Set Sail St. Barts for Men (2007)
by Tommy Bahama

Love it. Cool, citrus blast at the beginning and keeps a nice light beach scent throughout. I really love this fragrance, it is a great summer scent. Highly recommend it. Also, I don't know how people think this is a synthetic scent, it's citrus obviously natural. Maybe these people have never picked fresh citrus, but this scent is great.

18th July, 2011.

At first, this is a very stealthy scent, with nothing more than a trace of coconut on a backdrop of the sunbleached varnished wood from Tommy Bahama's original fragrance. It slowly starts to get orangey and just a bit more spicy, retaining the wood underneath but in a remarkably airy way; it makes me imagine TB original if it had been done by Jean-Claude Ellena in his trademark transparent style. The orange peel here is not artifically sweetened, and has the same sharp soapiness to it as their Very Cool for Men, thought not as much. Toward the base, the orange evolves more into lime/coconut/booze, but before it does so, it puts other inexpensive orange scents like Clinique Happy to shame. It's not going to get as many points for uniqueness as Very Cool, but its clean, casual, non-sweet tropical vibe is nice enough. Far into the base, though, it devolves a bit into suntan lotion.

27th June, 2011.

Opens with a screeching, synthetic lime note that is apparently paired with a boozy note. The tequila is very faint. After about 20 minutes the scent dries to a salty, creamy lotion smell. The lotion smell at first smells like sunscreen to me, but after a few more minutes it turns into a skin-like, faintly sweet body lotion smell.. This smell probably comes from an semi-sweet coconut accord. I think the vanilla mixed with palm wood and "guava nectar" is what makes it smell similar to coconut. But, mostly I get a lotion/body butter powder.

very simple, but its low price awards this scent a neutral rating. Its a cheapy, but goodie. If it were compared to other scents within its price range, i would give this a thumbs up.

17th June, 2011.

Damn! Tropical fruit bonanza!

Set Sail St. Barts for Men is a super-sweet, sugary lime fragrance. Like, lime candy or Key Lime Pie. The lime just keeps going until the end, with a creamy (albeit faint) base of coconut underneath and a tequila smell. There's also a smooth amber kinda note (I'm guessing it's the Blue Agave) that rises to the surface toward the end. For its entire life, this fragrance is STRONG, but strangely enough the longevity isn't more than a couple hours. While it lasts, though, Set Sail St. Barts is a party in the tropics.

I would recommend this one over Virgin Island Water by Creed, simply because it's more about lime than coconut. Oh, and it's $200 dollars cheaper, too. However, if you don't like lime or sugary-sweet citrus, then I would not recommend this. And DO NOT spray this on if you have a headache. It will make your headache worse.

All in all, I'll be wearing this a good bit during the summer. Awesome bottle, too.

18th May, 2011.

Can't yet expound, but suffice it to say that this is a "thumbs up" frag to my nose.

9th March, 2011.

The lime is nice, but fades pretty quickly through faint clairol perm smell to faint suntan cream lotion. Can't wear this one!

26th February, 2011.