Esprit Mondain

I acquired this item in Rome during 2023, and it serves as a wonderful memento of the location. It features notes of Amalfi lemon, tarragon, and red wine. The scent does not evoke a typical designer fragrance; it is exceptionally well-crafted and far from generic.

If that perfume had more zeros in the price tag they would appreciate it more it’s similar to P33 that costs 3-4 times more and is even more long lasting, for me is 10/10

#1516 in my "Tour de Fragrance" Got this as a decant. Brecourt makes same nice scents and this is also a nice scent. Amber, Cedar, Musk and Myrrh are the base of a slew of scents in my collection. Natura "Essencial Unico" and "Eccensial Masculino." Amouage "Gold." Al Haramain "Amber Oud private Edition." Le Liquides Imaginaires "Sancti." Serge Lutens "Cuir Mauresque." Armaf "Nomad Pour Homme." I could go on for pages, but the point is it almost doesn't matter to me what you build on top of it when you have that base. The folks saying this is like Boss Bottled, Odyssey Tyrant and P.33 aren't wrong, but what makes this is a like for me is the myrrh. It gives this scent some bite that those scents just don't have, though Xerjoff P.33 makes up for it with iris and cypress. Boss Bottled is much woodier and the cinnamon helps it. Tyrant is just a boring "Juicy Fruit Gum" scent and I gave it away. This Brecourt kinda reminds me of Les Liquides Imaginaires "Sancti." This is standard masculine but not aggressive business wear. Okay for casual wear or date wear. But it's a moderate performer that you'll respray at lunch. Attractive at intimate range, but not much projection, so it won't offend anyone but might not get noticed either. Overall a nice scent. Not sure I'm in for a full bottle.

Soft and gentle summer mix. For the guys who like classy, timeless fragrances. Lavender-citrus-soft woody classic with an addition of unusual notes as grape and red wine. Although these notes give this fragrance some interesting grapy flare, it's not enough to make it a stand-out. I still like it a lot and think it's nice, somewhat organic fragrance for the easy-summer wear.

opening was just like Hanae Mori HM, lemon and lavender. hate lavender, but it seemed more like designer lavender than niche, which I prefer of the two. opening lasted a while, but then it gave in to a nice amber-elemi dry down with some fruity notes from the grape. not sure what the price is, but guessing it's not worth it.