Rolf Spicebomb Infrared Eau De Toilette is an all-year fragrance that will likely smell great on anyone. Husband says it’s “seasonal” for Fall and Winter, because of its spiciness. He’s been using it for a year and I love it just as much as I did when he first started. 10/10 and worth a try.
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Viktor&Rolf Spicebomb Infrared Eau De Toilette ingredients: ALCOHOL PARFUM / FRAGRANCE AQUA / WATER LIMONENE LINALOOL BUTYL METHOXYDIBENZOYLMETHANE COUMARIN ETHYLHEXYL SALICYLATE CINNAMYL ALCOHOL EUGENOL CINNAMAL CITRONELLOL METHYL ANTHRANILATE GERANIOL CITRAL BENZYL BENZOATE ISOEUGENOLl