Avon
Avon
75 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The initial spray erupts with bright juniper and bergamot, creating a crisp, almost medicinal effect that's immediately undercut by a synthetic chemicalness. Mandarin and lavender jostle for position, creating something that feels sporty yet oddly hollow, as though you're smelling a department store's air freshener rather than an actual composition.
As the top notes collapse within twenty minutes, the sewage accord surfaces like something bubbling up from beneath the surface—an acrid, brackish quality that transforms the orange blossom and ginger into something vaguely repellent. The lotus struggles to soften this decay, and instead the fragrance becomes increasingly uncomfortable, a pungent misstep that dominates the experience.
By the fourth hour (if you can detect it at all), benzoin and sandalwood fade in almost imperceptibly, offering a faint warmth that might have been pleasant had the fragrance possessed any staying power. The white musk dissipates into nearly nothing, leaving only a ghost of spiced sweetness—a mercy, given what preceded it.
Derek Jeter Driven Rush operates in that peculiar space where fresh sportiness collides with aromatic confusion. Dominique Preyssas has constructed what feels like a cologne that couldn't quite decide whether it wanted to be a crisp morning shower or a spice-laden oriental—the result is something altogether more fractured than either.
The fragrance's greatest strength lies in its opening salvo of juniper berry and bergamot, a combination that should feel zippy and botanical. Yet there's something immediately synthetic about the proceedings, a plasticky sheen that prevents this from ever feeling natural. The mandarin and orange notes attempt brightness, but they're undermined by the listing of "spoiled spice" in the top notes—an ominous ingredient that hints at why this composition falters.
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