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

Skin test, summer day, a bit muggy and overcast. Ooh this is nice to start with, I get a fresh, rounded, doll head plastic, and liquorice or aniseed feel to it. It leans clean, and flattens out. It's sorta ballpark jpg le male - ish Lapidus the brown box one. It's a familiar profile.. I can't quite place it completely.. I'd say quite happily unisex - but only for someone who actually wears men's scents as well as women's- otherwise it's a men's scent. Good airy projection fir the first hour or so then it quietens down. Very wearable

One of the fragrances that my twenty-year-old nephew uses, I took the opportunity to test it on myself. TO BE The King by Police created by Pierre-Constantin Guéros is an amber-boises-spicy fragrance, enveloping, welcoming, I would define it unisex: The cardamom notes are perceived ringing at the juste pulvérisé, at the dry a deep amber heart emerges. At the dry down, the boises and resinous notes are the masters. Amber sillage.

Without doubt To Be: The King is my favourite of the "To Be" Police line of fragrances. Spicey, sweet, balsamic/aromatic - very nice indeed. Very uplifting and compliments abound. Lasts and projects well (it's not a powerhouse like Paco - $1million but in the same category of scent). Oh and did I mention the price.........£17 for 125ml here in the UK. Absolute bargain. Well done Police.

Has the DNA of the original To Be, but strangely refreshing. Smells much better due to the spicy accords. The tonka brings out some sweetness but it remains oriental. It also lasts longer, but too bad the bottle is tacky. Take off the cap, and it looks much cooler.

Very delicate fragrance: lavender, tonka, cedar and pine with the obligatory citrus on top. Synthetically beautiful as it is, the longevity is pathetic and reduces to a skin scent within 15 minutes. A real shame as it works well on me.

I liked the initial smell when first sprayed but within minutes (at least to me), I couldn't smell it any longer. TBH I only bought this as I liked the skull bottle and it was cheap.

I really like this fragrance. Pretty unique. Not that long lasting but for the money it is great. I get a lot of compliments when I wear it. All in all a god fragrance.

So kitschy and cheap bottle. The smell is not bad, like a designer fragrance, sweet/spicy, on the paper is better than skin. Sillage and longevity is moderate

for the price is not that bad! i like it!

I feel this is best for casual nights out, rather than any formal type of occasion. It's sweet and envelopes you with its strong bubble but then it very quickly fades. Does not mix well with the skin's oil and sweat, so my belief is that you should use it on the clothes on a night you know will not be hot in the slightest. But I think that it charms you when you first use it, and becomes invisible to yourself after the initial sweet spray. It's good if you don't want to feel like you're wearing any scent during the night, but still want to have something on since you are going out. It's very affordable, and perhaps a young boy or girl will find the skull entertaining. So a good gift for young people, especially since kids may feel the need to overspray to smell it, since it should fade quickly - just make sure that you only let your kid use it when you're ABOUT to leave the house so they don't get too many layers of it and become coated in the overly sweet smell LOL Good price as well for kids. But make sure they're not playing with the bottle too much because the cap can start to leak a bit. It's not bad, but it's not luxury, obviously. Just be careful if you have energetic kids!

Nose Note #400 Police and the other brand of the namesake by Antonio Banderas manage to put out scent that are not trash at all, but so far away from being great. They are just perfectly in the middle, the mediocracy in its perfection... When I first spray them I always think: "Damn, this smells boring and like thousand other things", but after some time and a lot of thinking they actually start to come to life and become really not bad. This one has similar lavender as To Be Tattooart, the A&F Fierce lavender. It also has sweet spiciness, however I can hardly dig beyond that. Because just like the rest - I don't know what they put there, but it all smells unclear and fuzzy. 5/10

There isn't really much to say about this perfume. It doesn't last long and the smell isn't that strong. But compared to the price and the smell, it is a very good perfume. If you don't like spending a lot on perfumes, this sweet fragrance is perfect for autumn. And at least the bottle design looks cool.

Smells nice, lavender and wood are the main players. Sadly, the performance is corresponding to the price. If you want something unique, for a younger audience, without paying a lot, it's for you.

It feels so seductive and sweet, I don't like the seductive smell so I will give it 6/10.

I bought this fragrance as a blind buy, with 75ml. Because it was cheap, and like the brands design, and normally I will also like the fregence line, but in this case. So this is not gonna be my new fragrance for the supermarket and so. The bottle looks nice, but I really don't like the smell which is kinda of strong as first impression. I tested on my wrist, and less then 1 hour after, I could not sense it anymore.