Carte Blanche

I love this juice. The top opens with a creamy citrus dreamsicle smell. This lasts briefly, and transitions to something more marine. It's salty and watery at this point, and a creamy sweetness lingers behind. Then, it becomes slightly fruity. There are green notes that make the smell metallic. Not screechingly so, but in a pleasant soft way. The base is still green, still a little salty and sweet. To me this can be worn all year. It's more of a day time scent, but has the strength to be worn at night. The strength seems more like an edt more than an edp. For the price it's fabulous. Edit: This smells very close to Sean John's I am King. I believe Carte Blanche leans slightly more gourmand, where as I am king leans more woody. I layer both for added staying power.

I tried this a few months ago and really liked it and considered getting it in the future. I just put this on the "back burner" of my mind until I re-tried this fragrance and now I'm sold on it and want to buy a bottle. I really love it.! It's sort of a citrus fragrance but also more so, a gourmand type of fragrance given all the sweet delicious notes it has in it. This smells like orange sherbet, dreamsicles/popsicles or any other type of orange dessert. This type of orange fragrance is unlike any other that I've tried. The prices right now are real good and especially since it's EDP which in general makes a fragrance more expensive. This is one I recommend trying before you buy, if you like citrus or especially sweet gourmand scents.

By far one of the best colognes that I have ever smelled. The top notes totally throw you off (in a good way) with the strong citrus scent, then the transition into a smooth clean masculine smell that lingers. 10/10

probably one of the best colognes you can get. long lasting* smells amazing* attracts wome * unique I LOVE THIS!

First initial wearing: Fragrance comparison --- So I've only worn this once but to my nose this smells like a mix between Sean Johns I am King mixed with Bleeker Street. For those that haven't tried either of those frags this opens up with a very tart tangerine note that's very bright but at the same time kind of sweet. After about 5 minutes the citruses die down and there's a creamy note that smoothed this out making this more smooth but there's still a slight sharpness due to the tangerine. The drydown to this smells pretty much the same but the woods really come out in the drydown and to my nose this smells like a suede or leather note ( even though either is listed) Unlike some of the other reviews I didn't get the milk,cupcake,or any of the other notes that were listed and I mainly got strong citrus, woods and maybe a little bit of sugar. From the notes I was expecting this to creamier and more gourmandish. But hey for the price I can't complain as this is a good scent for the price !!! Performance on this is above average... It lasted me 6 hours with above average projection for 2 hours and actually did well with the heat and not becoming cloying. Overall rating --- 7 out of 10 ! Solid scent for a great price but it's not a hidden gem unfortunately. BUT in time this may grow on me.