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Fantastic cheapie.
This is a wonderful spicy, woody, creamy, slightly sweet scent. It opens with some sparkling, effervescent citruses and ginger before quickly settling into the dominant accord of creamy, spiced woods that lasts for around 6 hours. This is not really an intensely woody cedar; no pencil shavings or sawmill here. The cedar IS identifiable as cedar, but it's beautifully blended with guaic wood, amber, lavender, and a melange of spices. As others have pointed out, it's not mindblowing or even all that unique (I've definitely smelt something similar somewhere before, but I'm just not sure where), but it is masculine, fresh, and comforting. When I wear Quorum Silver, I feel totally at ease, and I wear it a lot lounging around at home. However, it's also a perfect scent for office wear. It's appropriate for all seasons as well.
Despite the note breakdown chock full of woods and spices, it works perfectly well in both hot and cool weather. As previously mentioned, the ginger and citrus gives this a kind of zingy sparkling freshness that keeps everything from getting too heavy. However, in the drydown things get a little bit deeper and darker as the woods come more to the fore. The only time I wouldn't wear this would be on the hottest and most humid of days (I'm pretty sure it'd get instantly vaporized), or in the bone chill of winter (it wouldn't be able to stand up to the cold). Other than that, it's a wonderfully versatile fragrance.
Performance wise, I get decent longevity - as I said, around 6 hours. Projection and sillage are pretty limited, with soft projection for maybe the first hour that fades to the skin shortly afterwards.
Now, let's discuss value. I paid $11 for a 100ml tester of this. $11. $11 couldn't even buy you a bottle of some random Ferrari fragrance. For $11, you get a great scent profile with average/decent performance. What have you got to lose? You can spray to your heart's content. By the way, the sprayer is great on this thing - huge distribution.
Overall, this is probably one of my best cheapie blind buys ever, up there with Lanvin Arpege Pour Homme, Burberry London, Bentley For Men Intense, Guerlain Vetiver, and Halloween Man Shot. $11 people! Just get it!
8/10
Despite the note breakdown chock full of woods and spices, it works perfectly well in both hot and cool weather. As previously mentioned, the ginger and citrus gives this a kind of zingy sparkling freshness that keeps everything from getting too heavy. However, in the drydown things get a little bit deeper and darker as the woods come more to the fore. The only time I wouldn't wear this would be on the hottest and most humid of days (I'm pretty sure it'd get instantly vaporized), or in the bone chill of winter (it wouldn't be able to stand up to the cold). Other than that, it's a wonderfully versatile fragrance.
Performance wise, I get decent longevity - as I said, around 6 hours. Projection and sillage are pretty limited, with soft projection for maybe the first hour that fades to the skin shortly afterwards.
Now, let's discuss value. I paid $11 for a 100ml tester of this. $11. $11 couldn't even buy you a bottle of some random Ferrari fragrance. For $11, you get a great scent profile with average/decent performance. What have you got to lose? You can spray to your heart's content. By the way, the sprayer is great on this thing - huge distribution.
Overall, this is probably one of my best cheapie blind buys ever, up there with Lanvin Arpege Pour Homme, Burberry London, Bentley For Men Intense, Guerlain Vetiver, and Halloween Man Shot. $11 people! Just get it!
8/10