Cabo

When I received my Cabo today in the mail and smelled it for the first time with my mother (who is also a fragrance lover) she immediately appropriated it as her own! She's picky about scents and doesn't like anything too perfumey or overpoweringly floriental and she thought this was just perfect. Looks like I'll be ordering another Cabo soon... The freshness of the mexican seashore is truly captured by the tangerine, sea and bamboo notes. Pure, fresh and watery; one can almost feel the breeze and see the brilliant blue sky. The teak and clary sage feel warm like the sun on your face and the cedar-patchouli drydown is strong and earthy like the sand and pebbles beneath your feet. This is a fragrance that captures the sea without being too "aquatic". Sillage: good Longevity: 4 hours and still goin' Overall: 4.5/5 This is the 2nd Yachtsman fragrance I've tried and though I prefer Zanzibar this one is a real gem. As mentioned it is the most femme of the four; however, it can be worn by anyone due to the phenomenal balance of the pure ingredients. This a real breath of fresh air in a world of synthetics who aspire to what Cabo does effortlessly...

I thank Jon Verde for having me an opportunity to test his fragrances. My impression about Cabo is Sweet, fresh, clean, soapy and make you feel as if you are sitting by the sea and very soft to the sense of smell. The first time I tested it, I felt it like soapy and sniffed it with my eyes closed I felt as I was standing by the sea at the time of sunset. It was beautiful feeling indeed. I tested it today the second time. Still have that feeling of the sight of the sea. The top notes are like flowery and fruity and this gives a very fresh start to the fragrance. As the heart settles it is something soapy and so clean and fresh as if I've just taken a morning shower. The base is also like soapy and woody. The lasting power is also good between 3-4 hours.

Tobago and Cabo are my favourite Yachtsman fragrances so far. I think Cabo is perfectly unisex, even better than CK one which is one of my favourites. Soapy, herbal and aquatic at the same time. This is delightfully refreshing in all seasons and I wear it when I need something subtle and captivating but inoffensive to people in close proximity to me. In fact, I challenge anyone to find this fragrance at all offensive. Overall, a great scent for casual or office wear.

This fragrance is the most feminine from the collection of four. I thought it's an exotic fruit or exotic flower in the top of the composition before I saw the notes. In the combination with woods it reminded me of polished wood surface (I had the same feeling smelling Sampaquita by Ormonde Jayne). I like the combination. The sea is like an echo. Sometimes salty notes could be too salty, too prominent and uneasy. In this fragrance they just enhance the idea of freshness and cleanness. This fragrance is like a clean fresh shirt, so easy to wear, nothing annoys you, everything pleases. Very light. They do serve the idea of sailing the sea. As I said this fragrance women might like, but it would be also very interesting on men. Fruits together with aromatic notes (One Million) are very actual today. But this fragrance is better balanced and lighter.

Very Asian in it's balance: it is clean and fresh in it's water, fruit, and herbs and sweet and spicy in it's patchouli and cedar. I think women will prefer this to the other Yachtsman fragrances.