Bad Boy Cobalt Absolute

Was shooting out some frags yesterday, and ended up coming away with this one. Big fan of Bad Boy Extreme in the winter time, so I wanted to see what the brand had to offer for slightly warmer times or just being more versatile in general, most everything else I've seen from CH has moderate longevity ratings, so I've been waiting for something with overall a long lasting rating her before grabbing it, so this was the one. I dig this. It seems to get a bit of hate here, sure, its generic, its pretty standard, but for me, I wasn't looking to get blown away, I just had some extra cash to burn, and wanted to throw another frag at the almost 80 I currently own. Lol. Of all the stuff at Sephora, this seemed to hit the nail for me yesterday. Opening has a nice blue frag feel to it, somewhat uniquely, more like the base of almost all the Bad Boy frags, but with a nice lavender, definitely not a blue feel in the typical citrussy opening way, but it has the feel of wanting to sit with other blue frags out there. Middle defintiely adds a slightly earthy type of touch while still having a freshness with the florals and opening notes all combining together, it all gets tied together with a classic almost overused vanilla base, but again, this definitely has similarities to all the other Bad Boy flankers, but it would be nice to see some of these designer brands branch a little further away from the vanilla. It seems to be pretty much everywhere right now. I don't complain though, this juice is pretty damn good. I enjoy the smell and it suits the frags I enjoy pretty well anyway so I got what I wanted out of it. Longevity and sillage seem to be a bit decpetive on the first wear. I believe to a degree I'm going anosmic to the smell pretty quickly, as even after spraying it seems somewhat faint pretty fast. Yet 8 hours after applying this, I get out of work and I'm standing in a line at the gas station, and I could absolutely smell it coming off of me still. Definitely seems like one of those frags either my nose needs to learn how to pick it out, or my nose just wants it gone and forces it away as quick as it can. Lol. The sillage isn't anything monsterous, I'd say its definitely more moderate than anything else, though maybe a little over moderate all in all. Biggest reason I grabbed this is due to wanting to have another frag that I could kinda use as a lazy grab during any season, anytime, and I can't lie, this seems to fit that bill rather perfectly actually so I'm eager to get some wearings of this in and see how each season treats it!

Think cobalt and 212 vip elixir had a baby, this is excellent, i dont understand the notion of a fragrance having to be unique to be good, this is a sweet, vanilla, earthy, fresh frag, its like the smell of the earth and soft sweet woody vanilla in the best way possible, makes me think of a clean airy day in yellowstone, i smelled it and it gave me a memory of a day i spent there, between the trees with the dirt beneath my feet, its like a brisk morning in late spring that smells of earth, trees, with a sweet vanilla undertone, for me this is big bottle worthy. Safe to say i am a big fan. That being said don’t go and blind buy it because of what i think. Edit: bought it today march 27, 2026 Still in LOVE with this fragrance its truly great. Ignore the review bombing and TRY it FOR YOURSELF, fragrances are an extension of you, and what YOU love, so try it first and then decide, no one likes a 150$ blind buy fail.

I found it at my local Douglas and was a bit surprised that it was available to test. I’m a big fan of the Cobalt line in general, and to me this feels like a sweeter, woodier version of the original. The OG was fresh-sweet, while Elixir leaned more sweet and earthy. Absolute feels like a combination of the two with warmth touch in the drydown. If you’re expecting a drastic deviation from Elixir, you may be disappointed. The plum note stays mostly in the background, though it becomes noticeable from time to time. This is definitely a fall/winter scent, but because the vanilla sits right in the center and isn’t overly sweet, it’s versatile enough to be worn in spring as well. With the right number of sprays, it can even work in an office setting. If Elixir felt too earthy for you, this might be the better option. Overall, it’s a very nice scent and one that will definitely be added to my collection.

I tried this one a few times before buying, and ended up going for the full bottle. The original Cobalt was nice, but I didn’t like how the pepper came across. The one smells fantastic. You get a nice sweet opening, which is prominent for the first hour or so, but then that vanilla starts to come in and adds some smoothness to it. Deep into the dry down the woods really start coming through and stick around for the remainder. Overall really nice with some surprising progression. Projection is strong for the first hour and then it has a nice sillage for the next 4. After that it’s still detectable but close to skin. I personally love it.

This is a more versatile version of Elixir. Also maybe a touch of the original Cobalt. I would get a bottle, but I think it is too redundant since I own Elixir. I love Elixir - I just find it is difficult wear. It's kind of one of those rainy fall day type of scents. Absolute solves that issue.