Classic Fragrance

A more citrusy Maison Margiela at the barbers. I like it.

I ran out of this a couple years ago but was able to buy a partial bottle on eBay recently. Love this scent. It’s definitely a clean and masculine aromatic fougere. Lots of strong herbs, austere and sagey. Today for the first time ever, I picked up a strong fennel note in the opening and it made me love this perfume so much more. I love actual fennel but haven’t gotten it from a cologne before now, maybe it’s part of why I enjoy this one so much. It doesn’t have a strong citrus top for me, though it may have once, I also don’t get much for woodiness. I do smell a strong core of resinous rosemary, sage, and lavender though which carries on throughout the drydown. Projection is decent as my wife finds it a bit potent, and it lingers on the skin for most of the day. Clean, classic, and possibly a bit predictable though thankfully this one does not turn powdery. Mature smelling gentleman’s scent that doesn’t cause a great fuss. Love for a dumb reach on most any day but a very hot one.

There is nothing wrong with this scent at all. I have the 50ml in the alu spray bottle. It is spicy, slightly perfume , citrusy , musky,.. a bit like a modern barber shop old spice sort of fragrance in an old school way. i like the kind of grapefruit patchouli mix with hints of pine in the musky spice i get from it .. very pleasant actually i think.. a definite like for me.

My signature scent for the bulk of the 2000's that I purchased on a whim after a haircut along with some other American Crew products. It's comfortable, easy to wear and pleasing. I never really got the sandalwood, just the citrus and lavender. I'll always have it in my collection.

I found about 20% of a bottle laying around my parents house and decided to snatch it up. I really do enjoy this one a lot. Very nice smell, not in your face or cloy. I actually wore this on a first date once and received a compliment.