99 Regent Street

A typical fruity aquatic, but with more fruit than aquatic. The opening seems almost like strawberry Millesime Imperial to begin with, but quickly deteriorates into a more appley Eternity/Adidas Moves/Greenergy type of affair. (What naive hope and optimism it had...and their Traditional Blue is a fairly nice MI cousin!) The sweetness is such that the apple could only be a red candy apple, and it brings with it the sharp nostril-burning that I've come to expect from low-end fruit scents. That extra bit of cinnamon almost brings me to take pity on it, but not quite. Fortunately the sweetness backs off a tiny bit in the base, and a bit more dry woods show through, but it still smells like something I'd use to clean my furniture.

Fruity aquatic fragrance with the opening of strawberry that deteriorates into adidas moves, appley eternity or greenery type matter. Sweetness in this one is of red candy apple and the extra pinch of cinnamon makes it even better. This sweetness takes backfoot in the base and there is appearance of more dry woods. This feels like a perfect blend of various notes and accords. This scent reminds me more of Green Irish Tweed, Chez Bond having more of same ingredients. Opening notes in this fragrance are geranium, violet leaf, violet, mastic. The heart contains jasmine, orris root, iris and freesia while the dry down is completely musk mallow, amber and musk. Silage is strong and longevity is long lasting. Performance of this scent is superb. Most preferred for office, formal gatherings, funeral etc where a light aquatic smell is perfect. This is one add-on to perfume collection for specific purposes and occasions.

I wouldn't say this is in the same realm as Green Irish Tweed or even Chez Bond, which are made from such high-end ingredients. This is made from cheap synthetics in the vein of a simple department store fragrance and it only vaguely resembles Cool Water at the beginning. I would say the dry down is more of a masculine floral, that is very akin to Jacomo Deep Blue. And though this is an EDP, don't expect anything different than your standard EDT (moderate sillage and reasonable longevity (5+ hours). I'd give it a 6/10. Decent.