Cigar Commander

My first review doesn't do enough justice to this underrated gem, it's really growing on me. Best bang for the buck. Please don’t sleep on this based on the criminally low price, this is amazingly good. It’s a Fougère with spicy and woody undertone. Opening is bit sharp, but quickly settle down to a beautiful comforting scent. There is a addictive sweetness, likely comes from the spices. Sometimes it gives a gourmandish vibe. I do get the Burberry London comparison. It’s so cheap here in Singapore, I can not believe I only paid S$15 ($11) for this beauty, it’s a steal. Performance is not bad either, last around 7 hours + with decent projection. Cigar Commander is masculine and sexy. I need a back up bottle.

Oh my gosh! This one is so underrated fragrance. It's smells great. I def can smells bergamot, fresh citrus, calming cardamom, spicy star anise, and sensual patchouli alongside the sexy manly woods from top to base. It's so cheap, in Indonesia I can get this bottle around 200k idr, or 14 bucks. The thing that I really don't like is the clumsy, tacky, cheap bottle design! If they can make over the packaging, they can sell and market it at 30-50 bucks and I don't mind at all.

This was a sucessful blind buy for me, very cheap but doesn't smell cheap at all. Definitely a tobacco oriented perfume, but tobacco is missing in the notes pyramid. Very similar to Burberry London, Cigar Commander is slightly sweeter and aromatic. To me Cigar Commander is much better and refined than original Cigar which is very sharp. Performance is average, best suited for fall. Gorgeous box and bottle.

There is something on this fragance that remains me a lot the dry down of Ultra Zest by Mugler! If you don’t believe me just try it! I’m not said that is a clone! Hell no!! But may be the patchouli came across very similar between each other and I think that the combination of Star fruit and lemon creates the same sweetness of the blood orange!

There's no tobacco notes here but I think the anise combines well with the sandalwood and other notes to make it smells like cigar like. However this does smells like an old oxidized vintage with the top notes gone. Those with old bottles of oxidized vintages will know what I am describing. Not necessarily bad but reminds me too much of that.