Chopard 1927 Vintage Edition

Review - CHOPARD 1927 VINTAGE EDITION Perfumer - Bruno Jovanovic (Nose behind Monsieur by Fredrick Malle,Coach for Men,A&F Fierce,Times Square by Masque Milano amongst others) Release Year - 2016 Main Notes - Asphalt + Amber + Violet Leaves This special edition Chopard is one of the most artsy fragrances out there. Created by one of the most big name perfumers out there. I don't like to use the word "niche quality" alot because it doesn't determine the quality of the scent but if niche means anything akin to artistry and uniqueness this is perhaps a Niche scent by all means. TOP - This opens up very fresh and green. But just before the freshness starts to takes off and explode like any typical freshie you instantly feel leather added into the composition toning down the composition of the entire scent. There's a certain green element to the opening thanks to the green notes and violet leaves provide a wet/mossy feel. You feel there has rained. You just don't know where. MID - The magic happens! Asphalt. It was raining on the asphalt road which has been warm all day and now it has started to cool. It's difficult to explain this note. Or this part of the scent. It's just what it is. Asphalt note is Earthy,dark but is backed by the freshness of Violet Leaves and smoothness of Leather. Drydown - The asphalt note remains true to the composition. The scent although gets more smoother and richer. A master perfumer at work. Amber which is sweet and oomphy accompanied by creamy Lavender! The rain has now stopped. The wind is blowing bringing the flowers and some raindrops from the side of the road towards you. So manly and enigmatic. Performance - 5-6 Hours longevity Good projection for 1-2 hours. But again, unique enough to make itself smelled. Beauty of this scent. Emotions - Racing. Power. Thunder. Very natural but dark and still uplifting somehow The calm before the storm! 10/10 for the scent and it's artistry. These are the kind of scents that make this game worth it.

What a co-incidence. Am wearing this to work today and just came across Sachin's review. He has a way with words when describing fragrances! What an accurate (and beautiful) description. Read Below (just copying/pasting Sachin's review): TOP - This opens up very fresh and green. But just before the freshness starts to takes off and explode like any typical freshie you instantly feel leather added into the composition toning down the composition of the entire scent. There's a certain green element to the opening thanks to the green notes and violet leaves provide a wet/mossy feel. You feel there has rained. You just don't know where. MID - The magic happens! Asphalt. It was raining on the asphalt road which has been warm all day and now it has started to cool. It's difficult to explain this note. Or this part of the scent. It's just what it is. Asphalt note is Earthy,dark but is backed by the freshness of Violet Leaves and smoothness of Leather. Drydown - The asphalt note remains true to the composition. The scent although gets more smoother and richer. A master perfumer at work. Amber which is sweet and oomphy accompanied by creamy Lavender! The rain has now stopped. The wind is blowing bringing the flowers and some raindrops from the side of the road towards you. So manly and enigmatic. Performance - 5-6 Hours longevity Good projection for 1-2 hours. But again, unique enough to make itself smelled. Beauty of this scent. Emotions - Racing. Power. Thunder. Very natural but dark and still uplifting somehow The calm before the storm!

Blind bought this a few months ago - purely based on 2 reasons. First and foremost being the perfumer behind this: Bruno Jovanovic. Secondly - the notes were very intriguing. I had never heard of asphalt being combined with amber and leather. So - my thoughts? I LOVE it. It is a multi-layered scent which is bound to be noticed. I personally don't care about garnering compliments BUT it has excellent sillage hence got a few compliments at work. After spraying it for the first time, the first 10-15 minutes were like 'hmmm....was this a wrong buy?' THEN the magic happens - The scent completely turns out to a magical combination of freshness and asphalt (ness). It's hard to explain but it is strangely addictive. I kept sniffing my arms all day.. Another fragrance crazy friend compared it to 'Midnight in Paris' so I tried that as well BUT this is only slightly similar to the opening - MIP dries down to a strange (weird) smell that I hated. THIS on the other hand is a much more refined version and the dry down is just superbly pleasing. Notes are listed as below: Top notes: lavender, green notes and juniper Middle notes: violet leaf and asphalt Base notes: leather and amber Bruno is master perfumer and this is one amazing piece of work. I'm glad I bought the Vintage edition and the bottle itself - worth displaying it somewhere. It is that beautiful.

I've had this juice for awhile, I didn't write a review on it..so here we go. I try to put aside the nose behind the fragrance so that I don't cloud my opinion. This was a completely blind purchase and I wasn't disappointed. At first spray it's sweet and heavy on me. After a good 15min later the amber settles with violet and a hint of wet asphalt comes through. Lavender and Juniper really kicks in giving it that wintery vib. For some reason, I don't pick up the leather scent...not sure why? Longevity and Sillage is excellent...perfect for evening and during the colder months. You can get away with just a couple of spirits of the juice on you...it goes a long way. I can't help it but this juice has a similar vib to Bogart pour homme...anyone out there try it and you'll understand what I mean. Similar vib but this juice is far more refined and not so drugstore fragrance. I give it a good 8.5/10....it might take a few tries before it grows on it.

OK I tried to compare this with some that have lavender, but actually the lavender is not the prominent note on this Chopard, but I would say is unique, the only one that gets close to it is the 1000 miglia from the same house, I don't have the Extreme version, but this 1927 Vintage is has more character and presence, and is more out of the ordinary. I tried Lanvin Arpege, Hugo boss bottle night, even ungaro III, and versace man, but no, the lavender is diffrent in all of them, and the only one closer is the 1000 Miglia I mentioned before, since they both share the asphalt note, but is more dominant on the 1927 and the leather as well, so I don't think it has another closer match and I really like it. As the description says is a collector's item, and I am glad I got it.