40 Knots XerJoff 2012

An evening at the lake with your loved ones,
Everyone around you is being bitten by mosquitoes,
You're well prepared, because 40 Knots keeps the mosquitoes away!
I still don't know what to make of this fragrance. But it's definitely not a crowd pleaser. Unfortunately, most of the people around me thought the scent was only "okay" because they are normally used to better from me.

The scent could be so nice with its salt, linalool / Nivea cream base but for me it completely ruins the interplay of the penetrating citronella / cinnamon note. I spend a lot of time in nature and I usually use citronella to repel mosquitoes. Unfortunately, the smell I get there is what I get here with the 40 Knots.

I can imagine that it is good for keeping the mosquitoes away on an evening at the lake / sea. I expected so much from this combination and was unfortunately disappointed by Xerjoff. For people who have worn everything, the 40 Knots could be something, because it is definitely out of the ordinary.

I would definitely describe the longevity as good, whereas the sillage is not bombastic. In any case, it is not a very loud fragrance and tends to radiate closer to the skin.

If you wait a few hours and the citronella / cinnamon combination has slowly but surely disappeared, then I find the fragrance quite interesting. In its current state, however, I won't be wearing it.