CH Men Sport

I was gifted this fragrance back in 2013 shortly after the release and used the whole thing, because it was so versatile. Today, I snatched up a 50ml bottle for $20, a relatively cheap price to pay to relive that era of my life (shout out to Proust). This new batch smells just like I remember it. The reason I still find this fragrance compelling is its non-linearity. To my nose, the opening does capture the "sport" classification (if it even means anything). For the first 10 minutes, an aquatic and slightly metallic grapefruit dominates for me. This is the "generic" part of CH Men Sport. However, when the sichuan pepper and vetiver show up and the sandalwood settles down, you get creamy and woody tones under the bright sparkling citrus which sets this fragrance apart from standard citrus summer bangers and "sport" frags. In that sense, it just isn't generic. The opening won't smell like anything new, but the woody and creamy and peppery notes in the drydown set it apart. The closest comparison for the drydown that I can think of is Encre Noire Sport. The woody notes of CH Men Sport are much more subdued than the dank vetiver used in Encre Noire Sport, but these are the only two woody-citrusy "sport" fragrances I can think of. So it's not generic, but it also isn't going to make you stand out, since the citrus is what will project over all else. Longevity is moderate, and the citrus lasts longer than in most of these types of fragrances. Very very versatile scent, but perhaps "boring" for those who only wear "complement monsters" (shudder). Absolutely worth the price discounters are charging. Good for year-round daytime use for work or leisure.

After having experimented with this fragrance for the past 3-months, I find CH Men Sport to be identical to the infamous CH Men...minus all the goodness, add some generic citrus and aquatic notes and some hairspray and voila! Okay, it's not that bad; actually, it's a pleasant-enough kinda designer fragrance that falls into that Summery balogney-cologney genre. However, CH Men Sport reminds me nothing of its namesake (Carolina Herrera CH Men) nor does is adequately represent itself as a sporty flanker. CH Men Sport performs moderately lasting 4-5 hours on my skin and projecting about 18-inches for 1-2 hours. Although not a terrible fragrance, I just don't like it. Shame! After wearing this fragrance off and on for the past years...I'm going to purchase another bottle because it's dirt-cheap and, honest, it's proven to be similar to a Model A Ford...not the prettiest, fastest or sportiest fragrance around...but it gets the job done, is a great value on the discount market, and it always managed to get me to work and back home again.

Been spraying this a week now here and there. The opening is strong and the dry down mild so you can easily wear this and another fragrance hours before or after. This is an awesome morning scent. It would probably work best in spring and summer. For the 30$ / 50 ml price I bought it at, it's a great value. Puig made in Spain, this has some mid tier oil and does the fresh aquatic scent really well, and by adding pepper and pine woody notes it seeks to differentiate itself. The grapefruit in the opening mixed with vetiver is awesome and really well done, an encouraging way to start the day! Our aquatic notes kick in and brings to mind your everyday blue scent (think eau fraiche) but that doesn't last long before the piney notes kick in, I love all stages. It kind of reminds me of a fresh L'Insoumis by Lalique. I love that too!

Spray and pray nailed this one in his review. I picked this one up at a good price. Because of the grapefruit/sage opening and juniper drydown, my overall impression of CHMS is "pine". This is not a bad thing. It IS unexpected in a "sport" fragrance, but does make it quite interesting. I found the overall scent very pleasant with good longevity and middling sillage. I can't wait try it in warmer weather. if it reminds me of summer by the lake, than it'll be a definite switch from like to love....

I dig it!! Top to bottom CH Men Sport works for me, although I don't get any sport vibe from it. To me this smells like an old school masculine fragrance with a very slight hint of aquatic. I have enjoyed wearing this though Summer, but I am starting to think it might be a little better in the fall. I recommend this, but I would suggest you sample first since this might not be for everyone. I get about 8hrs longevity with 4 sprays with about arms length projection for 3-4hrs.

I’m a fragrance head and I’ve never written a review, but this particular scent is so meaningful to me. My grandpa died 2 days ago and this was his signature fragrance and I’ve done nothing but smell it when I’m feeling sad and it transports me immediately when I hugged him and it feels weird but I feel like he’s with me right now. For me, this is the most beautiful thing about this hobby.

Fresh! Really fresh & smooth. Honestly,I didn't like it @ first until it caught my attention the other day,this lad was wearing it at a concert/show. The fact that its sillage is moderate makes it really special. Recently bought my self a bottle :) If you looking for something that will blend in with your skin and not be loud that it gives you a lot of attention-CH sport is the answer.

I was deployed to Oman 2014 and was eating at a western restaurant/Club called Oasis. A local Omani friend came to our table wearing this. The entire table was like “who smells so damn good?” He received an entire tables worth of compliments. Both from men and women. I asked him what this fragrance was and he got me it the next day. I’ve owned it since. My SOTD.

I don't listen to the people anymore that give some fragrances very bad reviews. I blind bought this one and sprayed it on my hand. What a delicous, fresh and nice fragrance this is. I took the bottle with me to work and sprayed it on me there. As soon as i came in the office i already got 2 compliments. You smell fresh and good. highly recommended.

This perfume opens with mixture of grapefruit and vetiver . then the citrus note leaves and vetiver remains with another note that makes smooth and peaceful scent . and this note remain until end honestly longevity is long lasting and sillage is moderate . Im going to buy this perfume for summer until end of my life :)

Mmmmm it smells really good!!! This one really stays on my skin really long. 98% of all my colognes don't last long on skin but this one did. I'm really shocked/surprised! This cologne did not disappoint me. This will be one of my favorite summer fragrances. I highly recommend.

Gosto muito! Me sinto totalmente confortável e confiante com ele. Para mim ele apresenta muito do que mais gosto em uma fragrância: elegante, porém forte, é maduro mas não velho, é rústico e fresco com personalidade. Terei sempre por perto um frasco deste!

I used to have this in ny teenager years, it was my favorite for the gym, if you have an opportunity try this during winter wearing a hoodie this works surprisingly good during winter smells pretty good very aromatic and versatile.

Opens with the citrus, but that burns off very quick then this settles down to a smooth warm woody scent. It's not what I would classify as a super citrus sport scent. Bought at TJ Maxx for $19.99, its definitely worth the money.

It’s strange but I had this perfume once and I didn’t like it , bought it again and I was intrigued by this scent ,supposedly a flanker to CH man but it’s nothing like it, a hidden gem 💎

Very nice scent,very unique,generic or not who cares. Projects like a beast. 10 hours minimum longevity in summer days.

A perfect summer/spring fragrance! Highly recommended!

It starts with sharp citrus (namely grapefruit and bergamot) with an aromatic sage; it feels like a citrus green style opening, perhaps reminiscent of what I get in 212 NYC DNA. In the heart it's somewhat unique with the Sichuan pepper and juniper combination with salty ozonic marine notes; it's not sweet juniper, more of a spicy, dry gin. The base is earthier than I expected with the vetiver, sandalwood, and oakmoss; it's stronger and sturdier than one would expect from a current release "Sport" fragrance, very much a throwback to yesteryear unsweetened frags. I will admit it caught me off guard a bit; this is a 1990s barbershop fougère meets 2010s sports flanker trend clearly released to compete with Dior Homme Sport and Chanel Allure Homme Sport. Dior and Chanel did it better, just to save you some time, but I amend my previous thoughts because the gap isn't quite as significant as I may have otherwise stated. My initial use case for this will be primarily the gym, but also I'm thinking it'll do well for warmer transitional season days where I want a old school fougère that wears lighter than the rest of my collection because the scent profile has evolved to something more enjoyable. Note that this did change quite a bit since my hand test last month (for the better), which in itself was 2 weeks after receiving and performing a paper test. We are at a point where pretty much every fragrance you receive likely needs at a minimum a couple weeks to settle and open up a bit, if not considerably more. The onus of maturation falls more on the consumer these days so please don't fall into the trap of playing catch and release with all your purchases.

Carolina Herrera CH Men Sport is the fourth from the house I honestly own. I have a weird batting average with this house. 212 Men and 212 Sexy Men I don’t like (my brother loves 212 Men though) and 212 VIP Men I do like. CH Men Sport, I found in Burlington for a decent deal. The main things I smell when I smell the scent is citrus cleaner, ocean and herbs. The open blasts you with citrus like a citrus counter top cleaner which to me isn’t a bad thing. Next I get a slight oceanic scent that I do like in most of my scents but it don’t really last because it is driven out by a herbal scent from the juniper and vetiver along with a Sauvage like pepper. CH Men Sport does smell nice but it isn’t exactly is sexy in a sweet and leathery way like the other two CH Men scent, CH Men and CH Men Privé. That’s not a bad thing. Instead, this is an herbal spicy scent. It is pretty heavy vetiver heavy as the herbal notes kick in during the second hour. Now what needs to be said with CH Men Sport is that it actually lasts at about 6/7 hours on my skin. CH Men Sport is surprisingly not really sporty but rather a day scent for spring, summer and fall scent that can work in a number of situations. CH Men Sports gets a 7.5 from me. It is very nice, very versatile but a little bit common and typical.

I see nothing wrong with this other than just below average performance say, 5-6 hours as a skin scent. It smells clean, fresh and manly. Citrus, Juniper with some peppery notes up top. An aquatic sea note, vetiver and oakmoss round out the mids & bottom. There is a slight bitter like sweetness to Sport but, it's overall demeanor is a fresh, slightly aromatic with marine like facets coupled with light woods. All man plain and simple that is pleasant and very wearable. You're not going to wow people around you and you won't send anyone running from you due to your fragrance presence. With enough sprays, especially on cloths people will find it pleasing. Mind you they have to be within a couple of feet from you to get a whiff but, they won't be offended by it in the least. If you have to be smelled before being seen and that is what compels you to a more vivid and complete existence, this will be an utter disappointment. For the rest of us that just want something simple, manly and most importantly extremely affordable (under $25 for 100ml at discounters), that will work for a few hours, you can certainly do much worse that CH Men Sport.