Wave is a great, affordable substitute for the increasingly pricey SoCal.
I was first introduced to Hollister colognes by my sons one Christmas years ago. They gave me Drift. It was great. Then, Hollister stopped it, but there was SoCal. Again, great. But it kept getting more and more expensive. Then, Hollister began putting out many more colognes, some good, some not so good. And, sadly, their stores don't carry all or even many of them. And reviews rarely provide enough info to make it worthwhile to just purchase a small bottle to try out. And if one gets popular, Hollister starts raising its price. So, here's the deal. If you like SoCal, you'll like Wave. It is not a cologne, per se, but an eau de toilette, so it lasts longer. It is subtle and smooth, not citrusy or musky. Just as with SoCal, you will get comments from people about how much they like the way you smell. And it often comes in the 3.4 oz size for somewhere between $20-$30. BUT no doubt, that will change as people begin purchasing it more. Other colognes from Hollister I like are Ridge and Winter Getaway, but both of these appear to have been discontinued. Too bad. Ridge was really, really nice--and different. The Hollister website described its scent as tobacco leaf and frozen pineapple, and that really did seem to capture it. Now, I don't smoke and was really skeptical about the tobacco leaf odor, but it is NOT a tobacco-y smell at all. Whatever the scent is, it is used to tamp down the sweet frozen pineapple, which still remains. It's a really nice cologne. Oh, a couple of other things to keep in mind. There's also a Wave women's perfume. I have no idea if it smells the same as the men's cologne. Also, there is now a Wave 2, and I have no idea what it smells like.
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