40 Knots

Powdery, luxurious, marine, cedary... it has the DNA of a freshie but it is like luxurious baby wet wipes and powder combined with nice wood and just loud luxury scent lol. Not everyones cup of tea but i like it, not love but like definetly. It is suitable for spring summer as expected and also fall which is quite shocking considering the DNA and notes but this just works really well, fits day and night and daily use mostly, only special occasions id see myself using this is probably a yacht party lol. or a very nice planned beach day with my family, friends or a loved one. Performance is very enjoyable, lasts around 8h on skin, projection is nice the first hour later its quite dellicate, sillage is good enough. Bottle design is very very gorgeous, could get lost in it... one of the best Xerjoff bottle designs imo. and they got banger after banger. Presentation good as usual lol, price is okay, id pay it id pay even more tbh. It is masculine, not unisex at all. I reccomend it a lot.

40 knots is a popular fragrance from the house, arguably probably top 5 well known that they have to offer. Does it live up to the hype? Sort of. It's a good fragrance don't get me wrong, especially if you like amber (the predominant note to my nose). Similar to Ambre nuit, and Amber room, you wont necessarily find anything earth shattering, as it's a known profile with a slight (again just slight) marine twist. Personally, I don't think this is a summer fragrance at all, it's too ambery, too powdery and too sweet to be right for the summer (maybe a cool summer night). Overall it's solid, but I personally won't rank it top 5 xerjoff. I did rate it a 4, just don't think it deserves some of the hype it gets.

This fragrance is amazing; the beginning plays with a nice powdery, woodsy aroma like a nice damp forest. Then, as it slowly dries down, more of the salty sea notes shine brightly, making it a beautiful experience. It's diverse enough to be worn year-round as a calling card sent, maybe struggling a little in the winter, but it thrives in the warmer weather. It's classy enough to be worn on nicer occasions but subtle enough to be worn on a nice walk on the beach. This is one of my favorites by Xerjoff and keeps Xerjoff's history of quality and longevity, lasting on my tests closer to 10+ hours, which is incredible for a nice, classy fragrance that you can wear on a hot scorching day.

To my nose there is nothing sea-faring, aquatic or salty about this fragrance. Instead it is a well-blended, high-end, woody, spicy, ambery symphony that takes me to a swanky Chicago speakeasy in spring or fall with live music, a magician and an entertaining burlesque performance. A high quality composition with a beautiful bottle. However, if you want to save some money and don't care about the bottle design you can find a good dupe of this in Alexandria Fragrance's Smooth Sailing. Check it out and thank me later.

The 40 Knots has never struck me as a fragrance about the sea itself, but about the moment just before it. Its resinous, dense, almost oily opening evokes the awakening of a grand yacht: engines freshly ignited, warm metal, varnished wood, sun-heated leather, and a subtle trace of oil and diesel mingling with the salt air. Rather than embracing the familiar freshness of marine fragrances, it captures the weight, substance, and restrained power that precede movement.