Spicebomb Viktor&Rolf for men

It took some time to me to understand this fragrance. I saw it at an airport and I didn't like too much the bottle shape. Besides, I'm not a big fan of modern releases, but I tried it, and quickly liked it. Such a a strong spice aroma. Later the pink pepper scent turns into a cinnamon and gets closer to my skin. I bought it immediately.

Next day when I was remembering the fragrance, I was thinking maybe it had a strong opening but maybe it was an ordinary scent and I was starting to think it was a compulsive buy and maybe I would regret it.

Yesterday I tried again and the same strong but delicious spicy scent showed at the opening, but I paid more attention on scent developing and I noticed those cinnamon notes and surprisingly I feel there's a rose note too. I saw there's no rose in notes pyramid but I'm sure there is in composition, and I love rose scent. The drydown is fantastic on me, the fragrance gets powdery but not too much, closer to skin and smelling incredibly good. I'd say it's not a fragrance for those who like strong projection, since it's strong only the first fifteen minutes, but lonvegity is very good on me.

Now I'm convinced, I love Spicebomb because I love to feel this persistent and close to my skin fragrance. One of my favourites that perfectly matches with my skin composition and don't disappoint me by leaving me quickly as other modern fragrances. We'll be good friends for a very long time!

IMO, This is a combination of 1 Million, Tobacco Vanille, and Tea for Two.
I like all 3 of these scents I mentioned before, so it stands to reason that I like this one too. And I do.

Many have criticized the bottle, but I think anything other than a bomb or grenade shaped bottle would have been a horrible marketing decision given the name of the product. Definitely for a younger crowd.

be warned it is a sweet one.more sweet than spicy actually.the same synthetic leather note as in the 'little tree' car air freshners.I could smell a little tobacco but i would have preferred more.to my nose it smells closest to GUCCI pour homme 2,this being sweeter and gucci being spicier.Nice,but I have enough sugar in my collection and the market seems to have ample as well.nothing more to add really,ARKANGEL nailed it.cheaper stuff sold as high end seems to be a sign of the times. however i tried this in search of spice,not sugar,O well ,bottle should be fun @ airport security.enjoy!

I want this perfume. Anyone that have it - for (almost) anything to swap, PM, thank you!

and just to touch up on my first review, after a few days of smelling this i do get that mixture between 1 million and pure havane that others have mentioned. With 1 million being good and pure havane being great, spicebomb falls right in the middle of the two. if theres a word for something being right in the middle of good and great spicebomb would be that.

Not a review:

Are you kidding me?? It's titled Spicebomb and starts out FRUITY?! So, another potential great fragrance as well a nicely crafted bottle gone to waste to play it safe and keep the mass market happy?! People want to be high end but wear cheap ish (What? Did somebody whisper Gucci Guilty Pour Homme?). I see comparisons to Tobacco Vanille, but that is not considered fruity. According to the actual reviews this looks like an Ed Hardy, 1 Million and Gucci Pour Homme II combo. I'm gonna have to go check this out, so I can give a straight review from first blast to dry-down!

Just picked it up today at nordstrom and before i can smell any spices i smell fruits, which normally right away screams !!MAINSTREAM!! which for me is hands down a turnoff, but then give it a couple and the spices come ushering in turning it into a nice smelling concoction. A good great step up from the terrible smelling antidote. The bubblegum effect is true but dont let that deter you as it almost did me. without using "fragrance note" terms but instead regular terms that we can all relate to, here we have at the end is fruits, spices and smokey insense with a touch of powder as a result of the latter. with a 2012 release of a modern designer mens fragrance this is surprsingly a very good smelling composition as i normally dont like present day releases of mens fragrances for obvious reasons. Yes it does smell "modern" (not in a bad way) yes it might slightly remind you of something else, and yes this will be a good buy!

I do get Paco Rabano One Million(fruity), Gucci Pour Homme II(tea note), Tom Ford's Tobacco Vanille(tobacco), Hermes Ambre Narguile(sweet notes) & slight hint of JPG Le Male(vanilla) all mixed up in this fragrance. They all seem to work together amazingly. They honestly took the best notes from very good popular fragrances & added them into one..Brilliant!

The first 20-30 mins you get the really sweet spicy pink pepper & little fruit. This fruit note mixed with cinnamon & tobacco could come off as a bubblegum flavor.

After about 30 mins it seems to get close to the skin, but everyone says they still smell it on me. I applied this at 6pm, & could still smell it at 10am the next day. Heat really projects this one. Summer nights could easily be pulled off, but cooler weather is where it will really shine, hopefully ;). This fills my craving for Tobacco Vanille very well. I haven't been able to test both, due to it being summer.

I would not recommend this for a clubbing scent though, not powerful enough, & too close to the skin. It should be used for nice occasions with the ladies. This is being added to my top 5.

this smells like a mix out of pure havane, gucci homme2 and paco rabannes 1 million. If you like those ( espcially hommme2) you need to try this.

nice fragrance, but i prefer antidote..to me this borders on a unisex type fragrance..a little to sweet for my taste but the scent is a pleasing scent, i can see why some would like this, but if you checked antidote , do so..

I was looking forward to this - and when I smelled it for the first time - I said, "more like Bubblegum bomb." That same bubblegummy note that exists in 1 Million is present in Spicebomb. In SB however, there's almost a plastic note that accompanies the bubblegum note, and it really pisses me off.

Other than that, it's fairly good - but if I want a designer fragrance from Olivier Polge, I'd much rather wear Midnight In Paris. (or Dior Homme)

OVERALL, I'd rate Spicebomb on the good side of alright. 6.5/10

I bought it... Good fragrance, far better than his brother Antidote, but the same problem : this fragrance reminds me many others. Well done, addictive, but not original; sweet and young, and closed to the skin dry down. 7 /10

As statement, the packaging and name told me to expect a heavy, traditionally masculine explosion of scent- great sillage and power. But truth be told, there is more masculinity in pretty much every feminine scent on the market. And despite what the name suggests, it isn't really a gourmand or oriental either, because it lacks an underlying heaviness that would place it in the field of the oriental. It is what seems to be becoming a category in its own right- a sweet shop fragrance. It reminds me a little of Rousse- the bubblegum scent of the Lutens line- but this is that scent's bubblegum pop without the Phil Spectorish orchestration. If anyone wanted a scent like this, I would recommend smelling Rousse and Egoiste (by Polge senior) first, and even Ambre Narguile, as others have done, though I'm sure the price isn't comparable in that case. It isn't bad, and I do like it, but I feel that anyone who bought it would have done so most likely because they hadn't smelt the alternatives.

I tried this today, and my verdict is that it's nice, but stomach-churningly sweet. I do adore a powdery fragrance, but something a little sharper would have made this a little more bearable.

When I first sprayed the testing card, I thought 'Oh my god! This is perfect!' and proceeded to liberally spray my wrists and neck. (note: another scent which I had this reaction to, headnotes only, is Si Lolita, by Lolita Lempicka, also heavily featuring pink pepper)

After walking out of the shop and promising myself to buy a bottle duty free (close to $200 NZD for 100mls?? Say whaaaat?!) I quickly regretted it. Fortunately I'm not the type to get headaches, because I think this would have caused one. Walking down the street, past a greasy fast food joint, all I could smell was a strange gooey-sweet scent. This could be from overspraying, but still...UGH.
After half an hour later, on the train home, I was surrounded by a comforting, gingerbread-y scent which I could live with. A pity it took the nauseating middle to get to it.

Not a must-buy, but not a scrubber either. I can live with that. In saying that, I realise that it's totally addictive. I love it, and I hate it. I can't get enough, but I can't stand it. My relationships are similar.

@dooli
at the end of the day you started this with saying spicebomb smells gay it is utter stupidity on your part how can anything smell gay? of course people are going to take offence when you say things like that you could have just said it is not to your liking and left it at that it seems to me you wanted to provoke a reaction by saying those things so why dont you just agree to disagree with others about this and move on there is no need to have a full blown argument over something so stupid

i think when people say something smells "gay" or has a gay vibe they mean it smells feminine which is quite silly really because i know quite a few men who wear womens perfume and they are not gay

Nothing "smells gay". Does something smell "lesbian"? Or "black" "Mexican" or "Jewish"? God, eff off back to your cave of ignorance.

The generic mainstream chemical note found in so many masculine fragrances destroyed this.

Sweet Spicy I'm afraid it's somehow deja Vu. However I might buy it in the future for a reasonable price

My sample arrived this week and i tryied this one.

Openning grapefruit being controlled by elemi and pink pepper on the back. It's not like the one million's grapefruit, is less sweet by the elemi and the pink pepper. In evolution goes to cinnamom (a lot of one) mixed with the grapefruit and the drydown shows up the leather. A rival against One Million, 212 VIP and other modern fragrances for evening use, but it isnt a original fragrance like Antidote, is a little overpriced and, definitly, is not a spice bomb!

Projection is good for 2-3 hours (not like a bomb, but like a good perfume to evening use), the longevity is around 8 hours.

Despite, i'll buy it, i liked it and is better than the perfumes forenamed.

I tested it the other day and I quite like it. My husband thought it was too spicy and sweet for him but I would wear it myself. I do get sort of smoky cinnamon scent with a hint of tobacco(kind of like cigars)and its kind of sweet. I sprayed it on the card and it seemed like scent came on strong then burned itself out in mere couple of hours. After that, I could only smell it if I pressed my nose to the card. Hmm, I am sure person's chemistry would decide how long it would last but it seems like on the paper, its lasting power is not great(and with fairly expensive price tag, it should be)

To me, this smells like Ambre Narguile, i dont see the comparison to Tobacco Vanille ( and i own both ).

Tried it today.The title of the fragrance is correct.A very spicy men's perfume.Absolutely wonderful.For men who really enjoy life & fashion to the full.Again,it's a wonderful product.

@dooli first of all where on earth did you get my beloved bois d argent??i cannot find it- literally- anywhere!!second, in my opinion there is no gay vibe in a smell...only the spicebomb commercial gives off this vibe. Its a stereotypical observation which is unfair. As i have mentioned before using the word gay as something bad or something that needs to be avoided, well that's just ridiculous. We are all humans-whether black-white-yellow-str8-gay-bi whatever. All i am trying to say is that a smell cannot define a gender. people,close mindedness and racism does that happily-usually to differentiate themselves from others and feel superior. Companies also have to make money...Marketing fragrances to men, women or unisex with a concept and a preconceived image-idea seems to work just fine to them. Apart from that my idea is if it smells good and makes you feel good wear it. Thats what eastern countries do. they wear anything they like. So a huge amount of people fall for the idea-that men should smell like that- a real man is macho enough and blah blah. Men can be sensitive strong and gentle. women too. thats what humans do.If you like stereotypes fine.but this is not where life is heading...and on the other hand why smelling like a woman should be offensive???or like a gay guy?or like a black guy? maybe the Jews have a smell of their own...or the Greeks smell poor and gay because of the crisis...come on people a fragrance is a fragrance. get real. i love the way my dog smells...maybe i m talking nonsense but i hope some of you get the message...thank you :)

I'm very confused. What on earth is a "Gay" vibe? Sounds like something a straight man would say when he wants to wear a fragrance that's too.....unmanly for him. Seems very insecure and very offensive. Please clarify this. It's been used here quite a lot

This reminds me of Gucci Pour Homme II a lot! I guess it´s the bergamot, cinnamon and tobacco.

Waaaay too much spice and nothing to back it up. Like boiling a bunch of spices in plain water. I love spice in a scent and in my food, but it needs a base! If there is nothing to season then it is just as boring as the next dish. I found this to be dry and dull.
Side note: this is NOTHING like Tobacco Vanille by Tom Ford. Tobacco Vanilla is a warm full bodied tobacco fragrance ripe with honey. This is incredibly weak watered down unsweetened chai tea.

Bought a bottle of Spicebomb just before leaving for vacation in NY at the end of February. I was really anticipating the release of the 2nd mens fragrance from Viktor & Rolf....but.....in my opinion, not nearly as fabulous or luxurious as Antidote.

After applying Spicebomb for the first time, I definitely get the cinnamon (reminded me of a spiced cinnamon apple) and rather potent in the hour or so after application. It is a scent that doesnt cool down on me, but rather leaves me with warmth....so definitely not something to wear on a warm or humid day/night. Then, I realized.....wait, I have smelled something quite similar.....I have had something quite similar....had to dig back in my memory banks....and it came to me.....Egoiste, by Chanel! Immediately following that recognition, I realized why I wasn't feeling as taken as I was with Antidote, or Egoiste for that matter. On my skin, the sillage of Spicebomb just didn't have that lasting power. As a fan of mens powerhouses of sillage (Antidote, Fleur De Male, Egoiste, to name a few) Spicebomb didn't quite reach. I like the fragrance, and hope that maybe I was having an off day, but it didn't vault into my top 5 or 10.

Been testing this for a while now, and I have to say that it has grown on me as a casual attractive smell good type of scent. It is like a mix of Pure Malt, Pure Havane, and Creed Royal Oud. Nothing groundbreaking, but a very attractive fragrance, and one I will be purchasing a full bottle of, and that is rare these days. I was very skeptical at first, but V&R has won me over with this one. Nice work!

Wow! Cinnamon! Spicebomb has lots of it and the opening is quite harsh. Develops quickly into a pungent, sweet, peppery incense-like aroma. Interesting, quite rich and organic feeling but too much like walking into a bakery, and I don't want to smell like cinnamon rolls.
The bottle is beautifully crafted and I commend the designer.

I've experienced the exact opposite of Detroitcologner. I've worn Spicebomb a handful of times now, and have received compliments each time.

Usually I'll sample something a few times to gage others reaction to it, check the longevity, and make sure that I really like it before buying it. I made an exception with Spicebomb. I liked it so well and the longevity was impressive enough (a solid 6 to 8 hours) after just one samping, that I went back a day or so later and bought it.

Spicebomb is a well balanced scent consisting primarily of cinnamon, smoky woods, tobacco, and leather....with what seems to be somewhat of a boozy type vibe to it. It does have some sweetness to it, but is definitely masculine. This also seems to be more of a "special occasion"/evening/cooler weather (Fall/Winter/Spring) fragrance.

Others around you will notice Spicebomb, even if you don't....so be sure not to over-apply. It projects very well, and generally lasts (on me) around 6 to 8 hours. The first two hours have really good projection, while the next couple the projection is solid (within a foot or so). After about 4 hours, it stays fairly close to the skin and becomes primarily a skin scent that usually lasts until around 8 hours after application. But on clothes, this one has really strong staying power....you can still smell it a good day or two later.

IMHO, this is one of the better designer fragrances released in a while, and I am pleased with my purchase. Two thumbs up from me!

You’re gonna piss people off wearing this. I don’t like it at all. Initially, I thought that it was a trip down all things wonderful in fragrance. Now that I am smelling the dry down, I am almost repulsed. They should have made the “spice” more subliminal maybe. The spice that’s there isn’t balanced at all and it is noticeable. Huge run in the Spicebomb stocking that no remedy can fix.

I hope I will try this one soon, but it seems to me that many people like it because it reminds them of another one... It was the same syndrom with Antidote... I don't think it's a good way to create fragrance, when you're walking on other perfumer's highway. Shame...

You want me. you love me. you hate me. i don't care. funny cause it seems that spicebomb gives off this vibe.Love me -hate me...i don't care. I don't know how advertising companies do that but i already have three fragrance examples matching perfectly their commercials. This, kokorico bearing a barnyard resemblance when you smell it and azzaro decibel smelling somewhat like a dirty microphone. so i guess we get a good idea of what a fragrance will smell like since there's always an inspiration-concept behind any creation.The fragrance is very leathery and spicy on my skin(plus bubblegum-undertone).A fragrance chameleon.beautiful bottle-simple packaging.This gets you in a "i don't care" mood ;) Thumbs UP.

p.s very expensive for a designers fragrance-silage and longevity could be better regarding the price.they will be making a hell of a lot of flankers in the future.

Packaging and Bottle:

Average packaging, and I put that aside straight away. The bottle is amazing, I mean having a grenade shape may seem tacky but somehow it just looks fine as it is. Montale-esque spray stopper and a decent sprayer itself.

The juice:

Opens up immediately with grapefruit and pepper. Intriguing opening with spice and citrus. As this settles I smell some cinnamon creeping behind as well.

Give this a little time and you then get the tobacco infused with cinnamon. It is actually boozy too. Somehow I can see the Pure Malt comparison. Though there aren't berries detectable here as in Pure Malt, this boozy Malty vibe encircling the gentle grapefruit/cinnamon accord truly makes this slightly Pure Malty.

Give it even more time and this boozy cinnamon translates itself to a bizarre Tobacco Vanille scent owing to the tobacco ingredient as well. It's insane. If there was a slight hint of rose here, I would also make a comparison with Noir de Noir.

In the dry down you get a soft spicy leathery accord, very sexy but close to the skin.

Final thoughts:

I love it, really well made and takes you through a journey. It really has adopted scents of very famous lines but what makes this fragrance miss the "classic" mark for me is the lack of longevity.

This sits closer to the skin after 2 hours and after 5 hours it's hardly there. Luckily I was given small samples to accompany the main bottle. This way I can top up after 4/5 hours :)

Overall score:

4.25/5 (Would have received full marks if longevity wasn't an issue, on me it is.)

actually smells alot like ck one shock on the dry down , which i am loving because i get the great ck one shock smell without the disgusting bottle

This smells like Red Hots candy. Not necessarily a bad thing.

I love it. It has notes that remind me of Pure Malt, With a hint of Paco Rabban, but not that strong grape candy crap, The notes change quick. It drys perfectly close to the skin. I Plan on wearing this to go out this weekend and will see what comments i get from the ladies, but i usually buy cologne for how i feel wearing it. this one fits me, I am a huge trend setter, but in this case i wish for everyone to smell it first, it may not be for you.

Amazing stuff! It`s THE BEST male designer fragrance released in years. BRAVO!

Wow, this really does indeed smell like a 'Greatest Hits' perfume; as if someone has simply poured in well known fragrances (1 million, CK Shock, Tea for Two, Tobacco Vanille, Musc Ravageur) and given the bottle a good shake. Well, there's nothing wrong with that, I suppose!

I do find it exceedingly pleasant in a powdery cinnamon way (although my GF says it smells cheap) and it's inevitably going to win a lot of fans because it mixes up expensive niche/designer perfumery with high street blockbusters... and is sure to nag your olfactory memory and remind you of another perfume in some way. Clever idea.

" A spicy , peppery woody harsh dry serious scent".
I'm just kidding , this was the idea in my mind of it.
In fact , this is a cinnamon , candy sweet powdery scent that ressemble one million by paco rabanne in a more quality way but still in the generic sweet scent category to my nose.
Unique bottle but smell is commun.
Suitable for fall and winter, casualy, for any age.
Like all other members of this family , i bet that it will get compliment.
Not bad , maybe very much "seen before".
Longevity and projection seems good.

@junior halston....your review forced me to check out Burberry London again and yeah I can see the similarity only in the dry down which to me is the best part of this.

The thing I have with this is just like Antidote before it,it simply isnt a standout.Antidote had everything thrown in and comes across smelling like many other fragrances.Already the list of fragrances this smells like is growing by the day.I could list what I have picked up from blogs-Tobacco Vanille,Rochas man,Boss Bottled,CH 212,Fahrenheit?,Midnight in Paris,Kenzo Power,Creed's Royal Oud,Pure Havane,Egoiste?,The Dreamer?,Tea for Two?, Bang,Bois d'Orage,Eau des Baux, 1 Million,Burberry London and Shock at the time of writing this and there's no guarantee it wont grow with strange noses throwing in mind boggling "smell-alikes".

Bizarrely,this isnt even listed as an Oriental even though it smells like one-an oriental spicy to be exact.I really dont detect any woods if any at all for it to be classified as Woody Spicy here.Well I may be very wrong on this and stand to be corrected...

I was expecting to be wowed by this given the level of expectation and the name but there's clearly no originality here and that's why I give it a thumbs down.Like I said for Antidote you can get rid of the colognes/fragrances in your wardrobe that smell similar and keep this.You save a fortune that way.

It must be a ploy by Viktor&Rolf each time they release a mens fragrance to mess with the most primal of all our senses-smell!!!

I don't see the 1 Million comparison at all but I do see the Burberry London with it's sweet spicy tobacco notes.

smells like a cheaper tom ford tobacco vanille. smells good but id go with tobacoo vanille.

I wanted to like this frag, because the name, bottle and notes sounds appealing, but for me it doesn't add up to enough. The initial smell I get upon spraying is cinnamon grapefruit, and little else. After the initial blast of cinnamon-citrus, I don't detect much other than a slight floral scent. When I saw saffron included, I immediately thought of nice and musty smelling saffron threads, but this is apparently the flower itself that I find too feminine. In fact, I would say this is at the very least a unisex scent, definitely not very masculine, if at all. I'm sure it will be lovely on my wife, but it's not for me. It's worth mentioning that it's not a bad smell, it's just not the spicy, leathery-ness I was expecting.

FINALLY!! just smelled this @ Nordstrom's today finally lol OMG! this BOMB fragrance is so warm && lovely && not even hardly spicy its actually quite smooth && beautiful , as for it it smelling like Ck Shock && 1 Million eh maybe a lil undertone of shock but it has something else with it tooo that makes it 10x better. To me on my skin I get an ever so lovely smell that subtly reminds me of my midnight in paris when it drys down which is why I think I like it. I really pick up on the leather && cinnamon which on me I'm also picking up a vanilla smell??...maybe the tobacco? plus this smells way diff on paper then on skin so deff. try it out && perhaps smell midnight to, to see my comparison...then again everyone's nose is diff so that prob wont matter...It wears on me kinda close to the skin I could only really smell it when my nose was like an inch away from my skin && it lasted for about 5-6 hrs...anyways I think I do want it now!! haha I was to busy on going off reviews I almost didn't give it a chance that'll teach me (WOA) deff. try something before you judge it. :)

If u like Cinnamonin perfume, then this is urs!! not bad

Sampled it today. Disappointing to say the least. Very similar to 1 Million; its spicier, but has that same bubblegum vibe as 1 Million; less loud though. Not worth what they're charging for it. I wouldn't buy it!

Spice? Perhaps. Bomb? Yep - complete non-plus for me.. Overall? Meh. I would completely agree that this is similar to Ambre Narguille (my wife had me smell hers at the same time I was wearing Spicebomb, the Hermes was far preferable). And I'd definitely agree with iMaverick in that tobacco and leather aren't apparent, and the dry-down its a simple cinnamon but not much else.

All in all, I was expecting something that pushed the envelope much more. Something powerful, something striking, something that would leave a love-it-or-hate-it impression with me. Instead, this was really very common smelling. Citrus at the top, cinnamon at the heart, and a powdery dry-down that was underwhelming at best. For such a great list of notes, it's a disappointing outcome.

Not a buy.

This is One Million with a good dose of spice but does not get annoying and without a headache inducing cedar overdose. Why are a lot of scents for men created this way these days???

The initial spray is very spicy, and the overall sweetness and spiciness of this scent is tempered in the beginning with a lot of citrus notes, much like Hermes' Jardin sur le Nil. But it quickly fades, and the spiciness and sweetness comes full bore. One starts to think this is definitely the male counterpart of Flowerbomb. There's even a hint of booziness in this scent with starts to make me think of A*Men Pure Malt. In fact there's even the familiar plastic or waxy note that comes through in this scent, like Pure Malt.

The spiciness fades towards the drydown, and becomes candylike, and I start catching floral notes. It ends with a candied amber note.

I bought this scent knowing that I have a hard time wearing One Million and this is a more socially and nasally friendly scent.

Oh, and leather? What leather? Same goes for tobacco.

Love this juice. It reminds me of Ambre Narguille. Ver gourmand. I keep smelling nuances of it throughout the day. Definitely must get a full-size bottle. Love the grenade design too.

Victor & Rolf's newest offering, Spicebomb, fails at living up to it's moniker, it's packaging, and it's ad campaign. Fortunately, it is a very complex and interesting scent, with only a few awkward or out of place stages.

It begins with an electric rush of tart Bergamot, tart Grapefruit, and oily, fresh ground Baies Rose Peppercorns. I really like this opening, but it quickly morphs away from all the tart citrus and vibrant spice, and hits an embarrassing stage........an overly sweet, pre-teen-fruity bubblegum. Imagine a sweeter, more powdery version of the fruity pinkish-red candy from Paco Rabanne's 1 Million, and you have this stage cornered. This candied fruitness and powdery bubblegum overwhelms anything below it for some time, giving the wearer no hint as to what kind of beauty is to come. i don't get much Elemi, but I'm sure somewhere amidst all that fruitniness some citral is to be found, giving it a hint of credibility and sensible, warm, resinous citricness.

Eventually, this overly sweet candied fruity bubblegum gives way to a pleasantly cool, floral/spicy heart, where a mixture of both wet, dewy petals and powdery floral notes are smattered with several sweet and blunt spices. The moist, cool flower petal notes here really give this scent an interesting contrast, and make it's applicability in several different seasons more apparent than almost any other scent I've tried at the designer level. I don't have quite enough experience with Polge's Flowerbomb, but I will go back and test that one uber thoroughly to see what floral nuance or note they share, as it has been mentioned by others that their floral nature has similairites. All I can say is that the floral notes are pleasantly powdery (think Bvlgari man or Invasion Barbare), very cool,/chilly, and give a very contemporary unisex freshness to the overall sillage and effect of SpiceBomb.

As for the spiciness of the heart, Cinnamon and Clove are the most prominent, and at this stage one begins to detect a similarity to the initial rush of Cloves in the opening of Tom Ford's Tobacco Vanille, amidst all the fresh, cool floral notes. Upon further development, the muted/blunt nature of both Saffron and Paprika add to the masculinity of the latter half of Spicebomb's heartnotes. And a very green, leafy vetiver&angelica accord moves in, and in conjunction with the remaining peppercorn, gives a light impression of Marc jacobs bang, or Malle's Bois D'Orage. I guess you could compare Spicebomb's use of green vetiver to the level of vetiverol used in Dior Homme Intense, amidst all the floral, woody and gourmand notes. Different scents, but similar proportions of floral/green/woody/gourmand.

Soon after the spices wear away some more, the scent becomes more and more like a cool summer version of Tom Ford's Tobacco Vanille or L'occitane's Eav Des Bavx. Lots of Tonka Bean and Pipe Tobacco, but it has enough cool powdery floral notes, and green leafy vetiver/angelica to make it more than a spicy gourmand. At all times, Spicebomb seems like a true multi-season scent, even at it's most gourmand stage.

After the Tobacco Vanille sweetness dies down a bit, Spicebomb takes on a cinnamic bready/toasty quality alot like the latter stages of Creed's Royal Oud. I'm not exactly sure if it's the combo of Angelica/peppercorn/gourmand notes, but there is a stage they share, and I am mad for this stage of both scents.

Finally, after much of the sweetness has left the scent, it becomes more woody/floral/green/musky. I guess there might be some clean leather here as well, but I'm not much of a leather afficianado, so all this nuance is likely lost on me. the woody and floral aspect of this final drydown is not unlike the final quiet gasp of musk/cedar/floral notes/hint of tonka from Creed's Windsor, and the evergreen/white musk aspect is alot like the absolute final gasps of Mugler Cologne, Creed's Original Vetiver, or Guerlain's Cologne Du Parfumeur.

All in all, I think it ranks second in the younger Polge's resume behind Dior Homme....and if it had substantially less of the fruity bubblegum, and slightly more of it's spicy notes,tobacco/tonka notes, green notes, and woody/musky notes....I'd actually rank it as his #1. perhaps Spicebomb will yield enough success to produce an intense flanker with just the sort of aforementioned tweaks. God willing.

Great work Olivier.

On paper, Spicebomb has a cool spice and clean peppery aroma. However, it becomes warm with a lot of spicy sweet cinnamon on my skin, which reminds me of One Million by Paco Robanne and fellow closely by Original Santal by Creed. After 2-3 hours, it becomes smokey powdery vetiver with the same sweetness that projects throughout the scent. It smells clean and dirty at the same time, which is hard to explain. In my opinion, Spicebomb is more like an "Oriental Woody" than "Woody Spicy". It is not a must have of 2012, but I would love to collect this bottle nontheless. So I will wait for a while til I find it at a lower than retail price.

This is a super spicy gourmand fragrance on my husband. There is a candied quality to the spices, which may be the way the heavy tobacco note is interacting with his chemistry. It's absolutely divine!!! The base is warm and heavenly in a way that reminds me of Givenchy Pi. It makes me want to sniff his wrist every few minutes. It's a unique woody-spicy scent, and I'm glad it doesn't smell like anything else out there (to me)! I want to add this to his collection as soon as possible.

I think its really dope but it should of came out in the begining of the fall.It smells similar to tom ford tobacco vanille when its first sprayed on but then the dry down takes over then its worth buying!
Like BAM NO WAY!!

Yeah, nix on the leather or anything really animalic. The strongest notes are the elemi and tobacco, and I really love the use of the elemi here. Makes for a deeper darker borderline smoky dry fragrance. Leather would have been beautiful here, but I don't detect any. The whole thing is wrapped in kind of an artificial saffron, almost giving it a cardamom vibe when mixed with the cinammon. Not bad. I would have been happier with even more elemi and a touch of dry oud even. :)
After a couple of days of testing. Would I wear this? YES.
5-6/10

I like this fragrance! It smells very similar to Joop Homme with a bit peppery top note!

Ah ok TY jon well even though I really want this I guess I can wait 17th's only a week away that's pretty good, && there's a Nord's just a 100 miles from me :D

@AmoreProfumi Yeah you can order it now but it won't ship till, I think the Nordies site says the 17th. It would be awesome if you can get it early but the Nordies site does say the 17th. I hope you find it! : )

So It's just available as a pre-order on Nord's site you can't actually get it early I can purchase it but it wont get shipped till it releases or no?!!...Im confused...that's balls if so :[

Ok so I went to Nordies to test Spicebomb today and it's pretty great stuff! Unfortunately for me, they only had the tiny lab tester bottle so I wasn't able to bring a sample of it home to test it more. I agree 100% w/ the other reviews that it isn't the SPICE bomb that the name implies. Which is a ok in my book. I was afraid it was going to smell like the A*Men Taste of fragrance which is some pretty scary stuff in my book. On my wrist, Spicebomb reminded me of a much much much lighter version of Tom Ford's Tobacco Vanille. Which is wonderful in my book because the TF is just too sicky sweet and strong for me. All the notes are perfect together if you ask me. It's lighter than I expected, it doesn't have the greatest lasting power, and it stays close to the skin. It's the perfect counterpart to their Flowerbomb but Flowerbomb's strength outshines Spicebomb's completely. Which is fine bcuz it is an edt. The drydown reminds me of something and it's driving me crazy that I can't put my finger on it. I sure hope someone can give their opinion of it because I am still drawing a complete blank. I could not be more thrilled about this one! Bravo V&R! It's definitely my favorite launch so far this yr. : )

Oh and it is only available for pre-order so I couldn't take a bottle home. SO sad! : (

2/26/12: I FINALLY got my bottle! So great! Ok who ever thinks this smells like Ambre Narguile, I agree 100% now! I think I'm totally off on the Tobacco Vanille comparison now. Haha. Great comparisons everyone. : )

Well, my favorite SA approached me at Nordstrom's last week and quickly sprayed a sample of this from what she called a "lab sample" bottle, not the pictured bottle in ads, just a small plain bottle. My first impression from smelling it on a card was, "I'll be darned, this smells great...a designer fragrance I may have to buy!"

I took my sample with me and decided to wear it yesterday.

On the card I could smell some spice and cinnamon and yes, some flowery notes and it was lovely. Very fresh and clean more than spicy. When I wore this I got very little spice at all, mostly just a sweet scent that reminded me of soap or maybe powder. I am not a powder fan but it was a clean smell that I enjoyed even if it did seem sort of powdery. Opens for me with citrus and a touch of spice...not a bomb of spice. Drydown was pleasant enough with just a hint of leather and more soapy clean smell. I go against what I have read about this lasting, for me it became a skin scent after a very few hours, about 3 I would say and I reapplied several times that day. It may last for some, but I use some powerfull scents that are quite concentrated and compared to what I am used to, this is weak. And yes, it reminded me of something and the best I can come up with is Kenzo Power, but I prefer Kenzo Power to this.

My short review would be, "Soapy, clean, a bit feminine and a nice scent for a young man that does not want to offend anyone and maybe attract the young ladies...who may want to steal his scent to wear themselves." I like this scent, it is simply not for me though, so yes, this is a bomb of sorts...and I was liking it at first and thought I would buy this. In the end, I will not.

I honestly do like this scent so please read my review as my opinion for me. This is better than most designer scents and one to check out, just don't expect all the spices that the name suggests!

OMG! I'm actually excited for a fragrance! I guess because I love the way flower bomb smells, that I hope the men's version will be just as enjoyable, ugh I guess I just have to wait && see I can't wait for March, I tell ya if its absolutely amazing I'm so splurging on the bigger bottle! :D

Seriously it has been a looong time since i was excited by a fragrance. What i can smell here is a cross between potion-haute couture-midnight in paris. A leathery cinnamon like dry-down which to my senses is fantastic-not to mention it made me happy. Will be getting one "bomb" soon.LOVE LOVE LOVE it.


p.s i hope it doesn't get too popular :) just popular enough :D

I just bought myself a bottle of this juice to day at Debenhams,here in Cyprus...sweet smell but you can smell the tabbaco and the cinnomon mixed together,really amazing..

at the moment I'm getting 4hrs and still going strong,has settled but to a relaxing tone..

Bottle is abit cheesy but it's what's in the bottle..

I tried this yesterday for a while. for me smells like spice with cinnammon buble gum....this with 1 million, shock by CK and 212 vip men, are sharing a lot of similarities..different perfumes actually but they are sharing a lot....
I would not see anyone above 25 max 30 to wear this. it is a collage perfume, not for mature men. The smell is delicous somehow but too sweet. Cinnammon sweet buble gum, this is it with pepper.

I NEED this NOW! There's a fun video for Spicebomb on youtube. March is too far away! : (

Very nice and interesting opening with the citruses and saffron united in a subtle bitterness, a bit of leather for the moderate macho-ness, the whole thing lasts, more or less, ten minutes and after that what you've left with is FLOWERBOMB!
I really, really wanted to like this one but Victor and Rolf fell for the trend which haunts modern perfumery: confusion, mediocrity and lack of inspiration..

Excellent bottle though..

Love this Fragrance, as I love Flowerbomb, Eau Mega & Antidote, This mans frgarnce is def nicer than the Antidote, Love the initial blast of pepper & vetiver , and dry down is very powdery
Def be buying this for my Fiance, been looking for a special fragrance for our wedding Day and I think this is the one for him!!

Just bought this at Harrods, where it's exclusive till March or something, and despite the fact that it only comes in EdT I really really like it. I was surprised at how floral it smells, the spices revolve around a rich floral heart (which I think must be the Saffron, which does have a floral character), creating a soft and elegant melange which sometimes feels fruity/floral and sometimes has hints of Egg Nog or Creme Anglaise.

I think many men will find this too feminine, I find it gorgeous and very sexy.

Can't comment on longevity yet, but I think it's fair, and sillage is moderate.

P.S. My mother wants her bedroom to smell of this apprently. LOL

Tried this in Paris Airport the other day (they had just finished putting them up on the shelf!)- it smelt great - keeping up with alot of the current trends as many fragrences of early 2012 but it is certainly a fragrence to younger people - it has alot of spicy sweetness - so right for me - i got a bottle ;)

Just got an email from Viktor & Rolf's site yesterday, and still gonna have to wait til March 7th to be launched worldwide.

Yes I can't wait for this one the notes look amazing hopefully the store I work for gets this one. The bottle will look great on my armoire.

This bottle will be fun getting through the airport customs...true story, i got pull up with HUGO BOSS - Boss In Motion Electric...good luck for this one

I agree, ridiculous to even try to analyze the smell of it before you've actually smelled it! Come on, be serious!

It is very interesting reading reviews of stuff is not even out yet!!

...it seems to be an explosion of relaxation at the same time "vivrant" as well.The freshness to feel clean by citrus notes,the warming to feel calm,secure and the spicy to feel energized.This mix of notes looks very promising,Citrus/cinnamon/tobacco leather,depending the projection i bet we gonna be a masterpiece.

Ps: Airports x-ray will get craziness with this bottle.

been waiting for the "bomb" pour homme... cant wait till january.. it must smell great from the notes...

I don´t know whether the perfume is a bomb,but the model sure is a sexbomb :)

The Combination of Tobacco & Leather with a top note of Bergamot & Pink Pepper ... it make this fragrance Fresh & Elegent at the same time, Leather as a luxurious Note as well as Tobacco,Bergamot & Pink Papper as a relax and frech notes, vetiver and cinammon represent warme nature & a classical farme house where we can fell the smell of (pure cup tea, rain, pure air|) :) I want deeply to test it

I don't love this bottle. It has the same grenade idea as flowerbomb, but it's not as artistic. It looks like a real grenade.

Please quit giving it positive reviews before it's even out...