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This grows on you. I got it blind based on reviews and the price point - super budget. I got it for a no brainer poolside spritz for holidays. When I first tried it at home in cold grey UK, I was completely underwhelmed. It smelled fresh and sweet, sort of like a candyfloss/cream soda cake flavouring you can get from the supermarket for £1.50, but nothing special.. I decided to take it away anyway, putting it in a 5ml travel atomiser. On holiday by the pool it transforms into this lovely sweet but fresh scent that my wife - usually never says anything about what I spray on - noticed and said how much she liked it. I used my 5ml in three days and now I'm wondering if they sell it here! (They don't). I don't really know what notes like "aquatic" and "marine" actually mean because they are applied to notes on scents that to me smell so different they are not even in the same scent profile. I think you could wear this all year, not just for summer. It's a very safe blind buy and if you don't like it at first, give it a couple of days - it's so cheap you've got nothing really to lose. I'm really glad I didn't review this straight away, it's so much better than I first thought. Possibly because the notes reviews were making me imagine it was more like Dolce Light blue (or similar fresh smell) and it's absolutely nothing like that, so on first smell I was blind sided/confused. Now I'd always make sure I had a bottle of this in my small collection, even though it's so cheap!

Man I swear nothing makes me feel better than the feeling of finding an amazing cheap fragrance that fits my style perfectly lol. This fragrance is top of the line when it comes to freshies and this one has some unique characteristics in its DNA. I’m not saying that as if ifs something you have “NEVER” smelt, but it is definitely on its own wave when it comes to fresh fragrances. I thought originally it would have had a lavender note or because that seems to be in a lot of the fresh fragrances that I seem to love and it’s probably my favorite note that I like however sea notes are a beast in this fragrance and I’m quickly learning that sea notes are starting to give lavender a run for its money as the top note to my nose. There is some salt notes in there but not too crazy, and it pairs nice with those sea notes. For some reason this has a nostalgic vibe to it but in a good way, you will have that nice clean manly smell to yourself that everyone will enjoy especially the ladies lol. This is basically in a nut shell a nice blue/sea/soapy/woody 🌊🧼🏄🪵 fragrance that is great for any man and could also be unisex but more manly to my nose. 10/10 fragrance If you like fresh clean fragrances this is a must have for your collection.

What a pleasant surprise! $15 and smells better than fragrances 10x the price. When I first sprayed it I thought it was too light, I didn't really smell much at all honestly. But as my skin warmed it up it really came to life. I think that's why it smells so much more expensive than it is. A lot of cheap freshies go on harsh and strong and then once the initial blast is over it just dies on skin and doesn't develop. No mid notes or base notes. But THIS..goes on deceivingly soft and then just starts blooming on the skin. This feels like actual perfumery instead of just room spray that happens to be safe to put on your skin (which is the category most $15 fragrances would fall under). As for the actual notes, I get marine notes and an airy saltiness at first, and then the lime and mint kick in the longer it sits on skin. The violet leaf, driftwood, and musk are also major players but it never loses the airiness of the opening blast. I think literally anyone can wear this regardless of age or gender, but this is probably more of a casual daytime scent. But it's so light and inoffensive I could see this being worn in any occasion and not being out of place.

Purchased this as a blind buy from TJ Maxx. Longevity and silage punch above what I paid (although I do overspray to get that performance). It smells terrific for a less expensive blue fragrance. It is not a designer frag but it’s more refined to my nose than many other blue frags in this class (Náutica Voyager, Tommy Bahama St. Kitts). I have received compliments from strangers on this one multiple times, which is not always the case with the other freshies I have. Some people on here have compared it to Tommy Bahama St. Kitts but I don’t think that’s a good comparison because St. Kitts has a sweetness to it that penguin premium doesn’t have. I prefer the penguin premium blend over St. Kitts for that reason (I do own both). The bottle feels premium and heavy, and the atomizer is nice. This is great at what it does and it does it on the cheap! One of my favorite fragrances because of the intersection of quality and value. I find myself reaching for it over others for a simple daily wear. My 16 year old son took a liking to it as well. I’m going to track down another bottle soon. 8.5 out of 10 overall for me.

I absolutely love this stuff!! Yes, most of what people write on here are accurate. Yes, it may seem a little basic to some, yes the performance could be a little better, yes it's linear. But you know what, it smells amazing every time I put it on. I have about 100 different fragrances that I all pretty much love, but some of those u kinda need to be in the mood for. Not this, it's so non-offensive and it surprises me how good it is every time I wear it. It's become a summer staple of mine along with Sedley. This is over fragrances like Nio, Aventus, Elysium, Cedrat. Nope, they stay on the shelf and I bring this big honkin ass bottle with me to St Thomas, outer banks and myrtle. I could go into the bright spearmint and rhe aromatic rosemary, and how the sandalwood smooths out the composition, but the truth is it just works and that's why it'll always be an absolute love for me!