Cuba Red

This smells like an unlit cigarette. Which is great! I love it! I'd read a couple reviews of this that mentioned cinnamon and at least one that said it doesn't smell like tobacco. Both statements are false. Because it is an edt and not actually a cigarette there is a light metallic aldehyde or soapy base below the cigarette note but that base really is about as unobtrusive as you could possibly hope for it to be. Definitely not cinnamon. And the "smells like" list is a stretch - I did check Cigar and Burberry London just because those also have a tobacco note but please believe me Cuba Red isn't nearly as complex even as Cigar much less any of the more expensive fragrances there. Double Whiskey and Royal Gold really aren't that cheap now so I will probably never try them. Remy Latour Cigar is fantastic but unfortunately doesn't perform much better than the Cuba Red. Now this isn't a niche fragrance or beast mode juice etc. etc. but it is a perfectly accurate cigarette tobacco fragrance. And crazy cheap. There are fancier ones that cost from three to twenty times as much. (Three times as much is still cheap so if you want a Tom Ford tobacco vanille for $15-$25 you CAN find it-hint: Paris Corner, Maison Alhambra, etc.) But if you just want tobacco juice that you can over spray without remorse and keep on hand for any time that is dirt cheap then this is a very practical option. Also it is JUST cigarette tobacco so it can pretty much work with any other perfume or cologne and create no conflict. So that's it. It is weak and fleeting so frequent spraying is required but again at this price who cares? Peace.

Even though I don't smoke, I once bought a small bag of tobacco just to smell the leaves. I mentioned that as an illustration for you that I am a person who is already very partial to a tobacco scent. Yet, I strongly dislike the smell of tobacco SMOKE - I only really like the scent of unburnt tobacco. This is possibly relevant because I have read some reviews of Cuba Red where people described it as being reminiscent of exhaled cigarette smoke. Personally, I don't smell that at all; to my nose it is almost entirely like a fresh bag of tobacco. Once it dries down, pretty much all that I get from it is tobacco, I don't smell much else. And honestly, that makes me pretty happy. I like this fragrance a lot. I would also describe the fragrance as the most masculine one that I own, but keep in mind when I mention that, that we are talking of a collection of only 26 fragrances. To me, Cuba Red is very masculine, and no I am not about to define masculinity! I am not against a feminine fragrance, I am a man who owns and wears a few classically feminine fragrances. Yet, sometimes it is really nice to have a completely masculine fragrance. This and the other Cubas I have tried are not strong at all. and personally, I see this is a bonus. Wearing Cuba Red makes me happy, and it is a personal and private happiness that I would happily share with anyone I am physically intimate with. Oh, and when you first spray it, give it a few moments before you judge, all I discern at first is the alcohol.

If you like Cigar by Remy Latour and London by Burberry then this is the precise middle of the road. After that amazing pungent opening like cigar, this develops closer to the spicy tobacco of London while mingling with elements of both fragrances. This is still its own thing and more of an inspiration of those fragrances as well as classic green leaf tobacco and or oak moss fragrances. Reminds me a bit of Open by Roger and Gallet. Look...this is a cheapie of cheapies! Not a niche mind blown fragrance from the new and upcoming perfumers of the world. It's an amazing classic style masculine powerhouse well blended fragrance, even synthetics can be well blended! I personally love this! It reminds me of when men smelled like men and not like little boys who are afraid of showing any signs of testosterone. This ain't Dylan Blue or Sauvage, I actually like those lol! This is a lumberjack with a pocket full of Redman loose leaf chewin backy! Red Buffalo Flannel, blue jeans, leather boots and an old truckers hat that says John Deere. Splittin logs and spittin chaw! This is for a man that does stuff! Price 10/10 Bottle 2/10 so tacky Sprayer 6.5/10 not horrible Perfomance 7/10 ok as well Scent 8/10 I personally love it Overall, all things considered, for me personally this is at least a 7.5/10. Good cheap manly stuff here!

cheap in price but great tobacco fragrance, it has the character and strength on a different level of its siblings like "cigar" (Remy Latour, Burberry London and Havana (Aramis house); it's a very linear eau de toilette; opening with strong tobacco/wood scent and spices in its combination, after forty minutes or so the dry down turns it to a very pleasant sweet tobacco, wear this eau de toilette around your neck and chest, get intoxicated with the nice clean tobacco sweetness and the dry woods that combines turning this fragrance in a melody of notes so simple but enchanting scent;..........a fragrance doesn't have to be expensive to put a spell on the people around you, but it has to have the power of turning heads when you walk among them.; and CUBA RED will leave your personality printed in the people's memories.

Some people say "Cuba Red" is heavy on the tobacco note, which is the idea for a tobacco fragrance, and very masculine; it may not have the smoothness, and sweetness of more expensive tobacco fragrances, but Cuba Red is not a complicated, macho tobacco fragrance; it's raw, unpolished, rough manly tobacco EDT, for the guy who stands on his ground, alone and self-confident, may not be very long lasting, but, it leaves a deep impression, for the nature of its composition, Cuba Red is simply a fragrance for the wild lonely wolf, that walks alone on his terms; without explanations, or looking for compliments, the one who cannot give a damn about being noticed, or looking for acceptance from people around him.