Chrome United

A soapy clean fragrance. Soft and relaxing scent with moderate projection and sillage. A gentle masculine scent, think masculine but not aggressive. Some have called it a green scent and I would say it has a touch of green. The tea note comes out in a soft and easy slightly green way. Kinda a super nice hotel soap vibe. Perfect for when you take a shower at night and want to smell good and relax before bed. I also wear this as a dumb reach fragrance when I don't want to gas people with what I'm wearing. I have people in my life with asthma and this is has been fine to wear around them. Nice for the office, church, or running errands. I picked up my 100ml on clearance, under $20 at a TJ Maxx and for that price it is a great value. It doesn't smell cheap, but honestly doesn't scream cologne. It is more like you used expensive soap and just smell good and clean. I would spent up to $30, more than that there is probably a better or cheaper option for something similar. Bottle is nice, atomizer is average, and cap snaps on well.

I'm amazed no one has compared this to Mr. Burberry EDT —the resemblance is definitely there. I'd say it's about 65% similar in the opening, and around 85% in the mid and drydown. It has the same creaminess, which I’m guessing comes from the combination of cedar, tea, and musk. It's not your typical summer shower-gel scent like Chrome OG; this is elegant, discreet, and insanely sexy, perfect for a date night. Some comments say it is unisex or even feminine. I'd rather say it is slightly androgynous —like a very young, hetero-man who's very in touch with his feminine side, but absolutely adores women and is confident in himself, picture Heath Ledger in Casanova, this would be his fragance.

My collection of spring/summer aquatics essentially consists of Mont Blanc Individuel, Nautica Voyage, and United,so I will just give a comparison. I got all three from a Ross discounter, with 100 mL of Voyage going for $27, 100 mL of United for $19, and 50 mL of Individuel for around $30. All have the same general vibe, with Nautica having more sweetness from the apple accord, United giving an ambroxin metallic kick in the middle, and Individuel giving more nuances with the Woody base notes. United will hold a unique spot in my collection as it has the mids to make more of a statement than the others while maintaining a generic aquatic vibe.

I have nothing but good things to say about this. It honestly just smells like really fresh air. It’s a super light scent. It doesn’t smell too far off from the original chrome. But it’s much lighter. I feel like it’s hard to pick out the individual notes. I’m sure because it’s all very synthetic. Here’s the crazy part, I tried Amber oud Aqua Dubai because I was intrigued by the sound of LV imagination. A clean soapy scent. But to me it smelled like basic dove bar soap. This is more of the scent that I was looking for. Just a really clean fresh scent. Very simple, but very refreshing.

For me this is an easy to wear and very masculine scent, and as others said, has a strong tea note (which reminds me of the bamboo note in Starwalker) with grassy violet. This combined with the cedar gives me a woody, misty, rainy day autumn scent at the office, just like Starwalker but less lively. Performance is just moderate on both counts. It's been compared to Avon Real, but that one is a sweeter minty-citrus aquatic which I find actually much fresher. Chrome United for me a good dumb reach for a rainy autumn day.