Club de Nuit Sillage

This was my first fragrance I got when I started my journey a few years ago. Out of all the scents I've owned/currently own with similar DNA, I believe this one is the best. I'm not sure why I got rid of this and gave it to my brother. I wanted to get him started on his journey so I offered this one to him as I felt it was a good beginner fragrance. Go figure now he barely uses it, but I can't recall why I decided this one to be the one to go first from my collection at the time. I think for me it was over time just the scent profile becoming dull and/or making me nose-blind. Also, the performance of it I believe was also a factor. For me it was moderate with both it's sillage and longevity. Still, I will say for what it's worth, this is a great fragrance for men starting out if they're looking for a budget-friendly, clean scent.

I would say this isn't a blind buy safe fragrance, because its not gonna be what you expect. I mainly get bergamot and floral scents in the opening and in the dry down it gets closer to SMW, but NOT that close. People say it's more than 90% close to SMW, it genuinely isn't. it has its own character and... it's different. Also the performance on me is really mid, I get 4-5 hours on my skin and the projection/sillage is really weak even on clothes. Like you have to be really close to someone for them to notice the scent. So I Would overspray this just to get a slight better performance.

I tested Creed Silver Mountain Water and loved it but the performance of it was not good. When I heard about sillage, I wasn't sure if I should try because many reviews were saying it's not close but I can tell you, at least to my nose, it definitely is. I guess Creed SMW felt smoother, but that might just be because it’s less loud. Sillage would still be amazing even if I never knew about SMW because it is such a great DNA and it has great performance. I don't know if this DNA is mass-appealing or not, but either way, I will definitely be reaching for this. So glad I picked it up.

After comparing this directly to the original, Silver Mountain Water, at a creed store I can pretty much accurately explain to you exactly what this is. This is SMW with a bright lemon verbena opening. SMW opens with the exact smell that it dries down to, which is really un(fortunate) considering its price tag and I feel bad for anyone who bought it. The original has literally zero depth. However, this on the other hand has so much depth to it. That bright lemon verbena opening reminds me of Ricola cough drops, (which is a good thing), very bright and fresh smelling.

Its fine. Just fine. Like the guy below said, lemon-metallic, slightly cold feeling fragrance, and thats pretty much it. Occasionally the black currant and rose do peek out, but youll rarely get a whiff of them, since its pretty weak, and overspraying this stuff just makes the screeching lemon stand out again. Let it mature for at least a few weeks to get rid of that lemon cleaner opening. Wish it was stronger, better quality. Wouldnt buy again. They were close to something good here, but cheaped out. 6/10