Sexiest Musk

any kind of anything even remotely "peppery" will *not* work for me... i get nothing even vaguely resembling that, from this gem of a drugstore scent. i've now got this fragrance in the EDP, metal can body spray, pump body spray, shower gel and lotion. this, the EDP, and the metal can body spray are the same scent (to me, of course). the pump body spray is a little different and frankly i don't like it quite as much. the shower gel and lotion are poor imitations of the EDP - and have overtones of that "cheap lotion smell". this is so much like the drydown of Lush's American Cream perfume - or the bubbles in cream soda. it's bubbly, light, creamy, sweet and vanilla. there's no Jovan or scary musk here - and no high-pitched, smells-like-detergent white musk, either. personally, i think this scent is misnamed. not that it isn't sexy - simple and clean is sexy, too! - but it's certainly not at all what i expected from the name and glossy red packaging. i do really, really love it, though! and since it's pretty easy to come by, and the metal can version of the body spray and the glass bottle EDP match, it's worth trying! eta: at some point i picked up the shower gel in this scent. i didn't care for it, on myself, but my husband has been using it for the last month or so and it is really nice on him!

No doubt about it, this is an underrated gem. I'm a tad suprised to find this labeled a musk, yet I may be anosmic.... As for the opening, this is a slightly sweet but invigorating lemon drops scent. Soon Amber, Patchouli, and Vanilla mingle so beautifully that I nearly swoon - not my usual reaction to newer scents!! Did anybody notice that this is actually an edp, not just a cologne? On top of the terrific value, it smells seriously better (on me) than most department store orientals. Please try this if you love amber / vanilla orientals with a twist! You just might fall in LOVE.

The body spray version of this was recommended to me as a fragrance that was supposed to be very much like my now discontinued favorite, Guess. I just got the perfume version today. It definately makes me think of Guess. The vanilla is very prominent but not as much as in the body spray. I think I'll try layering this over some myrrh oil to sex it up just a little more. It may be considered lower end but its a very sexy, musky scent and will stay in my collection permanently.

A sweet soft musk. Like another reviewer, I also heard it was similar to the original Guess, but sadly, on my skin, I found no similarity. To me this smells much sweeter than the musks of the past. I think the amber and vanilla adds a different quality compared to the pure animalistic musks of the 1970's. This is nothing groundbreaking, but it does give a more modern spin to a typical musk, it's dirt cheap, and it smells pretty good.

If you like this one, or even remotely want to try it, I suggest buying a bottle SOON. It appears to have been discontinued. Certainly Walmart is no longer carrying it. I feel fortunate to have discovered this adorable, vanilla-rich musk while it was still on the shelf, waiting for serendipity and ME! :)