Only The Brave (2009)
by Diesel

A trendy scent and I don't mean it in a good way. Ambery sweet with a hint of spice, like twenty other scents I've sampled this year alone. And what leather are they talking about? To claim that there is 'leather' when none exists is indeed a brave thing to do. Unless my nose fails me, I suspect someone probably screwed up and forgot to include it in the brief to the perfumer.

Like I said, this is an extraordinary scent. Extraordinarily common. Only the brave would laugh in the face of trends and walk his path alone if necessary. Only the brave would pick this tacky bottle up and calls it 'original'...and 'bravely' joins the ranks of 'only the inexperienced', 'only the deluded', well...you get the drift. While this is not a bad scent, ONLY THE BRAVE ventures into safe, well known territory and that also-ran attitude has little in common with the word 'brave'. I guess the guys at Diesel must have an oddly wicked sense of humor. Now if only one particular finger in the bottle fist-design sticks out...that would have been brave.

mmm this one is strange, admittedly it smells much better on the skin then in the bottle, but I'm sure its a mediocre fragrance that smells similar to many department fragrances at the moment. It gives you a pleasant smell but nothing to really shout about. It has a strange weak watermelon note that gives it an airy feel but other than that-its ok

A really unique bottle, but I just can't get past the feeling that this is too powdery and feminine for me.

There really isn't a great deal to Only the Brave, and what there is, is pretty ordinary. An unsatisfying, vaguely citrus opening gives this a poor start from which it never truly recovers. It hastens to a cedar and amber dry down that won't remain in anyones memory for very long. Whereas "Fuel For Life" is vivacious, bouncy and lots of fun, this is dour and miserable.

Well I have to disagree with the synthetic smell. I do agree it's not exactly crammed full of the best quality natural essences but I dont think its comes off as synthetic. Maybe this is because I have been testing so many pure chemical bottles of crap recently (Lacost Challange being one, VERY Challanging on the nose!) I think this is fun and perky, not terribly teenage smelling to be honest but certainly one of the better generic designer releases this year!

Tacky as it may be, I actually rather like the bottle! lol. Feels really nice in your hand too (although I do have HUGE hands!)

Synthetic, cloying, and wholly uninteresting, I'd heard about "the new Diesel that looks like a fist." I find the whole concept poorly executed, from package design (silly block fonts...looks like something a high schooler would make) to this rediculous fist to the scent therein, this is a mass market fragrance designed to appeal to meatheads and frat-boys and the girls who love them. I'm so disappointed my current favorite male wanted this; perhaps he hadn't had a chance to smell the watery, synthetic lemon and cedarwood blend before making that claim. The lemon and leather smell horribly synethetic and don't do each other any justice. Add in the amber base and you have a long-lasting plasticy scent with medium throw in an ugly bottle that should not be worn by anyone over 23. Horrid.