Relax

My very much anticipated and large bottle of Relax EDT just arrived from overseas, so I couldn't wait to try this on. fqjcior was spot on about the opening; WOW the top notes in Relax are a powerhouse of mint, tarragon and some citrus. It's really very, very strong and almost makes me think I'd made a horrible mistake in paying top dollar for this. However, shortly after it settles into a sweet, herbal, aromatic, woody & (still a touch) minty scent. At this stage it's very soothing & almost feels to me like some kind of medieval potion created to heal warriors after battle! This is one heady and substantial fragrance that I think should be used with some degree of care. I sprayed once on each arm and once on the chest and nearly 2 hours later that's still plenty! This is a very special fragrance that truly is unique, so now that it's practically unavailable I'll be treating my bottle with respect and just a bit of reverance!

To date, I have contacted representatives of Davidoff and related companies several times about the reasons for stopping the production of this product, and unfortunately I did not receive a complete and convincing answer, apparently the market reaction (customers) and management decision was the main reason for this. The comments on this page indicate that Relax was Davidoff's most popular product, or at least that its fans and potential sales were no less than many of the company's many products today. I think Davidoff can try his luck once again by reproducing this product. When it opens up dozens of derivatives and lines for Coolwater and keeps Zino on the list of products in production for years, Relax can definitely impress the market once again by reproducing. Interestingly, Relax is the only Davidoff perfume whose designer is unknown.

I still have 2 bottles left. I'm a woman, but I also LOVE this fragrance. So what the ... I have it, too :-) The shower gel was superb as well. Unfortunately I can't get it anywhere, anymore. This is a fragrance so different from any other fragrance I will always recognize it anywhere. And so I did when sitting in a bar and a man walked by. Immediately I screamed: Relax from Davidoff!!! The man stopped, smiled and said: ''Wow. I have never heard of anyone who knows this scent when I'm wearing it!'' I have even writen to the Davidoff company, asking them if they can re-introduce the fragrance (I've never done this before) but... The reply was negative. Damn!!!!!

Wow, I had some high expectations of Relax. I almost did a blind buy, glad I bought a sample first. Relax starts out nice, like a controlled powerhouse from the 80's. Green, soft, herbal even. The drydown gets cloyingly sweet and the herbal element takes the upperhand. My girlfriend said it reminded her of children's make up articles. I also think of a make up purse or something. A little bit rubbery and sweet. Anyhow, I wouldn't want to smell like this. 6,5/10 EDIT: Apparently, Relax had to grow on me. I really like it's quality now. It's full, warm, soft, green, relaxing with a wink to oldschool power houses. 8/10

عطری بسیار شیک و مردانه متاسفانه مدتی است که تولید نشده و یا حداقل در ایران گیر نمیآید سه گانه کمپانی دیویدوف ریلکس زینو کلو واتر جزو بهترین های عطرهای مردانه در دنیا هستند روایحی که هیچ مشابه نداشته و بوی آنها بی نظیر و نادر میباشد ریلکس از شیرینی بسیار شیک و کلاسیکی برخوردار است و شیرینی آن با پورانوم خیلی متفاوت است همچنان مورد علاقه من است و هنوز هم اگر پیدا نمایم آنرا خریداری خواهم کرد کلاسیک گرم و شیرین جذاب و مردانه با دوام و پخش بوی خوب برای کسانی که با آن آشنا هستند نوستالوژیک میباشد در آخر دوست داشتنی

Fresh, yet warm & deep. A great combination of mints, sweets and woody ingredients. They should have never discontinued this, because I'm sure it would please the younger generation as well. I came across a shop selling this a few days ago, but I didn't trust it. It's either a very old bottle or a fake. The shopowner didn't have a tester available so I had to pass. Bummer, because this was one of my favorite fragrances from my early twenties. 9/10

Who knows Who was the perfumer of Relax? Davidoff claims this product has been discontinued because customer reaction and some policies, It is unbelievable that customer response to this product has been negative, I wish that at least they explains which exactly some policies are which policies?! Davidoff managers were found a fuller understanding of customer reaction if they read at least this page

the old juice was just amazing but it did take me a little bit of time to understand less application was more for this fragrance. 10000000000000000000000 times better than Coolwater which was always a good one before reformulation! Bring it back Relax...... as it was..... amazing.

This is a classic for a reason! Relax by Davidoff is my go-to scent for when I want to feel confident and put-together. The combination of spices and vanilla is warm and inviting without being overpowering. It lasts all day and gets compliments wherever I go.

Like alle the "old" Davidoff scents this is just divine. Whereas others like Zino are very masculine this is fresh but also balsamic, almost creamy. I wore it myself on hot summer days. Still, on a man it is drop dead beautiful and verrry seductive.

Another discontinued gem by Davidoff 👎 😒 relax was my favorite go between scent❤️ why Coty discontinued relax , Good Life, Davidoff original & Zino 😠 such a pity 🤔 great fragrances are dying day after day!

Why was this discontinued? It was so superior to the detergent-like Cool Water range that seems to be so popular.

Mint and oakmoss, what a great combination

I have a mini of this that I bought simply for the nostalgia that it creates. I remember getting two minis from my best friend's father while in 10th or 11th grade (mid-late 90s), and I instantly fell in love. Today, I only very rarely wear this, and it has to be on a cooler day...the scent reminds me of freshly baked pastries, likes cakes and cupcakes. I will always keep a mini of this to periodically open and be taken back to a time when I had my entire life ahead of me.

This relax now available in germany, with the new box and bottle design. But still use the patented shape and color, so i would know it's davidoff. I wish i could get this, unless you have someone travelling to germany or family lived there, perhaps ask them to seek in the shop, as i am doing now. I loved relax, it was good, the only one of davidoff which has that character. It's quite lasting and yes, it's worth it. Cheers

Very dated smelling to me. I wanted to like it - but I think this is the strongest dislike I've tried to this point. My girlfriend was with me when I applied this - she too did not like it. Not for me 3/10

Just gave this one a try and I can see why Davidoff discontinued it. This is old grandpa in a bottle stuck in the 80s. There’s nothing attractive about it. Big 👎 for me .

Only one shop here in The Netherlands still sells this amazing fragrance. As a lover of 70's and 80's (powerhouse) fragrances I bought one 75 ml bottle blind after reading all reviews I could find about it. My research was not in vain cause, as expected, I really love this discontinued fragrance. I do not know how old the bottle is but the scent is still amazing with huge sillage and longevity. Compared to its lovely brother Zino, I get at least 4 hours more longevity! As it's only available in one (online)store here and for the rest only to be bought in Germany (Douglas), as far as I could see on the net, I bought myself one back-up bottle. The back-up bottle smells exactly the same as the other so, if stored properly it lasts for years imo. What to say and to add about the scent after some really good reviews here? First of all I do not see any similarities with Zino at all. Zino is more macho, darker, has that animalic vibe, has way less sillage and longevity compared to Relax and has a vanilla dry down as well but different. The base of Relax is more like creamy/milky vanilla and Zino more sugary. Both are to me sexy smells though, imo, Relax is also to be worn at the office while Zino is more an evening scent. The mix of notes in Relax are really magnificantlly done! For me the perfect original!, not overpowering nor offensive scent that can be worn almost anytime! I agree on the remark that if Davidoff would've spent some really serious advertising work on this one, instead of all attention on mainly "Cool Water" they would have had a bestseller, imo. Maybe I am glad they didn't as I know almost noone here has this scent! A missed opportunity for Davidoff though! 5 Thumbs up!

I've just completed a test wear of the Dua clone of the discontinued Davidoff Relax, partly to determine whether I wanted to pursue a bottle of the real thing on the secondary market. Dua can be hit or miss on their clones, but their "Restful" clone seems to be a hit, even though I've never smelled the real thing. So understanding this is based on a clone, I'm nevertheless assuming the scent profile is very close. Very soft, powdery, billowy vanilla. Very RELAXing. Named perfectly. Perfect Office Scent. I value these types of scent profiles more than a lot of people do. Some might say "underwhelming", but I would say it perfectly achieves it's intent. The earthy and woody accords ascend in the drydown. Very representative of its era (1990). So now I can pursue a bottle of the real thing in the secondary market. P.S. The Davidoff Relax scent profile smells nothing like Tom Ford Beau de Jour, which is my favorite Barbershop Fougere. UPDATE 8/12/24: Got a bottle of the real thing and am test wearing. Seems different than the clone, so will have to test both for comparison. There seems to be a honey-like accord in Relax, I guess due to the anise, heliotrope, vanilla, amber and benzoin notes.

I've only sampled this and haven't come across it again for at least the last 15 years, but I can still remember its distinctive smell instantly and well enough to comment on its smooth, almost medicine-like notes. Much like Zino, I think this is a bold, mature and highly sophisticated scent - and I admit they would have made a quite awesome pair if they had made up someone's wardrobe. I didn't find Relax that relaxing, because of its really strangely penetrating character (at least at the beginning) where the anise, heliotrope, vanilla, and amber really stood out for me - perhaps too shockingly for me which I think is why I didn't buy it at the time. I would buy it now though as I like to think my tastes have matured. I think of it as a Loulou Blue for men crossed with Caron Pour Homme, and needless to say it would make a blindingly good signature fragrance. Impressive, but a highly risky blind buy in my opinion and not an essential addition to one's collection; and certainly not worth the money being asked for it on eBay and the like.

The listed notes suggest a terrible clash is possible but instead the opposite is the case - it's a very nice blend. The only issue for some is that if you are hoping for one or two specific notes to be obvious you may be disappointed. I don't get any "chemical overload" and it's certainly strong enough. For those who really enjoy this composition, I can see the appeal, but it's not something I would pay a lot of money to obtain, due to personal preferences. UPDATE: Second regular wearing and wow, this is quite animalic, what I would expect from a Kouros flanker! The other major element is vanilla. However, the blend is excellent. Now I understand why the prices are rising, as it's a whole lot more wearable than Kouros (I'd guess for most guys). During my first wearing I used a couple of sprays but the sprayer is dysfunctional and very little comes out, so this time I used about seven, and it really "bloomed." It's not quite as smooth as vintage Third Man but less floral and more animalic; this is in that same ballpark, though.

I understand that Relax is still in production and only available at Davidoff stores - I have yet to test that assertion, but it doesn't surprise me, especially in light of the recent bottle redesign. I agree with those who complain that Relax deserves an ad campaign and broader distribution, but resolutely disagree that it's superior to Zino and Cool Water. Its older brothers are groundbreaking, while Relax is just "nice." But there's nothing wrong with that, and it smells really good, a pleasant medley of musky ambers sandwiched between a camphoraceous mint top note, and a smooth vanilla base. This is an oriental that feels more like a classic barbershop fern in the mode of Faberge's Brut. It truly is relaxing, reason enough to sprinkle it on co-workers with an aspergillum when meetings get tense.

A very rare and hard to find one nowadays. It's because it's been discountinued. And it's a pitty because Relax is great, very rich and full of masculinity fragrance. The color of the fluid and the bottle is blue/green which reminds me of Absinth (an alcoholic beverage). The opening is really BIG! And the top notes are very Absinth-like! Maybe it's beceuse of the mint. When it settles down it becomes very warm, woody and one of a kind. It lasts long and the sillage is enough. Relax is very well made fragrance but I believe the sales were to small. That's way it's been withdrawn from the market. That is not fair. Relax, Nemo, Heaven,... what else ??????

Don t know what it is, but this one reminds me of Coffee. I would have sweared that it had some Coffee notes in it. This is a solid vintage fragrance, that is very specific to a long gone era...where fragrances, even the ones which were cheap like this one, had incredibile creativity and a lot of notes. Today, if something like this would to be released, it would belong to a niche house that would charge like 200+ bucks for it....and even so, the creativity and depth would still not be the same, it would be more linear and basic for sure. Very nice release from Davidoff.

I remember picking this up around 1991 at the Amsterdam airport. Back then duty-free shops were really awesome. This fragrance just blew my mind, it was so amazing. I wonder if Davidoff (Coty) will ever re-release this. They should with the original formula just to show young people what fragrances were like back then. I'd say 80% of the new release designer fragrances are now days just scams to milk the facebookdumb clueless new generations. In the 80s and early 90s all my fragrances lasted 24 hours, and even longer on clothes. I guess greed kicked in after that.

I absolutely love this fragrance, I was not happy when it was discontinued! I bought a bottle on Ebay years ago but it was totally off, smelled disgusting. I still have my original bottle with less than 1ml in which I keep to just have a sniff of and weep that it is no more. Edit: I bought Eclat 757 as heard it was a pretty good replica but it doesn't do it for me. Yes, it smells vaguely similar but (on my skin at least) you have to really get close and give it a good sniff to get a hint of whatever made Relax great, it generally smells pretty bad.

I see someone has already mentioned "Restful" from Dua. I've just recently noticed it was available. I bought some vintage mini's of this & a few had started to turn bad but the ones that hadn't were pretty good. It's possibly the best Davidoff fragrance ever made & the fact it was discontinued surely wasn't because it smelled bad or cheap. How it didn't become a hit I'll never know. I think I'll give "Restful" a try, why not I might like it. Why oh why did you take it away Davidoff? Now Coty owns the fragrance house so there's no hope.

My very first fragrance as a young boy. I absolutely adored this comforting scent with so much going on in it. You can still find some on ebay at silly prices. However I've found a German company who have brought it back alive. To my nose it smells like I remember Relax. Its name is Eclat 757. Postage to UK was fine and now I feel happy I can wear this again.

Absolutely gorgeous! This is like a more playful youthful version of RL Polo green. A Le maleish polo green. What a combo! Juniper forward, so its more like a polo 'aqua green'. Im suprised polo didnt steal this and market it to youth. The sweetness in this is so subtle and well balanced w the green notes that its far from modern diabetes garbage.

I agree totally with fqjcior about the smell of this fragrance - I love this fragrance! My ex boyfriend use this, and I remember still the first time he wore this and how good and sexy he smelld. I like also the taste of pernod and absinth...and I didn't realise it earlier, but there is a hint of anice in this perfume.

The best cologne or one of the best colognes ever....I was always asked by both guys and girls what cologne I wore...it’s one which touched the souls this one....this would be so popular but I guess it not being around is what makes it a rock star live fast die young...

I want to write something about this gem that no one has mentioned before. In 1990, master perfumer Michel Almairac designed a masculine, floral water composition for the Swiss brand Davidoff. The packaging and bottle design was developed by Peter Schmidt.

My uncle wore this throughout the 90's until it was discontinued. If always reminded me old school oriental herbal fougeres like Canoe, Ambush, Stetson, Royal Copenhagen and Jade East.

Extremely rare, but very desirable, i remember smelling it once at a store not long ago, but didnt purchase it, and i regret that decision even now, my advice? if you spot it? BUY IT!

German dupe house "ECLAT" has a dupe of this. I haven't tested it but if they expand their delivery I'll be getting a bottle of this one for sure. Bring back my Relax already.

Mmmm makes me wanna kiss the man who wears this... can still be found in some places in Germany... zum Schmusen!!

Eclat 757 is pretty darn close. It's missing some of the aromatic elements, but it's close enough.

It finally hit me, this reminds me of shalimar, but drier, more masculine. I love it.

whoever decided to shelve this , is a criminal This is extraordinary

Why are good perfumes discontinued ?!!!

Unfortunately discontinued.....