Of the Bay Rums I’ve tried, St. Johns Bay is my favorite scent result. The current formulation is the original formula with an additional dose of Bay Rum oil. All I get from it scent-wise is Clove/West Indian Bay Leaf/Cinnamon up top, but it settles down to a smoothed out addicting bay oil.I settled on Ethos. I liked it but I didn't feel it had enough staying power, so I gifted it away. Floid is tough to compete with.
Now because St Johns BR isn’t going to have the skin food ingredients like ETHOS, I first use Josie Maran Argon Oil, and then apply St Johns Bay. The scent starts loud, then lingers with me throughout the office workday, but I don’t think it punches anyone in the face.