This smelled great in Macy's, so I bought a decant, but I can see why many people aren't excited about Paradigme. It goes on with light woody, vanilla, and a slight aromatic note joins in. Sillage is mild from the start, very mild after 2 hours, and lasts about 4-5 hours. It's an uninspiring skin scent after that I'll overspray the decant atomizer for future wears, but at this point, I'm going to agree with the critics. Even when this hits $60 at discounters, I have no plans to add it to the arsenal.