To Be (Eau de Toilette) by Police

To Be 2011 Eau de Toilette

DPArtist
06/05/2018 - 07:18 AM
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Very helpful Review
6.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage 9Bottle

To be sweet and cheerful!

I'm wearing this scent today and the first thing I've got to say is that this is not an aquatic or freshie, despite what the watery blue colour of the liquid and the top grapefruit note may lead you to believe that. I know the term synthetic is perhaps overused but I think it's quite apt here, for me it's one of those fragrances that hits me in the throat right from the off and isn't all that pleasant to wear. It looks a lot of fun with it's skull shaped-bottle but the initial fresh grapefruit blast opening (sadly for a freshie lover like me) quickly mutates into a synthetic pepper heavy blast!

I'm a fan of the presentation the bottle really looks great (if kind of gimmicky!) especially in this alluring shade of blue but the scent makes me picture purple or perhaps even a gold, or both! Police To Be is a fun & youthful nighttime/party fragrance, to a certain extent it recalls scents like Boss bottled, One Million et al, just not as spicy as some of those and with a touch more freshness. It even makes me think of something that the house of Jacques Bogart might produce, as it is certainly strong and has that trademark sweetness. Apart from the harsh synthetic peppery opening (the grapefruit vanishes almost immediately to my nose) the dry-down is quite linear, it stays sweet & floral (violet & amber) with a little spice thrown in to the mix. I think it could get quite cloying on hot days.

There's not really much left to say about this one, apart from the fact it does seem to last a long time and project well too, so it presents great value for money given the prices it can be found for, especially online. Right now I can't see myself wearing this one a lot, even as a dumb grab, but I'll keep it in mind for when the days start to become colder again (which is a long way off!) as I think it would be more suitable (and perhaps even kind of appealing) then.

To be...continued.
2 Comments
DPArtistDPArtist 7 years ago
Haha thanks, I think it's probably worth it for the bottle alone as it can be found at very nice prices!! As for the scent itself, I think I might've exaggerated the harshness of the opening in my review. It's not that bad really, fairly inoffensive although not my kind of scent (and perhaps a bit deja-vu or smelled)
ExUserExUser 7 years ago
Hi DPArtist,
Your review was quite informative for me as probably it stopped me fro buying this fragrance fior the juice itself. I am still considering to buy it for the bottle alone.
Hahahahaha
Fragrance people are sometimes nuts and have some strange buying decisions.
All the best,
Carlitos