Basile Uomo

Chypre to the core. I get a smoooth green scent with a hint of herbal sweetness both in the beginning. Immediately there is a slight perfumy watery tone, but it goes into a soft green non-spicy herbal scent - kinda actually like a freshly opened pack of cigarettes.. I havent read what the perfumers say about this yet at Weruska.com. This fragrance is made in Italy. Anyways, after it developes for a while it becomes more rough and dry dusty like. which of course is the chypre. It actually has a fair bit of patchouli in it. I smell some real high quality in this scent. I reminds me in a way of quorum, the earthy aspects of that fragrance. Also its a little like Boss No 1, which is a real nice soapy patchouli. Also, I do not get a citrus in Basile, it is more of a pleasant herbal, earthy roughened type adults fragrance. This is what it says on weruska.com for ingredients: - Top notes appear with citrus touches of Lavender, Thyme and Basil. The heart, strong and spicy, preludes a woody and virile Patchouly, Oak musk and Leather background. - I get a grown up scent of like I said a freshly opened pack of cigarettes at first, then it gets a touch warmer, drier and the patchouli comes in more. Later I get a nice musk with the remainder of patchouli and woods scent.

I love my aromatics; I just can't get enough of dry herbs, and there are plenty of them here: thyme, rosemary, basil. They are very natural, earthy, and woody, and there's no pussyfooting—Basil Uomo uses them as the centerpiece, with all other notes the supporting players (citrus, lavender). The cinnamon, nutmeg and clove surface in the heart, warming the herbs without detracting from their...herbaceousness. I do agree with others that especially in this stage of development, it is reminiscent of freshly opened pack of cigarettes (which to me is endlessly more alluring a scent than the unrelenting stench of a lit one). It's really balanced and downright ravishing. My bottle is an older formulation, and it is blessed with a generous dose of oakmoss, and after a couple hours, it harmonizes with patchouli and leather, as 80s men's chypres often do, but the quality is more than evident (Italians do it better) and fulfills that desire for a frag of this genres where others have left me a bit underwhelmed and yearning more. What a delight!

What a beautiful scent. Rich, green, smooth and sophisticated. Most prominent are the notes of thyme, basil and rosemary intertwined with oily amalfi lemon, tangerine and a little bitterness and sharpness that comes from grapefruit. Feels like a walk in the Italian countryside, with smell of Sun, herbs and freshly cut grass in a bottle. I have the newest version, that comes in a bottle different from this pictured above and all I can say that it is a stunner indeed! Masterpiece of powerhouse game that distinguish itself from its rivals of the same genre. How does it accomplish that? The answer is: with the perfect blend of green ingredients that create an aura of experience and classiness around you. Yes, the word experience is the first thing that comes to my mind with this one. Don't forget the oak moss also. It is there. For the guys who like to spend time in the kitchen, creating dishes for the one you love. Glass of wine, a pasta and a view on green mountains in spring somewhere in Tuscany. A gem. 10/10.

This review is for the vintage 100ml aftershave splash. Dark grey-ish/green bottle, black cap w/ silver edging on bottom. (Note: my definition of "vintage" is pre-barcode). Wow....this is one of the best blind-buys I have EVER made! The bottle alone (by Pierre Dinand) is beautiful, simplistic and stylish, and the juice inside it is well-blended, well-structured and of high quality. The minty basil and lavender in the opening just smells so damn good. The cinnamon-nutmeg-galbanum-clove combo in the heart is delicious. And the mossy, woody leathery base rounds it all up nicely. I get the comparisons to PRPH, but where that's herbal, Basile is more green and should be considered an aromatic fougére imo. It really isn't a fullblown chypre. Vintage Basile Uomo is a great Italian quality fougére from the 80's. Green, aromatic, mossy, warm, comforting, clean, Italian quality blend. What's not to love? I, for one, am gonna get me some more of this, asap. Thumbs up! 10/10

Complex, masculine, mossy Italian chypre it takes hours for the base notes to settle. Massive sillage a real powerhouse if over-sprayed. Similar to many green herbal colognes from the late ’70s to early ’90s, what sets it apart from others is its complicated breakdown of notes. It opens with a citric Amalfi lemon and aromatic herbal oakmoss kick, slowly blending with florals, herbals, creamy sweet amber and spicy patchouli leather. The basil note stays pronounced but nuanced throughout the breakdown. Every time I smell it, I pick up different notes. Its drydown is the epitome of a classy men’s chypre similar to Paco Rabanne, but with a much edgier breakdown of notes and a much deeper story. It reminds me a bit of Action Trussardi in how the herbs and flowers are handled: aromatic, herbaceous, and mossy. Just beautiful a masterpiece in men’s perfumery.