Chrome

Azzaro Chrome EDT - A simple masterpiece. Presentation & Features: Very cool box Nice puff atomizer. Simple bottle design. Scent Profile/ Thoughts: Azzaro Chrome, a timeless scent. This was my first fragrance that I got for 21 dollars, in the fragrance section picking out my first scent. Mind you, I was buying this with 0 knowledge of fragrance, notes, or smell at the time. 0. And i picked out a masterpiece. This is easily the best fresh fragrance along with Versace Pour Homme ever. Chrome opens up with a very shower gel, masculine, and pineapple scent with loads of citrus. It settles down into a peaceful, woody, aquatic, masculine, and simple mass appealing smell; one that is impossible for someone to not like. It is the absolute best shower-like clean smell if you just want to smell nice. Mind you, this is a scent released in 1996, and this appeals to me now, and im not even the target audience, I wasnt even close to born when this fragrance came out. And boy is it timeless. I find this scent also very similar to Louis Vuitton Imagination, not exact, but I get hints of the same citrus smell that Imagination (a 325 dollar fragrance) has. Performance: Longevity: [4-6 hours] Projection: Pretty moderate. Most fresh fragrances don't really explode a room or get smelled across the room; more like at arms length. Blind Buy Safe? Yes. This is a very easily wearable fragrance, one you cannot simply not like. There's not much else to say. When to Wear: Summer. Because this is a fresh shower scent, this fragrance booms in the summer. The heat radiates the freshness and will have you smelling aquatic and clean. Value & Verdict: On retail, a 3.4oz bottle of Chrome EDT will run you...110 dollars. NEVER BUY THIS FRAGRANCE RETAIL!! You can find it Ross and Burlington so very easily for 40 dollars for a 3.4oz bottle, and 21 dollars for a 1 oz. Very cheap at discounters, and you should only get this fragrance at discounters. Final Rating: [9/10] Freshness, ocean, citrus, masterpiece all in a bottle. My favorite cologne ever.

I have been aware of Chrome for many years but it was so different from my vintage choice of fragrances (like Aramis, Halston, Quorum or even Obsession) that I tended to ignore it. Now that I've expanded my fragrance collection to include many fresh or even aquatic fragrances, I thought I'd give it a shot. I get no perceptible citrus at all ... just a hint of rosemary and maybe jasmine but it basically is a metallic, musky and VERY SOAPY fragrance ... at least on me. I will occasionally wear it ... but definitely not when going out and being all dressed up. I keep trying to wear it more and keep giving it time to grow on me. It can give off a nice, clean soapy scent after my shower ... and in that instance it has grown on me ... but just a little. I'm a little jealous at all those who perceive a beautiful citrus with pineapple scent in the opening and simply a nice fresh scent in the dry down. For me ... it's just Ivory soap scent. Recently I tried laying it with just 1 spray of Issey Miyake L'eau disey pour homme ... SUCCESS! It gave me that citrus jolt that I was missing then combined nicely with the other notes in Chrome.

It's all been said already - Chrome is fresh, clean, pleasing fragrance. It lasts, and women LOVE it. Fragrance snobs say Chrome is linear (so what!), it only means that it smells the same the first hour as it does 6 hours after you spray. Again the name of the game is "smelling good." Chrome is the only fragrance I bought a second bottle of because I wore it so often. I first began wearing it to the gym, indeed it gives you the second wind between sets. Then it trickled into other daily facets and became an "easy reach" fragrance for any occasion. At the time I wore it most I went to ballroom dance classes and spritzed it a bit. It never disappointed, always pleased me and my dance partners. Finally, my wife had noted it when we first met. From then on it's her favorite, despite all others she smelled in my collection. It perplexes me that she prefers this over Creed Aventus or even Acqua di Gio. In conclusion, don't hesitate and get this one. I promise it will create some good memories in your life! It won't starve your wallet and it will leave you and others around you pleased with your new scent bubble.

Chrome is about gentle yet strong generational masculinity. Chrome has stood the test of time, and it calls to a man that is ready to take on the tests of life and pass them with grace and determination. Chrome is versatile enough for going to work or going on adventures. Chrome’s citrus and synthetic aspect puts a bit of pep in your step and makes you stand up a bit taller. It reminds you that you’re a resourceful modern man. The fantastic woody dry down encourages you to own your place at the helm of the ship, ready and able to overcome whatever lies ahead. While the aquatic and ozonic notes bade you to look forward at where you want to go in life, planning your way accordingly. The unofficial name for this OG should be Chrome Legacy. This is for the man that lives not only for today, but also for the numerous lives that will be strengthened by his legacy. The synthetic aspect may be too much for some sensitive folks, myself included. This can be diminished by taking care to how and where it is applied, using less, and layering (pairs well with Chrome Pure).

Despite having the Extreme, edp, & parfum flankers, I still reach for the original at least once a week during the hot summer months. There's a reason why this has remained in production since 1996, it just works so well on many levels. Even in today's market, this fragrance still smells good. When it first came out, it was definitely unique and different. Despite it's age, Chrome doesn't come off as dated, and I have even gotten a handful of compliments from women when I wear this. For a 90's style citrus aromatic, it still performs very well for me. Even in the high heat outside, I typically push about 8 hours of performance, which is solid for this type of fragrance. This will also project well and leave a solid sillage trail for the first 2-3 hours. This will always be in my collection, and there's a reason why I have been through 2 bottles. If this ever faces discontinuation, I'd go as far to make sure to buy a back-up 100ml bottle.