Tumi Fragrances - Mid AF

After watching some YouTube videos which praised Tumis fragrances to be of high quality designers which last throughout the day, I took the bait and got disappointed with both their scent profiles and their staying power neither of which come close to the claims on these channels.

Here are my initial impressions on these 5 popular Tumi fragrances for Men that I’ve tried:

1. Unwind: it smells similar to Santal 33, not bad but average performing (which is the same theme for all 5 of these)

2. Continuum: The best of the bunch for sure. Very close to and what I’d call an easy replacement for Maison Margiela Jazz Club. If not for it’s performance, I would rather use this over Jazz club as the latter turns into a cigarette ash smell on my skin.

3. Awaken: Somewhat classic barbershop styled, reminds me of Dior Eau Sauvage.

4. Atlas: Almost generic mall scent for men.

5. Kinetic: Kind of sits somewhere between Awaken and Atlas. I don’t know if it’s the bottle giving me the illusion but I detect some other strong red fruity note in it. Probably my second favorite after continuum (out of these 5), nothing to write home about in general.

I strongly suspect this website called ‘so-avant-garde’ has paid these reviewers to give good reviews. I was super hyped to try them because of all that hype around 19 Degrees and all the other Tumi fragrances, but haven’t not been impressed by any of them so far, I’m skeptical about 19 degrees as well.

Be vigilant, don’t fall for paid reviews and FOMO!