Elvis by Elvis Presley (1989)
by Frances Denney

This brew is a spice bomb...and not in a bad way. It reminds me of Bogart's Witness, but with less cinammon and balanced with other thyme, sage, and wonderful amber and tobacco...even oakmoss. This is a pleasant experience. Def not something I would wear everyday, but certainly on those cold days when I'm craving a warm ambery spicey fragrance, this will be in the running. A pleasant surprise!

14th October, 2011.

Weird. Complex. Strong (very much so for a cologne). Anamalic, amber, tobacco, apples, spices, smoke, leather its all there. I've had a bottle for years and never worn it until today. It starts off smelling of apples, then has an amber anamilic scent. It has a nice middle of spices that is fairly benign, the end is apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, smoke, almost like taking a whiff of a Christmas candle. I don't mind it. I need more time to decide whether I actually like it.

Update, I'm switching this to a Thumbs Up following some more trial wear. It actually is quite pleasant and spicy. Longevity is good. You get the Apples up front, the greenish scent of this coupled on top of the amber/nutmeg/spices/smoke creates the anamalic note it seems as opposed to it being something additional . This only lasts for the opener. Then you have a long long spicy phase, which depending on temperature at which you use this can be boozy if you like that sort of thing, and and time smells almost Chirstmasy with all the nutmeg and spices.

The spices eventually subside leaving a musky, tobacco and leather drydown with some of the spices still evident.

Longevity was pleanty to last from the morning until bedtime. Projection strongly depends on temperature. A tolerable amount applied during the cold winter is pleasant and close to the skin, the same amount when it is warm projects like a cloud.

It dosn't smell cheap considering it once was (I remember buying some at Hills Department Store once for a few bucks), however these days the price is almost Elvis worthy. Is it worth trying? It depends on your tastes it is kind of unique.

27th January, 2010. (Last Edited: 16th March, 2011.)

Strange and powerful fragrance. My dad used to own it before it was discontinued. I remember it was very sweet and almost intoxicating and very musky, somewhere in between caramel, tobacco, smoke and leather. Dark and strong, a somewhat indecisive mix of many owerpovering notes. I don't know if the king would wear something like that, as it was created after Elvis's death.

18th February, 2006.