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40 Knots XerJoff 2012

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Ranked 8 in Unisex Perfume

8.5 / 10 4157 Ratings

A popular perfume by XerJoff for women and men, released in 2012. The scent is aquatic-sweet. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Aquatic

Sweet

Woody

Fresh

Spicy

Ratings

Scent

8.54157 Ratings

Longevity

8.33963 Ratings

Sillage

8.03960 Ratings

Bottle

9.13823 Ratings

Value for money

7.23511 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 03/25/2025.

Interesting Facts

For fragrances of the collection "Join The Club", by purpose no notes are specified. Every scent of this series is dedicated to another club.

The fragrance is part of the "Join The Club" collection.

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Reviews

174 in-depth fragrance descriptions

02/08/2025

8
Pricing 8
Bottle 9
Sillage 8
Longevity 9
Scent

Sanjo
12 Reviews

Sanjo

Top Review 13

40 Knots XerJoff 2012

40 Knots ist ein absolut vielseitiges holziges Parfüm, das zu fast jeder Jahreszeit, am Tag oder in der Nacht getragen werden kann. Es ist kein aquatisches oder maritimes Parfüm vom Typ erfrischend oder Poolparty, sondern es ist eine Darstellung dessen, wie jemand riechen würde, wenn er auf einem gestrandeten Boot wäre und das Holz mit einem hochwertigen Wachs polieren würde.
Er hält 10-12 Stunden lang hervorragend, ich betrachte ihn als unisex-männlich und würde ihn für Menschen in den 30ern empfehlen.
Als Empfehlung, wenn Sie etwas suchen, das nach Meer riecht, würde ich sagen, eine bessere Option ist Aqua di Sale, und wenn Sie etwas Erfrischendes und Lustiges für den Strand oder eine Party in der Nähe des Meeres suchen, versuchen Sie vielleicht Torino 21 oder etwas Zitrusartiges wie Nio aus dem gleichen Haus Xerjoff. Wenn Sie auf der Suche nach einem eleganten, vielseitigen und eindrucksvollen Duft sind, dann ist 40 Knots eine sehr gute Wahl.

02/16/2025

6
Pricing 10
Bottle 6
Sillage 9
Longevity 8
Scent

Wusubi
27 Reviews

Wusubi

Helpful Review 8

Aquatic? Where?

40 Knots is a surprising fragrance. Xerjoff promises to transport you to a luxurious sailing lifestyle with a taste of freedom coming from open water and colorful marine life. Sounds like an aquatic freshie, right? Well, it dries down to a sweet, powdery scent.

Upon spraying, it's abstractly sweet, then it develops into a blend of calone, honey and salt. There's also a floral undertone and the overall impression reminds me of a sea breeze with comforting sweetness. This phase lasts for about 30-45 minutes before it ventures into the more warm and resinous territory.

It's worth noting that the honey-like nuance also has a boozy twist to it, which immediately makes me think of myrrh. However, the more it dries down, the more powdery it becomes, so it could be a honey note mixed with amber accord. It's harder to tell on skin, but spray it on a strip and compare - it's boozier on paper.

Another strange thing about 40 Knots is a spicy facet, introduced 1.5 hours into the wear. The drydown phase has dry woodiness to it, which might be cedarwood. At this point, the scent profile is woody, resinous, powdery, sweet and spicy, with boozy and floral aspects. Not quite a marine experience, but perhaps something a yacht owner would wear.

Performance is good, it lasts for 10 hours on my skin with soft projection. It's more versatile than the aquatic tag would suggest, given its ambery charater. If you're hoping for a freshie, you'll either be disappointed or surprised. Yes, the opening is refreshing, but it morphs into a warm perfume with lingering sweetness. Maybe it was reformulated, who knows?

12/26/2024

8
Pricing 9
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 9
Scent

Artemiooo
4 Reviews

Artemiooo

Helpful Review 3

Exquisit summer

The next summer season I will be smelling different, intriguing, expensive and sexy. This is what 40 knots makes me feel like. Unlike any other typical summer perfume it has depths reminiscent to a good quality light amber perfume. On the other hand salty marine notes together with some almost fizzy nuances (woody and citrus like noted) make the entire composition airy, intriguing and almost captivating. Like breeze at the see, it comes and goes in waves, leaving you thirsty for more. Salty skin and slightly humid linen short on a hot day, sun is shining and it is definitely the best time to feel great and cherish this moment of your life. 40 knots will help you with that, because you will smell like no other in summer. And you will know this every time your nose catches a pleasant wave of the perfume. You cannot resist but have a little smile.

Highly recommend this one for man and woman who want something special, something made with distinguished taste.

09/15/2024

5
Pricing 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 4.5
Scent

Smirky
360 Reviews

Smirky

Helpful Review 2

Overall, not really a marine or aquatic fragrance

40 Knots opens with a very strange scent. Not really sure how to describe it. Maybe a mix a marine and woody notes? It didn't last long though. As it dried down, it started to become sweet, perhaps too sweet for me. The overly sweet phase didn't last very long either and then a woody accord appeared and an extreme powdery accord s well. For the most part, 40 Knots is not at all a marine or aquatic scent, the name and blue bottle notwithstanding. To sum up, it's really a mild woody/powdery fragrance.

Performance overall is quite good with very good sillage and projection. By the time I showered and changed for the evening, it was going quite strong - about 10 hours after I first applied it.

For me, 40 Knots is a dislike because I don't like strong powdery fragrances. However, if you like powdery scents, you may want to give it a try, especially with such great performance.

01/19/2025

8
Pricing 9
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 9
Scent

Camaleon22
12 Reviews

Camaleon22

Helpful Review 2

A deceiving but beautiful fragrance

Let's get something out of the way, to anyone who still suggests this is a summer fragrance, no smell is bound to any season, but this one screams cool weather.

Maybe the slight, and I mean so smallish, hint of saltiness can veer someone to think this is a summer fragrance, but in reality it is a complexly sweet and powdery amber fragrance.

Opening smells like a straight up Coca Cola with some sort of sweet boozy accord (reminding me of cognac). Ambery sweet with some hints of rose.

Once it starts to drydown, I get a very prominent honey, amber, slight tobacco mixed with the rose smell. Woody and powdery notes are the base that encompasses all of those notes mentioned above. It is versatile enough to wear year round, but would only use in the summer on evenings.

Performance is absolutely beastly. 10+ hours easily, loud projection and sillage. Compliment getter, and out of the ordinary fragrance.

The more I wear it the more I fall in love with this. It is not everybody, so sample first.

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