Original Blend

I must say this a very simple scent but im quite addicted to this as I love this scent profile and if you go into wearing this expecting a simple but pleasant scent than I think you will love this ! This opens up fresh,crisp and has that fresh laundry,fabric softener vibe but done in a very pleasant way !! As far as notes go I get the lime and apple the most in the opening and both of these notes do stay for the most of the fragrance but as it dries down you get a slight spice and powdery vibe with some light airy musk to end it out. A very simple but addicting scent if you enjoy pleasant freshies!! Scents that this does remind me of are Burberry Touch and Hugo boss the OG as it has a muted fresh muskiness of Touch and a muted Apple note similar to Hugo Boss. Again I really do enjoy the simplicity and pleasantness of this scent and it’s so inoffensive that I think this will be perfect for work and could potentially be a good compliment getter. Performance- this projects ok for 30 minutes before it becomes a scent bubble for the duration of its life and it lasts me 5-8 hours which is decent for a fresh scent !! Overall rating -8 out of 10 ! A familiar scent profile but a very nice smell for an extremely good price ////Update This scent got me 3 compliments in a day which has only happened with Aventus in the many years of wearing frags Each person in different words said it was light,pleasant and appealing while the other waitress said it was very unique in a good way so maybe it does have more character to the average nose

The Penguin house of colognes is a 50/50 love it or hate it for me. I can’t quite make out which it is just yet. This bottle is my third purchase from this house and it’s again a love/hate thing for me. I seen the bottle on sale so I picked up 2 100ml of them. My reasoning was if I liked it enough I’d have a back up, and if I hated it, I could always return the second one. After spending the full day with this cologne I think it’s safe to say I will be returning the second bottle. It’s not that it’s bad, on the contrary I actually like it, but the performance is atrocious, on my skin anyway. Within 20 minutes it turns into a skin scent, and by an hour and half it’s gone, poof, like a fart in the wind. You really get a strong citrus in the opening, and then within 10 minutes you get that nutmeg which can be a little off putting, but the other notes jump in quickly too. From looking at the pyramid I can only pick up the lavender and some suede and amber. The wood has a slight pencil shaving type smell, similar to Hollister Wave 2, but it’s not a clone of that, it just has the same type of wood smell. Sadly, like I mentioned before the performance is really bad for me. If you want more performance from this stuff, spray it on you clothes, you’ll get a better effect. This is a 5/10 for me, it smells great for about an hour or so. If the performance was better I’d easily give this a 7. Try Original Penguin or Reserve Original Penguin, you’ll appreciate those ones more.

There are two directions super-cheap fragrances can go: 1) try to be something your not, either over complicated and complex, or realistic. 2) Simple. Fresh. Clean. The first turns into a synthetic mess that you can hardly use for a bathroom air freshener. The second, is this. Definitely blind buy worthy @$15 as long as you know what you’re getting into and don’t expect some Niche or high-end designer level fragrance

Another fragrance you get tremendous value for your money. Idk what batch I have but it lasts all day and is blended to absolute perfection. It's crisp, transparent and very unique. I can't tell what the notes are and that's how I like my scent to be. Not powdery as others have mentioned. For me this beats out many many designers going for $100 these days and I have a massive collection (not a flex)

This is like a much more relaxed, sporty version of Burberry Touch with some apple. If you like powder & spice you really can't go wrong with this one. My only complaint is longevity/projection but considering a lot of powdery scents can be overkill, this is a nice change for something more transparent and watery. And for the price I have no problem re-applying throughout the day.