Quorum Silver
Antonio Puig (2005)

On my skin I don’t get any cedar. Just soft spicy meh, that becomes a soft clone of CK one.

It's cedary and bright. I like it a lot. Unfortunately it's but a fleeting memory by the time I arrive at my destination. This has the worst longevity of any cologne I own.

For the price, just get it! Smells so good. Fresh and woody with a dash of spices. Instant mood enhancement. Supremely versatile. Dressed up or down. Day, night, office, club, office party, Christmas party. You name it. Get yer cedar on!

Quorum is one of the great uber-masculine scents. With its patchouli, pine, leather and tobacco, it ticks all of the right boxes, and the jasmine plays much the same role as the gardenia in Z-14—floral, but manly. Quorum’s Silver flanker shares some of the same notes with its parent (Artemisia and Bergamot in the top notes and amber in the base notes and patchouli) but it is really what makes it different that makes this the wonderful scent that it is.

Quorum Silver opens with fresh, slightly metallic notes reminiscent of Safari for Men and Halston Man/Amber. The dry, spicy heart notes are soon apparent which bring Catalyst for Men and Poivre Samarcande to mind. The real star of the show—a strong and clean cedarwood underscored by a realistic Guaiac Wood—steps onto the stage and stays on to take the last bow.

This is an uplifting scent, more wearable by today’s standards than the original but just as manly and a little more discreet, a little bit drier and brighter but very masculine all the same. I have worn the original Quorum aftershave followed by a few sprays of Quorum Silver which work very well together.

Smells like a cute accountant who enjoys gadgets but is working over a vintage wood desk and wears bone glasses.

The opening is bright and spicy but quickly dissipates into a more woody/orange & lavender slightly sweet and dry scent. If it had more spicy-ness it would have been perfect, however for the price and the performance you can't fault it.

Quorum Silver is an astonishingly good 'cheapie' that could put many niche scents attempting spiced woods to filthy shame. Silver opens shiny, happy, searing, and bright, like a buzzsaw through the most delicious cedar imaginable, then settles into a bed of crystallized ginger and floral lavender. Subtly piquant pink pepper lifts the cedar off the skin.

This is so delightful and bright, a mood lifter as it were. It dries down to warm genuine guaiac wood (I am well acquainted with the natural material) and spiced amber.

Hats off to the talented perfumer who created this beauty.