Spark for Men (2003)
by Liz Claiborne

A boozy spice concoction that could easily have been Escada pour Homme's gourmand little brother had Claiborne not used such cheap, synthetic ingredients.

It's better than other Claiborne frags (save the original Claiborne for Men, which is still the best hands down), and Spark Seduction is somewhat better even yet. (But that's not saying a lot.)

spark is good.been awhile since tried but remember it was nice sweet rum.

okay okay okay... i might have derision heaped on me like a dumptruck full of dead bodies, but forgive me for the following relatively positive review of this particular fragrance... first off i have no idea why i bought it i saw it somewhere in some review site and figured for 10 bucks it was at least worth a shot... THIS is actually an interesting scent... when i broke my fragrance "cherry" over a year ago, i started off with what i thought were tame "ebay" constituents... i relied mostly on fragrancenet.com for reviews (thank god i found this website), and bought what i thought were great "deals"... i am very depressed at this point to say that i purchased the entire curve line (my early twenties were saturated with women who would be willing to get unclothed for you just by wearing claiborne's signature crap aroma... i have now realized it was really the fact that i was a painfully attractive guy and not the cologne that made all the magic happen... ((that was a lie but i like to tell myself that to bolster my ego)))... anyways i went through probably 150 bottles of various generic ebay garbage before finding basenotes and truly becoming one with my inherent olfactory addict... long ago i sold off all of my disgustingly trite bargain bin purchases and started making more educated decisions on which scents i would blind buy... which brings me full circle to why i would ever invest even ten bucks into buying another claiborne chemical tragedy of bloodynose compost... i guess i held someone's opinion in high regard and figured that at ten bucks the worst i could do was resell it for twelve and make my misery someone else's... BUT... this stuff isn't all that bad... the scent pyramid, which i don't very often trust, is almost on point... the only problem is that the base, the top, and the middle don't substantiate themselves at all... i've had this on my skin for over and hour and i can almost distinguish every single note described... the cayenne, when sniffed at close range, actually gives the back of my throat a little who's your daddy, while the rum, the cognac, the sandlewood, the figs, and honey all play along like a game of twister on my skin... THIS is nothing like Varvatos... mr. john's famous little diddy is a beautiful display of organic chemistry gone right, and is still one of my favorite fragrances, but this discontinued bargain bin gem is really, really not all that bad at all... The worst you could do is pass up that bottle of cheap merlot you were going to buy at the gas station and pick this up on ebay or whatever big box discount retailer you patronize... if you don't agrree i'll send you ten bucks and you can call me an asshole

very boozy and interesting throughout the longevity of spark.true it's an alcholic's dream scent but it's a little more to it. very dark cognac and rum give way to a bit of sweetness due to honey and amber. don't get me wrong, it's a definate dark and spicy scent though that i would never wear in public.

It's not bad. I wore it to my high school choir concert, and the director thought that I had been drinking. So, the rum is too prominent. Overall though, it's a great evening fragrance. The spicy, sweet smell cries "sophisticated male bachelor, out for a night on the town." I would probably buy this again, in a full gift-set.

The Claiborne scents get a lot of negative reviews here on the site, but this one works for me. I like the warmth of the rum and wood, and there's a nice caramel sweetness. This juice is the furthest thing from the sportiness of the other two Claibornes I like -- Lucky You and Claiborne for Men. A good scent for an evening out, dressed for success and yet ready to party.