RSVP (2006)
by Kenneth Cole

This is an interesting fragrance. It’s a gentle, woody, slightly creamy, slightly sweet, but still a masculine smell. It reminds me a bit of a cross between Baldessarini Ambre and Eau des Baux L`Occitane.

On first application I got a nice strong sense of spice and fruit, but that very quickly gave way to the cedar and sandalwood. Within about 20 minutes I swear I could already detect the start of the woody, vanilla & musky drydown; but it still stayed predominantly woody. After that I really couldn’t detect too much other than a close, musky, mild, woody skin scent.

However, for a seemingly gentle and low key scent, it’s certainly gets a lot of compliments. The first time I wore this to work, the woman I sat next to on the bus in the morning lent over and asked me what I was wearing, saying that I smelt delicious (30 minutes after application). Later that day when I went into the copy room at work before lunch (about 5 hours after application), the boss’s PA also said that my cologne was delicious and wanted to know what I was wearing! Then when I was out buying lunch, the woman behind the counter at Subway asked me what I was wearing. You guessed it; she said that I smelt delicious. I kid you not, this all happened on the one day.

I honestly didn’t think that much of it or that it projected that well, but obviously it does have very good sillage and the longevity isn’t too bad either. Considering that this can be found relatively cheaply, I would recommend for anyone who likes easy to wear, sweet/woody masculine fragrances (and definitely for those of you who want to be thought to smell delicious!).

26th April, 2011.

If I'd kept all my clothes in a cedar armoire for months and had thrown in some cedar chips to boot I wouldn't end up smelling like cedar as much as I do with just a couple of sprays with this monster. I like it, mind you, but this is a CEDAR bomb, if you do not like cedar, stay away!!!! No wonder this perfume comes in a wood box (Cedar?).
This and Daddy Yankee are almost identical, but the cedar in DY is not as overpowering as RSVP but I could not tell which one I like better. What I do like better than this because the cedar is less intrusive (still a cedar perfume though) is Silver Quorum, I think is more wearable than either RSVP or YD. And if you like something like this but with a cedar that is subtle, slightly more complex, spicier and light, and women really dig, go with Ferragamo Incanto pH Essential, it is this fragrance but meant to attract girls.

10th April, 2011.

Smells great! Smells like juicy fruit gum on my skin.

8th April, 2011.

I am stunned by Kenneth Cole's resolute determination to ensure that every fragrance it releases represents the pinnacle of boredom and dearth of inspiration. It takes a strong will to be able to crank out so many boring fragrances so consistently.

If you're going to release a clone designer scent, at least do it well. RSVP starts off good enough - sharp woody notes blended with a spicy apple note, reminiscent of Dirty English, but without the dirtiness. This may not be very original, but it smells good.

Unfortunately the "good" only lasts about twenty minutes, because by then RSVP loses all of its steam and the middle accord just smells flat, like it's just some sort-of-spicy, sort-of-sweet, sort-of-woody block of undefinable smell. Zzzzz....

The worst part is the drydown, if you're still awake. Take the boring middle accord and add the smell of metallic dishwashing liquid, and you've got the drydown. This is dreadful.

I'm not going to beat a dead horse here. This is just a lousy fragrance.

MY RATING: 3/10

15th March, 2011.

This is a really nice scent for office wear or a formal event for that matter. Definately not worthy of a negative review as it does smell nice and the sillage and longevity outlast reaction. I think it's one of those fragrances that smells drastically different on the skin from person to person. Probably not a good blind buy, but on my skin it lasts and I do get compliments on it.

26th February, 2011.

I find this to be really nice. When I first tried this all I smelled was woody and spicy notes. But now that i've owned it for a while it can smell a bit of florals and a BIT of citrus/fruitiness.
For a musky/woody fragrance I only wish it would last longer. I get about 5 hours.

16th January, 2011.