Free Wave For Him

Fresh citrus opening, beautiful iris forward middle note, and appealing woody, powdery dry down akin to clean laundry or shower gel. I prefer this fragrance for cooler days in the spring and fall, it's a bit too sweet and deep for the middle of summer. I love the spotlight on the white iris note - I associate iris with wet wipes in Asia as that is a popular scent, so this fragrance reads as fresh and clean to me, especially combined with the powdery note. Additionally, the base note of ambergris adds some warmth and depth throughout all of the notes. Inoffensive scent, suitable for many settings, but not a head turner, average projection. Lasts 2 hours on skin, 4 hours on clothing with a couple of sprays, probably longer with more. This fragrance could honestly be unisex with the forward floral notes and subtle woody notes, definitely not a typical masculine scent like another reviewer mentioned, but mass appealing enough to pull off. I blind bought this because of the price and accord combination. I wasn't expecting the iris to stand out so prominently, but am so pleasantly surprised that it does. Super happy with the performance for the price. I think this fragrance has put me on the hunt for more iris fragrances to try.

Free Wave by Hollister review Off the top you get a nice blast of pepper with a little bit of pop from the ginger and lime that makes this one really mass appealing, about 5 minutes in you start to get the iris and oak moss, it smells slightly powdery to my nose, after about 20 minutes you start to get a woody smell that really balances this fragrance out. Doesn’t have a very “natural” smell but also doesn’t smell overly synthetic. As far as performance goes I think it depends on your skin chemistry. I myself have pretty oily skin and this thing projects and performs like a BEAST! I used to work retail as a greeter at a department store and one time a girl came in and said it smelled great, she was about 6 feet away. But in general I get about 2-5ft of projection and around 7 hours of longevity (lasts on my clothes all day). For $20 you could do a lot worse. This isn’t the most mature smelling fragrance but I could see a lot of different guys of all ages being able to pull this off. One of my favorites for summer.

First I love pink pepper, this was a blind buy at TJ’s. This is a scent that is similar to ADG or Dylan Blue, not in the scent but the path that it goes down. That being said it is one of those blue fragrances that are fresh but have some woodsy strength in the base. This makes it an all around all year Cologne. The opening is very nice not to alcohol sharp. And if you look at the bottle the % alcohol is 69% which really means about 31% oils. This is in Parfum territory even though it labeled EDT. To me this is an overlooked little gem. It does its own thing, it’s non linear, very versatile performance, is better than average on me, and the price is right!

Been wearing this off and on for about two weeks. Soft iris with some lime and a somewhat syrupy ginger feel to it. It smells like what a cloudy, overcast day at the beach would smell like. I surprisingly get really decent performance out it for what it is. I think this is slowly becoming a top 3 cheap fragrance for me. It has personality, decent staying power, and from a brand that brings me nostalgia.

The ginger here is dominant. It's almost or a clone to Bod Man Fresh Blue Musk. But a little long lasting power with 6 to 10 sprays. Got my at Ross for 10 dollars. For a one Oz. It's Spring in 2000s with this one. It cost a few dollars more. But worth it. You can wear this at the beach the mountains but any guy over 18 can pull this stuff off.