Carlos Santana for Men (2005)
by Carlos Santana

Wow.. how sweet you are! Opens with a sweetness that might have some wondering, but give this beaute a chance!. Begins with what I would describe as a fruity cotton candy fragrance and dries down to a semi-sweet musk that is quite pleasant and not too powdery. I initially thought "too sweet" myself,but luckily for me, I gave this one a revisit to find that I really like it. I think I'll keep this pimp juice!

Unique! What other men's fragrance opens with the smell of cinnamon and cooked apples? Wow, what a wonderful opening! This is the sort of fragrance that you look forward to spraying on yourself.

Upon dry-down, the cinnamon and apple scent remain evident (but not nearly as strong as in the opening), and a prominent lavender and vanilla scent come forward. I don't like the bass scent quite as much as I love the opening, but all-in-all this is a wonderful fragrance! In the off-chance that you don't like the smell of cinnamon, suck it up and wear this anyway. The women will appreciate you for it! :P

One of my favorites!

This is by far the best celebrity fragrance I've ever used! I'm not normally into lavender, but it works well here. The spiced apples and woodsy notes are just wonderful! Ladies love this one and it can be worn any time if you don't go overboard with it!

It must smell better on others obviously because this doesn't do anything on my skin and I've tried it several times. I'm one of those people, I guess most of us are really, where something either smells good on you or it doesn't. It's not a bad smell at all but it doesn't do anything for my skin. I can smell the apple, cinnamon and so on but they aren't awe inspiring on my skin, just not good on me. I actually wish I could wear more fragrances than I can but I'm one of those people that loves a lot of scents but can't wear many of them because they don't smell right on me.

Quite aromatic—maybe there is clove in there along with the lavender and incense. It’s strongly aromatic but it doesn’t go overboard — it has excellent balance. Thank goodness the lavender in the opening is underplayed — it remains perceptible in the background but doesn’t take over, as it is often wont to do. The lavender does grow to take up more space as the fragrance progresses, and it gets to be very important by the time Carlos Santana for Men has run its course, but even though I often dislike lavender in a fragrance, this one doesn’t get too strong for me. For sure this is not your everyday generic sweet fruity synthetic mess that is so often offered now days. This one is unique, and part of its uniqueness is that it is unabashedly masculine — I like that because it is something I have not seen very often lately. It has a solid presence and very decent longevity. It is an excellent fragrance — a winner.

I'll be blunt -- I heard the name and instantly turned up my nose. (Celebrity frags usually have that effect on me, so I'm instantly prejudiced.)

It goes almost without saying that I'm awfully, awfully glad I listened to well informed fellow Basenoters and sampled this juice -- this is really good!

Goes on very fruity and spicy (strong apple notes in the opening), but it dries down quickly to an invitingly warm heart and base. An incredible bargain, too!