This looks great from the moment you get the wrapping paper off!

This comes in a nice manly box, which is black all round except for one front face which has a striped pattern in mainly earthy colours of browns, ambers and reds, with the occasional powder blue and pink thrown in, I suspect for some sort of semiotic balance.

Opening the box, you get a nice solid square glass bottle, with the striped theme carrying on down one side of the bottle. You access the actual spray mechanism by unscrewing a round stopper on the top. this in itself also feels quite solid, like the bottle.

I like the design of the bottle, and although I liked the design of the Paul Smith London (a curvy bottle in a cylindrical box), this outing of Paul Smith is somewhat more manly, all round.

The scent itself is, for me typical; all lemony and spicy. That is fine, because that is the way I like a man's fragrance to be.

What I dislike about this fragrance is that it doesn't seen to have any staying power. You spray it on, and it seems to have gone the minute you step out the door.

Now I have heard the discussion that if you cannot notice your own fragrance, it means you have a good one, i.e. it is so subtle your senses have become accustomed to it, but others will notice it.

I don't think this is the case with this one, as my companions have also stated that they can't smell it when we are out

On initial spray it is a wonderful aroma, but it has that fade, that makes you think it is not worth the money. I appreciated this as a gift, but because of the fade, I won't be buying this for myself.

The product looks great, a really nice bit of design. It also smells great, the problem though is that this lovely scent just doesn't linger long enough.