Silver Shadow Altitude

This fragrance is so amazing and unique and it totally fits the pilot-style it represents! First, the take off: an explosion of spicy pepper, sweet berries and bitter grapefruit - it pushes you back into the seat, in your stomach a slight rumble, filling you with the joy of anticipation and giving you ideas of the adventures you are about to experience. Also, there is this cool, metallic touch that reminds you of the sparkling and strong machine that is carrying you. (It stays for the whole duration and sometimes slightly reminds me of Azzaro - Chrome) Then, the climb: exotic spices and this incredibly warm scent of cedarwood let you slowly calm down, tightening the images of your imminent explorations and letting you feel comfy and successful. After a while, you reach the peak and enter the spheres above the clouds: A slight, white and clean breeze lets you stay fresh, like smooth shreds of clouds faning your head, woody and musky notes underline your comfy and safe position and give you a feeling for the eternity outside your window, while they remember you of your roots at the same time, together with the metallic shine of the plane you are on. This perfume is one of my absolute favourite scents: I love the perfectly balanced composition and the emotions it awakes in me: it lasts almost 10 hours on my skin and even longer on my clothes and I think, it has one of the best fitting commercials and names ever!

I never owned a Davidoff fragrance, I guess because I associate the name since I was a kid with the eternal Cool Water, so in my mind this was a "not something new" scent. Well, finally, and I frankly don't know why, I decided to buy Silver Shadow Altitude. The first blast brought memories from perfumes that I had in the very early 90's, like YSL Jazz. Is masculine and yet fresh and light, an "optimistic" scent. The grapefruit reminds me also of the Issey Miyaki summer flankers, but Silver Shadow Altitude is not as harsh and over synthetic. After trying a lot, I noticed that juniper berry, cedar and oakmoss blend beautifully with my skin chemistry. And this is not exception. Not only that I like this fragrance, people like it too. No need to spray like crazy, less is more in this case, like a little surprise when you walk by, making people say : Oh, you smell so good!

I first smelled this in my friend's bathroom. It was his dad's. Since then, everytime I went for a piss in his bathroom I kept smelling it, and I knew I had to have it. The scent is very well balanced. The top is great, bitterness from the grapefruit and a bit of sweetness- the juniper berry note. Middle and base are musky, stingy, with remnants of the top notes. 9/10 The sillage is AMAZING. While I was doing my rehearsals in this huge theathre hall, everybody kept telling me I smell very nice-which I don't get with the other frags I own. 9.5/10 Longevity isn't very good. I get about 4-6 hours on my skin, and then it starts to slowly fade away. And you can barely feel it on your clothes the next day. 7/10 It can be used on almost every occasion, it's a clean, spicy, fruity daytime scent. And for the price it's sold for, it's an absolute bargain. BUY IT!!

IMHO Scent : 9/10 Uniqueness : 8.5/10 Versatility : 9/10 Sillage : 1-2hrs ~ Arm's length 6/10 Longevity : After 2hrs = skin scent 4-5Hrs 7/10 This is one of the best or I might say THE best that Davidoff had produced. Med-Sweet, Med-Citrus, Med-Aromatic, Low-Woody, Low-Spicy, Low-Smokiness and Low-Musky. Wonderful blend. The first time I sniffed this was Wooow!!! No hesitation the bottle landed into my shopping cart (normally I would test thoroughly b4 buying them) What-A-Fantastic smell, quite cheap but it doesn't smell cheap. I don't mind having to reapply because of the scent and price. Some say it's similar to other fragrances, but to me it excels in that group. It should be in a collection. Blind buy = Knock yourself out!!!

Blind bought this one. Without any regrets. Beautiful scent in all of it's subtleness. I find this much more interesting than Versace pour Homme and Acqua di Gio. Don't need any of those in my fragrance drawer when I have this one. Love to wear this in winter time, picks me up, reminding me that this long and cold season most probably will end some day. One spray don't do much, but two on the neck and one on the body makes this one last surprisingly long. The sillage suits me just fine, it softly says "hello, I shure am fresh" without any shouting. My blind-buy was partly based on the nice looking bottle, partly on my former experiences with Davidoff, but mostly on the reviews on this page(cheers guys!)