Success

I purchased this cologne (along with the accompanying deodorant and shower gel in the gift set) when looking to move on from my bottle of Nautica Voyage being my regular fragrance, and was pleasantly surprised with the very clean smell. Smells like one fresh out of the shower, having used some sort of nice expensive body wash or such. For me its works in both casual and formal situations, not seeming overpowering, underwhelming, or smelling cheap in either situation. I was surprised a celebrity fragrance (by none other than Donald Trump, even!) didn't smell synthetic or just bad, especially for what I think is a great price on this fragrance! The day it arrived, I found myself constantly taking the bottle just to smell it. It's quite good to me, and everybody that's commented on it, loves it. The masculine, fresh, clean smell fits very well with the name Success. It doesn't go away quickly for me either, I get about 5-6 hours with it. And a small review of the Success deodorant and shower gel (there is also an after shave but I did not purchase this): Both smell very similar to the cologne, obviously. The deodorant smells pretty much exactly like the very cheap Ocean Surf - Speed Stick deodorant, though it does feel nicer to put on your skin to me. The shower gel smells like the Success cologne but with far more citrus (and smells very nice; like a fragrance I would love to purchase!) Smells kind of similar to Speed Stick Ocean Surf (just a similar vibe) but with far more luxury, depth, and far more notes and thought. Out of the 60 or so fragrances I have sitting in my house, none are quite like this one. Honestly very unique I think, and that's surprising for a celebrity fragrance. Also, it's missing that "aquatic" note (in a good way!) that plagues so many generic aquatic fragrances, so that's wonderful. Overall, quite satisfied with this purchase.

My fiancé got this as a joke-type thing, but it actually turned out great. This is def not what I was imagining for a Trump smell, and it's much better than what we had expected. Both he and I love it! It smells fresh, clean, and light. It's not intrusive or loud, as some colognes can be, and it feels understated, yet solid. I def get the Bond No. 9 and D&G Light Blue references everyone has mentioned. It is very close to Bond No. 9, and it shares the same light, fresh smell of D&G LB, but with less musk. This scent lasts for quite a long time on my guy (6-8 hrs), and the sillage sits pretty close to him. You'd smell it if you were talking face to face, but it's not a loud smell that would dominate your convo. It holds a quiet confidence type of energy. Sometimes, my brain doesn't even register it until after he leaves and I realize that the pleasant scent is gone. However, I've noticed the real magic of it happens when he walks by. I'll catch a hint of something so fresh and happy, it makes me want to follow him to keep smelling it. This cologne has also gotten quite a few compliments from others, and it acts like an interesting icebreaker when he tells him it's Success by Trump. Oddly enough, it also gets the most comments from me too, bc it hardly ever smells the same to me and I'm always asking him what he's wearing. Overall, I would def recommend any guy getting this. It smells amazing and feels much more expensive than it actually is. It's inoffensive enough for everyday wear, but still attractive enough for dates.

It's clean...yes, it's fresh, yes...but, sadly, I just didn't enjoy wearing it very much - all politics aside. Looking at the notes pyramid, I do sense birch, juniper, vetiver, etc., but what really pushes forward, to me, are prominent bamboo and aquatics accords (like an aquatic-cucumber) along with some herbal tones. It's not a bad fragrance - just not for me. Performance was also a bit disappointing in that it lasted 4-5 hours on my skin, projected within an arms-length for around 30-minutes, and sat quite softly on my skin. I've worn this a handful of time and have never received a compliment. You'll smell fresh & clean, but this scent won't get you noticed. On a positive note, Trump Success was quite affordable and may be worth a try if you're into these kind of scents. Offhand, I would take Mont Blanc Starwalker over this one when I'm wanting a fragrance with a bamboo note. Finally, while I don't really care for this fragrance, I must say that I really, really like Trump Empire. Peace.!

From what I remember, very masculine, kind of heavy/synthetic sometimes, spicy. Drydown was nice in some spots—especially dried on clothing and smelled amazing lingering on clean laundry. Musky, strong birch, dark, synthetic after a few hours but would go from that synthetic darkness to a much nicer smell when combined with sweat. I can see how some people would not like what this dried down into on skin. Was my ideal gym scent and the only fragrance that has ever garnered enough attention to have people ask what it was mid-workout since it was unique. Possibly it just worked well with my skin chemistry. Clearly it had good sillage since they could smell just one spray on the chest from range. Ran out and now it's too expensive to consider. Good enough to go through a whole bottle using only one or two sprays a day. Patrick Bateman would wear this.

This is my second fragrance from the Trump line. It's a very nice scent, no doubt a good portion of the dislike votes here are from angry liberals that hate Trump. I'm neither a fan or a hater, so my review is based on the fragrance, and not the man. Isn't that how we rate scents on how it smells? Anyway, Success Trump reminds me of just that - Success. It's fresh, clean and although not totally unique, it's different enough to enjoy without reminding me of my other fragrances. I don't like owning 2 fragrances that smell too much alike. I wear this on my 5 or so business trips into NYC in the summer and early fall. I don't get any leather, but I do get a very nice fresh spicy vibe kind of like a mix between Azzaro Chrome and Versace PH. 8/10