Stardust for Men (2001)
by Llewelyn

I'm surprised to see the tepid reviews here so far, given that this one is in my Top 10.
Well, preferences are bound to vary. I find this scent very rich and bold. It is not
ashamed to put it's Mexican Lime, Nutmeg, Sandalwood, Patchouli accord out there for
all to smell. The persistence of the accord is remarkable. The zing of the top notes
lasts throughout the drydown. This scent lasts all day, and is pleasant from beginning to end.

If anything negative can be said, perhaps it is that the development is limited. It's fairly
linear. It finishes where it starts. With an accord this good, I don't consider that to be
a bad thing. This is a powerhouse scent, and not one for the "I want something light"
crowd.

21st March, 2011.

I enjoy the fruity drydown. It has good projection and smells great! However, the opening is metallic and chemical smelling. If you can get past the opening notes, it actually is a pleasant fragrance.

11th January, 2010.

It’s an unusual accord that opens this fragrance. I think the combination of lime, conifer, and nutmeg is responsible for the disagreements about the similarities to other fragrances. This lime / conifer / and nutmeg accord doesn’t remind me of anything in particular, but there are several miscellaneous forgettable fragrances I’ve tested and immediately disliked. GIT… maybe… Aramis New West… a bit more than GIT. It certainly doesn’t remind me of Cool Water because I actually like Cool Water and I do not like this one. I just don’t care for the lime, nutmeg, and conifer combination in Stardust… It doesn’t sit right with me. I like Stardust a tiny bit better when it moves well into the heart notes where the jasmine and patchouli come together for a smooth, light woody accord – unfortunately I still smell the echoes of the aggressive, almost annoying opening accord from the beginning through the base.

31st October, 2009.

Cool Water? GIT? Huh? I'm somewhat suspicious reading these other reviews, seeing how they're all from 2008. I've had a bottle of this stuff, which came from Neiman Marcus for $80, since 2002, and I don't smell the similarities with those other fragrances, other than from a general, 30,000 foot level (Fresh? Check. Touch of green? Check.)

The opening is a lemon/lime cocktail with a bit of a pine accord, but after about five minutes, the scent delves into creamy vanilla/amber base. The official pyramid lists leather as well, but I'm hard pressed to detect it. Perhaps there are bits and pieces of it that smell familiar (the pine accord could be reminiscent of pine notes in Hugo, Hugo Boss, and sandalwood is in both Cool Water and GIT), but what makes this an interesting scent is the oustanding lime note and how the scent itself seques into a nice, velvet-like creamy base while retaining those sparkling top notes.

Top notes: Mexican Lime, Mediterranean Lemon, Siberia fire needle, shaved nutmeg

Middle notes: Jasmine, sandalwood, Indonesian Patchouli

Base notes: Bourbon Vanilla, creamy amber, and impressions of leather

20th February, 2009.

Not worth the bother (not even now that it's no longer discontinued) if you didn't care for Davidoff's Cool Water so very much in the first place.

2nd September, 2008.

This smells like a chemical mess by Hugo Boss; just with spicier notes. Granted, it's longer lasting, less "cheap" smelling and has notes in it more appealing to me but it still makes me wonder if I like it or not. Nice, but not my cup of tea.

10th June, 2008.