Cinch Classic
by Cinch

Here's a blurb from the Cinch website: "The Cinch brand launched in 1996 as a premium quality jean and shirt brand for the western male consumer." From what I can figure, they are based in Colorado.

Cinch's fragrances are produced and distributed by the Illinois based company Romane.

The above is probably why I felt like I was putting on something extremely familiar when I tested Classic. I recently tested out a number of Romane's colognes and they all have a similar musk accord. I was racking my brain about it until I looked at the back of the box and "Distributed by Romane" yelled at me.

Cinch Classic is nothing BUT that Romane musk accord. The website claims to have woods but it's nothing but that musk accord! It's very harsh at first but it dries down into an "aura" of the fragrance and lingers about. Very similar to Dakota by Romane. I reluctantly like this since it's dirty fun and the imagery of being a yeehaw ride'em cowboy for a day is interesting.

I went out of my way to try this and I say it was sorta of worth it. Curiosity got the best of me. The bottle was very expensive and is most likely due to the fact that the Cinch brand is on it. If it was directly from Romane, I bet a bottle would only be $20.

5th June, 2009.