different but nice [SEP] definitely softens the beard and calms the itch cuts down on beardruff by moisturizing the face its a fairly light oil not real greasy or heavy now for the smell the first time you put this on it may seem strong and even a bit overpowering to some like many new unfamiliar scents keeping in mind it goes on the face near the nose the scent initially comes off stronger than it actually is my wife loves it saying its subtle and masculine after a few applications i quickly became accustomed to the smelli am prefer to be outdoors and if i had my way i would smell like campfire smoke days a year that being said i wanted an outdoorsy smell nothing too sweet citrus or floral the canoeist beard oil smells like birch and cedar it also has grassy undertones similar to alfalfa hay with notes of rosemary and or sandalwood make sense with vetiver being a grass and allingredients as listed on bottle grape seed oil vetiver essential oil cedarwood essential oil birch essential oil and vitamin e oili have my own landscaping business and love the smell of fresh cut grass which i often smell like anyway this scent is not too far off from that fresh cut grass smell thanks for readingspo