Joop! Thrill Man by Joop!

bronstein

If there wasn't Shiseido's "Zen for Men", this would have ranked first in my list of favourite new male scents of 2009. Still, it's the surprise of the year, very distinctive, very warm, and in contrast to some comments below I don't regard it as too feminie. Suits me very fine.

sky76sky

Ladies take note: this is a nice little female scent.

Now, I know plenty of guys who wear female scents & I happily own & wear many men’s fragrances….some lean towards the current idea of warm feminine scents (Lolita Lempicka Au Masculin) others I have are considered very masculine (L’eau d’Issey, Fahrenheit). However, Thrill really is by far the most ‘female’ male scent I know in its grouping. It is quite a light, sweet, creamy vanilla with a touch of woods & amber. Please do not look at the citrus top notes – they hardly feature to my nose, & the fruits act only to lift the fragrance up from its warm, heady base.

This is a scent that, IMO, is reminiscent of many other widely known & well-loved female perfumes, & although it feels less polished & executed with diminished panache, it is none the less intriguing & likable in its own right.

There are parts of this scent that remind me of Hypnotic Poison & its delicious vanilla crème brûlée aroma. With Thrill, the crunchy caramelised topping has been done to perfection using a kitchen torch – rich & sweet, but not saccharine. For me, HP has always had that (not unpleasant) burnt caramel note – here the delicious vanilla desert has been over-scorched under a fierce grill. They both share a thick, yet airy vanilla/sandalwood mist in the dry down, but Thrill has a slightly less pervading fog.

I detect a tiny whiff of my beloved & greatly missed Gloria (but, please, don’t get too excited Gloria-girls, it is sadly only a fleeting resemblance) & an even smaller drop of a more traditional man’s cologne from the 80’s which I can’t quite put my finger on.

Also folded into the vanilla-mix is a little YSL Elle on the dry-down. A little heady & more masculine than other warm female fruity-woodsy fragrances.

I have not liked Joop fragrances in the past, & I do not think Thrill will ever make my ‘want’ list, but this scent has surprised me. Well worth a try, even if you would never normally go near a male scent.

KeLLStar

Joop! Thrill Man is a gorgeous sexy scent! I prefer it much more than Joop! Thrill Woman.

It seems to be more grounded, it's reminicent of the original Joop! Homme.

missk

This fragrance is so odd. I was almost convinced when I sprayed this onto the spray card that I had accidently sprayed the female version instead. It's a very light scent, a lot lighter than what you'd expect from an EDT.

The top notes are indeed very fruity, but not citrusy and sour, more sweet. The base was slightly more masculine but still strangely sweet with vanilla mixed with woods.

I think this fragrance could be unisex. However, that being said, on the right man this could smell so very sexy.

LuckyStar1

Thrill for Him mirrors the bergamot top notes, blending it with crisp apple, cedarwood and amber for a daring interpretation of a classic woody scent. A nice new fragrance ideal for the springtime which is quite fresh smelling too. I much prefer the drydown where the woodsy notes are more pronounced. A female colleague of mine described this as a male version of Hypnotic (dior).

chocolateguy

I must say, Thrill is really an enteresting scent. When I saw the name and the poster, I just thought:"Oh my God, not again, another stupid and boring fresh scent's coming to town". But when I tried it, I got surpised. After about 15minutes of first notes which is full of fruits. Very normal and boring. The base notes come quickly and seductively. It's not fresh or hot or shock. It's dry, deep,masquilin and really nice. The woodsy notes combine together so nicely that makes me feel Thrill very similar to CdG's Tokio or Christian Lacroix's Tumulte pour homme. I think Thrill must have inside it a tiny incense which completes this one into a scent of mysterious, dark, attractive.Besides, there's one small problem. Thrill is not good at longervity. But to me, Thrill is so thrill.

parfumaddicted

i taste it today in one of our stores. I expected from reading this article a nice scent, but i can't say so. By spraying it on my hands, it smells on the one hand a little bit fruity, not long lasting, and on the other hand it smells sooo aromatic. But after a few minutes i've just smelled vanilla. i expected more than this... what's a pitty