Sun Java for Men

Franck Oliver Sun Java Men EDT opens with a moderate projection of sweet, citrus, spicy, fruity, and woody accords. The opening is citrus fresh, breezy, and pleasant. The bergamot, orange, and mandarin create a great, sweet, sharp, and citrusy note, very natural; the mint is also prominent, it adds more to the freshness of the fragrance with its cooling green and slightly spicy note; the watermelon is the sweet, fruity note, noticeable, smooth, but intense, and it feels delicious. The geranium is a soft floral touch. The palisander rosewood is a base note but comes up as soon as the fragrance is applied, this note feels sweet, woody, soft but very aromatic. The vanilla adds its sweet touch that enhances the fruity accords; the amber is a projecting accord, also sweet but it does not take away the fresh character of the fragrance; finally, the musk is also a support and projecting note, it does not add itself as a noticeable note. The fragrance is relatively linear, the citrus accords are a bit sharper towards the opening, however, they lose some intensity towards the dry-down. Not described officially, the fragrance has a fresh spicy note similar to white pepper. Once Franck Oliver Sun Java Men EDT has reached its full dry-down, it can be summarized as a moderate projection, sweet, mint, watermelon, and rosewood fragrance with ozonic, soft citrus, and floral accords. The fragrance feels airy, breezy, casual, delectable, elegant, energizing, fresh, fruity, gentle, inviting, masculine but not for much, modern, natural, nicely-blended, playful, refreshing, relaxing, spicy, sporty, sweet, versatile, woody, zesty, and very pleasant. BATCH REVIEWED: 2019 (#19/11/011245/10L). WOW RATING: 9/10. An impressive fresh, spicy, and fruity fragrance. DISLIKE RATING: 0/10. The fragrance contains no offensive notes. UNIQUENESS: 8/10. The notes are relatively common but the resulting scent feels unique. MASS APPEAL: 10/10. This is a crowd-pleasing fragrance. PROJECTION: 3/10. Moderate to low, about 3 feet around the wearer. SILLAGE: 3/10. Moderate to low, about 3 feet behind the wearer. APPLICATION: 6 atomizations to improve longevity. LONGEVITY: 3/10. About 3 hours, it projects well for about 1 hour. SEASONS: Spring, summer, fall. OCCASIONS: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, gym, office, business, casual, holidays, romantic, dating. This is an office-friendly fragrance. VERSATILITY: 8/10. Very versatile, its notes make ideal almost for any occasion. GENDER: Masculine, the spicy notes create a slight tilt to the masculine side. AGES: Any. RECOMMENDATION: Franck Oliver Sun Java Men EDT can be found discounted for about $16, for this cost this fragrance delivers outstanding value. Its longevity and performance could be better, but it is very pleasant and very versatile. This is a great buy. BLIND-BUY: Yes but only if you are familiar with its main notes. SIMILAR: These fragrances are in the same genre. Dunhill Icon Men EDP is intense and pleasant citrus, spicy, and woody fragrance; Calvin Klein Eternity EDT features citrus, woody, and green touches, good but low performance; Coach Platinum EDP is a great juniper, pineapple, and woody fragrance; Curve Men Cologne is a fantastic classic, sweet pineapple, juniper berry, lavender, and woody fragrance; Parfums Vintage Summer Bottled Intense is great citrus, juniper berries, and tonka fragrance; Parfums Vintage Evolution De L'Homme Soir is great bergamot, and juniper berries fragrance; YSL Y Men EDP is fantastic ginger, apple, bergamot, and juniper fragrance; Perry Ellis 360 is a nice, affordable, juniper berry, spicy, and lavender fragrance with low performance; Dunhill Icon is great citrus, green, juniper berry and woody fragrance; Salvatore Ferragamo F Black Pour Homme EDT is a fresh, woody and peppery fragrance with poor performance; Franck Oliver Sun Java Men EDT is a great and affordable sweet, mint, melon, and woody fragrance. SUMMARY: A moderate projection, sweet, mint, watermelon, and rosewood fragrance with ozonic, soft citrus, and floral accords. The fragrance feels airy, breezy, casual, delectable, elegant, energizing, fresh, fruity, gentle, inviting, masculine but not for much, modern, natural, nicely-blended, playful, refreshing, relaxing, spicy, sporty, sweet, versatile, woody, zesty, and very pleasant.

I bought Sun Java for men years ago when I was in search of a fruity-tooty watermelon cologne. The price for this goes for $20, so I figured it was worth a shot. Unfortunately, the watermelon has such a minute, synthetic sweet presence. The best summary of Sun Java: a cross between Le Male and Dunhill Desire. It's not as pungent nor metallic as Dunhill Desire and it's not a milky-brown vanilla I detect in Le Male. It opens with a rush of powdery sugar sweetness similar in Dunhill Desire (red bottle). The citrus notes are all there, bright and present. The citric notes settle down and a barely present watermelon note provides a fruity sweetness to the already powdery sugar sweetness existing. The watermelon feels like the faint scent of watermelon juice that has dried on your upper-lip/mouth area after eating a slice of the water fruit. But again, it's a very minute part of Sun Java. Sun Java then dries down to a sugary amber, sweet wet-musk laced with mint. The pyramid states mint is a top note, but it doesn't really appear until the heart and lasts until the basenotes. The mint is very refreshing in this fragrance and not medicinal. This is absolutely unisex, and would be lovely on either gender. It's be playful and seductive flair on a male, and on a female, I would imagine it would be just as fun and sexy. I would recommend this if you like Le Male/Dunhill Desire and sugary sweet fragrances.

Re visiting this one after a few years. It’s not a bad scent at all. In fact, it’s quite well made for a soft, sweet scent, definitely gives off a youthful, vibrant energy. I’ve realized this can definitely be classified as a “clubbing” scent for young men, and thoroughly falls into the “bubblegum” category of sweet, modern designer fragrances. It’s very, very sweet, but it’s well made. I could easily see it being unisex and definitely will be too sweet and soft for certain men, so try it out before you buy it! Overall I do like it, as it’s a very pleasant aroma. Fruity (not sharp citrus but I get a more watermelon/strawberry type vibe from this one) and floral, with fresh vanilla (not so much creamy vanilla, but pure/raw vanilla) and possibly some green elements, but mostly I get a VERY colorful, vibrant, radiating vibe. It’s called Sun “Java”, and don’t let that name mislead you, because it smells nothing like coffee, and gives off none of the vibes I get when I hear the word “java” (dark, creamy, sugary sweet, chocolatey, etc). Honestly a more accurate and representative name would be “Sun Vanilla Fruit Flavored Green Tea” haha. It’s actually a very well made scent, pretty much completely unknown and unheard of, so no one else will smell like you, and the longevity and projection are both good.

I like this stuff a lot. It's one of my summer go-to's. Amazing staying power, and sillage. Always a compliment getter, very unique also. Only one problem, if you find this at a mall and then offer this to you to sniff, if you like it, don't buy it from them, by it on the internet for what it's actually worth. When they asked who Franck Olivier is they said "Oh, he's a French designer who designed ray bans". I looked googled "Franck Olivier and Ray Bans" and there was no association between the two. Also, they claimed it was worth $95 but they could give it to me for $70. I stupidly said okay and walked out because I loved it. After having it a few days, I did some research (some info noted above) and not only did I find out he had nothing to do with ray bans but it was only worth $25, maybe less. Then I figured out what they do, they push these brands off that no one knows from to suckers for outrageous prices (when it's only worth $15-$30) and they get a nice healthy commission off of it. So I'm just warning you, if you have any doubts about something they offer, do your research. If you like it, and they claim it's expensive, google it, if it's $15-$30 dollars, buy it but not from them.

Love this unique fragrance to my senses. Starting off I get a very pronounced orange/mandarin that’s both tart and sweet. This along with a refreshing touch of mint. 5 minutes after these first few notes I get a cool, sweet, fruity watermelon with which I believe to be the musk it’s not a lot of it but I can smell out the musk. The watermelon note is very well done! As the scent life heads into an hour and for the rest of the life you get a beautiful vanilla, watermelon, hint of woody sweetness fragrance. This scent is an all around scent day or night, all seasons. For an excellent price it’s a GEM. Get this if you like fruity or vanilla scents. Highly recommend. Scent- 10 Longevity- 9 lasts 10 hours 7hours and beyond it is an up close or slight scent. Sillage- 8.5 scent bubble within first hour is at 6 feet approximately, then at about 3 hours you get to arms length projection. Finally for the rest of the duration it is a personal up close scent. Projection- 9 projects beautifully you’ll get whiffs of this on your own and others will smell it radiating. Good projection dies down at about 6-7 hours.

Spray lightly, or you'll over-sweeten yourself. This feels like an after-shower, white t-shirt scent if your partner has a sweet tooth. It's clean and powdery mixed with a sort of ambiguous soft-sweet artificial fruit note. It doesn't smell like a freshly cut watermelon, nor a freshly cut orange to me. It smells synthetic-fruity-clean in the way an air freshener or a 'tropical' laundry detergent might. It's entirely unisex, and great value. Again, spray lightly (one to two sprays) or you may reach a critical mass where it begins to smell sickening. Reading other reviews it sounds like some people really caked it on — at which point I'd agree it is sickening. Maybe people are over-spraying to try to get additional longevity. This scent is youthful in a daytime appropriate way, but I think the short lasting power and the cleanly feel make it more suitable as a 'watching TV before bed in a hotel while on vacation' type scent, so I would say this works both night and day.

I don't have a sophisticated nose that can pick out individual notes unless they are obvious. With this I get vanilla, watermelon, and orange citrus. In any case, I think it smells great. At the price point, I'm quite happy. Citrus and watermelon opening and then vanilla. I've seen some reviews that say it's too sweet but fortunately most sweet scents seem to somehow tone down on me. I'm good with it but it very well could be too sweet based on body chemistry. Love vanilla fragrances and I think I may have found one that I'm actually supposed to be wearing for this time of year (late spring, summer). Up until now I have just worn what have been considered fall/winter cologne because it's what I like. I guess now I'm wearing the right stuff for the season.

Has to be one of my favorite cologne of all that I own.. very clean and sweet. The watermelon in it makes for a unique scent. Also if you're looking for a not over used panty dropper, this stuff will do you well. Sex in a bottle. And can be worn all year long. But I prefer it for hot nights. Lastly if you can find Estelle ewen in red.. these two are perfect for layering together. But alone this thing does an awesome job. And you don't smell like everyone else.. if you can find it.. try it.. also watch out for fakes.. Key thing. Women love this fragrance! Trust me. Or test it out on random ladies at the mall before you purchase. Let them decide for ya.

Sun Java-Writing my first review because could not stand this cologne when I first wore it last year. Too sharp, too cloying. I could not understand why the many good reviews. Forward one year and tried it again few days ago and OMG it is gorgeous!!! No more sharpness, no cloying. It is softer and sweeter and warmer, and makes me keep sniffing at it while I write this review. Very confused as to why. Then it just dawned on me that this cologne works for me in the cold weather. I feel very guilty for hating this cologne last year, so had to register just now so I can write this review to shed some light into this little discovery.

As soon as you spray it it enlightens you in almost a chocolate sense, but that's the Amber and Vanilla being mixed. It's such an elegant cologne. After about 10-20 minutes when it's dried down a little, you start noticing the Mandarin Orange popping through, and the Musk beginning to pop it's head in the scene. I know usually I would recommend this for Winter or Night time, but the citrus notes in it allow it to be used throughout the rest of the year, and honestly just transform the scent as the year progresses. Which makes it a very versatile cologne.

This is really nice. Sun Java has a very refreshing vibe to it. I really enjoy the citruses in this. They don't come off as generic like so many other fragrances. The opening sort of reminds me of Diesel Plus Plus Masculine, sort of sugary and powdery but not as sweet or harsh as Diesel. Sun Java has a more calming effect. The citrus and the sweetness balance each other very well. I also feel you could pull this off year round. It's not to heavy for the heat and it seems to hold up very well during the colder months.

WHat a lovley blind buy!!, the smell of this scent is gorgeous,sweet and fruity, opens with with citruses then i get a lot and i mean a lot of peppermint and a little hint of watermelon, the vanilla is there but not loudly as the peppermint, projection is low and longivity not bad. I think both genders can use it but i think it fits more for the men, any age can pull this fragrance specially the young folks in any season(it's versetile in my opinion) unless you don't like sweet fragrances. THUMB UP.

Ok where do I begin... I have so many memories with this bottle. 2012-14 My wife loves this bottle and she calls it 2013. Citrusy fresh... I love it.. Young and fresh. Pimp juice on a budget. This fragrance is one of my beginner frags that made me a collector now. 20-30 a bottle I actually keep a backup new bottle. But because of the great memories I only wear this on special occasions with my wife. I have so much respect for this cheapy.

One of the most underrated fragrances ever imho. Could be considered generic. But it is classy enough to make a mark. Beautiful smell, awesome performance. Casual as well as sophisticated. All year round versatile fragrance. Definitely a blind buy worthy. Had this be marketed by YSL or Prada, it would have been a bestseller.

Shares a bit of mint and vanilla of Versace Eros, but has a lot of added citrus and is just overall a lot fresher. If the sun is shining and it's t-shirt weather I would choose this over Eros any day.

Not my best scent but one of my favorites, its kinda unique n different....all I do know is when I put this on women go nuts a definite head turner to women

Excelente perfume a muy bajo costo, buen performance y exquisita fragancia.

Very good inexpensive fragrance.

First of all, if you are a woman and want to get the softer counterpart of this one, you might want to get Paris Hilton Passport in Paris because it smells like the female version of this one. They both have the mandarin note in the opening and the amber, vanilla and musk in the base. In the opening, you could straight away smell the mint and orange, really pronounced, but the odd thing is that you also smell the amber and vanilla in the base notes from the beginning. The watermelon just gets lost in the process. I like fruity scents for men but this is too much sweetness for me. Definitely more of a warm winter scent than a fresh summer one. The longevity is moderate as well, lasts up to 6 hours tops. Good and unique but not to my taste because the sweetness gets almost bitter in this one.

I bought this based on the hype for my quest of finding the ultimate under $30 fragrances. The opening and first hour to my nose is amazing. Fresh fruity clean and sweet. When it's totally dried down it smells kind of like an old hard candy wrapper. Really sweet. Not totally bad though. I got compliments. It does stay a skin scent for a while, but doesn't project very long. I do like it overall. Scent 7/10 opening 9/10 Projection 5/10 Longevity 5/10 Price 10/10 Solid