This is, we imagine, meant to be worn after you freshen up and settle in for the evening, whether that’s when the cabin dims the lights or you’re out for dinner at your destination: “Unwind is a warm and sensually casual fragrance that helps recalibrate and reset the mind. For $100, it smelled like a cheap knockoff from Walgreens. Maybe that cloyingly sweet smell was supposed to be grapefruit, but this is not it. We smelled only Cotton Candy Jelly Beans. Top notes of bergamot, grapefruit and coriander are balanced by mid and base notes of clary sage, fir needle, cypress, frankincense, patchouli and cedarwood.” This is a stretch. Whether you’re waking up with a neck pillow and the trolley coming down the aisle with breakfast or you’re in your hotel bed, Awaken is mean to be “an energizing fragrance that is refreshing, revitalizing and stimulating. We tried both of Tumi’s scents, Awaken and Unwind and put them to the test. We were curious to see how a they would handle scent - based on the fact that it’s made by a luggage maker alone (and it’s not Louis Vuitton, a behemoth that spans fashion and lifestyle), we were concerned it might feel like a cheap merch item, something you’d get complementary with purchase. This would make sense if you think about the whole journey - when you arrive at your destination and can’t go straight to your AirBnB, you probably want to smell nice. Aside from travel accessories, they also make cologne. If you thought Tumi was only an expensive luggage maker found in the mall, you’d be wrong.

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