Chic for Men (2004)
by Carolina Herrera

Amazing Stuff. One of the best to use in rotation. Normally you would get bored of one particular scent after a few days. You can stop using this one for a few days and later when you take it out and use it feels heavenly. Very nice notes of lemon and watermelon combined. Longevity is though not the best but still a very beautiful and CHIC perfume.

The topnotes present bergamot, but light, fresh and soft, spiced by cardamom – piquant, dry and aromatic, this accord is almost salty.
Watermelon underscores this with rounded, lightly sweet, melon-freshness with the faintest spice (other than the cardamom) detectable after a couple of minutes, faint notes of black pepper warm the cardamom further. It's not listed, but I get a pear note, perhaps its the citrus/melon/cardamom combo fooling me.
Pleasant combination between the soft bergamot, clean, wistful watermelon and warming, cardamom-dominated spice. The effect is gently bracing, if that makes sense – masculine but soothing, delicately invigorating. It gives a somewhat creamy impression and as it softens into the heart there is a very faithful pipe tobacco which announces iself briefly then dissapears into the very light suede of the heart. The base is where I start to dislike this fragrance, it has the sweetened metallic-vanillic-sandalwood, synthetic and soft, that 212 has – but unlike 212, here it doesn't quite 'relax' on my skin for a few hours, until after about 6 hours all that is left is the musk and sandalwood, whereupon I love it. Like-Like-Not sure-Love. Hence the neutral rating.

A well-done, soulless, faceless calone (melon) aquatic, more suitable for guys aging 20-30. It's a tad sweet, the cinnamon has only a supporting role and the base is a soft vetiver/light wood/musk.

Very inoffensive, I'd say casual scent. Unremarkable.

Smells different from most fragrances I've tried, and is awesome. On me, it doesn't change too much from the beggining, which is a quality, because is starts out so great. Very refined, and the longevity is awesome (lasts over 9 hours, and 1 week later my clothes still smell like it), as much as the sillage, which makes it perfect for night occasions. Already becoming my signature, and received inumerous compliments for this (girls love it). Definitely one of my all-time favorites!

Truly&subtle CHIC!!! For me, all CH scents are very good - this one is a keeper. Not an every day EdC - only when I'm in the mood for it. Thanks God people around are not so much "on this kind of EdC. So, every time I'm asked "nice stuff, what is it?" I answer "like it? So do I, but as I have so many I can't remember wich is this one..." Selfish;-) and 2tumbs up!!!

I was so very excited to try this cologne, at this point good reviews and great notes. I tried it and everything was going great, a wonder scent, with all intentions of leaving the store with it in my hands, all the way until the five minute mark, after it settled down an eerie scent of play doh' emerged from the my arm. I like colognes that take me down memory lane, but I don’t want to go so far back as to my days at the preschool. This was a big letdown, but a great opportunity to save money. Thanks to perfumania, I now have an extra $35 to my name.