Boss Orange for Men

I did blind buy this one. I knew it wouldn't be too big of a risk since I really like other Boss based fragrances. I was right, this is good. Just like Boss Bottled #6, this is also an easy dumb reach. It's vanilla -centric fragrance. I loves me some vanilla so this one is right up my alley. It is similar to Boss Bottled but a bit more spicy and with heavier vanilla. The red apple note is very nice. A juicy type of apple. I think this is a year round fragrance that, like Boss Bottled, won't get cloying in the heat. Up close it's juicy apples, spice, and vanilla. In the air (trailing) it's less spicy and sweeter. Yup, bubblegum. Either way, it's all good. I like both spiced vanilla and apple. It's not overwhelming masculine but has just enough spice that females have said it's for guys. I don't personally think this is overwhelmingly sweet. For reference, Sun Java has vanilla and fruit notes in the form of watermelon and something else. It is indeed sweet and many guys may be put off by it. This is not quite as sweet and has a touch of spiciness. Not a sugar bomb. Yet...I have do have to admit that there is indeed a bubblegum smell to it. Sillage and longevity are similar to Boss Bottled as well. This may be a tad stronger but not drastically so. For me, a really good buy and I'm quite pleased but bear in mind I really love men's vanilla fragrances. That will always skew my opinion a bit.

My first favorite fragrance. Saw this suggested in the "What fragrance do women love on guys?" thread, read the description, and immediately bought a sample. The opening is a sweet crisp apple with some spices. It then dries down into a warmer woody vanilla that is still sweet and maintains enough of the refreshing apple scent to be suitable for a warmer day, but ideal for a warm night. The spicy, peppery, almost cinnamon undernote that is present throughout the entire life of this keeps it from being cloying to me, but it is very sweet. This is a young man's scent, but not in the traditional sense. It's not a macho man's clubbing fragrance, it's a first date at a coffee shop near a university at 7:00pm, mid-autumn, with freshly fallen leaves on the sidewalk and no work the next day. This is unchallenging and very reasonably priced; I would suggest this to anyone new to fragrances. (this review has been edited to better reflect my original and current opinion) TL;DR - Easy to like apple-woody-spicy-sweet. Versatile date night fragrance.

I first picked this up in 2012 and have loved it since. It’s spicy and sweet and (imo) very high quality for the price. You can now pick it up for <$30 from any reputable grey market dealer. Don’t let the name fool you. There is no orange note, nor even a citrus accord. This is a spicy apple vanilla. If you are looking for a fragrance that screams “I HAVE ARRIVED” when you walk into any given room, look elsewhere. The opening is kinda intense for people who haven’t delved too deep into perfume, but the dry down is a nice, soft, and an almost gourmand vanilla fragrance. This is worth the $20 you’d spend on a one off blind buy from a discounter. Give it a go. Worst case scenario, you spend $20 and give it to someone else. Best case scenario ; you realize (much like I did) that you’ve been spending too much on other perfumes.

Nose Note #617 Some time in you really start to get this DG The One feeling, but The One is undoubtedly better scent-wise. You may not feel this apple note in the sillage, but upclose it does smell like a red apple, sweet and a little sour, and unfortunately not very good, because it occasionally gives a whiff of a tomato that's going off. If you don't put a lot of thought into it, it's just a decent mens scent with average performance. The performance is about the same as The One - that is not great at all. Just average. Good, non offensive, fit for any season. One of those dumb reach scents. The cost is OK too, but I'd try out the Fragrance World dupe Base Orange. I imagine the dupe would be as good because this doesn't come across as a complex scent 7.5/10, I really like the direction, but the details are a little lousy

I first smelled the "redesigned" box version at Nordstrom. It smelled fantastic, but I passed. Regretting I didn't get it, I bought it a few weeks later. Some commenters below have remarked that it smells like an orange sherbert. That might be a pretty good comparison, though it is hard to imagine without directly comparing it that way. In simple terms, I'd say the scents could be Vanilla / Sort of "Orange"/Bergamot / Creamy / Sugar. The dry down might be even better–not as sweet, perhaps more musky IMO. It gets compliments. Unfortunately, the scent dies down too quickly for my liking. This probably will be my daily until the bottle runs out. If anyone knows the EDP or a stronger/longer-lasting formulation of this, could you PM me what it is?