Phantom vs Ultra Male

Phantom is a divisive fragrance with a loyal minority who enjoy its sweet tropical character and strong performance, but the broader community criticizes it for a weak drydown, generic sweetness, and misleading marketing. While commercially successful, it's considered creatively uninspired compared to other Paco Rabanne releases.

Ultra Male is a polarizing fragrance praised for its sweet scent and compliment-generating power in social settings, but criticized for being overly loud for daily/classroom wear and suffering from quality inconsistency across batches. The community advises careful consideration of use case, sampling before purchase, and avoiding newer PUIG Spain formulations if seeking the original performance.