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dickrollland – :
Disclaimer: I use this solely as an aftershave, and am reviewing it as such
Next to Royall Lyme, Royall Mandarin is my favorite citrus aftershave. Much like Royall Lyme, Mandarin does what it says on the bottle. It’s mandarin, pure and simple. However, unlike Royall Lyme, Mandarin has a few additional notes – coriander and thyme. These work very well to give the fragrance some warmth.
In true Royall fashion, the glass bottle with pewter cap is striking, and is a great addition to any shaving cabinet. This is firmly in my rotation, however I haven’t found a suitable cologne to layer it with as yet.
Longevity is average, I get around 3 hours (not bad for an aftershave, though). However, there’s very little sillage – this is a skin scent on me.
minitigra – :
I love it when citrus does not go sour on me, as so often happens; the most notable offender being Atelier Orange Sanguine (which broke my heart).
This mandarin is soft and fragrant in the way of orange zest spritzed on a worn cozy leather jacket. I’ve seen no one else mention this so it must just be peculiar to me alone: a warm animalic note after drydown comes forth on my skin; not raunchy by any means, more akin to a well-loved leather jacket warmed by the sun.
I for one would love it for autumn as well as warm weather. Simple yet sexy. Royall Lyme Fragrances must be mixing magic elf dust into their “secret and carefully guarded formula”. Whatever it is, it works!
ngq538Unlogrere – :
I love this fragrance. It has a very clean citrus smell to it. It reminds me a little bit of Hermes D Orange Verte which I absolutely adore. I have the made in Bermuda bottle so I can’t speak of the USA formula. On me, the longevity is a beast lasting past 12 hours. I do apply liberally though. Once this runs out I won’t hesitate picking up the made in USA formula.
igor190174 – :
Smelling this from the bottle or paper strip is very different from having it on your skin. From the bottle it smells sweet, like mandarin syrup you’d stir in water to make a tasty summer drink. Once applied to the skin, it shifts into a drier citrus accord.
This is a simple fragrance, but refreshing. Terrific for warmer days. If you can pick up yourself a 4oz bottle for about $20 or less, you won’t be disappointed. 7.5/10
SokraTTT – :
I smelled this one at a gift shop on the washington coast. I liked it, but decided to buy Royall Lyme instead. Still a great sweetish uplifting mandarin scent with poor longevity. I prefer Clinique Happy for Men, for a good tangerine fix, although Happy is a lot more expensive, so this might be just right for people.
sh00ter61 – :
I felt, for a long time, that buying this scent was a waste. Upon initial receipt of this cologne, I quickly unscrewed the pewter cap and inhaled with all my might, only to be disappointed at the lack of orange I smelled. I continued to sniff at the cap throughout the night and for the next few days, wondering how this could have happened. I decided to put it on the shelf and all but forgot about it up until a about a week ago. Since it became warm, I have been wearing out Tommy Bahama’s welcome. So I decided to go back and retry this scent. When I did my first re-sniff, I was shocked! What I could not smell in the fall when I got it was there now. There’s a freshness that reminds me of Acqua di Gio and the beginning and then a softness that I’m currently unfamiliar with. Then, I get a feeling that reminds me of eating orange hard candy. I now rub this into my beard after a hot shower and it stays all day and sometimes even through the night. I am glad that I can now see what everyone was on about when they talked about it.
neron13 – :
I’m a total fan of Royall Fragrances, except for their Mandarin. While other reviews have noted the scent as possessing an orange or a mandarin scent, I find no such scent factor evident in this Royall Fragrances offering.
First of all, the scent of a fruit used in a fragrance is not derived from the fruit portion of the fruit itself but from the peels. I am a formulary aromatherapist who has a large inventory of pure essential oils from all over the world. One of those is pure essential oil of mandarin. I know what mandarin’s aroma qualities are and have used it in a number of blends I’ve formulated, and know how it complexifies with other essences. Somehow, Royall Fragrances missed it on this one.
This scent is more of an off-scent with strong amber notes that strongly overwhelm an expected light top note experience, where the mandarin scent should be most present, but is not. I believe many claim to smell the mandarin scent simply because they don’t know what actual neat (i.e. pure) mandarin scent really smells like, and so because this scent is so different from the signature quality of Royall Fragrances other scents, of which lime, bay, vitiver and musk are well known by the general public at large, a scent, that’s supposed to come from the peel of mandarin, is not so well known, hence the tendency to believe it’s mandarin, when in fact its not. A sort of suggestibility factor at work here more than an actual experiencing of the real mandarin essential oil itself.
I love Royall Fragrances Lyme, Bay and Vitiver fragrances (their Musk doesn’t set well with me or my skin type, but it’s a great ‘real’ musk scent all the same) and my fragrance cache has all of them, in 8 oz sizes no less, but their Mandarin fragrance I have relegated to only a visual presence in my collection as the striking orange bottle is quite unique and pretty, but the scent leaves something to be desired otherwise, as it’s not a citrus-based scent in any sense of the word or meaning.
deewhenda – :
When my 7 year old wants to put on one of my colognes, I put a few drops of this on him
nikonov – :
Again, I tried this at Whole Foods Market. It’s super simple but effective as All Purpose Lotion literally. It’s juicy and clean orange scent. It’s not sticky nor sugary. Just clean and refreshing orange. Great as a body splash, pillow mist, room freshener, etc.
sOSo – :
Royall Mandarin,
definitely mandarin,
without doubt.
No artistic about it.
It’s mandarin on bottle.