PaTchouli Lave

Whoa! I've been reading about this perfumer and he's only around 20 years old?! The younger step brother of Russian Adam, which most of us here have probably heard of already, and they did at least one collaboration together. I'm wearing this tonight, but not sure how I feel about it yet because it feels/smells like there's some menthol in here somewhere, but it's not listed. It's cool and refreshing but not a freshie. Has anyone ever put champaca together with patchouli before? Also, not getting any powder. The dry down has a lot more of the patchouli note that I love. I've copied this from their website: A sweet fresh start with some powdery touches . From the opening you start to enjoy the cardamom and tonka bean mixed with a flower champaca, then patchouli and oakmoss add some depth to the scent . Going further we enjoy the dry down with white musk, which gives a sent even more of a floral taste .

Powdery patchouli... The dry down is powdery with hints of patchouli, hints of musk, & sweet champaca. It whiffs between mild sweet, powdery, and musk. Great take on patchouli, nothing overpowered, and nothing smoky, just mild powdery and musky patchouli. Nice.