Hear ye, hear ye. After a full turn of the calendar moon, the wandering reviewer hath returned. Sound the horns, gather the townsfolk, and prepare the parchment, for a fresh decree of opinions is upon us. Opens with a blend of clean, soapy, minty citruses. Different websites list different notes, but I mainly get lemon, bergamot, and spearmint. The soapiness comes from “hivernal”, which is described as ‘having a fresh, clean signature reminiscent of sun-dried laundry’. The mid notes also vary across sites, but to my nose it is a mix of herbal pine, geranium, and lavender. The dry down is a combination of vetiver, patchouli, sandalwood, musks, and ambroxan. I do not know why there are so many different note listings across websites, but it is what it is. I understand the comparison to Sprite, but to me it smells more like if Sprite made a soap. It is also very slightly reminiscent of the Y DNA. Performance is okay. It projects well for about two hours at roughly 1.5 feet, then slowly settles into a skin scent. After around 8.5 hours it still lingers faintly on skin. I wore it indoors, but it is supposedly a better performer in high heat, so that is where I will test it next. Initially, I did not like it very much. It felt like a fancy hotel soap. Slowly, though, it grew on me. This smells like you are not trying to smell good. It feels like an exquisite, fresh-out-of-the-shower scent. Supposedly the newer batches are not very strong, which would explain the performance. Overall, not a bad fragrance. However, I do not think it is worth the money, especially at this price-to-performance ratio. There are many good clean, soapy fragrances available nowadays at a better price. Would I recommend people try it? Yes. People should know there are levels even to simple clean, fresh fragrances. Would I buy it? I am not sure yet. Maybe it will get better with more wears, maybe not. After my first try, I would give it a solid 7.8/10. The score could rise, but for now it did not blow me away, and the performance did not impress me either. The above-average score is for the quality and ingredients. Next time, I will test it in the high heat that people recommend.

Last day in Vegas and this has been my most frequent wears here. Thank you @Ben E for re-upping me. I still need to do the 3 way.

On my way to wembley stadium for a charity match. Its a bright and sunny day and ofc i want to stand out. I had a last few spritz left in my naxos decant so i thought this was the right time to test how it works in sunny weather. Did 5 sprays and carried the sample with me to top it up later in the day. Let’s see how the performance is in this scenario.

This is a recent FB purchase for me, and I'm wearing the first sprays from the bottle. It's a wonderful aquatic woody fragrance created by Q. Bisch. This won the 2025 Fragrantica award for the Freshest Fragrance for Men, beating out the likes of AdP Buongiorno, Light Blue 2025, Eros Energy, Superleggera and others. Ill post a review after a couple of days wearing it.

The grind mustn't stop. Leg day with CK one. Fresh, bright and uplifting. Perfect for the sunny day.