After yesterday's disappointing Feather Supreme, today was the turn of Feel N Chill. It's an aquatic fresh scent with a bunch of fruit at the top and a musky green at the bottom. I have a love / hate relationship with aquatic scents. Conceptually? Two thumbs up from this guy. I am enamoured by all things wet. I embrace the rain, I'm never dehydrated, and the only cardio I can stomach is swimming. My mantra is moist. Liquid is my life. Sadly, the feeling is not reciprocated. Feel N Chill opens with a pleasant fruit burst, with a watermelon core that's complemented by a herbal bergamot tang. Cardamom adds intrigue, and for a while, all is gangbusters. It's bright, it's fresh, it's spicy, and it's aquatic. Then, without rhyme or reason, all the nuance just... disappears. It's my skin's fault, I'm sure of it. It has a deep and abiding hatred for anything aquatic. Try as I might, every overzealous slather simply fades to an indistinct smear before an hour is up. And even though it's the water in the watermelon which informs this aquatic scent, there's no real difference here. The top fades away all too quickly, leaving a skin scent with traces of the mid. Of the listed notes at this juncture, it's the pine needle that has the most impact, as that does apply itself to the the rest of the smell's lifespan. As for the fig... it's there, but it's hardly Philosykos. When we hit the drydown, there's a little more success on the report card. Musk, vetiver, amber, all pretty standard and uninspiring, but when it's tempered with the fading pine needle it accentuates the vetiver green and brings a little excitement. It's a pleasant dry, but it's quite close, and at times it's a struggle to hold onto the profile as it fades into the background a little too readily. For me, it's another NO on the Is It Bottle Worthy scale. Shame, really, as there are aspects to enjoy... but I can't get past the gaping void that my skin impresses onto the profile. If you're a fan of aquatics, and they love you back, give this one a whirl.

I purchased a sample quite some time ago. I tried it when I first got it and I was very impressed. Months later, I have it a full wear (today). I see how it can be compared to red tobacco and Carlisle because it's in that space. However, it smells like a designer take on both. Definitely more rounded and mass appealing, but for me, it doesn't have the depth or complexity of Carlisle. Doing the side by side, it seems to me like Carlisle is much darker and mysterious and the dry down on the Absolu starts to smell a bit more like Layton. Still a lovely fragrance, but do any of you get this Layton dry down too? I'm curious..