Chrome Sport
Azzaro (2010)

Regardless of its connection to the very popular Chrome, the Sport version is a clean, fresh, sparkling, and zingy designer fragrance great for summer. The citrus is sour and the clean notes are soapy. Could be considered a close relative of Versace Man eau Fraiche.

Performance is lacking. The Versace is probably the better choice but this still smells like a great summer scent.

A lot better than the original Chrome.

Sofisticated, fresh scent with quite natural and nice smelling citrus top notes. Unlike what you would assume if you've ever smelled the regular Chrome.

This is not exactly a blue nor light blue scent.

Unlike in Aqua di Gio for example, the white musk is more laid back, lingering. What then makes it not blue nor light blue for me, is that it's only minimally directed towards aquatic territory via the ginger. So if like me, you go by color, rather think of this one as transparent.

It delivers but it's nothing new or spectacular.

Orange mandarin and pink grapefruit that a a bit ripe - a pleasant and bright entry point into this product but reeking of laboratory-grown plasticine citrus plantation.

A pale gingery heart nites evolves gingerly and later blends into the base that is defined my notes if white musks.


I get moderate sillage, adequate projection and six hours of longevity on my skin.

Not unpleasant at all, but this somewhat anaemic summery scent for cooler days is too generic and too synthetic to amuse. 2.75/5.

Meh. I got a sample of this, and found it to be disappointing considering that it's been well-received on Basenotes. Longevity and sillage are poor compared to the original Chrome - the DNA of which I can't detect in this fragrance at all. The initial application of Chrome Sport is very fresh and energizing, but it quickly dries down into a very generic-smelling fresh aquatic. No real character, nothing to write home about.

Had a good memory of Azarro from 90's, but this one has nothing special at all.
Very ordinary, no character, medium longevity.
Actually I've got it as a gift.
I'd never pay a money for it

Starts off with a very fresh blend of citron, bergamot, grapefruit, and bitter orange. To my nose I detect mostly grapefruit with hints of bergamot, citron, and bitter orange - and it's really a nicely done grapefruit. The opening is kind of like the grapefruit soda drink "Fresca" and has a fizzy effervescence to it. As it dries down I get the aquatic notes as well as lots of ginger, and a fresh cut grass accord. Upon drydown it really smells like wet grass during the rain, similar to CK Truth. The citrus also persists throughout the fragrance's duration but in the background. I really like it. The ginger also gives it a Bleu de Chanel type feel. This is a very interesting and unique ultra-fresh type fragrance. It's hard to categorize this as a purely citrus fragrance, or an aquatic one, or a green one - since it has elements of all three, with its grapefruit opening (that somewhat persists into the drydown), its watery notes, as well as its green grass note. But if I had to choose one, I would say it has the feel of a fresh aquatic cologne with a bit of an ozonic character. In fact the word "fresh" describes it; this is one of the freshest colognes ever. This fragrance is not sweet at all; it's ozonic and sort of salty/bitter in a good way. Sillage is moderate but leaning strong for a fresh fragrance and longevity is also quite good at over 8 hours. Man does this cologne last! Overall it's one of the more unique aquatic/citrus/fresh colognes, and I like it a lot for casual use. I could see it being used for the gym as well, but I'd rather use something cheap for that like Adidas Ice Dive.

5/5