Carlos Santana ??? Surely....you jest ! Celebrity scents usually suffer an abysmal fate and rightfully so....but let's not be so hasty with the guitarsmith's first foray into the world of scent. The first 2 rock albums I ever purchased were Santana Abraxas and Neil Young's Harvest in the very early 1970's. I would have never imagined Carlos being linked with a fragrance.....let alone one that has some merit. Almost 35 years later in 2005, his notes have changed from a patented staccato style to notes implemented in fragrance accords. The first thing I noticed from 2 healthy spritzes of Santana for Men is that it's a rouge offering that has some substance......and more earth shattering for me is its similarity to one of my all time favorites; namely Shiseido Basala. Yes.......I said it.......Basala dammit. ( I was forced to do a side by side and while Basala was a shade brighter and one degree woodier, these two are so close it's scary). Santana opens up on...
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