Cuba Orange

I actually really like it... Personal: 8/10 – It’s fun, light, and sweet, with a soft orange-vanilla vibe that’s surprisingly pleasant. It’s basically a sweet citrus body spray with a hint of musk, and it's one of my guilty pleasures. Mass appeal: 8.5/10 – Bright, sweet citrus always wins. It’s playful and likable, though the sugary tone can come off as juvenile or synthetic to some. Performance: 5/10 – Light and short-lived. Projects fine for an hour, but disappears fast. Value: 9/10 – For under $10, this is one of the better-smelling citrus cheapies. Fun, wearable, and easy to reapply without guilt. Uniqueness: 6/10 – Not truly unique, but more interesting than your average orange body spray thanks to its creamy-musky drydown. SCORE: 73/100 Full bottle buy? YES, cheap, cheerful, and easy to enjoy. Blind buy? YES, almost impossible to dislike unless you HATE sweet citrus. Recommend? YES, great inexpensive summer scent. Date night? NO, too light and simple, even for casual dates. Office safe? YES, fresh, pleasant, and non-intrusive. Pros: Sweet, juicy citrus opening, cheerful and wearable, great for hot weather, very affordable. Cons: Weak longevity, relatively synthetic, a bit too sugary for mature wearers. Cuba Orange is one of my guilty pleasure fragrances, full disclosure. It's synthetic, but it's sweet, citrusy, with enough woods and spice to give the illusion of something more complex. It's very short lived, but while it's hanging around, it's a very affordable and pleasant summery fragrance that, though it does lean unisex, is very wearable by a man. There’s nothing serious or challenging about it, and that’s exactly why it works. If Cuba Blue smelled like every blue fragrance ever made, Cuba Orange smells like every happy citrus body spray, but with just enough warmth to keep it interesting. I really like it. It's a smooth, musky, sweet, vanillic orange scent that's enjoyable for pretty much anyone. It's absolutely well worth buying for only $11. Review #167 in my fragrance journey – this fragrance I own as a full bottle

I really rate this highly for the price. The immediate hit new out the box is not nice and you definitely need to sit this one on the shelf for a while to get rid of the nasty opening straight out the box new. Initially I left it only 2 weeks and it turned into an absolute gem of a fragrance for such a cheap price. Several months later now, its matured magnificently into a lovely woody orange peel and pipe tobacco smoke masculine scent. Simple, effective and gorgeous. Despite the budget look of the packaging it's still a good presentation for a ten buck fragrance. I truly think this is a fine fragrance and definitely as good as anything many times the price. After sitting to mature it for 8 months, it's now lost the synthetic screech opening and initial drydown and it now lasts an above-average length of time, not an all-dayer but decent. I get around a 5-7 hours wear, no more. Its a lot deeper and has a fantastic woody smoky bassnote thats exceptional. Verdict............ It's a rare thing...a true bargain, i love it's unique orange cedar firesmoke vibe. I would happily pay more for this than the bargain-bin drugstore price. the only thing this scent lacks is the fact its not really ready to wear for several months. The scent itself is a delight. I'm glad i held onto it for months and its grown in stature enormously. One of the best cheap gems out there and i recommend this highly. If you don't like smoke and orange though, you won't like this.

I have 9 now out of the Cuba line-up and I keep going back to this one! The Cuba Orange just makes me happy! I keep smelling my self, I kinda smile when I get a whiff lingering from my wrist while working... I get the Orange vibe you get while eating an Orange Creamsicle. Its the Orange that makes it taste so good, mixed with the ice cream. In this fragrance its the Orange floral that makes the smooth spicy cigar background come to life! This may sound childish, but its not! You still have the masculine sweet tobacco mixed with the cedar and wood to pull it off. This is one of the most interesting fragrances that I have smelled as of yet. I don't know if its simple or complex except everything compliments itself here. It definitely is a niche. I give this one a A+

I am surprised at the note breakdown listed as I can clearly smell the top note of orange/lemon. I bought my bottle last year from burlington, so perhaps the citrus notes might have faded in some older cuba orange bottles. The profile is really nice, versatile, kind of a grab and go, no worries, no thinking about the situation. Projection is short due to the intial citrus top notes fading, but the heart and some citrus projects well for about 3-4 hours and a few more hours as a skin scent. A really affordable fragrance for those who like a mature, warm, vanilla, sandalwood, jasmine and citrus profile.

I just figured it out... aside from the orange floral notes that make this fragrance so different, it is the spicy tobacco rum boozy notes that made me crazy about Tommy Bahama Original! If you liked this one you will love CUBA ORANGE! Update: I know I must be crazy but I do love this cheap $9 cologne... If you have this Cuba Orange and want to try something different here is an idea. I have been layering it with Versace Dreamer, 24 Gold, LaMale, and Cuba Gold. Not to disrespect these well done fragrances! But, have got some nice compliments on these configurations. So call me CRAZY...

Cuba Orange is lovely. Yes, it is a bit similar to Dunhill Red Desire but there is something else in the background that makes it different, with it's own character. This reminds me of Minotaure more. Distinctive tobacco, vanilla and some yuzu or orange are, maybe, in there too. Lasting power is amazing and sillage is very good. Overall, a sweet, woody, spicy, fruity scent, with some slight smokiness in the drydown. I love the Cuba range, and this one is one the the best. This is a gorgeous long lasting fragrance, and very underrated especially considering the price.

I may already have a review lower down but I'm not sure. This stuff is one of the best cheap fragrances you can buy, and there are a lot of great cheap fragrances. When I first smelled it I had never smelled anything like it with it's vibrant happy creamy orange vibe, and nice woody dry down. This is one of my best happy fragrances. Love the stuff. I recently encountered another fragrance that is like a fall and winter version of this and it's called Khadlaj Island Vanilla Dunes(very similar orange cream smell just not nearly as fresh and more spicy and sweet).

I like it, on my skin it's refreshing, like a Lipton ice tea peach scent, it's refreshing and nice I get 4-5hr on skin and moderate sillage, the atomizer, bottle design and quality is excellent for the price and overall decent even if we don't factor in the price It definitely got better with with time so macerating is good on this one All things considered, when my 35ml runs out I'll probably buy the 100, because the prices are so low it's ridiculous my mom says that it reminds her of cherries

I love this scent. To me, it smells like masculine creamsicle (orange and vanilla) with spice. It is very fresh and something you could wear year round. I am 40 and I feel this appropriate for my style, but I think it would be appropriate for many age groups. Very inoffensive scent and not something I have really smelled anywhere before. If you are not familiar with Cuba scents, you could get this one in a 4 pack sampler as well.

The notes listed don't really do this one credit. At the low price point, it's worth a blind buy if you like the other fragrances in their line. Longevity is as mediocre as the rest of Cuba Paris' colognes, but again, at the price point, you can re-apply generously throughout the day. Wonderful cheapie.

This one surprised me, I was pleased with the scent. Slightly creamy from the sandalwood.. But I get more of an Orange blossom vibe over Jasmine.. I didn't get much of the spicey note. Projected average for 30-45 mins... Lasted about 4 hours on my skin. Can't complain for this price point..

This is the essence of clean. This reminds me of having on clean clothes straight from the dryer and relaxing in a very clean house. It's definitely not a cologny type of fragrance. Super clean and just under the radar. Perfect!

I just got this in the 4 pack Cuba gift set for $9.99 at Ross. I love it. Smells just like Dunhill Desire (maybe better) but for about $2.50. Can't beat that! I'm not so sure how I feel about the other 3 cigars yet.

LOVE YOU CUBA ORANGE Out of all the cuba perfume, i love this one the most. is really nice smell. it easy to wear. and all age can use it, durability: 9 to 12 hours

Cuba Paris is known for cheap dumb grab smell alike scents. Cuba has done a lot of scents that are smell alikes. Some are really good like Cuba Royal (the 1 Million one), Cuba Prestige (the A*Men one), Cuba Wild Heart (the Love & Luck for men one) and Cuba Winner (the Invictus one.) Cuba Orange is one of the more recent purchases I made from this house. Fragluxe has the entry for Cuba Orange as: “This fragrance has top notes of transparent jasmine, cedar, and green nettle accord creating an attractive blend that’s perfect for casual use. The wood-filled top notes are further supported by gaiac wood, suede accord, and lavender providing a base that helps to make this a nice scent suitable for all ages.” So maybe the notes are a bit off on Fragrantica... But what I get is an Orange Creme. It seriously smells like a Friendly’s Orange Creme roll cake or the milkshake. It is a note that isn’t covered unless it is in the vague spicy note. The Orange Creme note is really strong and projects at an arm length until the scent settles in at about an hour and a half in. When this happens, the scent goes jasmine for about an hour, hour and a half before going into a woody skin scent for another two hours. The scent lasts five hours in total. Cuba Orange is a nice scent. It is a simple gourmand but it don’t play like Cuba Wild Heart and Cuba Prestige or even Cuba Royal and Cuba Winner, instead it plays like Cuba Gold. It is basically the Ultra Zest version of Cuba Gold. A cheap linear precursor to a popular designer scent that becomes legend in the fragcom. I must say that is nice to use for travel like I think Cuba Gold, Royal, and Wild Heart are and I like it but it isn’t great like the other three I mentioned. Cuba Orange is just good. Simply Put Scents would put this as an A. I rate it as a 7.0.

yes, this cologne is pretty similar to dunhill desire, but not entirely. as robbie said, there is something about Cuba Orange that makes it its own scent. There is more of a musk in it as it dries down, something you dont find in desire. Smells pretty bomb. 8/10 Cuba orange is also a very good buy. I got this from amazon for only 6 bucks and it was worth every cent and more. This cologne is decent quality, surprisingly strong longevity, smells good, and great projection. Can be smelled from about arm length. But don't spray too much or else you will become a bit nauseous (dead serious) I recommend this product to those you have a few dollars laying around. P.S. If you want dunhill desire but dont have the cash, you should get this. STAY AWAY FROM ITS IMITATION "YACHTMAN RED". Terrible quality cologne.

I've definitely got the Orange version. I've got others in the line but the one I'm writing about is the Orange. I had to check both the bottle and the tubular tin it came in because I'm getting no orange at all. From what I'd read I was expecting a strong synthetic orange accord similar to when you open a can of fizzy orange pop like Tango or similar. I'm getting a spicy, peppery, powdery and quite pleasant fragrance that if not the best quality really isn't like toilet or floor cleaner to me. The reason I bought it was because it was dirt cheap, my bathroom is orange themed and I wanted it in there as an air freshener. I couldn't find a dedicated orange heavy air freshener. Being as it is quite different and nice I shall wear it occasionally instead and I'll enjoy it.

I have many, mayhaps too many, perfumes. I have many of the grand classics for women and men both expensive and inexpensive. I wear them and no one says boo. I put on this cheap (about $4 USD) and obscure little number and get compliments like crazy; go figure. Cuba Orange is not daring, exciting, artistic, ironic, or hip. It doesn't set the perfume world on fire. Nevertheless, it just smells good. Bear in mind, it leans on the powdery side (at least it did on me) but is also spicy and woodsy, really nice stuff. Objectively, I would say, "I like this" I don't love or hate this but I think that is Orange's appeal - it just smells good, other people like smelling it, and it has great longevity and sillage. Can't go wrong with that.

Well, this is my first review, being new to the "Fragrantica" community. I'm wearing Cuba Orange today as it was a gift from a co-worker. The 1st thing that strikes me is the lack of woody-ness, given that sandalwood and cedar are listed in the notes. The spices are very, very subtle. What it is though, is fresh, almost orange floral. It reminds me of a very weak version of Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male. Funny, that gmmcnair said it would be something nice to get for a kid... as this morning I went to my bank and when I was in line, a boy standing in line behind me, with his father said.."Dad, it smells like Orange Juice in here". So there it is then.. "watered down orange juice" with a touch of fake jasmine".

Opens with a sweet synthetic orange - almost like orange candy, with sandalwood and a hint of cedar underpinning. After it dries down, the sandalwood becomes more pronounced than the sweet orange, although the orange is still there. The sillage never exceeds arm's length upon initial application, and it drops off from there, becoming a skin scent after about six hours. Overall, it smells good; a warm scent, but I can't really see anyone over 30 wearing this. This is one more fragrance that proves that you don't have to drop hundreds of dollars to smell good, and it's my go-to when I'm not sure what to wear.