Club de Nuit Sillage

Yeah, wow, this is basically Silver Mountain Water. I found an Arab dupe place in the mall and tested this and Milestone. I was shocked at how close it is to Silver Mountain Water on paper, and since that's my favorite scent of the year, I decided to purchase it. However, they were charging $60 per bottle, and I knew I could get it on Jomashop for $35 + tax + shipping, so I haggled with them and got both bottles for around $40 after tax, which is fine, since it was fun to haggle and have the fragrances instantly instead of waiting for them to ship during the holiday season. On skin: this is super fresh, and is like a bergamot and lime bomb, with a fresh and spicy ginger note that makes the fragrance much more masculine in the opening than SMW. The largest difference to me, other than ginger and lime in the opening, is the noticeable lack of the strong floral element I get from my batch of SMW. I find this particularly humorous, as SMW doesn't list a single floral note despite my whole family calling it the "rose fragrance" because they get a floral scent from it in the mid (I think that's the green-tea accord), yet Club de Nuit Sillage lists floral notes but doesn't seem to actually smell like it has any. This is a fresh and spicy white musk fragrance. I think it is an absolute banger, and it is unreasonably good for the price. I think if Versace had released this instead of some Arab dupe house, it would've been hyped as just a genuine designer banger and fresher alternative to SMW. I am in love with it right now, and will be using it in place of SMW when I get the craving for it but don't have anything cool going on lol.

It’s like Armaf has black magic, I couldn’t help but giggle when I smelt SMW and realized they’re practically the same scent. There’s a reason this has almost a 12:1 similarity ratio to Creed’s Silver Mountain Water. I smelt Sillage and then a tester of SMW, and they’re literally the same fragrance. Sillage is just more potent alcohol-y on very-very initial spray but has noticeably better performance. They’re indistinguishable. Longevity is good, lasts 8 hours give or take on skin. Projection is great, I visited my dad and accidentally choked him out because I was wearing this, which doesn’t usually happen with him and my other fragrances. I got a Dubai 2025 or 2024 batch (I forgot which one) on Jomashop not too long ago. For a bit over $30 this is a steal. It’s a fresh fragrance that’s different, I’ve never smelt any other fragrance like it. Id describe it as so- Imagine a silver mountain, and a stream of water running through it, add a slight metallic-fresh touch to it then turn that into a fragrance. I’m thinking of purchasing a back-up bottle.

Club de Nuit Sillage is quickly becoming recognized as one of the best clone fragrances in history. So for those of you interested in being accurately informed, I strongly suggest the following video by the well-respected men's fragrance YouTube reviewer--and previous Creed employee--The Fragrance Apprentice, entitled "Armaf--Club de Nuit Sillage and the Downfall of Creed" dated February 18, 2021. If you just want to "cut to the chase" where he discusses CDNS specifically, start @ the 15:29 mark of the video. If you don't have time for that, let me sum up what he says in a shocking quote as it relates to his personal experience with Creed, Creed's evolution, Club de Nuit Sillage, and how it compares to Creed's current Silver Mountain Water: "This isn't like a clone, it's like a statement.....This is almost like Armaf calling Creed's bluff. It's like they are officially saying 'We can do YOUR sh*t BETTER than YOU CAN now!' ".....

This is one of the most radiant and piercingly fresh bergamot scent I've ever smelled. This scent has cleared up my sinuses. I feel like I can smell forever! I actually feel energized after I've smelled this, like one of those bodybuilders that sniffs ammonia salts before they attempt a heavy lift. And the ambroxan keeps the scent and the citric profile going for hours upon hours without weakening. So clean and so citrusy. I imagine I was dropped into a YORK Peppermint Pattie commercial where I'm stuck on the tip of Mt. Everest or in an icebreakers mint commercial where I'm walking through a glacial cave made of crystalline see-through ice when "I use to be an adventurer like you but then I took an arrow in the knee"... I'm so glad I have this! Again like with the Milestone bottle, this flashy, gorgeous bottle is so appropriate for the sensation the scent makes me feel. 9/10

Just recently bought a 10ml decant and did some testing, so let’s address some questions: 1.Is it too synthetic smelling? – It’s not as synthetic as people say. I don’t detect any toilet-cleaning vibes even when I smelled it up close. The citruses are intense in the opening, ngl, but nowhere near chemical, and after 5–10 minutes it turns into a wonderful, smooth scent. The OG SMW is also somewhat intense in the opening, so I don’t mind this one at all. 2.Does it smell close to Silver Mountain Water? – After the opening, it’s about 90% close. Indistinguishable in the air. 3.Does it last long? – I got the French version of the juice, and on my skin longevity is about 6–7 hours with medium projection. Good enough for me. 4.Is it good? – Oh yes. This is exactly the scent profile I’ve been looking for (fresh, snowy air vibes). For the price, I can recommend this to anyone.