Adidas Sport Sensation Ice Dive Eau de Toilette After Shave for Men, 100ml

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My good friend David wears this as his day to day frag of choice. I must admit for such a budget fragrance it smells damn good in the air. I'd go as far as to say i prefer it over his more expensive choices like db instinct sport. It starts off with a spicy (Anise) bombardment of sweet (Mandarin Orange, Yuzu) and sour/bitter citrus (Grapefruit, Bergamot). The Grapefruit and Kiwi give it a sweet and tangy opener. Mint hangs on through the scent's evolution, keeping it clean. Lavender wraps everything up with that classic soapy smell. Immediately afterwards you get a potent green and/or earthy (Patchouli) and floral (Geranium) vibe. Then even more immediately afterwards you get a flagrant body spray (musk) and salt (the ambergris) with pepper. So, a balance of sweet, sour, salty, spicy notes with freshness. The main accords my nose gets is: fresh spicy, aromatic, and citrus. The scent itself gets a 7/10. Only the opening resembles that of BDC since the drydown of BDC has a dominant vetiver & incense which are missing in this. Cool clean and fresh it's great for freshening up after sporting activities it really is invigorating.

Adidas Ice Dive by Adidas is a Aromatic Spicy fragrance for men. Adidas Ice Dive was launched in 2001. The nose behind this fragrance is Philippe Bousseton. Top notes are Mint, Grapefruit, Lavender, Bergamot, Yuzu, Kiwi, Mandarin Orange and Anise; middle notes are Geranium, Sandalwood and Patchouli; base notes are Pepper, Ambergris, Musk, Vanilla and Tonka Bean. This is nice smelling frag, very fresh and very well blended. Yet it is synthetic and yes it is not sophisticated nor it is bold either. It is a cheap and nice smelling Frag. Yet I am not sure why, but this is extremely watered down. I have to agree that it lasts for about 1 hour and then vanishes instantly. Silage - Again poor. Moderate only when you apply many many sprays... but then it lasts for a short time.Adidas Ice Dive was one of the first colognes I ever used. In the prior early 2000 formulations under COTY, I actually used all the Adidas body washes, body sprays and colognes and Ice Dive was by far my favorite of the lot. It had a distinctive sea salt note that was very pleasant and set it apart from other products at the time. Then the entire line seemed to disappear. If used with Shower gel after a workout - it leaves a very nice, calming effect. One could use this before going to sleep, due to the fact that it is soothing.

The introduction for that fragrance is a bit confusing but after a while when it dries I smell lemon and ginger, Edit Nov 2020: Cold November temperatures have improved Ice Dive's projection to a few hours and it's also more of a perfume impact: sweet, citrus flowers and spice, on a light oriental base. Philippe Bousseton has done a couple Cool Water flankers, and get this, he did Tsar! I like to liberally splash the after shave, wait an hour, then top it with the EDT. Mmmmmm.. His scent. Aquatic kiwi and vanilla. A fresh breezy vibe. The colour of the juice is how the scent feels like. Frosty pearly blue. Cue the current 2020's era and the entire Adidas line reappears. I wasted no time buying both the body wash and EDT. There's definitely been a formulation change, as the opening is now much better than I remember, with a complex mix of fresh, citrus, aquatic and powder aromas. However, it is also very much missing that distinctive sea salt note. Without it, there really is nothing that sets this apart from other fresh blue style fragrances on the market. FYI, I also notice that sea salt note missing from the body wash as well despite it being listed in the ingredients.

I remember that Ice Dive used to smell exactly like Bleu de Chanel to me, but now it just smells very aquatic in a synthetic way and even somewhat metallic. I don't like it anymore. Like all adidas EDT, this has the same heart (the most similar is adidas PURE GAME), but this has something special, maybe the lavender, maybe the bergamot, I don't know, but I love this edition. Terrible performance -- extremely weak in particular on projection and sillage that even overspraying doesn't help solve

PS. If you are looking for some sporty fragrances I would recommend Whisky Sport, or some of NIke (De ruy perfumes) colognes, they offer sporty and longer lasting fragrances. I really like Ice Dive. Both it and Dynamic Pulse suit me really well, and I like scents with that late 90's early 2000's vibe. I do get a little BdC for about an hour, but then it reminds me more of some of the Axe scents from the same era. The long long list of notes on Fragrantica is preposterous. Perhaps each in microscopic quantity. Nearly 20 years after creation, this is watered down to something extremely fleeting. Mind you, I enjoy the fragrance and if I douse myself with a dozen sprays, it's a pleasant after-shower experience. In fact, I have the shower gel and the aftershave! One hour of fraîcheur. The Adidas Victory league and Ice Dive were my very first fragrances when I was 9 years old. I remember both of them being really nice as a 9 year old kid does 😂Deutsch | Español | Français | Čeština | Italiano | Русский | Polski | Português | Ελληνικά | 汉语 | Nederlands | Srpski | Română | العربية | Українська | Монгол | עברית

That is just me. Personally I like the scent on other people and I think this is purely a body chem thing. Beyond that This guy is surprising. I have and have had many of the adidas EDT's and this seems to be on the more unique end. So many are safe, clean, after workout scents that are sport + vanilla. This isn't that. Even though that seems like what it would be from the notes posted above. This is adidas showing some attidue that is out of their character. I'm glad to see them make a stab outside of the safety zone. Ice Dive starts out with quite a bit of the mint and kiwi, with a little grapefruit. It has a sharp & fresh fruity smell, not overly fruity though. After about 20 minutes you get more grapefruit with a little lavender and a hint of the vanilla, which starts to sweeten the whole fragrance very slightly whilst staying fresh. Ice Dive does not really change all that much, it stays quite linear. Longevity is OK, you should get 4-6 hours. Sillage or projection is quite good for the first 2 hours, it will push of the skin but then it starts to sit quite close to the skin. Overall I do like Ice Dive, but only as a very casual scent. I would recommend trying this fragrance, 6.5/10. After having owned a miniature size of Versace's Pour Homme Dylan Blue for a couple months, I'll say that the fresh spicy citrus nuances in both are truly in the same vein. They both contain pepper, grapefruit, bergamot, patchouli, and musk. And though they have distinctive notes apart from one another, I believe they don't go too far off from one another in the end. People are very critical of this under 10 dollar bottle😂 I don't know what people were expecting it to be but it sounds like you had really high hopes for this ultimate cheapie.I loved adidas fragrance by this juice... it’s cool fresh and summery springy fragrance. Character is ok really cool longevity and projection 4/10 really good for price The scent is ice cold with fresh ozone and weaker green fruit with a bit yuzu (as a kind of citrus scent). My opinion is that ICE DIVE isn't citric just icy, fresh with a bit citrus and a soft, sweeter, elegance scent after the first impression. I did, and damn well near smashed all my front teeth out and broke my nose off of the pond at my local park last winter. It's cheap, fresh, citric, soft, excellent for everyday use. Smells like a clean body, and it's suitable for layering with other citric scents.