New fragrance from Davidoff: The Game

[furrypine]

Launching soon: The Game from Davidoff. A woody aromatic signed by nose Bernard Ellena of Symrise.



Notes: Juniper berry, Gin Fizz accord, iris, precious woods, ebony.


The poker chips-inspired bottle is a nice touch.



The press release even includes a little poem:

Never underestimate the stakes.
Always play fair.
Master the rules and leave nothing to chance.
Because life is a game and the winner takes it all.



Sources: Now Smell This and trbusiness.com

[charger]

Well the bottle looks cool, maybe a bit cheesy like something you would buy in a Vegas gift shop. I like it though and the gin/juniper notes sound nice. I am a martini fan, so I could see spraying this on and hitting the casinos in the middle of the night!

[QWERTYOP]

Time to play the game...

[Giannino]

Davidoff seem to be focusing on their bottles (Champion was a dun-bell) rather than the juice, but if it works for them then great.

The game's bottle is a nice idea, although a touch cheesy, but if the juice is good who cares right?

[mesaboogie]

Coming soon to a TJ Maxx near you: The Game

[döfä91]

The notes sound good to me : Juniper berry, Gin Fizz accord, iris, precious woods, ebony
The bottle looks great as well. Like the idea.

[sjg3839]

Hope this game doesn't fold!

[Mr. Stinky]

I'm all in.

[knightowl]

Coming soon to a TJ Maxx near you: The Game

ouch.

Jumping the gun a bit?

[hednic]

Thanks for the info. Will be looking out for it.

[Wit_Siamese]

The notes seems promising and the bottle looks cool.

I hope Davidoff is going to nail it again like what they did wonderfully on Zino.

[silentrich]

Like the notes and love the bottle.

[TLS]

I find the bottle childish.

[Ken Cosgrove]

They should get Triple H for the commercial.

[QWERTYOP]

They should get Triple H for the commercial.

Finally!!

[J-Rock]

They should get Triple H for the commercial.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of him when I saw the title.

[reinhard5490]

I'm really like... lol when look at the bottle. I'll buy the game for the bottle alone! and gin notes, I love the smells of Gin but hate to drink it anyway

[andym72]

I didn't think of some wrestler (I had to look him up). I thought of the Queen track "Play The Game". If there is a TV ad campaign, whats the chances that track gets used?

[MonkeyBars]

How is Bernard related to Jean-Claude?

[lanky]

i hope the gin opening lasts longer than juniper sling

[AntonPan]

How is Bernard related to Jean-Claude?

A brother.

[andym72]

This is now in branches of Boots in the UK.

Juniper Berries, then a undercurrent of powderyness joins in that quickly becomes soapyness before being joined by what I've always associated with dihydromyrcenol. After about an hour the soapyness, or should I say the smell of laundry products becomes pretty much all that is perceivable. This last note is going to be one of those musks they put in Lenor/Downy, but at least its not one of the more nasty smelling ones.

No woods to speak of.

[Randall Flagg]

This is now in branches of Boots in the UK.

Juniper Berries, then a undercurrent of powderyness joins in that quickly becomes soapyness before being joined by what I've always associated with dihydromyrcenol. After about an hour the soapyness, or should I say the smell of laundry products becomes pretty much all that is perceivable. This last note is going to be one of those musks they put in Lenor/Downy, but at least its not one of the more nasty smelling ones.

No woods to speak of.

Hmm, sounds like everything I hate! I'll still give it a try.

[bgoc]

Available at John Lewis, Debenhams, TPS, TFS and comes with a free Weekender bag.

This should be at discounters very soon.

[Caskey]

Smelled it today in Boots. Another 1 Million clone. This is getting beyond a joke now.

[Ken Cosgrove]

Available at John Lewis, Debenhams, TPS, TFS and comes with a free Weekender bag.

This should be at discounters very soon.

Coming to a local TK Maxx this Christmas...

[hednic]

Wonder when this will make it across the Atlantic.

[döfä91]

This seems to be available in fragrancedirect.co.uk. I'm tempted to buy blind.... 40 ml bottle only 24,99 GBP.

[Riverwide]

I tried it last week. It smells like something you'd hang in the rim of a toilet bowl.

[DMA]

I tried it last week. It smells like something you'd hang in the rim of a toilet bowl.

[Ken Cosgrove]

If you're anywhere near Boots' fragrance section any time soon, this will be damn near inescapable. I reluctantly let one of the SAs show me what it was like, and it smells like an Glade interpretation of 1 Million.

[noirdrakkar]

damn. i was hoping it would be a cool water flanker.

said no one ever...

[Ken Cosgrove]

Also, nobody ever said that TV fragrance ads were great pieces of art, but this one looks like a promotion for some Poker show airing in the middle of the night.

[Randall Flagg]

Also, nobody ever said that TV fragrance ads were great pieces of art, but this one looks like a promotion for some Poker show airing in the middle of the night.

Truly terrible.

[knightowl]

Looks like game over.

[bgoc]

^^ The ad is probably on the same "cheesy" level as 1 Million.

[hednic]

I have seen many bottles that look worse IMO.

[Caskey]

The bottle in real life is much worse than it looks in photos. It feels and looks really cheap. Can't get over how similar it smelled to 1 million. Giving this one a total miss.

[nonsisa]

It's just meh but very Davidoffish.

[döfä91]

I guess it's better as it gets very bad first impressions from people, won't buy it blind.

[lanky]

Truly terrible.

LOL, marketed to ages 18-25

[alexwagner]

The worst fragrance I've tried this year. It's been obviously top loaded to impress you straight of the bat. Turned into a synthetic generic mess after 30 minutes. That familiar cheap dry down that comes with many Hugo Boss scents.