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  • A Fragrance For Men Afnan 9pm Eau de Parfum

    It’s not just my daughter that is addicted to fragrances, it’s also my teenage son. Anyone with teenagers will know that taking care of their appearance doesn’t just include how they look but how they smell too. Both my children want to smell good (thank god!), and their fragrance collections are getting bigger and bigger as they get older. My son bought himself the fragrance Afnan 9pm from Amazon a few months for just under £30.00 for 100ml.

    Afnan 9pm Eau de Parfum
    Packaging

    The packaging of this is simple but quite masculine. The bottle is made of glass, rounded edges and rectangular in shape and quite chunky and weighty. It’s mostly clear with it’s name peeking through it. Afnan 9pm comes in a black corrugated cardboard box. Simple, but stylish and definitely geared towards the guys.

    Fragrance

    This fragrance has a musk and earthiness to it. I know vanilla when I smell it and that comforting, warming scent is in this somewhere. There’s a little sweetness to this in a fruity way, but with a hint of floral. So the fragrance itself is quite fresh but masculine. Not a light fragrance as this packs a punch with lots of depth to it. And despite it clearly being a men’s fragrance a lot of women would like this too, because I do!

    Strength & Longevity

    Strength wise, this is gearing towards moving from medium to strong. You spray it, you smell it but it’s not overpowering because it’s easy to go back for another spritz. Longevity wise this is really good. My son will spray this in the morning and it’s still on him when he’s back from school in the afternoon. I’ve used this and I have to say it lasts really well on me too but I only apply it onto clothes, my son will apply it all over himself!

    Recommended?

    I haven’t bought an expensive fragrance for myself in YEARS! With good quality body mists and other more affordable fragrances available I haven’t needed to. But if I’m honest, smelling this and using this on myself has changed my mind. I think sometimes paying a little more isn’t a bad thing for a great smelling, top quality fragrance. I just wouldn’t do it all the time. Afnan 9pm smells amazing! Great scent, long lasting, perfect strength and is 100ml which will last forever! It’s the type of scent most people will love, regardless of sex or age and a great purchase for birthdays and Father’s Day.

  • Saving Money With Aldi’s Lacura Lynx Dupe Shower Gels

    Lynx is not my favourite brand. When I think of Lynx it takes me back to being a teenage girl in high school. All the boys, and I mean ALL of them reeked of some form of Lynx body spray. Over 20 years later I now have my 13 year old son having the same, strange addiction to these products that half of my school year had in the 1990’s. With the cost of living and trying to save money, I wanted to see if there were cheaper alternatives available that gave a similar performance and fragrance.

    Aldi’s Lacura Men’s Shower Gels in Noir and Desert Heat
    Aldi’s Lacura Men Range

    Never failing me with their ‘inspired by’ products, is Aldi. When it was difficult to pick up some Lynx shower products due to stock availability, I noticed they had their own versions. The two that I picked up were in the fragrances of Desert Heat and Noir.

    What are their Lynx counterparts?

    Desert Heat is Aldi’s version of Africa. Noir is their version of Lynx’s Black.

    Packaging

    The shower gels come in very robust, quite masculine looking plastic bottles. Dark grey in colour, flip top lid to dispense the shower gel and the colouring of the label reflects their dupe counterparts (Desert Heat is red, green and black. Noir black and grey).

    Fragrance

    Aldi’s Lacura Men’s Desert Heat Shower Gel is fresh, clean, a little zesty with a touch of muskiness to it. Noir is more woody notes based with a slight fruity hit behind it. Just as clean and fresh as Desert Heat. Do they smell like Lynx? I’ve got both the Lynx and Lacura versions in my bathroom and I would say yes. Not identical but similar.

    Consistency

    Both shower gels have a typical shower gel consistency. They are fluid with a little thickness to them. Smooth, clear but both are coloured. Desert Heat is green in colour and Noir a very subtle and pale blue/green.

    In use

    Not a chance I was going to shower in these but I did wash my hands in them! They lathered well, gave my hands that clean feel and lightly scented them. As for my son using these, they haven’t irritated his skin or dried his skin out and he uses these daily.

    Size & Price

    These shower gels are 300ml in size and cost 55p each. Every time I’ve been in my local Aldi store the stock of these have been decent so not had an issue so far in grabbing a few bottles when needed.

    Does my son like these?

    Well he uses them! That’s probably the best indication that he’s happy with these shower gels. There is zero point asking his opinion as I will just get a grunt or ‘whatever’, ‘not bothered’. So if he uses them and I’ve had to repurchase them because a bottle has run out, let’s call it his unofficial thumbs up!

    Recommended?

    For the price and size of these I would say yes! You get a great amount of product for the price. The packaging is decent and obviously geared towards the men/boys. Fragrances are very similar to their Lynx counterparts and they clean the skin and leave a slight fragrance to it too. So what more do you want for 55p?