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henk13 – :
A candy lime scent. Just lime. I don’t think it makes for a good fragrance. I do think it makes a good aftershave. Really needs a Lime concocted edt or edp layered on top of it. Just a nice lime bomb aftershave. Really nice during Summer.
AnypeTrermnum – :
Kind of a joke at this point. Bought a bottle while on a “lime kick”. Alcohol and lime evaporates almost instantly. Best used for a hand sanitizer.
Eldar2007.81 – :
I admit to being a fan of several other Pinaud fragrances. I splurged (well, just barely!) and bought almost every variety in the line. I know that they are low concentration of scent components due to the intended use, so I applied with a very heavy hand in order to really evaluate the product. I have to admit that I really dug the abrasive lime assault on the initial application. Some lovely bitter really line essence, but then a huge dose of bright lime candy scent. I kept smelling myself during the first 5-6 minutes, but the top faded rather quickly. The mid note florals were tepid and unobtrusive and eventually faded into a weak and totally skin close dry down. Though the ingredient list includes a fair distribution of aroma chemicals that I tend to enjoy, the end effect was all but pointless. A cheap 12.5 Oz bottle… It’s worth it just to enjoy the gaudy lime assault… Maybe I’ll figure out another splash to layer onto it…
Addendum – the ingredient list is really tough to read, but it’s worth noting. Contains the following : alpha-isomethyl ionene*, amyl cinnamal*, benzyl benzoate, butylphenyl methylpropional*, cinnamal, citral, coumarin, eugenol, geraniol, hydroxycitronallal, limonene, color…
Items marked “*” are restricted use compounds by IFRA. Each is a known irritant and sensitizer.
gabenja – :
My appreciation of inexpensive barbershop aftershaves, like Clubman and Old Spice, peaked my interest in this fragrance as it is made by Pinaud (but does not bear the Clubman Brand). I had a hole in my collection for a strong, linear citrus fragrance for post-shower-after-getting-off-the-beach to compliment my Tom Collins. I purchased this fragrance with no knowledge of what I would get, but hoped that this would be a citrusy version of the original Clubman or a variation of my beloved Royall Lyme. I found it to be nothing of the sort. I splashed it on liberally without so much as a sniff of the cap. It was a synthetic mess that smells more like grease cutter than anything I had ever applied to my face. While contemplating what else for which I could use it, the “hard candy” lime mellowed into a very ripe, fresh lime smell, backed by some sharp orange and lemon notes and subtle spice. Then it disappeared altogether. When I tried it again some time later, I applied it less liberally, and hated it all over again, and then it dried down to what I previously described. Yes, it is strong, and it is sharp out of the bottle, but applied in the right dose at the right time, it’s as refreshing as a Tom Collins after a day on the beach.
olga32 – :
Lime Sec, or “Dry Lime,” isn’t very dry, but in passing it does smell like a little bit of natural lime oil, mixed with some obviously synthetic lime hard candy. Bear in mind though that for a super cheap cologne, the quality of the lime note is quite good, if you can get past the limonene afterburn. Reading reviews of this scent on a wetshaver forum prior to trying it led me to believe it would literally smell like a lime jolly rancher, all sugary sweet and nondescript. That’s fortunately not the case at all – there is a bit of sweetness, and the citrus notes smell edible, albeit a bit harsh. Sweet + edible = candy, to most people. Not necessarily to me, though. Lime is naturally a bit sweet, definitely more mellow than lemon, and it has a woody edge to it. They tried to capture that essence in this formula, and it was a near miss. The longevity is bolstered past the five minute point by a subtle coumarin and white musk accord that simply reads as soapy “fresh” on skin. There’s also a hint of lavender in the drydown, which suggests that the “linalool” ingredient was intended to reproduce a fougere effect, and in that regard I think this was an affable success, in the same manner as the equally beloved Skin Bracer by Mennen.
You don’t wear something like Pinaud Lime Sec to impress anyone, not at $8 a bottle. It’s simply an unconventional wetshaver utility, best used on casual Fridays, weekends, cookouts, and before playing cards with the boys.