Derby Club House Blanche

First and foremost, I've never smelled Creed's Silver Mountain Water. Now that that's out of the way... This is a nice clean scent, however, while clean and smooth, the opening, and the first half hour of wear, have an unnatural, almost pungently clean smell that reminds me of cleaning products. After 30 minutes to 1 hour however, or after it's exposed to heat, the scent changes DRASTICALLY! After that, it's smooth, clean, like freshly washed clothes in Tide detergent but cooler and more powdery, almost floral. When those powdery notes start to appear, THAT's where the scent really shines, and that's where the scent stays until it dissipates. In my opinion, a stronger floral note and less pungently clean opening would make this a very popular scent. For me, I'll wear this before bed, while cleaning, or possibly use it to spray my bed sheets or car with. That's by no means a terrible thing, if I didn't like it I wouldn't keep it, however it's not one that I'll wear out very often. Unless I'm heading to the car wash. On that occasion, I think this would be my first choice. Overall, don't let my negative comments steer you away from trying this one. I think it's a very interesting scent and definitely worth experiencing. I can't say how close it is to Creed Silver Mountain Water, but it's very nice in its own right. No complaints on longevity and projection is quite heavy. UPDATE: To avoid the pungent opening, spray from further away to mist yourself rather than letting it saturate any one specific area. If you want a stronger smell, allow it to dry, then reapply, again, in a mist. The end result smells AWESOME! This scent is a "miss" in my book when it's applied too heavily to one area, but apply it from further away and it becomes something awesome AND will last for a LONG time. It's the difference between not really liking this scent and instead loving it. Huge difference. It's all in the application! Update 2: I got another bottle of this one lately (still an older bottle, 09/2016 batch) and this one doesn't have that pungent opening. It's also much lighter and doesn't perform as well as the other bottle though. Very drastic difference between the two, but I will keep this one in spite of its performance and reapply as necessary. Smells divine :)

Happened to drop by nearby brick-and-mortar and they had this at 25 bucks. I sampled it, along with Supremacy Heaven because I was curious. This by far is way smoother than Supremacy in Heaven, which had that typical "Afnan" basenote DNA, to the point I wouldn't call it a clone to my beloved SMW. I am going to preface this like I did with Sillage review - I wore SMW for years before I grew tired of it. It was in a constant rotation in 2010s all the way. Sillage was too screechy, but that strong performance is already worth getting it. This, to my nose is way better fragrance than Sillage. Derby Club House Blanche is just so much more wearable. As a person in health care, I try my best to minimize my triggers - and this is just perfect for that. Less "oily ambroxan", a bit of bitterness along with that fruity berry and musk reminds me of honey. I love this. EDIT: I thought it was closer in the citrus aspect to Xerjoff Mefisto in its refreshing quality - I stand corrected. It's similar but not as refreshing as Mefisto.

This is a fantastic summer fragrance that pairs nicely with very hot weather. I took the roll-on version of Al Rehab "Silver" with me on a trip to Vegas, and got very familiar with its scent during my trip. I liked it so I bought a second roll-on bottle. When I discovered Armaf, I was curious about "Blanche" because I found out it was another variation of Creed SMW. When comparing "Silver" to "Blanche", the latter is far superior. The scent is much deeper, and does not have even a hint of the synthetic/metallic properties that are easily detectable in "Silver". Armaf's version really is awesome. Some other reviews here say that the difference is not distinguishable when compared to SMW, and I totally believe it. "Blanche" smells very natural, and even has that water note in it. This is a real treat, and stands out as an excellent hot weather fragrance.

At first, I wondered what the hell I’d done. The initial spray brought nothing. A weak tea scent with a slight whiff of citrus. So I sprayed some more. And that’s the key. Ok, it’s an EDT, but there’s something about this scent that gets better with time. I’m unsure if it’s my batch but the more I get into the bottle, the better it gets. I’m about 20ml in and it’s bloody fantastic. In the morning (around 6am), I spray my shirt twice on the collar and I spray my neck 3-4 times. And it lasts until midday. I’ve had a couple of compliments this week. Projection is OK if you get the sprays right. Longevity is OK, too. Maybe top up again midday and you’re set until around 5pm/6pm. Overall, it’s a classy scent. Green tea and citrus leading to a flowery/tea dry down. Probably best for those spring months. Well worth the $30 AUD. A repeat buy.

Longevity: 7 Projection: 7 Value: 9 SMELL: 9 So let me premise this by saying that I am new to collecting and analyzing fragrances and with a rather dull nose as well lol, but I absolutely love this. I’ll have to agree with many other reviews in saying this scent shines in the heat. I find the projection to be pretty good and it lasts a decent while (6ish good hours) on my skin. You will definitely leave a scent trail shortly after putting it on, but unfortunately projection dies down rather quickly with this fragrance. For the price though, I think it’s very reasonable; since I’m a relatively broke college student I haven’t had the chance to try any of the expensive fragrances so I don’t have something amazing to compare to. (SMW)