Essentials N°9

Another Invictus inspired/clone by Milton Lloyd (Colour Me Black being the other ML/Invictus in my collection, which I really like!!) True to Milton Lloyd form the bottle is simple and the atomizer sprays out a wide wide cone of juice, they're ridiculously good, but as they act a bit like deodorant cans be warned of holding the button down for more than a split second!! I bought it a few days ago and first impressions of Essentials No.9 is that it is quite powdery when comparing to CMB and not as fruity, it's louder with its projection but then it only does so for about 30mins-1hr before becoming a skin scent and disappears completely off my skin within a few hours. I have had CMB for a few years now and time has been kind to that, a good 1 hour projection with about 8-9 hours on skin easily in my experience. This is not bad by any stretch, makes a good daytime fragrance in the cooler weather, I'll be treating this as a cologne for now, will be good to use after a shower or a shave. I prefer CMB personally, but for the price it's worth giving a try if you want a more powdery take.