Fierce Confidence
Abercrombie & Fitch (2014)

Just add fruity-fresh shower gel to a watered down Fierce and you have Fierce Confidence. While it is pleasant and will garner compliments, I can only go neutral on the rating because it has some metallic sharpness that is a bit cloying and is just too generic overall for me.

Projection is tricky because while it doesn't push much, it is quite sweet and sharp, so it will get noticed even at low dosage. Longevity is maybe 5-6 hours.

Fierce Confidence is a sporty, sensual, and energetic scent that radiates confidence( no pun intended) and sophistication. At the top, you get a huge blast of tangy bergamot, sweet green pear, and peppery elemi resin. The white amber, iris, driftwood, and musk are dominant throughout the entire life of the fragrance from its initial blast to the late drydown. The mossy FIERCE DNA lingers in the background while the warm musk and amber hang on for dear life. The lavender and cardamom do poke their heads out as well which adds some depth to the composition. This fragrance really impressed me since Abercrombie no longer releases phenomenal men's fragrances like they did with the older FIERCE, Colden, Cologne 41, Woods, etc. There's actually a funny story behind my experience with Fierce Confidence.. Back when I blind bought this in October of 2014, a month after its release date, I thought this was going to be a relaunched Fierce since as you all know, Fierce has been reformulated numerous times, and also the notes on the website listed bergamot, white amber, and musk. The old Fierce in the zoomed in male torso and metal cap from 2006-2009 or as I like to call it, the improved Fierce, contained citrus, amber, and musk as well so I was really stoked when I bought Fierce Confidence thinking it was going to be a relaunched 2006 Fierce in a different bottle. As soon it came in the mail and I took a whiff of the first spritz, boyyy was I let down big time... However... As soon as I started to wear it more, I immediately fell in love with the scent and after 3 years of wearing it, I can say that if Abercrombie was trying to recreate the old 2006 Fierce and improve on it even more, then they hit the nail on the head big time! Kudos to them for releasing an impressive and outstanding scent that smells of quality, unlike their current junk which can easily pass off for Axe body sprays or a characterless and generic woman's perfume... As far as projection and longevity goes, this projects borderline beast mode for the first 2 hours then it gets close to the skin. However, once your body heat rises up, it comes to life again. As far as versatility goes, this can be worn year round, dressed up and down, church, school, work... It fits the bill for practically all occasions. This is an amazing scent to wear on a first date if you want to woo her and make it clear that you want to be more than friends. While the original Fierce is a romantic and charming scent, this is its more seductive, slightly more grown up brother. This is in the same vein as YSL La Nuit De L'Homme in regards to its seductive quality. Age groups that can wear this.. I'm going to say 19-30 years old. As far as ratings go, I give this scent a 10/10 for overall smell, a 7.5 out of 10 for projection/siliage, a 7/10 for longevity, a 9/10 for versatility, a 4.5/10 for price, and a 9/10 for compliments. Overall, Fierce Confidence gets a final score of 9.5 out of 10. A phenomenal fragrance that is definitely worth checking out and owning! It is also one of the rare and few blind buys that I can recommend to you folks out there! It also makes a great gift for your significant other. Again, I definitely recommend you guys to check it out! On a side note, I will be reviewing this particular fragrance on YouTube sometime this month so just a heads up if you are interested! Happy sniffing!

A&F Fierce Confidence is a lighter sporty version of A&F. In a blind test, I would definetely know that this is an A&F fragrance. Also it's very similar to Versace Dylan Blue. I don't get all of the notes listed here and there, but definetely getting bergamot and pear at top, cardamom at mid and musk at base. Maybe some black pepper and warm woods as well but it never kills the freshness.

Fierce Confidence projects well at first 1-2 hours and after 4-5 hours turns into a skin cent. However as your body heat goes up, it comes to life again. Good for spring/summer use and great as an office scent. For its price tag, it's too much - but if you can find it on discount, great scent to have.