Sawtooth Duke Cannon 2019

Surprisingly fresh and clean for something marketed as a wood-based fragrance. It opens with citrus, cucumber and a marine/aquatic freshness that actually reminds me a little of Nautica Voyage, just more citrus-forward. Underneath that is a dry cedarwood character. Overall, it smells clean, masculine, easy to wear and considerably more expensive than its price would suggest. I don't find anything particularly offensive or challenging in the scent itself.

There is one major caveat: Sawtooth contains an Iso E Super/OTNE-type woody material, and if you're prone to going nose-blind to those materials, this fragrance can become extremely difficult to evaluate. That's exactly what happened to me. I could smell the opening clearly, then the fragrance seemed to fall off a cliff remarkably quickly. The remaining wood also takes on that dry cedar/pencil-shavings character I associate with Iso E Super. Because my nose adapts to it so aggressively, I can't give Sawtooth a fair judgment on projection or longevity—it may still be there when I can no longer perceive it.

That's unfortunate, because before the olfactory fatigue kicks in, I genuinely like Sawtooth. It isn't a case of a cheap fragrance smelling bad or synthetic and then getting excused because of the price. The actual scent is good. Fresh citrus, aquatic cucumber and cedar make for a very approachable everyday fragrance, and it punches well above what Duke Cannon charges for it.

So my recommendation comes with an unusually specific warning: if Iso E Super doesn't mess with your nose, Sawtooth is absolutely worth trying for the money. If you're highly susceptible to olfactory fatigue from Iso E Super, though, this may be a frustrating fragrance—you can lose the ability to smell it long before you've figured out what it's actually doing.

For the price, it's a great deal. I just wish I could keep smelling it.

I picked this up at Target for under $25. This fragrance has a nice woody smell and it reminds me of being up north, surrounded by forests taking a hike. In 3 words, "The Great Outdoors." It is very masculine and easy to wear on any given day. I think it preforms best in the fall and the spring, when it's not too hot or too cold. It has notes of cedar, amber and I also smell pine in this. While it does have its flaws, it is a little basic and doesn't preform the best, I would still recommend this to anyone on a budget who needs a good outdoorsy scent.