Mustang (2007)
by Mustang

Dont be fooled by the price. This one is easily over looked. It is very well crafted, lasts FOREVER for a EDC, and it projects like a beast. Its very mossy smelling at the top, with lots of citrus, but the citrus dies down to reveal a leather, and light tobacco base. For the price, this one is a must have in any collection, plus i like the box.

1st March, 2011.

Don't be fooled by the cheesy name and packaging. Reminds me a bit of a heavier Paco Rabanne XS. This one is a sillage beast and longevity is over 12 hours so no more than 3 applications. I really like the pipe tobacco/musk/cedar dry down. Very masculine scent that's a winner.

8th February, 2011.

Well, I've smelled worse. The cheesy adverts look like something out of an Avon catalogue.
The scent: simple, sweet. Very simple, rather sweet.
Redeeming features? Not screechy-synthetic. Tolerable.
Downfall? Anything that claims to have fir balsam either delivers or else slinks away in defeat.
Defeat is the word here, not even a whiff of anything coniferous.
But really guys, there are far more interesting things out there. This is pretty basic and rather bland stuff.

15th December, 2010.

Whenever I review or pick out a scent to buy, originality is extremely important to me. But every once in a while I come across a frag that, although it's completely lacking in uniqueness, just smells so damn good I don't even care. Mustang is one of those perfumes.

I can promise you that you've smelled a ton of other mainstream designer woody orientals that smell like a lot like Mustang - Canali Men, Arpege Pour Homme, Burberry London, Memoire d'Homme, and on and on. In fact, I might even go so far as to describe Mustang as uninspired. Mustang, however, simply NAILS the woody oriental thing so perfectly, that none of that even matters. Mustang simply smells awesome.

It's basically a sweet, woody and leathery oriental that is so well balanced that it's impossible to resist. There is a ton of cedar in this, which is smoothed out by amber and a sweet tobacco accord, and I even detect a hint of iris in this, similar to the way it's used in Arpege Pour Homme.

I don't agree at all with the comments saying Mustang smells like pipe tobacco. It doesn't. What I smell is what I call "perfume tobacco", which means it simply smells like an accord of non-tobacco ingredients trying to replicate the smell of tobacco. No matter, however. It smells great, no matter what the hell is in it.

You can get this from discount retailers for dirt cheap, but it does NOT smell cheap at all. I have to think the only reason this is so inexpensive is because there are so many other fragrances that are similar to it, not because of the quality of its smell. This is high quality stuff, and is extremely masculine smelling to boot. I love this!

1st June, 2010.

This one honestly took me aback. Soft, restrained but very present. For such a simple thing Mustang (black) really smells fantastic. A solid buy and a solid fragrance. The lemon in the top is muted which is good for people like me who often find it to be too loud. For me though, this one is all about the wonderful pipe tobacco. I can smell it right from application all the way to the end and it's a winner. Despite the Mustang moniker this is not a braggart of a scent and since it can be found for under $20 I can only give it high marks.

25th March, 2010.

I was very skeptical of this fragrance at first based on its branding, figuring it was just a marketing ploy. I read the reviews on here though, then tested it, and was very pleasantly surprised - now I own it and it's probably one of the best I have. I was looking for something less expensive to wear so I didn't use up my "good stuff" too quickly, but this IS good stuff. It doesn't necessarily smell "unique", but if you're looking for a good, pleasant, masculine scent, this is a good buy.

3rd February, 2010.