TO BE The King

Really delicious, lemon and nutmeg and orange flower and other notes, both warm and fresh, just beautifully blended into a sparkling whole. Definitely as good on women as on men; my wife bought it as a lucky accident, and it is just so wonderful on her. Not massive projection, I can smell the deliciousness close to her at the end of a long, hot day still--wonderful longevity. Smells far more expensive than it is. Weirdly reminds me of Elizabeth Arden 5th Avenue; when I wear that, it's not like we match so much as we accord with each other. I kind of adore the bottle. It's surprisingly comfy to hold, and just so delightfully ridiculous to hold such an elegant scent. My son calls it the Assassin's Creed Black Flag perfume. :) Nothing but love for this one.

The reviews about this is very mixed. Seems like it's either a hit or miss with people. But personally, I love this. It's a spicy sweet ambery scent that does not bur a hole in my wallet. It does have a synthetic smell but the good kind, and definitely smells expensive. The projection is moderate but the dry down smells so creamy to me, with that tonka and amber note (and strangely some cashmer wood?), it's stays beautifully on my skin during the hot Indian summers. The opening is spicy fresh but yes, it dies out soon. Longevity is a solid 5+ on my skin (remember I'm from a high heat and humidity area, so I'll take that as good). It's a safe and sweet office fragrance that gets the job well done during the summers.

I would have to disagree with homey below me. This stuff is well-above average, and the staying power is at least 6 - 8 hours on my skin. This stuff is a gem, and it's too bad it has been discontinued! Compliments abound! Doesn't seem to make sense in the summer either. It is a heavy, woody scent ... definitely for cooler months.

I love this stuff - amazing!!! Great value for money - smells like an expensive mans EDP but at a bargain price!!! Will be stocking up as much as possible!! :)

I managed to get a test of this from my friend who seems to collect the To Be the King series (has about 6 bottles of this plus many of the special editions!) It's definitely an interesting fragrance, I can see why he likes it. It's an odd mix of light and dark at the same time. I got heavy notes of citrus, but also wood and licorice from it, which really surprised me. Going by the brand, bottle and price, I expected a generic, fresh, synthetic mess, but what I got was something very different, like no fragrance I've smelled before. That said, the aforementioned synthetic-ness was still there to some degree. It had that headache inducing sweetness, and seemed to stay very linear on my skin, so I could see it becoming cloying and tedious after a while. So I don't think it's a fragrance I'd ever buy, but I'm glad to have smelled it. It's one of those fragrances that I hate to like, but I kinda do. It just has a pleasing quality that I can't really put my finger on. 5/10