Pure Game by Adidas

I picked it up on sale for $6 and thought, ‘let’s give it a go’. The opening is very alcoholic; you can definitely detect the mandarin and grapefruit, though slightly as if they’re starting to ferment. Then comes a very sweet and strong patchouli, lavender and cypress. Once it dries down, which is best after an hour, there’s a hint of wood, but it remains very sweet overall. For the price, it has brutal sillage and projection, lasting about two hours on clothes. It smells like an old-school deodorant; I had an Estefano lotion as a child that smelled exactly the same. It does resemble Hugo Boss Hugo, which my dad owns, but the Boss is sweeter and stronger, and that one gives me nausea. However, for $6, it’s not bad at all. Update two months later: I bought this along with Polo Ultra Blue and Tommy Classic, and both have lost much of their potency, but this Adidas remains just as strong. That’s why it gets a 9/10.

Bought it for the price with intentions of using it for sport or the office. It smells clean, fresh, and slightly sweet. For sport: its trail of about 30cm lasts half an hour, then it stays close to the skin for another 3 or 4 hours. In the office: the 30cm trail lasts about 2 hours, then it lingers close to the skin for hours, around 6 or 7. As it’s not invasive and smells clean, I think a warm, enclosed environment is its best setting (the office) rather than sport, which is what it claims to be for.

It was my first fragrance, the one that started it all. Although its longevity and trail are very poor, it smells wonderful. Thanks to it, I ventured into perfumery and I have a special affection for it. I wore it for about 4 years as my only fragrance and it was more than enough. I’m not sure if this counts as a bonus, but several girls said they loved the aroma. The basics are always the key. I’ll always have this fragrance in my collection; I’ve bought it at least 7 times. What would be the ultimate thing would be to find a perfume with better performance that smells the same, but in any case, this is what there is and I still like it just as much as I did 4 years ago.

Very similar to Benetton Dream Big and Aquas Masculines Seduction Magnétique. Good, but too much incense for my taste.

Super clean scent, perfect for a post-gym shower or arriving fresh at the gym. The downside is that on my skin it lasts about 20 minutes; it’s a joke. I was looking for the ideal sport fragrance, tried this Adidas one, and the disappointment was huge. I know I shouldn’t expect much quality for the price, but their strength is sport and the longevity is non-existent; I’d hardly buy it again. If you see it at an excellent price and want to give it a go, go ahead, it smells very pleasant—very common but that clean, non-offensive kind; hopefully it performs better on your skin. By the way, I notice it’s similar to Zara Man Silver.

I bought this cologne for an online offer; for the price, I grabbed it without a second thought along with another Adidas one. This particular one smells very similar to a well-known one; as Diegazo comments, it could be one of the Hugo Boss scents, though I’m not sure which one. Regardless, it does the trick and saves you in a pinch for short periods since it lasts little on skin, but the next day I could still smell it on clothes. A simple cologne for daily use, after a shower, or for going out for a walk or errands, beach or pool.

Bought it purely for the price and now it’s just gathering dust. The curious thing is that while testing some Hugo Boss scents, I found one identical to this; I can’t remember which one. Haha, that’s something.