OS Signature by Old Spice (2006)
by Procter & Gamble

The opening is simply Givenchy Blue Label and then it changes. Like an olfactory illusion pine grapefruit and what are presumably the water flowers add up to a kind of overripe plush cantelope. I walked this one around and didn't like it. Sure there are certain now stock brief pirecings of wood notes before this. But it blends and I was almost longing for coriander and stock sour notes. It lasts into something like a watered down bad imitation of Xeryus plus the beginnings of B.O....I guess that's the "unique" part.

This has been remarkably hard for me to track down in my area, which that made me rather hastily snag it when I happened uppon it in a CVS pharmacy on the richer side of town. I'm rather sorry I did.

I have a cursed skin chemistry, it seems, as any and all fragrances that might break down into unpleasant smells always do for me. This one took longer than most, maybe half an hour, before degrading into a burning ziploc bag...

The problem is that it doesn't smell to me anything like what the above pyramid describes. After the (rather uninteresting, but not unpleasant) blast of random florals I got a very interesting combination of CURRY SPICES. Not pine, ceadarwood, musk, but instead a very distinct corriander, cumin, and the like. If that's what it was meant to smell like, then bravo - very dry, dusty, and delightfully odd.

I bought a bottle of this for $5 on the clearance rack in Target and, for the price, it is a great cologne. I've tried quite a few marine colognes and, while this one definitely fits into that category, it has a strong base to it that smells very unique. It lasts for a long time as well, so this is definitely one of the best colognes in terms of dollars per use you can find.

This fragrance is a low-budget version of every other fresh-marine-woody scent out there, but it is still very nice. When first sprayed on it is fresh and marine-like with a quiet herbal undertone, however, as OS Signature wears, the herbal undertones start to become more prominent and the fresh, marine woody notes act as more of a compliment. It has long lasting sillage and wears for hours. This scent is somewhat light but it lasts. Some would say that you can only wear this during warmer weather months and during the day, but I see wearing this fragrance year round and for day or night. It has that kind of rough edge that other fresh-marine-woody fragrances might not have to carry it through the day, night year round time frame. I highly recommend OS Signature.

Ran across this in the drug store (I know...scent snobs will be horrified!). At first I was put off by the Old Spice connection, but I sprayed it on my arm and walked around for awhile. I decided for $12, how could I go wrong? It's a bit strong at first, but after the drydown, it's a nice spicy/fruity scent that's lasts a long time on me (I have some kind of corossive skin chemistry that destroys most scents after about half an hour). I usually go for more woody/leathery scents, so this was something new for me.

Beware: use it sparingly! One spritz on the body and 'half a spritz' on the wrists is plenty. Probably better for fall and winter since it's a bit heavy.

I smelled the tester sticker on the box and liked the smell. I then sprayed the tester bottle on the top of my hand and was immediately repulsed. As the scent dried down, it got even worse. The resulting smell was something I spent the rest of the evening trying to scrub off of my hand.

I get a very heavy Juniper Berry smell from this, which is a scent that I am *not* a big fan of (read: HATE). So if you are a fan of it (notably not even mentioned in the pyramid), you'll like this one. If you are fan of Michael Jordan Original, Very Sexy 2 for Him, or Very Cool by Tommy Bahama, this will fit right in to your wardrobe rather nicely.