it smells like medicine [SEP] i havnt seen very much difference in using this yet but only downfall is use is times daily to your scalp which the spray function works great for that but it has a very medicine smell to it i was expecting something more along the lines of hair product smell something that smelled decent i have to apply some feta for spray to make it less horrific smelling before going out it also gives a cool feeling in your scalp which may be it working