Too busy, too loud, too acrid, and probably more enjoyable being used as a bathroom spray than on skin. Even die-hard aquatic fans have a plethora of better options, and at prices comparable or actually lower than this. I can't fault it for being made to find an audience, but from a hobbyist's perspective, I can fault it for being a bad fragrance otherwise. Football Scholarship on his way to Gold's Gym after class. This was an accessory in the gym bag of Mr. Indeed, this was also a direct assault on the 18-25yr old young active entry-level guy the high school student, the collegiate, the service economy dude that drove a hand-me-down Saturn SL2 to game night at his friend's club basement, where D&D books were stacked to the roof alongside cans of Dr Pepper. This was the height of the first aquatic glut in male fragrance, and by turn of Y2K, we'd see gourmands, new musks, and a new generation of fresh fare powered by ambroxen instead of calone gradually take hold, which is marginally more interesting. My scathing review is not without some understanding. They should really save this base and build a whole new scent around it, but instead, this became a full-fledged grooming line. Speaking of bases, that's probably the only area where this gets a few nods, for once all that olfactory calamity dies down, we get some nice sandalwood, real but slight oakmoss, muguet, and crisp thyme. The multitudes of mint and pepper notes in the opening make sure you don't go unnoticed as you pass by on a summer day, but is that really the kind of trail you want to leave? Green apple and pineapple sweetness also emerge, as if a bit of the ozonic fruit archetype also popular in the 90's had to be stapled on to cover all bases.
The ginger/ginger ale accord in the opening is the big bubblegummy gimmick to get teen guys off their Playstations and ride their 90's BMX bikes down to the corner drugstore to "score" a bottle, but once you get passed the almost-cute opening, this quickly devolves into "designer Windex" as I used to call it myself before off-loading it (finally) to a friend.
If I hadn't already been exposed to this, I would think the overactive note pyramid pretty clearly states how it tries too hard. Early Addidas masculines came through the Beecham/Margaret Astor house and had a bit more seriousness to them, but once the Fragrance Borg that is the Coty empire picked up the name, it became a repository of second-rate ideas not good enough for prestigious labels, shucked to stores like Walmart for the teen set to stumble on. Everyone and their mother was making an aquatic or aquatic flanker in the 90's, as they were to men's fragrance then what a barbershop fougère was to that same market in the 60's and part of the 70's: Easy, guaranteed to sell, non-provocative, and cheap. (For me, I usually prefer, whenever possible, for the stronger concentration to be underneath clothing and for body spray and aftershave versions to be used on the exposed "pulse point" areas.) This application yields a favorable result for me.Īddidas Moves is a licensed Coty fragrance made on behalf of the venerable activewear/shoewear company, and is really just an exploitation of the first-wave aquatic craze began in earnest with Davidoff Cool Water in 1988. If reviewed without regard for price, I wouldn't be sure whether to give it three or four stars, but when considering what a great value it represents if found toward the bottom of its price range, it's easily four stars.įor Adidas Moves, I put it on immediately after showering, using a couple sprays of EDT on the chest, one spray of EDT on the back, and a squirt of the body spray on each side of the neck and behind each elbow.
It lasts three or four hours, and that's good enough to make it one of the best "bang for you buck" fragrances I've come across (and I've come across many dozen). My conclusion: It's simple, but simply good! Just a safe, no-frills, clean, light, fresh, sporty scent that brightens the mood. I bought a 1 oz EDT/2.5-oz body spray gift set at a Walgreens store a few days ago (for $5.00 after a 50% discount and $2.50 Walgreens rewards points).
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