What is everyone's thoughts on a monthly fragrance club. I just sign up for one. So far is great. Get a great cologne every 30 days. First one was savage.

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.