Neptune's Trident

Bright year-round daily driver. This is especially great for weather like I'm experiencing in Utah, with cold sunny mornings where the sun shines all day with heat under the light but cold breeze passing by that spins this back to the refreshing profile. Not, honestly, an exclusive summer/spring, even more so if yo are indoors most of the day. Imagination comparison is wild. This is much greener and floral even, with a comfortable tea approach with a soft iris backbone. Yes, the iris is very obvious to me, and I do not see many mentioning it. I do pick up, however, a parallel with Wulong Cha but I prefer Neptune's over it and it may be presentation and brand bias because the Nishane is just as good! First time I tested it I only got to enjoy it once it began drying down. However, this is not the case now and I'm enjoying it thoroughly. Wears presently for good 5-6h and I stretch the longevity a bit because of the on-skin detectability as a skin scent. It accompanies me easily for most of my commitments, which usually don't last over 3-4 hours so getting 7-8h on skin is certainly a plus. Sillage is better than the projection, but again, I have not worn this in the heat/dead of summer yet - it has more nuance that what I like to wear if I'm out and exposed to the sun. Wears more mature, too, which is good in my case, around 25yo and over. Price is okay, but I only really invested because I have other Argos and couldn't pass up on the opportunity when I found it for around $260. That's the price point I'm invested in for these Extraits, and Neptune's is one I'm growing to like more and more.

Edit: I've ran this scent for about a year now, I've gone through my 30ml bottle and am now getting a 100ml bottle. There's something special about Neptunes Trident that my nose loves. I've tried imagination, wulong cha, pomelo oolong and many many other tea scents. This one just does it for me and is my signature summer time scent right next to le sel d'issey. I absolutely love this scent. Neptunes Trident is a very fresh, smooth and calming fragrance. I don't really get much of an aquatic scent from this but I do however get the tea note heavily on me mixed with the musk and its amazing. The opening tends to be a little sharp with the citrus at first but the dry down is absolutely addicting to me. Despite it being an extrait, it only lasts for about 6-7hrs with about 1hour of strong projection before it dies down to moderate and after about 3hrs its a skin scent on me. The performance is unfortunately its biggest downfall but even still the scent profile is a 10/10 in my opinion. If you like fresh tea forward frags, I think you'll like this for sure, but as with most costly fragrances, get a decant first and live with it for a bit. Solid 10/10 summer fragrance from Argos that I will be keeping in my rotation.

Tea and citrus freshy. I dont think its similar to other tea smells on the market. Tried a decant and had to buy a bottle. Pricey, I wouldnt want to pay full retail. But I'd say that for ANY 100ml that's over £200. I get a decent performance, certainly not a poor performer. Sillage isn't fantastic but I've had several compliments early into a wear. Extraits sit closer to the skin, its not supposed to fill the room. I get 6 hour plus skin scent. I always carry a decant of what i wear and ill top this up at least once a day to get that pop and opening. I've got 100ml of the 2nd batch and didn't notice any difference from the 1st run. Spring and summer, day or night. Anytime, any event, for me. Fresh, Light, interesting and sexy. The blend is a spot on. Its bright all the way through. I find ALL the popular white floral, fruity scents too feminine. I dont find anything in this feminine, but, I'm pretty certain I'd like it on a women. Its not overly masculine while being a male scent. First experience of the House and I'm very impressed. The bottle is art. Hand painted plaque. Beautiful details. 9.6 Don't listen to influencer's. Always try before you buy

Neptune's Trident is a magnificent fragnance haunted by it's terrible performance. If you thought that Imagination by Louis Vuitton has tap water longevity, wait till you try Neptune's Trident. It's gone after 3 hours. DO NOT believe people who will tell you it has good performance because it doesn't. Even people who love this fragrance (like me) can wholeheartedly admit that the performance is unacceptable for the price point. The presentation of the box and the bottle is marvelous. Argos clearly knows how to present their product, yet they failed at making it last longer. Not every fragrance is meant to last long but asking a premium price tag for a fragrance with little to no sillage and longevity of tap water is beyond me. The scent profile is enchanting; it outdoes the Imagination by a MILE, unfortunately, it falls short at other departments. Spare yourself a disappointment, buy a decant and try it out, it is certainly worth that much but not a premium price point for a bottle.

It’s valid to critique the longevity and projection of this but the scent is one of the better tea fragrances on the market. Niche heads will say something like Wulong Cha or Neroli Outrenoir are better but those smell like an actual cup of brewed herbal tea. Which is a great smell but starts to get in that realm of being so artistic that it isn’t even a cologne anymore.. it’s an attempt at capturing photo realism in a bottle. I love Neptunes Trident! Because it incorporates the tea and other notes and still has that perfume aspect. Imagination does this too but differently. It’s bright and fresh with the citrus off the top. Almost has a sharpness like GFS. But then dries down into a very smooth citric tea. There’s a touch of fizzy sweetness to add some body to the smooth tea. It does turn into a soft skin scent by the 5-6th hour but during that times it’s so so good.. if the price is too high for the sub-par performance I get it, but scent alone is a 9/10.