KevinGrey

Preliminary: I know only the "Caribbean Summer Edition", but in which you can not write reviews and it seems to be identical to the "Coral Reef Edition", except for the bottle.

A random test while browsing the Davidoff fragrances in the perfumery. But one that was really worth it.
I am a big fan of Cool Water since my school days. None of the many flankers, which there are now to this fragrance had been able to convince me until that day. Except this one!

From the first moment he had my attention. Something was interesting about this fragrance and made me sniff it again and again. Convincing from the head to the deep drydown. And that where this kind of fragrance (the fruity-fresh ones) usually has it rather hard with me. It must be said that I had discovered him alsonoch on a very hot summer day, where he is anyway at home and has his absolute strength. I had to have it!

But now to the details:

It starts aquatic-fruity-fresh (lime) with herbaceous sharpness (mint) in it. The mint sharpness is still very dominant here. A light fragrance, but with good silage. A summer cocktail. Immediately I am at 35 degrees at the beach bar, or with a Friuchtcocktail on a rock in the Caribbean surf sitting....

After an hour, the fruit notes now dominate and become "darker". Now it is more orange fruits instead of lime and mint that characterize the fragrance. It now seems like a fruitier Cool Water for higher temperatures, so less spicy-woody, than the classic original.

In the later drydown, it approaches the classic Cool Water. So he becomes spicy-woody, but remains fruity marked. You can already tell now that there is Cool Water underneath, which was changed with fruit and mint. However, it does not last particularly long on (my) skin. No comparison to the classic.

Its color is definitely light. White, beige or light bluish tones go well with him.

A summer fragrance for the 20 to 50-year-old gentleman. For teenagers too boring, and for Ü60 too youthful-fresh.
Already masculine, but very close to the unisex threshold. With something slightly floral gelayert he would already be feminine.

A "super-freshi" for the very high temperatures, without exaggerated citrus vibe or the like as many other fragrances for these situations. A nice, pleasant aquatic-fruity Freshi for the extreme summer days, where it is no longer necessarily about masculinity, but only about freshness.
Well suited at the water (swimming pool / beach / lake / pool, etc.) and quite wearable on hot days also in the office.

As I said, usually a fragrance that can not convince me, but here everything is just right for me. A total exotic in my fragrance inventory, but he has his rightful place and does his job very well :-) He ranks between "Cerruti 1881 Riviera", which is good away from the water in the forest and field in high summer, and the classic Cool Water, which is already too spicy for extreme temperatures.

The simply belongs to it.

Boss Bottled - one of the great classics of office fragrances.

Meanwhile, many times geduped and reformulated (sometimes bad, sometimes right) but for me still an absolute must in the fragrance inventory, despite all the hypes and cheap dupes that seem to be him at times unfortunately ubiquitous.
He actually represents a fragrance category that is usually so not mine: the fruity-fresh. The Boss is here but an absolute exception. Here, everything is just right for me!

But now to the detail:

He starts apple-fruity-sweet and woody, but is still fresh in the process. With a look at the fragrance pyramid, this is also not surprising. Here is actually everything in it, which usually discourages me to test a fragrance at all ;-) But the composition is simply ingeniously balanced and dosed. Especially with its increasing woodiness in drydown, it convinces me.
Especially in the opening he has a clear freshness vibe, but is not a "Freshi".

From about an hour it is still fruity dominated, but the various woods come through now.

From the third hour begins, in my opinion, the top balanced relationship between fruitiness and woodiness. Here I find him best.

From the fifth hour he is then "darker" and "more saturated". A "fruit wood scent". Spontaneous thought: "Excellent delicious!"

A fragrance that fits especially in the transitional period or cooler summer days. In spring, it reflects the budding fruit and in early autumn the apple season.

I have a beard oil with a light creamy walnut scent. Together with the Boss and the light brown vintage leather jacket, it just looks wonderful on a sunny early autumn day....

Its color is rather yellowish like apple juice.

It is suitable for gentlemen in the age group between 20 and 50.

The performance is good. It lasts a long time and is also well present all the time. A discreet dosage is therefore appropriate. So it is ideally suited for everyday life and office.

Reformulations, cheap dupes, hypes .....egal! The woody apple in the bottle will remain one of my absolute favorites. Because he is as he is, In the 90s as well as today. THE boss.

The opening is fruity and leathery. Has an old and rancid vibe though. It reminds me of Terre de Hermes, only that here is no orange in it, but grapefruit. It's nowhere near as penetratingly fruity as the Terre orange, though. The Horizon also lacks the patchouli earthiness of Terre.
The silage is good at the beginning

After an hour, it is still fruity, but spicier thereby become. Warscheinlich, because now the ginger comes through. The silage is now but clearly decreases. A fragrance that must definitely be dosed high. In terms of performance, the Terre is there clearly better.
The cocoa note emerges with me, however, only after about 10 hours, when he has already become very close to the skin.

Like Terre de Hermes, Davidoff Horizon is a good change of pace from the aquatic, citrusy and herbaceous "freshis". Because of their fruitiness, however, I see both more at home in late summer and early fall.

Like Terre, Horizon also goes well with yellowish hues. Whereas the Terre has a tendency to brownish.

He is suitable for the gentleman between 20 and 60 years.

I like it, more than Terre de Hermes anyway! One of the few fruity fragrances that I like, because the fruit note is not annoyingly penetrating.

I was interested in the name. What is probably hidden behind the gentleman fragrance?

So I got me a sample package of Givenchy and tested him times:

He starts with subtle silage, which seems dry-powdery. Something "lavendelig" angehaucht is the powder also. The opening is too powdery for me. Good thing it becomes more floral with lavender accent within minutes.

After 1 to 2 hours, it has become pleasantly subtly chocolaty. He has developed the well-known "tolu gourmand". He seems to me now pleasant and noble. The silage is still okay. The florality has stepped into the background, works together with the powderiness on me something very "soft-purged" and stale.

This is the smoother and gentler, more adapted Gentleman compared to "Gentlemen Only" or "This is him!" by Zadig & Voltair. There's not that peppery note here that is characteristic of the other two. This one is soft, floral, powdery and gourmand all at once throughout.
A beautiful fragrance for special occasions, especially in the winter months (but quite wearable all year round) to which the Ü40 would like to appear as a particularly serious and gentle gentleman.

For me, however, he is a trace too powdery. Desshalb he will not my gentleman favorite. I prefer here fragrances with more "Pepp" (in the true sense of the word). But it's still one of the very few powdery scents I like.

Actually, he was only a "bycatch", when I had with a purchase of several samples of Givenchy also this. I already knew "Gentleman Givenchy", which was too powdery for me. So I didn't have great expectations. The more surprised I was to meet the best Gentleman fragrance in my nose to date. But in order:

It opens with an intense peppery-floral silage, which is also slightly fruity. In addition, something gourmandiges is to be perceived as a counter. A pleasant vibe, excitingly balanced. That pleases!
The silage then becomes discreet after about half an hour.

I love yes of Zadig & Voltair the brothers "This is him!" and "Just rock!". This fragrance here could be after my feeling the father of the two. He has a bit what of both, but is different, a trace nobler. Who likes the brothers, who will also like this one. HE is dominated by pepper, like "This is him!", which makes him a "casual fragrance". Good for the office, seminars, meetings, etc. in appropriate attire. But he is also softer than "This is him!" by the creamy-gourmand counter, which makes him seem more noble, without becoming too creamy, such as "The One" by D&G or "Valentino Uomo".

Suitable for men between 25 and 60 years. To be worn all year round on special occasions. At more than 25 degrees, however, I would rather take him to a "freshi".

After an hour, Tonka then triumphs over the pepper, which makes him wonderfully noble-gourmandig.

After about 3 hours then rules the absolute Tonka dominance. Now, however, there are also significant performance losses. The silage now goes back quickly. He remains close to the skin but well present.

The pleases! As a gentleman fragrance for upscale occasions an absolute hammer! A masterpiece of black pepper and tonka (essentially).