This for me is the GOAT, in my collection. A classic winter favourite. Ever since it's release in 2015 by Carlos Benaim & Jean Christophe Hérault it's built a reputation as a heavy-hitting, cozy, high performance scent that has a touch sweetness than the original Spicebomb. Still a modern classic, with that Iconic grenade bottle.This is one of the few designer fragrances that still lives up to its Extreme title, even with modern batch variations. While the original Spicebomb is a blast of sharp black pepper and citrus, Extreme trades some of that bite for a thicker, creamier, more sophisticated dry down. A quick flash of Pimento, black pepper grapefruit gets the opening off to a great start. It’s spicy, but the citrus fades almost instantly. The core is where the extreme comes to play, with a heavy dose of cinnamon, cumin & saffron. At the base you find the soul of the fragrance. A rich blend of tobacco, bourbon vanilla, amber & Labdanum. It smells like a high-end tobacco pipe mixed with a warm vanilla latte. This will easily give you 8+ hrs in the right conditions and you will be smelling it for days from your laundry basket. It projects strongly for the first 2-3 hrs and can easily fill the room if your heavy handed with the trigger lime me. It will leave a noticeable, magnetic trail that people will catch as you walk by. Ideal for date nights, outdoor winter events, or clubbing. Is it still worth it in 2026? Hell yes. Despite newer flankers like Dark Leather & Metallic Musk, If you enjoy warm, spicy, sweet fragrances, this is a must-own for your cold-weather rotation. My Rating 10/10 Scent 3 Longevity 3 Sillage 3 Y/N 1

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen: As many of you know; my grandson who is 14 years old, came to me and tells me that that he wanted to be like me and dress like me, wear cologne like me. His reasoning is that he sees how people notice and respect me wherever we go. (Yes, I'm having a proud moment), The one thing that I did, was to teach him the way I was raised; if you can smell yourself then others can smell you, now this can be in a good way or a bad way. Either way the point was personal hygiene is crucial to oneself. My grandfather raised us men in the family that you always wear some type of cologne; at the time the cheap thing was Brute 33 and Old Spice. Now, I am not going to spend hundreds of dollars on cologne for a 14-year-old boy unless he is on stage with his four brothers (the Jacksons Five, the older generation). But I wanted to teach him the same values I was raised with, so I buy the generic versions that I found of name brand colognes so he can learn and also build confidence in himself. I had to attend a parent teacher conference at his school, and I had never been in the school before nor have I met any of his teachers or the office staff, ( let me paint picture; I'm black and he is white) ( paint, lol sorry, I digress) but when I walked in everyone knew who I was and who my grandson was. In speaking to his teachers, all of them had one thing in common, they all complimented on how nice my grandson smelled every day and how they loved that he wore different fragrances all the time. Some teachers actually said, they have him sit next to them because he smells great all the time, (little creepy but I get it), some say they have him by the door, because unfortunately some kids do not have proper hygiene and the tend to bring that odor in the classroom with them so when other teachers and adults walk in they smell my grandson first, (again creepy but I get it). I personally get compliments all the time on my colognes and yes, even some made the comments" I am so glad you are here because someone has bad body odor." I have been to conferences where people have asked me to sit at their table because they had someone there that did not have a favorable odor on them.

Today's scent of the evening will be Afnan 9PM. Going to the k-pop cafe with my gf to her friend's b-day party. I suspect that there's will be dance so I'll shower after work and go to the party ready for it. P.S. For the day's scent I have Acqua di Gio Profumo.