Iron Duke

Oh boy this is smokey dark. This is what Xerjoff Don should have smelled like. First of all there's a lot of smoke in a tar, asphalt way. It's really bitter black. The blackness of this perfume is complimented by lots od black ink accord. In the first 15-30 minutes most of the harshest notes fade away and you're left with still, black inky composition, but not smoothened. Behind those there's lots of metal, like cold blood or the metallic workshop/factory with a eucalyptus fresh, sharp way I think. There really it something greeny fresh in the very back. The metal and ashy smoke creates a gunpowder accord. I get that they say by spiced rum, it does remind me of the Kraken rum, but this is first and foremost black, tar, ink, and metal. What is also a vital part of this perfume is the aninalic part which there's a lot of, I admit, bu Iron Duke is blended so well it actually smells warm instead of pissy. The original notes from the producer include saddle soap and the soapyness here is very noticable - my wife even called it a body balm - so it's a bit on the different sides of the spectrums - clean, soapy, yet animalic, black. The clean balm/soapy vibe reminds me of Amouage Portrayal Man. Only the balm, nothing else, don't compare the two :D It's a monster, ok? One spray filled my room, I can smell it all the time with my hand as far from my nose as possible. Two sprays Will get you through the whole day with everyone picking this up. The thing is a lot of people won't like it. It's not office safe, best for colder months, maybe nighttime leaning. Doesn't matter the gender, you need some character to lift this. Encre Noire smells like the cheapest version of this possible, plus it's way less complex. Xerjoff's Don should have smelled like this instead of that sweet skin scent bs - this is dark, earthy, gunpowdery, leathery, metallic... This smells like a revolver, black leather, ink, and tar with warm animalics and clean soap. Now, will I wear this ever, or buy the whole bottle? No :D. I once tried wearing it on my neck and choked myself a bit. @edit 17.02.23 almost a year later I'm sitting here smelling my hand, updating the review with a bottle by my side. It's good they make it in 50ml because I can't imagine wearing it often. I applaud BeauFort for not increasing the price just because the concentration is 30, not 20. If I'm to be a dickhead I'll only say the horse on the graphic doesn't look strong and war-like, it looks a bit, you know, not clever, let's call it. You know what I mean?

Got this as a 2 ml sample. Probably by far the second best out of the Revenant series, with Rake and Ruin being first. The opening is very unilateral and hard just as with Rake and Ruin. Initial brandy hit which evaporates rather quickly followed by very strong russian leather, lubrified with dirty engine oil with cigarette ash in it and an optimal dose of chinese tiger balm. Very well wrapped together though. Many people complain about the animalic note which I find odd, as it's blended in so discretely it's unnoticeable. This is Black Afgano's Medieval English brethern metaphorically speaking. If you like Black Afgano or Nasomatto in general, you will love this. Quality of ingredients better with Nasomatto though, as they last longer and have a stronger sillage. In my opinion this is a scent to be worn at night only and never in the summer or when the temperature is above 18 degrees Celsius. The moment outside gets hot and you sweat wearing this, you will suddenly stop smelling elegantly and you'll smell like an oil-soiled mechanic after a 16 hour work-day in August. Otherwise it's very elegant powerful and unapologetic, even more so than Rake and Ruin, but much more complex and unoffensive than Terror and Magnificence. Aimed at men over 30. I would wear this only with formal/elegant clothing otherwise you'd come off as if you're coming from a hot-rod enthusiasts barbecue meet-up. Alternatively, this is a very good scent to wear in church, at a laid-back funeral, during a pilgrimage or at a wake of an enemy. The scent evolves to its mid notes in 2-4 hours and loses its initial agressive smoky bark and you're left with a very pleasant and vulnerable, softened down version of Oud Wood from Tom Ford without sweetness. Final dry-down smells indeed like a gorgeous mix of horse sweat leather and some faint incense and wood tones. Fantastic composition!

#1325 in my "Tour de Fragrance" Got this as a decant. This is my fourth Beaufort and they've all been winners. This scent is every bit as good as "Fathom V", "Coeur de Noir" and a better than "Terror and Magnificence." Absolutely collection worthy with great quality. Now mind you, for years I expended 200-400 rounds a week at the firearms range, so I don't dislike the smell of gunpowderas some do, but I think a few reviewers are exaggerating the influence of that note here. It's not a strong note. Strongest note is the rum, then tobacco and leather. The gunpowder provides a slight smokiness and a hint of stone, like shale. I don't think most will even notice. I rarely imbibe in alcohol. It's been years, and when I did it was single malt scotch. Rum got big with the kids when I was in college, but I never found it interesting as a beverage. However I definitely like it in fragrances. Xerjoff "Cruz del Sur I" and Tommy Iommi "Monkey Special", Maison Margiela "Jazz Club", Initio "Side Effect", Armani "Stronger with You Absolutely", Kilian "Black Phantom", "Apple Brandy" and "Straight to Heaven", Bentley "For Men Intense", Bvlgari "Man in Black", Nishane "Fan You Flames", "Dior "Vanilla Diorama", Merchant of Venice "Andalusian Soul", Les Indemodables "Vanille Havane." I could happily wear any of them for life and you can add this Beaufort scent to the list. Longevity? Even the morning shower left a hint of it. Projects a good six feet for a couple of hours. A girlfriend said she could smell it at eight feet. So I'd go easy on this in close spaces. Definitely for men. I'm certainly in for a bottle.

Absolutely spectacular. Iron Duke, unlike Vi Et Armis and Tonnerre, was one of my favorite BeauForts off first impressions and I'm happy that it didn't only surpass my expectations, it shattered them. This is an excellent smokey, leathery and resinous tobacco scent that carries that same "don't fuck with me" vibe from Vi Et Armis multiplied by 1,000. I find the opening extremely interesting because the tobacco and leather are contrasted by a very slight, almost soapy cleanliness, as well as by an elusive mineralic freshness, which turns out to be the same as Tonnerre's "gunpowder" note but in trace amounts. Funnily I think this same contrast is what gave my mom a "urine smell" (in her words), which sucks for her as I very thoroughly enjoyed wearing this today. I have to admit something about this fragrance reminded me of Francesca Bianchi's Sticky Fingers but Bianchi's fragrance has floral and powdery notes accompanying the tobacco and patchouli, here it's essentially the total opposite. Stunning fragrance, definitely a strong contender for a potential future pickup. Performance overall was alright but I'm blaming my sample's atomizer for any sort of underperformance. Projection seemed to be moderate whereas sillage was more on the dense side during the first hour or two, after that it seemed to tone down to a skin scent, which is a bit disappointing but I don't rule out nose blindness. Longevity is great, it has lasted 8 hours on my skin with relative ease.

The Iron Duke is the refined gentleman of the world that Beaufort's more wayward sibling "Rake and Ruin" will grow up to be. R&R is a magical fragrance and I adore it, but would I want to wear it? The Iron Duke, however, whilst it shares some 'class' similarities to R&R, is at once more wearable and polished whilst losing none of the characteristic challenge of a Beaufort scent. There's the smoke and tar kind of scents, of course, and initially you wonder whether you've just sprayed yourself with some caustic tar-based wood preserver. But give it half an hour. What emerges, at least to my nose, is the most glorious aged leather scent - really deep. It's like old 'working' leather, if that make any sense? The smoke and tar elements are still there - so it's like wearing your favourite pair of high quality leather gloves, the ones you've used whilst fixing your engine for the last couple of decades. I love Clive Christian's C for men - which is a very elegant leather. I love Tom Ford's Tuscan leather with is a leather sweetened with raspberry I think. I love Memo's French Leather, which is a very soft suede leather softened further by a lovely rose. So I'm not a big fan of 'full-on' leather. But I really love the leather in Iron Duke - it's not soft, but it's not rough either. Just deep, dark and gorgeous. Projection is good and longevity above average - definitely my next full-bottle purchase.

I loved Tonnare and was equally interested what else BeauFort had to offer and this one didn't disappoint. The opening is absolutely heavenly improving on a Nasomatto type theme by just making things a little more grown up and evoking a time and place gone by. I'd say it's smoky but not in the usual and obvious way, and resinous in an almost gourmand sense but savory...if that makes any sense? The rum is adding it's booziness, the gunpowder works right through to the dry down giving an amazing quality and freshening proceedings with hints of earth, metal and greenness. Then the tobacco resides in the heart of Iron Duke. Notes which are all plainly displayed in a quite brilliant composition that dries down to a real and sumptuous leather but with that resinous woody quality there too. This is a triumph of a fragrance, brilliantly realised, well balanced and oozing with quality. The fragrance starts out fantastically and dries down to a mature and earthy smell, which I can't fault in any way. The name of this fragrance is fitting right from the first sniff....Iron Duke is not the sledgehammer you might expect and definitely shows more restraint that Tonnare. Both share the bold, refined and considered qualities which seem to be the calling card of this house.

Edited with thoughts on the full bottle. Threatening. Warmly desolate. Animalic. Problematic. Beautiful. Martial romanticism. Imperialism. Fantasy. According to Twisted Lily, a US-based online stockist that used to carry Beaufort, this listing is missing Metallic notes, Hay, Animalic Notes (other than the Leather), and a saddle soap note that is missing from the Fragrantica.com database (it is a particular smell of its own, I think it deserves a page). I have finally received my full bottle of this coveted fragrance. I was genuinely sad when I ran out of my sample vial. Everything other reviewers have said holds true, about ash, a shot of rum (and the smell of its stain), tobacco, and leather. This dries down to a very desolate, but pleasing smell on my skin. High quality from top to bottom, except maybe a few minutes of cheapy plastic during the heart phase. I wear it on days I'd like to feel a little intimidating. :) One spray is plenty to fill up your own nose, indoors. Two is pushing it. I agree with SkyeLightFetish, I'm not a huge fan of the martial narrative of this fume's marketing, but as someone who has never been on an actual war scene, it is a nice atmospheric fantasy. Easily the most unique fragrance in my little growing collection.

Iron Duke means that only a person of iron can wear it because it takes a great personality and the right occasion. We start with 100% pure RUM and TOBACCO and here I am in armor on a tower-fortress of 1400. My job is to guard the precious treasure of the Duke but, at the moment, I'm looking at the starry sky. next to a hearth which, slowly, generates small sparks that rise towards the firmament. -In the distance: Shoot, scream, the rattling of swords just unsheathed by the resistant linings in LEATHER, the thunder of the guns, the dark crackle of rifles. - At the fortress: The alarm sounds: horns and bells. Such as?! I'm in battle !? No! I do not want to find myself inside it! I do not want to fight! A dear friend saves my life by sacrificing his. I feel so much anger, revenge, rancor. That's enough! I take my pistol and extract the ivory horn with the little one inside that triggers the cruel device: GUNPOWDER. In unison, everyone, together we cry, pierce, break, we destroy every human, animal or immaterial ambition. So much death and destruction for what? To defend our Duke! End. Fragrance: 9.5 / 10 Persistence: 10/10 Special features: Gunpowder. In a word? BOOM!

Starts with a strong boozy note, and morphs into a deep, rich, smoky, opulence that is redolent of smoke-filled men's clubs of a bygone age, when Britain was still 'Great' and Napoleon skulked and moaned in defeated solitude on the island of Saint Helena. You can get a sample from the official company website, and I strongly advise that you do. The fragrance, like the Iron Duke himself, is a loud, proud, bold, brash, winner. To experience it is to reconnect with the somnambulant masculine defiance of a bygone age. Can you feel the stirrings of reconnection with the glorious ancestors of the heroic past? I feel it. I feel it in the air, in the mood of the Brexit country, the scent of the past re-igniting a new age of self-reliance, optimism and pride. Britain is freeing itself from the chains of the continental tyrant once again. Petty continental collectivists come and go, but Britain is forever. Our little island will be ‘Great’ again. In a smoke filled room of eternity the Iron Duke watches over us, raises his glass, roars a defiant toast, and launches Britannia into a future as proud and heroic as the celebrated, glorious, triumphant past.

A very interesting fragrance. Closing my eyes I find myself in the times of the old American west. I am walking up to an old weathered barn. Opening the door I am overwhelmed with the odors withing the barn. The most powerful being the piles of gunpowder that line walls. A group of men look up at me from their table where they are playing cards, drinking rum and smoking crude cigars. Lanterns flicker in the barn and light dances off of the saddles piled up in front of me. These scents mix together with the underlying odor of the animals that used to live in this barn. The men draw their guns from their well worn leather holsters and point them at me... Yes, I get the sense of impending danger from this scent.... or a night out with the boys in the old west... depending on if you are friend or foe... ID is a high quality scent that has great projection and longevity on my skin. I see this as much more of a masculine scent than feminine scent. It works better in causal attire, but I can wear this in a suit. Bottom line: This one is worth a sample.

What I get is a combo of round indian oud-forward note - barnyard-ish but not fecal - and birch (giving the impression of a horse stable or a tannery) supported by an indolic tuberose, immortelle flower, and smoky accord trio (giving an impression of gunpowder). Some added spices in the background may remind of tobacco, and here again, a subtle vanillic palo santo note will round the edges, without falling into the unisex territory like in Rake&Ruin. No news of the whisky though, and that's good news for me since the boozy notes are not my favourite thing. Great performance. Funnily enough, it's here a demonstration of how the pyramid strongly influcences the reviews, since no one has cited the strong oud note, in spite of how potent it is. This is the answer of Beaufort to other leather fragrances like Dior Leather Oud and Montale Aoud Cuir d'Arabie. And what an answer!! My favourite from this house, together with Rake&Ruin. Superb! Colder evenings, 30+

''BeaFort London Iron Duke'' Peaky Blinders Dizi Parfümü'' Başka bir örnek vermek gerekirse de Karayıp Korsanları'' aklıma geldi. Sahil boyunca olan limanlar. Limanlarda ticareti yapılan rom içki fıçıları... Bu fıçıların yanlarında bulunan özel işlemeli eldiven hissettim nedense. Aklıma materyal olarak sadece ve sadece ''eldiven' geldi. Erkekler için, silah tutmayı sıkı oluşturmak için üretilmiş bir dizi deri eldivendir. Bu bir kapalı bir ortamda bir depo gibi bir alanda olduğunuzu düşünün. Silah ticareti başlayacak. Alkoller , sohbetler, sıcak ortamlar ve arkadaşlıklar var. Sıcaklık ve tatlılık , parfüm kurukça kendisini belli ediyor. Bu parfüm oldukça fotogerçekçi bir mekan fotoğrafıdır. Yaşanmış bir anıyı destekleyen bir parfüm kendisi.. Kesinlikle bu parfüm koleksiyonumda yer almasını isterim. (dipnot: Genel beğeni parfümü değil ve Xerjoff DON parfümündeki barut ile hiç alakası yoktur. Daha Nötralize bir barut notası tercih edilmiş.) 10/10

At first spray I knew I was in for something special, it's tobacco notes is indeed nuclear and on top of that it's more of a chewing tobacco/snuff smell than pipe tobacco. This unique note is slightly sweetened by the liquor and based with a very realistic leather and a slight amount of oud. I don't get the metal notes which is disappointing, but just these notes alone shine together creating a strange yet enjoyable aroma. The only disappointment is the longevity isn't nuclear to go with the nuclear projection. I got a good 4 to 6 hours with 2 hrs projection off my initial spray. Now I haven't committed to a full wearing yet, but the freshie I sprayed on my opposite hand is still going strong, while this has fizzled out and can only be smelled extremely close. Shocking as I expected this to last eternally based on the notes. Overall I go e this an 8.5 out of 10 due to poor longevity. Elsewise this is a masterpiece.

Wow I like this one much better than Coeur De Noir 🖤. The slightly animalic leather and the booziness are impeccable here 🥃 ♨️The saddle soap note listed by the brand, along with the metallic notes also play a role here with the hay supporting the animalic leather. I wish the leather was more animalic though. Animalic notes bring that carnal sexy allure that awakens our basic instincts which are still primal despite how much we evolved as a species 🐆 I'd say the star of the show here is the boozy accord (listed as rum and bourbon on the official brand listing) supported by the leather accord. Definitely a dark niche masterpiece 🖤 Imagine yourself being a midieval knight riding his horse 🐴 in full metal armor, and you ride back to your village where a damsel gives you a drink to toast your victory by the village bonfire 🔥 🥃 ⚔️ this is the feeling of this fragrance. A video review is also available on my YT ▶️

Thought it was best to give this a good wear for a few days before commenting again. First up, this is a powerhouse drop. Unapologetically smoky, boozy, and slightly sweet (during the dry down). This juice bangs hard. I’ve a couple of Amouage that can knock the roof off a house, but this thing is nuclear. Seriously, 1-2 sprays is enough. Even then, your neighbours will be closing their windows. Has a touch of Carner’s Sandor 70s about it, but without the barnyard dry down. This is much more pleasant and wears a lot better. Projection: Enormous Longevity: Easily 10-12 hours off 2 sprays Occasion: Dungeon parties. Possibly funerals. Music: Slayer’s Hell Awaits Character: The Undertaker Clothing: Chaps and whips It’s hard to describe this scent. If you’re into wearing juice on your own for enjoyment, this is one you’ll want to own. Oddly intoxicating and enjoyable, too, if you like the darker vibes.

I've been curious about this and almost bought it blind for a great price. Testing out an official house sample, and I wish I would have bought it blind. The opening is saddle leather, a little booze and saddle soap. It smells devine. Shortly after it's joined with hay, horses, and metal chain mail.It's tough to describe, but the best way I can approximate it is that it smells like a saddle shop inside a medieval museum. The saddles are not all new, some of them are worn and have the smell of the animals and the outdoors with them. Fantastic execution and wonderful artwork. Iron Duke is a winner on every level. It's unique, interesting, uses quality oils and is transportive. But be warned, it smells also like actual horses 🐴 This is not for the bubble gum or tonka crowd, this is a medieval journey. Scent 8/10 Performance 8/10

SOTD/Testing Beaufort's Iron Duke, which was launched last weekend at PITTI. Appropriate, as today marks the anniversary of The Iron Duke's death. This is the first scent that I have had the opportunity to try from Beaufort, and I'm well impressed with it. People have said that it's quite reminiscent of Guerlain's classic Habit Rouge, and I must admit, the leather note in Iron Duke does give that impression. But Iron Duke, is much more that just a leather scent, there's guns, the wood from the ships, gunpowder. To me, it's what his private study at No1 London, or Apsley House as it is more well known, would have smelled like. It's a scented holographic image of the Duke himself. A big thank you to Bloom Perfumery in London for sending the sample out so quickly.

I had a great opportunity to sample full Beaufort line at one divinely stocked niche shop in Trier, Germany. By far the most wearable of the bunch, yet still unapologetic and unique. It smells like a worldly sophisticated gentleman who does not care, because he has it all. I call this style of perfumery a "clean dirty" and it makes for the most interesting pieces of my collection. I cannot say I smell particular notes, which is always a sign of skilled perfumery. There is a spicy feel at the start, which turns into this fuzzy warm animalic furball that envelopes you in the light familiar sweetness of human skin. For me this is almost bordering with sexual arrousement. Instabuy and I just hope I'm not the only one feeling this way about the fragrance.

Not at all what I was expecting. The balance between rugged and wearable here is fantastic. First thing that came to mind when I smelled it was HDP 1740 Marquis de Sade, but this is definitely it's own thing. Very somber leather dominant fragrance with liquor, a mineral gunpowder note, and pipe tobacco providing support. I'm pretty sure there's a touch of some sort of floral in there adding some sweetness, but listing it probably would've detracted from the manly mission statement going on here. The blending is awesome, though. Definitely an autumn/winter thing, but it's much easier to wear than I expected based on some of the comments. Two thumbs up from me.

Very masculine, tough, dry. The start is like a horse runaway with aromas, all coming out at once, with a slightly soapy citrus touch that is ahead. As it dries, the leather comes out, a soft and delicious leather, together with a dry pipe tobacco, at the base some notes of alcohol, something sweet, which in my head are interpreted as rum. This proposal is my favorite of the brand, it is elegant and powerful, for me nothing difficult to wear on cold days and that I have to send a strong message. Uniqueness: high Scent: 8/10 Sillage: medium/high Longevity: 6-7h