“I absolutely hate this at the opening. It smells abrasive and harsh. Synthetic. But whew, that dry down is something different. I like it...the bottle is big with lots of sprays in it this thing will last me longer than a year but it takes about an hour or so to get that really interesting smell. With that being said if this is what everyone is calling the best Creed clone then that also tells me I shouldn't even bother with Creed. I have colognes that smell way better than this from opening to close.”