Swiss Army

My dealer first introduced me to this fragrance about a month ago when i was paying him a visit. I didn't think much of it even though he mentioned to me that it was "his favorite summer scent". To this day i have no clue why i just shrugged off his opinion so quickly. I tried this again at a local grey market store that actually has testers out to get an idea of how it smells. Well, i'll just say i made myself a decant of it at the store. It's GREAT stuff, super minty and a lot of well placed foresty notes to really bring the whole idea of it together! This fragrance DOES remind me of a time when i would be in need of swiss army products. Cold air, dry green pine, dirt and wood. A must buy, and a great summer fragrance! The top: The peppermint note found in this fragrance is both penetrating and cold. Colder than a witches tit, which also reminds me of a cold evening in january. As most people will know, peppermint also has slight green and sweet properties to it. Acidic bergamot, and something that smells very reminiscent of bittersweet fruit. Two generic notes to be found in every fresh scent, but, nonetheless they work perfectly as they should. The heart: The middle opens with soft warming lavender, along with a savory bite from rosemary. The lavender note found in this fragrance is also remarkably genuine to the real thing (i keep lavender on hand in my home and on the dashboard in my car.). I'm not sure what edelweiss is, but the middle of this fragrance is both warm, because of the violet leaves and lavender, yet also smooth and vannilic, GREAT! The base: Green, green, green, green! This fragrance performs exactly as a forest does, you notice the WOODS and the LEAVES and the RUFFAGE before you notice the (refer to heart notes) and THEN (refer to top notes). Cypress's slightly soapy ever so aromatic green/brown essences reek across the forest floor. Pine adds a sort of fleeting minty quality to the base as well as a very disctint feeling of "pure pine air". We have thick assertive ceder, and musk finish this up, and give it some much needed masculinity. Imagine the scent without the ceder and musk....it'd smell feminine right? That's what i think anyways. I approve Smell: 9 Longevity: 8 Sillage: 10

Victorinox Swiss Army Classic is a fresh aromatic scent. It has a nice woody and spicy opening and then settles to more floral dry down with a hint of musk. The opening really grabs me with the fresh woody scent and the spicy/tangy edge to it with some ginger and a hint of citrus. The great opening really draws me in and it then settles in to a pretty standard fresh/woody/aromatic scent. It is an easy fragrance to wear. I wouldn't say it is a big head turner or compliment getter but it does make the wearer smell pleasant and fresh. I have been wearing Swiss Army Classic since it was gifted to me by a girlfriend in about 2002 and I enjoy wearing it. It is most suitable for wearing to work as it is a non-offensive, somewhat subtle scent so good for the office, lab, clinic or class environments. It works best in summer and warm spring days. In terms of value this used to be relatively cheap but seems to have jumped in price recently, if you can get a 100mL bottle for around $30USD or less then that is reasonable value. It lasts about 4 hours with arm length to intimate projection. Not really a date night or party fragrance but a very good signature/every day fragrance for the warmer months. I think Swiss Army Classic is one of the better fresh fragrances to come out of the late 90s and it is still very wearable today.

This scent is by far my favorite of all time. It's very unique, and I've never smelled anything like it. The scent is hard to explain. Some call it green but I don't think so. Some compare it to cool water, not even close. It's very rich and aromatic, very unique and pleasant. That's all I can come up with. Maybe woody but not like any other woody scent I've ever smelled. I used to wear it back in high school, and it was made by Swiss Army Parfums. Now it's made by Victorinox and it's not the same. The smell is a bit weaker and it doesn't last nearly as long. I get maybe a few hours at best on my shirt. The old stuff lasted hours and hours and stayed on your clothes until you washed them. This newer stuff is long gone by the end of the day. I wish I could find another scent like it, that lasted longer, but it's just too unique, and I've yet to find one. There's a clone called Swiss Guard and it's good too, and lasts a little bit longer, but it's super cheap and burns my eyes. The bottle in the picture is the old bottle, from when Swiss Army Parfums made it. The new one is Victorinox Swiss Army Classic. It's not the same anymore, but there's still nothing like it.

I've known Swiss Army ever since my dad bought a bottle circa 2003, The overall performance is not bad at all, moderate sillage and longevity. It's got a very fresh opening, mostly a green note with fresh lavender, mint and bergamot, followed closely by the rosemary and some woody notes; in a nutshell, I'd describe it as a very mountainy scent indeed, connected with nature but fresh-floral wise, not too foresty like Drakkar noir which is mainly an accord of rich sweet lavender, oak moss and pine; Swiss Army Classic to me smells like snow sports and a wooden cabin. A great warm weather fragrance, I like it mostly on spring for its very nature-like scent, but, to me, it even works good enough during winter days because it compliments the cool weather.

Everyone who dislikes this juice ought to know that this, too, was reformulated some years back. The original was a beautiful aromatic with a sweetish kick in the trail. One of the most seductive scents I have known on a guy. Listen, it may be hard to believe, but I can attest to the magic of this scent! The trail it leaves is positively mesmerizing to a woman. The new stuff is sharper and disjointed, comes apart instead of settling down with the scent of your skin. Unfortunately, those that are interested in this might be best off seeking a "vintage" bottle. Yeah, I know. I said it. It actually is worth it though.