Top Notes 
Black pepper
Citron leaf
Eucalyptus
Green cardamom
Heart Notes 
Clary sage
Juniper
Lavender
Base Notes 
American cedar
Patchouli
Sandalwood
Smirky
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4
Versatile fume for anytime of the year
Nelson sorta surprised me. The initial opening gave me a hint of apple - not what I was expecting. It started to smooth out as the lavender and base woody notes appeared. While I was able to pick out some of the individual notes, the overall impact is of a really nice, smooth, creamy and fresh scent. Cedar was probably the prominent woody note, but it was still well blended with the rest as to not be too strong, or smelling like hamster bedding or cedar mulch. Yet, the patch and sandalwood weren't very strong either. The eucalyptus in the opening wasn't strong - no vapor rub scent. I guess everything was just nicely blended resulting in a pleasant, masculine and versatile scent that's also fresh but not sour. There were shades of the far dry down of Palmer here but Nelson is the superior scent.
Longevity was good coming down to a still noticeable skin scent by the 10th hour while projection is more moderate - something that would make it very good for office and close quarters use.
UPDATE (1/18/2025): I've completed testing all of the Guy Fox fragrances available in their two sample sets. One set is for the "Founder's Reserve" Collection while the other contains all their standard releases. Here's my ranking of all of them, with a few notes:
First group, ranked in order of my preference. These are the top Guy Fox fumes in my book - full bottle worthy, with Nightcap being the best:
1. Nightcap
2. Fairway
3. Vince
4. Nelson
Second group, no rank or order, just grouped together. Nice scents. I like them, but not enough to buy a FB:
Aspen
Primo
Mikul
Jefe
Preston
Third group, no rank or order, just grouped together. OK, somewhat generic. Mediocre performance for some:
Palmer
Tyler
Marra
JP
Fourth group. Just plain awful. Was almost a scrubber for me:
Riviera
Longevity was good coming down to a still noticeable skin scent by the 10th hour while projection is more moderate - something that would make it very good for office and close quarters use.
UPDATE (1/18/2025): I've completed testing all of the Guy Fox fragrances available in their two sample sets. One set is for the "Founder's Reserve" Collection while the other contains all their standard releases. Here's my ranking of all of them, with a few notes:
First group, ranked in order of my preference. These are the top Guy Fox fumes in my book - full bottle worthy, with Nightcap being the best:
1. Nightcap
2. Fairway
3. Vince
4. Nelson
Second group, no rank or order, just grouped together. Nice scents. I like them, but not enough to buy a FB:
Aspen
Primo
Mikul
Jefe
Preston
Third group, no rank or order, just grouped together. OK, somewhat generic. Mediocre performance for some:
Palmer
Tyler
Marra
JP
Fourth group. Just plain awful. Was almost a scrubber for me:
Riviera
Updated on 01/18/2026
