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TL;DR: Looking for a fragrance that would match Armand Basi - L'EAU POUR HOMME mid and base notes without stingy top notes.

Hello everyone,

I just got into fragrances world consciously recently, so looking if you could help with a pick.

I recently picked up and old bottle of Armand Basi - L'EAU POUR HOMME that I haven't used in like 5-6 years. I had it on my shelf and since I needed a scent for hot summer I decided to give it a go. My experience so far is this:

• Opening is too stingy, too acidic, too artificial, too alcohol-rich, my brother got super disgusted when he heard the smell right after I applied it and I'm not a fan of it either.
• The mid tones, after like 30-40 minutes are more pleasant and smell sweet+fresh, it's the same thing as what opening has but without stinging you.
• the base/ending(after like 1 hour and beyond) is just magnificent, this is my favorite part of it. it's sweet but not overly sweet, just softly, blooms on hot skin very nicely evaporating those acids away. The freshness is not there anymore, but it feels like it turns into a very pleasant evening cologne. One downside is that this smell is very very close to the skin, maybe I'm just used to it, but even when given to a different person to try they said that the smell is very weak and they could only smell it directly from closeup.

Although the bottle has been on a shelf for 5-6 years, but I remember that the opening always smelled like that, and I believe the opening is the thing that was keeping me away from it.

Another interesting observation is that those top and mid notes stay for days if sprayed on clothes, but vanish if sprayed directly on body. Which is also a negative thing, since I really don't like the top notes.

I'm looking for a fragrance for a hot summer that would replicate these exact mid and base tones, but would not give me those stingy opening notes that just provoke rejection. Does anyone have anything in mind?

P.S. Unrelated to what I said above I want to try Mont Blanc Legend Spirit just cause everyone recommends it for summer. Would it match the criteria or is it different?

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