Wonderful smell,,
great performance.

Smooth Sailing Inspired By Xerjoff 40 Knots

VERY WELL BLENDED FRAGRANCE, AND IT SMELLS AWESOME. RECIEVES ALL TYPES OF COMPLIMENTS FROM MEN AND WOMEN.

This is blended to perfection!!! Awesome fragrance, got it as a sample today and have given it a test drive and wow is all I can say!! It will be my next buy for sure!!!

I wanted to wait to write a review until after I had tried the fragrance it was inspired from. Can say without a doubt that Smooth Sailing is absolutely better than 40 Knots. While I’m not a floral/powdery fan, I will put up with it for the short time before it evolves into a killer “deep blue” scent.

While they both start out similarly — very light, airy, floral — they diverge slightly after the first 15-20 minutes. I find Smooth Sailing to have a much “cleaner” feel between the 30-60 minute mark. 40 Knots has something in it that I can’t quite place that is just a bit off-putting in comparison during this phase.

Between 1-4 hours, Smooth Sailing just evolves continuously into a deeper and deeper blue. Maybe a strange analogy, but wearing Smooth Sailing I feel like I start above the water, and am just slowly sinking into deeper and darker waters — and it’s absolutely fantastic. It becomes a skin scent on me between 6-10 hours before I lose it entirely at about 10-12 hours. However, during this time I’m constantly smelling my wrist.

I will say 40 Knots does have a similar base, but it takes a long time to get to the dark blue that I really love. It stays in this weird transition between floral/powder and blue for about two hours. To my nose, there is that similar “weird” note that I can’t place that lingers in the base of it as well, but it’s not quite as strong.

Overall, this is a really unique summer fragrance that I would definitely recommend. Absolutely can ignore 40 Knots with Smooth Sailing in existence because it’s better in every way.