Trafalgar (1986)
by Truefitt & Hill

Truly repulsive opening.
overpowering Cardamom spice. Smells too much like a savory cooking spice
Drydown is a little more floral, and less foul, but unspectacular.
Few things make me fee sickky - this did.

What a weird scent! Are we sure the pyramid notes are not upside down? For me it begins with a strong base of cedarwood and sandalwood with a hint of jasmine, but an hour afterwards turns into one of the most " perfumy " concoctions imaginable.
I'd say teenybopper feminine, but I have too high a regard for 13 year old girls that (excusably) wear Tommy Girl. Come to think of it, it's far more irritatingly floral than TG. Is it the Jasmine? Cardamon, cilantro or cumin? Spices Gone Wild?
I neither know nor care, but this barbershop has gone mod mondo bizarro.
I wonder what Admiral Nelson would think? Oh Well, can't win 'em all . . .

Very nice scent, it definitely has the barbershop scent thing going on which means sharp, fresh, clean and strong to me.

I am picking up a heavy lime note here on top of the other notes listed in the pyramid, I would say it is the predominate note even though it is not listed. The jasmine also helps to balance the tartness of the lime with the smoothness of the woods to help round out the scent overall.

It does have great silage and is loud, it does not hang close to the skin like so many colognes do today. Longevity seems to be quite good as well. Easily 6 hours with diminishing loudness as it approaches that.

Trafalgar does not evolve however, it remains pretty one dimensional from start to finish.

Overall a very nice barbershop'esqe fragrance that men can enjoy.

Spicy Acqua di Gio. Actually, not entirely bad. By the way, the juice is blue!

Trafalgar is a spicy little jasmine number with below average longevity and sillage. The pyramid denies any trace of a fruit note, but it is easily perceived as having a couple of mellon balls floating inside. It's a polite scent which I can't imagine causing offense in any manner. I like it well enough, but I tend to grow tired of it after a while (so it's a good thing it doesn't last all that long). I liked it in the store, so I bought it; but I doubt I'll make it through my whole bottle. If I do, I really doubt I'd buy a new one.

The opening of Trafalgar is very promising. Sharp yet slightly floral, it was a nice barbershop fragrance, as you might expect from T & H. I liked it a lot, even if it wasn't terribly distinctive. The problem was/is the drydown, wherein I detected a "cedar-and-mellon" mix that I really didn't like. Longevity is moderate, but since I didn't care for this after about thirty minutes, that was a bit of a blessing. My sense is that Truefitt & Hill wanted to make this something of a traditional fragrance with modern elements. The modern part went astray, IMHO. Stick to their traditional fragrances, which are worthy,