Festival Vibes for Him

Picked up for $16 bucks along with Nite version at Burlington last week. Grabbed both cause Hollister part of A & C makes good cheap frags...The wave line was just ok to me, cheap, but nothing special, just smell decent. This...Is much better for such a cheap looking bottle. I have never smelled Armaf El Cielo but the bottle is the same color etc. and I imagine they smell the same.... Regular Vibes....Invictus Aqua type for sure. Lasts good on my skin....4-5 hours & is just like invictus aqua, not identical, but it is pretty close to my nose, much more than say Zara Seul etc....Nite version is strong.....Has Ambrox, and that one I imagine is just like Armaf which is described as invitus aqua and Eros....Lasts 8 hours plus, really sweet, not too sweet, kind of beast mode...I picked up Armani Code Absolute, Eros, Invictus Aqua, and some F Black in here......Think Aqua and Eros together....To sweet for heat, but for night time, pound for pound, hard to beat for the price... Both are good. Buy them if see them out if like any of the sweet aquatics, or Eros One million style....For the night version..... Regual vibes for men is Invictus Aqua but not as strong, subtle differences, but close

For such a cheap fragrance from a house like Hollister, this juice is incredible. Colour me surprised, this was a real winner for me. I decided to buy it because I was testing out different summery scents and this one really jumped out at me, it’s dirt cheap, $20 for 100ml here in Australia, so I wasn’t expecting a strong performer or anything but damn this stuff lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts. It opens up quite sweet and aquatic, perfect for hot days, but it’s true magic is in the dry down when it becomes super creamy and soft, a little cloudy too. It’s not listed in the notes but I actually pick up a slight caramel note in this, I wonder what that is exactly? Maybe just my nose perhaps. It’s a great scent, sure it smells synthetic but so do a lot of high end scents, and it’s not a sickly synthetic like a lot of Joop’s and Police, but smooth and delightful. What i’d actually love to do is to spray this all over my bed so I can sleep in it. I’m starting to think Hollister are a little gem in the world of fragrances, everything if theirs that I have has been a great performer, has garnered a bevy of compliments and has made me feel refreshed when wearing. 10/10

This is Valentino uomo Born in Roma, it was even released 1 year prior to that one 😂 Sweet/invictus-y dna, decent performer , I used to get compliments wearing it at school. If it costed 150€ it wouldn’t get that much hate, just look at the Valentino for comparison

Opened this today, hit with deja vu. At first I thought it was Penguin Reserve Original; no, something missing. Then I thought Lacoste Live; no, too fresh. So I sprayed some Festival Vibes on my left wrist, Penguin Reserve on the right wrist, and Lacoste Live on the back of the right hand. The mix of those 2 on the right, yep, that's it. A perfect hybrid of Penguin Reserve and Lacoste Live. But with better longevity (about 4 hours) and sillage (moderate). If I had to pick between the 3 I would probably go with the Lacoste, just because of it's freshness. This Festival Vibes has a far more earthy dry down and over time the difference does become more noticeable. I now await the inevitable - people telling me my nose must be broken :)

At first I wasn't too impressed with this but I really quite liked the dry down which reminded me slightly of Legend Spirit (which I love), it's not the same as that though, probably much closer Invictus Aqua with funnily enough a hint of Nautica Voyage (both coincidentally in the reminds me of section). A decent casual spring/summer scent with OK lasting power for me (although quite soft it hangs around), there are better options out there no doubt but for the lower price at which this can be found it may be worth considering.