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To Be

The King Police 2013

Controversially Rated Bottle

6.5 / 10 52 Ratings

A perfume by Police for men, released in 2013. The scent is oriental-spicy. It is being marketed by Mavive.
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Main accords

Oriental

Spicy

Sweet

Synthetic

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Cardamom

Bay leaf

Cedar

Lemon

Nutmeg

Heart Notes

Lavender

Amber

Artemisia

Cashmere wood

Base Notes

Tonka bean Resins

Resins

Orange blossom

Woody notes

Perfumer

Pierre-Constantin Guéros

Ratings

Scent

6.552 Ratings

Longevity

6.342 Ratings

Sillage

5.841 Ratings

Bottle

4.776 Ratings

Value for money

7.222 Ratings

Submitted by Apicius, last update on 10/05/2025.

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The fragrance is part of the To Be collection.

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Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

10/24/2013

6Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

Gold
726 Reviews

Gold

6

Eases the stress

No matter how kitschy, trashy and ugly the bottle, this is a warm, spicy scent that has that comforting ambery aroma. The spicy start is uplifting, while the heart and the base are soothing with lavender, tonka bean and woody notes. Eases that "tired-wired" back-to-work feeling of adrenal stress on a Monday morning. This might sound unexpected - and probably the makers of this new Police-scent would be surprised at my perception. But you should never be scared of what your nose tells you. "To Be - The King" is a wearable sensual scent. Just kindly ignore the bottle.

12/14/2014

7Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

Zacharel
10 Reviews

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Zacharel

Top Review 6

The king is dead - long live the king!

Since the scent itself is quite simple, I don't want to ramble on. I'm surprised that no one has commented on it yet - it definitely deserves a review! :)

About the bottle: Apparently, opinions are divided here. I, for my part, find it very amusing but anything but discreet - now the scent inside just needs to embody the same image. But it's a great idea in itself, though as always, a matter of taste.

The scent: It starts off quite strong and zesty. Fresh lemon accompanied by spicy cardamom - a damn delicious story. Unfortunately, the pleasure doesn't last very long. After about 45 minutes, the initially so self-assured skull king becomes rather shy. He hides away and only makes himself known slightly through a hint of cashmere wood, until he quickly fades away.

Conclusion: If one were to claim that this is a bad scent, one would have to lie. The basic idea, the composition of the fragrance, and the individual components are really well chosen - however, it unfortunately cannot convey this outwardly with decent performance.
I don't even want to talk about "sillage" here :D the longevity is fine in itself, but what good is that if you only get to experience the scent yourself?^^ Ultimately, for €19.99, you can't go too wrong and shouldn't expect too much. So definitely not a bad purchase, but also not a supernova!

Maybe with "To Be the King," it's not about being the king of others, but rather of oneself! :)