Truefitt Hill Trafalgar Cologne 3 38 oz

This is my third purchase of Trafalgar. I like the fragrance very much. Especially pleasant in the Spring and Summer. Read more

A brief blurb to place my fragrance sensibilities: I'm a middle-aged professional man, father, who enjoys a nice wardrobe, including fragrances. My collection is considerable, numbering in 'several hundreds'. I enjoy anything that is well put together, smells pleasant, and has acceptable longevity. I despise cloying fragrances, especially artificial ones, cheap, synthetic "woods and spices" types (astringent old-man smells), and many "red" fragrances for lack of a better term, based on cinnamon, cardamom, amber. Things often called "Desire" or "Night". I love aquas, chypres, florals, fougeres, oudhs, attars, orientals. Good ones anyway. I was very excited to try Truefitt & Hill after reading reviews here as well as on basenotes.net. It sounds like a great British perfumer; similar to Czech & Speake and among their full range of fragrances, it sounds like it's hard to go wrong. I purchased 5 of them: Trafalgar, Grafton, Freshman, Clubman, and West Indian Limes. Trafalgar, as with the other bottles, has a terrific presentation. The box is ornate and very neat; the bottle is heavy, solid, has a matching ornate label on the front and a gorgeous etched pattern on the back. Wonderful. The fragrance itself is a bit of a letdown. The topnote was lemon. One of the better, natural, lemon-forward scents I have experienced. The mid-note begins to dry down into a really subtle, pleasant jasmine and what seems like a seriously subtle hint of rose. Then, the basenote... lemon. Just lemon. I couldn't pick up anything else. I had a clean palatte and really, it's pure lemon. I simply can't pick up anything T&H describes this fragrance as having. Additionally, the longevity is dismally bad. After an hour the sillage was down to about 1 inch from the application, and after about 3 hours, there was no trace whatsoever. I chose to move on trying something else; I didn't even need to wash my skin or change shirts. It was simply gone. It does appear to be high-quality, as every review does claim about other T&H fragrances. It seems to be very natural, and as such, it's tough to combine that with longevity. I'm thinking Creed; some of those fragrances are spectacularly nice, but don't last. The fragrance is so linear, one-dimensional... it's an excellent lemon-forward fragrance if that's what you're after, but it really is nothing more than that, just a great natural lemon. There's just a bump in the midnotes that you won't notice if you aren't really paying attention, smelling for it. The longevity isn't even half-day, so it won't last you until a lunch date. For the price, the lemon just doesn't add up. I'm still very optimistic about the other ones. I will review them all in turn. However, this one leaves a lot to be desired; it's OK, short-lasting, and not special, not unique. I would have loved it if that jasmine kept blooming in the basenote but instead it receded behind the lemon. As far as this particular scent, I can't endorse it simply because of the price. It'll be nice enough to wear but really isn't exceptional and is overpriced for what it is / does. Cheers. Read more

First time user and really like the scent-matches well with after shave balm Read more

I was expecting a stronger Sandalwood fragrance, but the fragrance it did have was nice. Read more

Great product, timely delivery. Read more

This it really a high quality product! It stays with you for hours and is very pleasant. I found it to be somewhat spicy, but not overpowering. It is a bit pricey, but a little goes a long way so you will not be buying another bottle for quite some time, even if you use it every day. Read more

It's difficult, unless you are "super-nose", to quantify the nuances that complex fragrances bring, be it wine or a product such as a cologne. Rest assure though, this is a rich, complex, 'heaven on earth' experience as soon as the cologne touches the skin. Maybe it's me, but the ladies seem to like it. There's a real good chance that they are smelling something uniquely sublime. Which never hurts..... ;) Read more

I have had this Cologne before and immediately I could tell this bottle was a little different -perhaps a slightly different formula or something.. Watered down? It is not the same.. Perhaps it is very old stock ? Have loved this scent over the years, but this bottle is not up there compared to bottles of the past.. Read more