Wild Country

This is another where I have a few bottles (a boot, and a spritzer bottle) from my late Pa. I do not wear these so reviews are from the bottles + memories from Pa. I like this a lot. I don't get thaaat much lavender but you definitely feel the coriander. Maybe because it's old in the bottle, but I don't remember getting any lavender punch when hugging or sitting by him on the arm of the chair while we fell asleep watching tv, haha. (I'm pretty sensitive to lavender smells, but also I could really just misremember.) I think the notes are otherwise pretty spot on, and the lavender just must be weak or weak to me. I am also sitting and comparing this a bit to Avon Leather, which he also wore. That one is zestier. They're really, reeeaaally similar in a lot of ways but Wild Country is...more layered? They're both kind of punchy. They both mellow as the day goes (I remember this because when he came in from the field he always showered, so it would be fresh when he came to sit, and if I was around later in the day some of the zesty punchy notes would be gone). Like going from being in the sun to being in a night bathrobe kind of smell. Wild country I think keeps the zip longer but there's more citrus in the Leather, probably. The Wild Country also has a bit more powdery quality?

Epic Journey Into the Bottled Yonder, 108 ------------------------------------------------------- Purchased July 2019 This is what the current formulation of Canoe should have been! It's better than Canoe, almost can't believe it. Finally found a replacement for my Canoe if it goes out of production or if the next reform of that is worse than Wild Country. I had a plastic aftershave of this but later on I found this replacement as a glass bottled EDC spray. It's how it should have been all along. Made in Mexico - the fluid is a rose brown and overall it looks very recent. Fantastic scent for a current formulation. No this isn't unisex. This is denim or leather jacket sunny day kind of fun. Avon fans need this and Black Suede (if you don't have Royal Copenhagen) but honestly they look nice together if you're a casual collector or something. Slightly spicy vanilla, not too complex. About as quintessential as Pinaud Clubman I'd say. This is brighter, so choose your adventure on the particular day and mood when they line up decently - you'll easily enjoy it and be relaxed the entire day. Confidence.

Nostalgic. Soothing. Classic Fougere. Consider Wild Country in the Mount Rushmore of aftershave colognes with the likes of Old Spice and Brut. From the age of about eight I’ve always had a bottle. My first ever cologne. With Grandmothers and Aunts distributing Avon, I regularly received a bottle for Christmas growing up. From a younger age I found the different designer collector bottles to be so fun (the lantern being my favorite). Through Jr High School having a girl crush write in my yearbook “how good I smell all the time” as I wore it regularly. Up until today, loving how it feels on my skin after a close shave, and often wearing this to church on Sundays. Wild Country will always be a part of me. Even with better fragrance options out there, I still reach for this from time to time to feel that burning nostalgia. On top of that, it's still a great smelling fougere. Rating: 10/10

For the entire five years of my secondary (high school) tenure back in the 1990s I smelled of Wild Country or Black Suede. I had no idea as a young adolescent female that they were male scents! My sister and I were given a pick of the two and the matching deodorants at the start of the terms. I remember this smelling sorta sweet and powdery and clean. I never saw a box until my early twenties and found out they were for men. I had a good laugh then, but I shouldn't have been surprised because my mom wore mostly male perfume. She said you got more for your money and they lasted longer. I think I'm going to have to order a bottle for old times sake.

This is truly a classic smell. Some may refer to it as a "mature" fragrance. This is the sort of fragrance Steampunk or Rockabilly gentlemen might apply for putting more of an emphasis on an homage to days gone by. Wild Country is a great cologne for men, except me, it's weird, one of those situations where I like the scent just not on me. A headache inducer on me so I passed it on to my father, the whole gift set which was a EDT, body wash and aftershave. For the price I can't see why one would not give it a try, whether through ebay or an Avon rep. you have a good number available out there.