Top Notes 
Black tea
Cashmere wood
Sandalwood
Heart Notes 
Cuban cigar
Milk
Suede
Base Notes 
Amber
Oakmoss
Rum
Smoke
Smirky
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Some commentors at Fragrantica mention that Primo is similar to Nightcap. I'd like to start my review by saying that is absolutely not the case. While they share notes, Nightcap is rich, deep, heavy and dark with superb performance. I have a FB and enjoy it very much.
Coming into Primo and expecting a similarity, I was very surprised. Primo is almost the opposite - it's light and brighter, almost fresh. While I get some of the notes upon application and initial dry down (maybe about 5 minutes or so), the final dry down is a creamy, lightly powdery, unique scent. It's rather difficult to describe - somewhat woody but with a light topping of amber, rum, smoke, tobacco and suede all mixed together such that no note seems to really stick out. The overall impression is of a creamy, woody scent that is mildly powdery, emphasis on the sandalwood I guess. Projection is moderate while longevity came down to about 8 hours or so.
Another way to look at Primo is if you feel that something like Nightcap is too heavy to even consider it for summer, you could try Primo which brings similar notes to the table but in a very light and almost fresh way. While nice, I like Nightcap too much to really bother with Primo and wearing Nightcap on a warm, summer evening doesn't frighten me.
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
Coming into Primo and expecting a similarity, I was very surprised. Primo is almost the opposite - it's light and brighter, almost fresh. While I get some of the notes upon application and initial dry down (maybe about 5 minutes or so), the final dry down is a creamy, lightly powdery, unique scent. It's rather difficult to describe - somewhat woody but with a light topping of amber, rum, smoke, tobacco and suede all mixed together such that no note seems to really stick out. The overall impression is of a creamy, woody scent that is mildly powdery, emphasis on the sandalwood I guess. Projection is moderate while longevity came down to about 8 hours or so.
Another way to look at Primo is if you feel that something like Nightcap is too heavy to even consider it for summer, you could try Primo which brings similar notes to the table but in a very light and almost fresh way. While nice, I like Nightcap too much to really bother with Primo and wearing Nightcap on a warm, summer evening doesn't frighten me.
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
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