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5555555a – :
The only Clubman product I like.
It’s a Christmas-y, cinnamon-y, gingerbread spicy scent. Nice, huge 12 oz bottle too. The only thing wrong with this one is that it doesn’t last long.
It’s something you splash on yourself before going to bed to make the wife happy.
Daymos – :
Along with the original Pinuad, I love this scent. It is also great for the price. This one also is considered a timeless classic if you are into classic scents I highly recommend . Would I buy this one again? Absolutely.
The Gents score (10/10 a gentleman’s classic)
denis_c95 – :
I’ve been wanting to buy some Bay Rum for a long time and after reading the reviews decided to go with this one.
Came in the mail today and it smells absolutely delicious!
Cinnamon candy, Red Hots, right out of the bottle.. mellows nicely.
Btw, I took the advice previously mentioned to decant this to a glass bottle – I found a perfect vintage painted glass rum bottle complete with pirates, parrots, and treasure chests, and a cork stopper!
Herihog – :
I wanted this for nostalgia but for seven bucks im blown away. The smell is fantastic. Not what i was expecting at all. Its a spicy accord mostly bay, clove and cinnamon. I pick up notes from many spicy mens fragrances herod, spicebomb the one, etc. Its not projecting much but as an edt or better this scent would be in my top five.
rom188 – :
This aftershave/cologne has a very long history going back over a century in the West Indies. People in the Carribean routinely used (and still use) it. Apparently it was first created when sailors and pirates in the Carribean would mix bay leaves with rum (which they already had in abundance) and pour that over themselves as a cologne, to hide body odour due to being away at sea for months at a time. So this is technically as authentic as it gets if you want to smell like a pirate. To my nose, the opening smells a lot like bay leaves mixed with rum, lots of cloves, and a hint of cinnamon. Out of these, the rum and cloves in particular are pretty noticeable in the opening – and I enjoy the scent of both. As it dries down, the rum is dominant along with bay leaves (the cloves and cinnamon become more subdued). It’s very old-fashioned and masculine, and suited more for winters than summers in my opinion. Sillage is moderate but leaning light (resembles the sillage of any eau de cologne), while longevity is pretty amazing for this type of fragrance on my skin at over 6 hours, and then as a skin scent for around 4 more hours. If using this right after shaving, it provides a very nice burning sensation to the face as well; in fact more than my other aftershaves. Overall this is quite enjoyable as an cologne and aftershave with quite a decent amount of lasting power (in fact it’s basically a cologne; it lasts far more than my other aftershaves) and more old-fashioned (in a good way) than the modern “sport” aftershaves that all smell the same. The scent of this is so unique and it has a long heritage going back over 200 years, and a large bottle of this will cost you very little money. For these reasons this is one of my favourite colognes.
5/5
P.S. Word of advice: add a few drops of lime essential oil to this and the scent goes from good to INCREDIBLE.
artermprank – :
You can’t go wrong with a good Bay Rum, and Pinaud’s is good. Not great, but definitely good. It’s spicy, and a good strength, but not overdone, and the drydown lingers with notes of cinnamon leaf and musk along with spicy bay leaves. There are others I prefer (Caribbean, Royall Bay Rhum, Dominica), but there’s nothing wrong with Pinaud’s, and it’s quite inexpensive.
Hint: I decanted mine into a glass bottle instead of leaving it in the original plastic, and after several days noticed an improvement in the fragrance — I suspect there are compounds in the plastic that interact with the alcohol.
neron5 – :
I’ve been wanting a cinnamon bomb for a while. I’ve considered a lot of options, even some of the big spicy orientals from the 80s, but I stumbled on this while clicking around on Amazon. This is exactly what I was looking for.
The cinnamon is strong, but the clove in this is probably stronger. I can walk around smelling like a living Djarum Black cigarette.
If you apply enough it has a wonderful numbing/cooling effect from the eugenol. Splash it on with abandon – the instructions are on the bottle.
What a wonderful surprise.
SallSkerway – :
To my nose this is the best bay rum; it’s about as cheap as you can get as far aftershave goes; and, most importantly, my wife loves it.
It’s pretty linear, which can be said about pretty much all bay rums. What differentiates Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum from the rest is that it’s heavy on the clove and has a soapy musk-y note in the base (musk isn’t listed, but I definitely get consistently), which makes this bay rum the longest lasting bay rum, hands down. In a world of short-lived bay rums V.I.B.R. is the exception to the rule.
It’s great, it’s cheap, and it’s an excellent fall to early spring scent. I highly recommend it.
crazyjew – :
I love this scent. Its like a Caribbean pirate scent, very manly. I think it would be a bit much for office wear but for the evening or a day off its wonderful. Its a great aftershave, or after haircut scent.
algoc – :
It’s mainly cinnamon and bay, which gives an unmistakable masculine vibe. I do enjoy the smell.
It just disqualifies with the burn – which it is not the pleasant, refreshing alcohol sting hat I love – but this is a chemical burn, setting in with time fuse, caused by the cinnamon compounds. I just don’t think this can possibly do anything (good) for my skin.
DAN2010 – :
I once owned a bottle of Royall Bay Rhum. $40 (and that was discounted), Nice bottle – didn’t last. I like this stuff just as much. $7, much bigger bottle – doesn’t last.
It’s what I wear when I don’t feel like wearing anything, or when my nose is congested and I don’t want to waste my bottle of Tuscan Leather…
irortixarinly – :
Fresh cloves leap out at you, this is unquestioningly a man’s fragrance, strongly masculine, spicy, exotic, but without being tropical.
A vintage black and white male film star would smell of this, and would be gentlemanly, kindly, and have a strong jawline you wanted to get close enough to kiss.
I love it.
suselxxx – :
I can’t say that I’m a connoisseur in the bay rum department, but I do indeed love this. It does “burns like the dickens” and is not for the squeamish. Lasts long enough, I can wake up the next day and still smell it…
morozovish – :
I bought this not because of its scent, but because it’s an excellent aftershave–burns like the dickens, and leaves my skin feeling quite warm. Lots of cinnamon, lots of clove. It doesn’t linger past ten minutes, which is a good thing, because it’s a bit…alcoholic.
Erannindy – :
Bought this for my Fathers day present,I read it was heavy on clove and light on bay,but its a perfect combination,like it opens up with Bay,then the Cinnamon and Cloves,It last about a couple of hours,it lingers
I’m aware of pinnaud’s use of rubbing alcohol but this 1 smelled just like another Bayrum I purchased called Hold fast it didnt use cloves but I really believe Clubman Mastered Bay rum,I suggest buying a body mist sprayer and using it as a spray cologne.Anyway 5 Stars
^^Nik008^^ – :
“Smells like christmas!!!” was a comment I received about this. It’s a nice, pleasant, spicy bay rum that for next to nothing will last you forever!! The bottle I got was huge!! It is mostly cinnamon and clove with only a hint of warm rum. Bay leaf is very faint in the background. It’s a good casual aftershave that I wear in fall and winter especially around the holiday season. To me, it’s like the burberry london of aftershaves!!
Sconpople – :
I love this Bay Rum, it has great staying power and projection. The only down side to it is the fact that it comes in a plastic bottle with a softish plastic cap.
I disagree with the post below, I think it’s a fine winter night time fragrance, I have had many positive comments while wearing this on a night out on the ’tiles’.
лютеин – :
This is a eugenol bomb, basically a ton of clove overlaid with a ton of cinnamon, and not a whole lot else. Sounds bad perhaps, but actually for a dirt-cheap bay rum, it smells OK. If the “bay” part of the equation is important to you, look elsewhere, because there’s almost none to be found here, just a slightly camphorous edge to the spice, mostly on top. Good for after a shave on a Saturday when your plans for the afternoon don’t involve anything more than padding around in blue jeans like George C. Scott in The Changeling. Random, I know, but your day really does have to be as boring and individualistic as that film is if you want this scent to work. In other words, use it functionally, but don’t wear it in public.Update 9/23/18:
Although I maintain that this has scads of clove and cinnamon, I just want to reiterate that this is a bay rum, and the “bay” and “rum” components are very good for the price. This is representative of the genre, and what I would consider a “reference bay rum” for anyone unfamiliar with the term. It doesn’t have the most natural bay note, but it’s decent at $1 an ounce. For a more fleshed out bay rum, consider St Johns and Royall Lyme of Bermuda.