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Unexpected Home run
I finally received the 10mL samples of Office and Date from Fragrance One. I started out with Office and I was not very impressed frankly as it had too much of a similarity to Creed Aventus in the top and developed into Dior Sauvage, which I am not a fan of. Date had been rated even lower than Office, hence I was not expecting much.
It is hard to judge a subjective experience like a fragrance journey, well in this case it worked in its favor. I absolutely love "Date". This fragrance is, to my nose, JPG Ultra Male without the heavy amber/wood. Yes, the top notes have more citrus, I think lemon in particular is quite piercing but overall pear sits in the middle very similar to Ultra Male. Others have called it Fruit salad, but it's a joy wearing this mix! It feels invigorating with youth like A&F's First Instinct Extreme (not the scent notes but the vibe). I am older/around 40 and others have said this is a fragrance for under 25, go ahead mock me or laugh at me for liking a fragrance that is rated quite low, I don't care. I am going to rock this because I LOVE IT! Haha, totally unexpected.
The biggest reason I like Date, is that it solves the issue I have with JPG Ultra Male; I love the top notes of Ultra Male but am not a big fan when the amber and woods come out as it reminds me of sweat. I do find animalic smells sexy in general, but in Ultra Male's case it becomes this sweet sweat that I commonly associate with sweaty dudes in clubs that I don't like to smell on myself. I get this heavy amber association with sweat (of other dude and not mine) in other fragrances such as First Instinct Extreme and Tom Ford Fucking Fabulous. With Office, I do not get this problem! I cannot smell the wood like many of the other reviewers, but I don't care as I like my fruit salad to stay perky. Is it the praised Laotian wood that it's in the background working magic with ambroxan or is it just ambroxan? I don't know, but again I don't care as I know this fragrance has solved my issue with Ultra Male. I still like Ultra Male but I will probably reach out to Date more often, so I think I will buy the full bottle.
Conclusion: Date by Fragrance One was a total surprise for me. It fits everything in terms of scent, longevity (good projection for 7-8 hours and skin scent well into12+ hours). It does not evolve much on my skin, but I love the top notes and ambroxan that develops later so I'm perfectly happy with that. Finally, complements that Jeremy promised: My wife is very difficult to get compliments from. She wants me to go back to the days of having just few scents instead of 30+ that I have now, so she is more guarded in giving compliments as I would buy them while dislikes do not go unnoticed. As I like Ultra Male I have worn it during the colder months plenty of times and I still did not get unsolicited comments from my wife, which makes me think she's just ok with it. Back to the Date from Fragrance One, I sat down next to her and within 20 seconds she went "that smells nice, what is it?" Again, I do not see a reason why (other than the high price) this gem is rated so low as he is a home run for me.
Top Notes 
Artemisia
Mandarin orange
Bergamot
Cardamom
Lemon
Heart Notes 
Ambrox
Woods
Base Notes 
Musk
Patchouli
Vetiver
Oud
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