BOD Man: 'X'
by Parfums de Coeur

Very weird stuff. Reminds me of the typical Cool Water type scent coupled onto an oriental with a piney note up front. You won't go saying its GIT here because you know it smells cheaper and less natural. Up front bam you've got cool water and a hint of pine. Instead of subsiding into your typcial woody/mossy drydown as the citrus subsides instead you get a musky ambery oriental with a touch of vanilla and spcie, this then progresses to a fairly generic woody scent as time wears on. Like adding an extra step in the process.

I rate it a neutral because it progresses kind of weird. It is difficult to judge where it is coming from and what is going on. Like one of those scents with a ton of stuff going on at once. If you overapply or underapply some notes outlast others and it comes off different.

Overall it progresses fairly well for a giant body spray that costs $8, and it doesn't smell overly cheap. That is the surprise here. People will wonder what it is. I just think some of what it does is kind of strange. Not bad, but unsual. Very interesting and at least worth trying at the price. I hate Cool Water (but not all of its imitators), I like Orientals (for the most part but with exceptions), this here is some sort of quasi middleground the aquatic oriental Longevity is good for he price.

8th August, 2011.