Reviews of Echo (2003)
by Davidoff

Perhaps a faceless sporty fragrance was "needed" in the Davidoff line to make it look like every other designer fragrance house out there. Reminds me of a very, very weak Bulgari au The Blanc (which I didn't like) in the drydown. Aldehydes are not my friend.

i had my 3.4 oz bottle for 3 years and used half of it. then i broke it and now realize that i miss echo. in the same class as chrome and the original kenneth cole but with a lttle more uummpp in it do to the pepper note. aimed at the under 30 crowd fo sho.

Only good thing is that is lasts for 10+ hours.
Very synthetic middle notes, average drydown. Not good to be ysed in any occasion. The good smell coming out of the bottle lasts only for a minute so do not be fooled by that.
This is a big disappointment from Davidoff.

a bit boring but very clean and safe fragrance. i dont know why but women tend to love this one. it smells like the sum of a grapefruit crust and white, plain soap. i like echo but still prefer azzaro chrome in that manner.

Echo was meant to smell synthetic, crisp, and fresh with its light ozonic metallic sweetness. Well, that's what you get.

When I think of Echo, I think of the city. A very "urban" scent indeed. Kudos to Mr. Rashim for the bottle design though.

I'll just admit it - I like this. Always have. Nothing makes me feel as clean and sharp as when coming from the gym, taking a long bath, putting on some white line clothes and spraying a few sprizzes of Echo on. I do however see why people dislike it because of its synthetic smell.

I could imagine the characters in the movie The Island-wearing this.

Smells light sweet and synthetic as it doesn't reflect any nature's scent. Can be sickening if over applied during hot summer. Sillage is ok (not too strong and not too personal). Longevity is great on me as I could detect it even after 5 hours. But it can turns yucky if sprayed on fabric. I just don't like the bottom notes as it can be quite sickening. Great for daytime, any occasion except evening and dinner. Love the bottle. Very organic influenced. Get the 30ml bottle as it is more organic.

I have to say, this fragrance is rather "nasty", smells really cheap, sort of those you get at the $2 shop. As mentioned before, it is a mild frag but even so, it smells "nasty"...no go zone, mine actually ended up in the bin, didnt even have the guts to give it to a friend.

This is a bit of a disappointment, I bought this anticipating it would remind me of the "city". Well, it did but not in the way I had hoped. It reminded me how every man down town looks the same, same suit style, same eager demeanor to get to the office in order to get to their next meeting.


This is nothing extraordinary, a regular fresh scent struggling in he world of a lot better fresh scents. No more no less. On top of that it resembles Chrome... Very plain.


But it is not a bad fragrance, just not a good one.

Three words: utter aquatic ennui.

"Echo" will appeal to those wanting freshness and a sense of crisp cleaness.
The downside: there is a note at the heart that is so overtly synthetic that at times I find it completely intolerable. Whatever this accord, it has the same noxious quality as cheap plastic items manufactured in the far east whose odour burns the back of the throat when you remove them from their packaging.
Worth a look, but NOT a winner in my book.

Echo surely does smell like a sweeter and more sythentic updated version of Guy Laroche's Horizon (now discontinued) for me!
However, I liked Horizon much much more!

its ok.nothing new just a plain fresh scent. casual wear only

Fresh and modern!!! It came out in 2002 though, not 2003.

Synthetic yes, may have a limited niche. It reminds me of the sweet smells associated with the upholstery scorched by the sun. It is sweet, synthetic, metalic. The base has a fabric softner aspect to it that is not as distinct as your average oriental but pleasant.

Overall, I could see somebody like this fragrance based on that burnt car seat smell - it reminded me of my first car. The base is nice.

Now, wait a minute...such bad rap for a decent scent.
If you like AXE Touch, then you will love ECHO...it is simply the cologne version, and it last for days. It smells best after a day at least. So spray it on a shirt you will wear tomorrow and it will suprise you.

i did liked the smell of this fragance, to be honest i like it more than cool water. But i guess its kind of a desilution that its so artificial specially when the price is like if it was made out of natural things. The duration is good though.

oh my god-what a shame and deception for the whole perfume industry-what a bad,simple and unintelligent scent-what did they think while producing this stuff?Boring, simple,a smell of what?- no this stuff should be forbidden....what´s the matter with this company???

Far better than Cool Water, but still not enough. It smells metallic on me, it has something fresh-sensual, but just a hint.I believe this is for younger persons when compared to the classic Cool Water

Indeed the bottle is easy to drop(I broke the button off, and had to take to button off an old pi bottle)..but this cologne just smells like costly Coast soap, and nothing more!

Echo is a rather synthetic fragrance that is meant to be synthetic—I think it is quite attractively urban, and that it actually accomplishes a definite character and presence. The scent is light, metallic, and inoffensive—I don’t get ‘sharp.’ I like it even though it is very similar to a lot of recent fragrances. It’s not a very creative accomplishment, but I don’t have a problem with that because it is fresh, warm, and inviting. It sustains a decent sillage and has average longevity on my skin. The bottle is excellent. One can do a lot worse than this one.

Smeels like Hugo to me

Very fresh and clean smell. A really nice bottle, though pretty expensive for fabric softner.

boring. great bottle though.

Well, it SMELLS good. Unfortunately, it makes my mouth taste like rusty pennies (hey...curiousity got the best of my when I was a kid). I guess it doesn't do this to anyone else though, so it might be good for others. Still, I can't give a thumbs up...or even a nuetral...to a frag that makes me want to spit all day.

Metallic, clean and very casual. Love the stuff. Great in the sweltering dog days of Summer. My latest acquisition in some time frankly. My only gripe is that the bottle's shape (which is very appealing on the dresser for sure) is very awkward and difficult to aim. Made for dropping......

extraordinary fragrance. thumbs down because on my skin it smells like chimpanzee vomit. be very careful with this one. test it on your skin, then retest it. good luck! it's a great one

I disagree that this is aim at older people then Cool Water. Quiet the opposite. I think it would suit the tendy teen or Uni studnet.

Kudos to Davidoff's push of this one. This could very easily be a forgotten ozonic/aquatic scent in a market that was already too saturated with them during its release, but clever marketing and a genuinely addictive scent separate it from the rest of the pack. I think this is leaps-and-bounds over the Cool Water series in both its concept and execution. The composition reads exactly as it smells, and works surprisingly well. You won't fool anyone about its synthetic nature, but there is certainly no reason to apologize about it. Crisp, mysterious, and invigorating. Two thumbs up!

horrible,i will never dare to put it on my skin again i just cant believe that something more nauseous could be created

One of the better Summer scents! It's long-lasting, cool, and synthetic in the best ways possible. Not like other Citrus colognes, as Echo contains no Citrus Fruits whatsoever... but somehow manages to classify itself as such.

No better or worse than any of the others of its close knit family. One thing i can say for it is that it is probably the most aptly named cologne out there. You have to admire Davidoff for being candid enough to name it "echo", as the fragrance's effect is to waft "i've smelled this before...smelled this before...smelled this before..." through the air.

a bit boring and lack of character. Fragrances like tommy and tommy t are much more better

I want to like this stuff soo much it hurts. It's definitley very synthetic in nature, but the note descriptions make that pretty clear. The best comparison I can compare this to would be the scent of some fresh dryer sheets I've smelled. It even seems similar to some of the "odor-eliminators" on the market. All of which are infused with synthetic sexless scents. Doesn't sound like something you'd want on your skin does it? Well, the top is pretty sharp and will make your eyes cross if you draw in deeply near the applicaton site. But with a little time, especially on the skin, it mellows out to something much more organic. It is sharp, it is soapy, and it's definitely man-made. But it's not bad either. A fine choice for the uninitiated for daytime or office wear. It's inoffensive, but for all the marketing savvy note descriptions, it lacks that certain something to make it stand out.

This fragrance is exactly what it is supposed to be: Urban and light. This is an inoffensive fragrance that has absolutely no depth. It is synthetic to the extreme and smells like fruit and metal. It’s pleasant enough, and stands out a tiny bit from all the ‘me too’ aquatics, but it’s far from special. The bottle is amazing, though.

Such a delight wearing this one! It lasts all day with little change in texture, and it elicits compliments each time I wear it. I certainly can't figure out what all those synthetic notes are in this scent, but neverthless I place this one in my "never-fail" category of fragrances. This one and "Zino" are my two favorite Davidoff scents; I may check out his others in time.

in my opinian it wa a nice try...but its way too sharp and synthetic and ozonic...Davidoff has to try to win with another...nice try though....

This is a great sent that stays with you for quit a while, and is masculine with a sweet sent

Well, It's the best davidoff's fragrance!
I mean, if you are looking for a refreshing, non offensive scent, that's what you should look for.
It's in the same line of Acqua di Gio, very good to be worn in summer days or in casual occasions. Modern and sexy, my girlfriend loves it.

Wonderful scent, girls love it!!! Extremely seductive :)

Nice bottle by Karim Rashid, bland - uninteresting - "modern" scent by Coty

This scent seems to get mixed reviews. I can't decide whether to get this or Kenzo L'eau, so I'll get both. Women really like it, but on the site men's reviews have panned it. It goes on sharp, bright, clean and with a floral "spike" due to the synthetic make up (after all, what in the world are 'living liquid air', 'metal aldehyde', and 'white suede' anyway?) which may account for the thumbs down. I've tried two samples now, and found it dries down to an ever present, pleasant, sterile, metallic-spice. It mellows slightly on skin, so to keep that sparkly clean, modern chrome, uptodate aura in your office, be sure to spritz a bit on your collar too. One female coworker asked me outright what I was wearing that day (a first). I asked if she thought it was too feminine, fearing the morning's sweet onset was still too loud, and she said no, it was so fresh she was considering it for her boyfriend! I'm one for experimentation, and intend to acquire this for another reason - believe it or not to mix in with some older, dated tired colognes Ive had around for too long. Theyre tired (you know, Laruen Polo, Lauder Metropolis, Rabane Tenere, Aramis, Laurent Kouros) and this could be just the thing to wake them up! Modern molecular synthesis meets natural distillation of the 60's and 70's!

Redundant and indistinct. Smells like every other bad fragrance released in the past 10 years. The bottle however, is one of the best I've seen. Too bad it's wasted on a bad creation.

Another fresh fragrance with the sour note of aqua di gio.

Doesn't work for me ... It's never a good sign when you want to shower it off an hour after you sprayed it on ...( been relegated to toilet air freshener !)

There is nothing new here. It's bland and a big disappointment. Be sure you try it before you buy it. Davidoff must have let their guard down. J. Augustt