212 Men Summer

Amazing summer cologne! If you're tired of too much citrus and bland aquatic colognes on the market right now. I would recommend this one, the main note is gin, but not in a "boozy" way. It's a refreshing sweet, aquatic, citric and gin. Once you spray the cologne you could immediately smell the sweet gin along with sweet citrus and sweet aquatic accords. I can also detect a little bit of the pepper on the background. The musk, woods sits in the background on this one and doesn't really show up until the last couple of hours. The longevity is about 7 hours on my skin and the silage is about arms length, depending also on how much you spay. I usually go with 3 on the neck and one on each elbow pit. I am giving this a higher rating, because I am tired of the usual summer colognes in the market right now. I would recommend a "buy" for this one if you want to add something different to your summer collection. I probably have 60 plus summer colognes, because I live in a tropical country. I have winter frags also, because my other home is San Francisco CA and it’s so hard to wear them here in the Philippines, like Angel Men, Spicebomb and Burberry London etc. I can only wear them every time I go to the hotel/resort casino’s in Manila, because they are airconditioned, I digress. Every time I wear a cologne and my wife gives me a compliment on it, I know for sure it’s a winner, she rarely gives me compliment because I am a fraghead and she’s used to me wearing colognes even at home. So, when she said that she likes this one. I made sure to buy an extra bottle, because it’s a limited edition. Her favorite though is Chanel Allure from 1999. My overall rating is 8/10

I get a salty, beach boardwalk accord that is interesting. Definitely an outdoor scent.

I'm neutral towards this fragrance because as I do like it, it really isn't anything special as to me, it smells and has the same aroma as Ralph Lauren Blue Sport. In my opinion, I would rather have the 212 however because it is cheaper and rarer than the Ralph Lauren Blue Sport.

NOT ALL SUMMER FRAGRANCES HAVE TO SMELL CITRUSSY OR WATERY... BE CREATIVE PEOPLE!!

I was not really pleased with this 212 summer, nothing like the first 212 back in 2000, that has uniqueness, I would recognize it anytime, but not this one, well so far is my first time wearing it, so lets see how it goes. So far I can say I don't like the opening is a blast of mandarin peel, very tangy and mixed with the gin it's a kind of harsh opening, I was like ouch! Update: Now I can say I did not like it at all, it has some annoying note(s) that I can't really stand, I would say is too much peel of the citruses going bad with the gin, but even the last dry out was unpleasant for me... ughh!! it is already listed for sell but I doubt it will sell soon. Update: I am glad it sold, I could've never worn this one again... I was going to say I am sorry, but really ain't I just hated it...!