Many designer interpretations of modern, maximally successful fragrances (
Sauvage Eau de Toilette,
Aventus) copy, excuse me, orient themselves to their role models, but with a few minor adjustments, especially at the beginning. Sometimes this works better (
Authentic Man,
Explorer,
Luna Rossa Carbon), sometimes less so (
MCM Onyx). Sometimes it goes completely wrong. Sometimes it would have been better to just copy the foundation outright.
Legend Red starts fresh, clinically citrusy, sour, and slightly woody. This clinical synthetic quality bothers me immensely and has something of a cleaning product (but not of the pleasant kind). At this point, I am (still) very disappointed with the fragrance, which is referred to as a hidden gem by some YouTubers.
After about half an hour, the tide turns: The cedar now comes to the forefront, grapefruit and blood orange, which are so poorly executed here, recede much further into the background, and - Sauvage comes to the fore. Yes, that’s right, Legend Red incorporates a decent portion of the successful designer DNA from 2015 in the drydown (albeit without pepper). At this point, I begin to like the fragrance.
However, it is already too late for the overall rating; the creepy start cannot be redeemed by the progression.
In addition, the performance is mixed. While the fragrance lasts a solid 7 hours on my skin, the sillage leaves much to be desired right from the first spray, and on the other hand, it loses much of its already low projection power after just an hour and a half. The price is very reasonable, but this is also reflected in the performance.
The bottle, lastly, is the typical one from the Legend series in fiery red. I’m not particularly fond of the basic shape; it’s a bit spartan and looks somewhat dated in my opinion, but otherwise it’s okay. The bright color, in my opinion, rather enhances the impression of being old-fashioned.
A solid fragrance for everyday and sports, but not extraordinary, and one should first get used to the start.
Top Notes 
Blood orange
Grapefruit
Cardamom
Heart Notes 
Cedar
Juniper berry
Clary sage
Base Notes 
Mahogany wood
Tonka bean
Elysium
Crazysillage
GeorgeReid
Reap
Mralfor
Ursaw
Yatagan
Bastian
Theris
Käse
