Courvoisier L’edition Imperiale

I have the EDP. What a nice surprise! I made a blind buy on this frag. I thought the bottle looked classy, and have drank my share of V.S.O.P. The price cut had a great deal to do with it as well. I'm just going to throw this out there but this reminds me of a complex HeWood. Every now and then I get a whiff of that violet, cedar, Vetiver. I like HeWood it's pretty solid and cheap as well, but I have just found a perfect replacement since HeWoods longevity and sillage is devoured by my skins chemistry. I need Potent strength frags to get any sillage for any reasonable length of time. This does have enough potency to last on me, but nothing close to what I'm used to. Courvoisier wears a nice floral blanket, that compliments the amber/woody vibe perfectly...for me.This sets Courvoisier far apart from HeWood as far as being interesting is conserned. The original retail price for this fragrance is almost shocking to me...it's not that unique, or mind blowing, and I'm very thankful someone realized this. Finding this frag at a third of the price. This is a no brainer considering your fond of the notes listed. Most importantly I enjoy wearing it, it works perfectly with my skin, and if that isn't enough I have received mad compliments while wearing it. Win/Win in my book... 7/10 Longevity is around 5 hours then it turns into a nice skin scent for an additional 2-3hrs. It then sadly dies. It doesn't become cloying at all when sprayed in moderation so this can help the performance. 100% work/first date safe.

This is a complex perfume, and it was clearly designed to appeal to a luxury-goods enthusiast. It seems like it belongs at Neiman Marcus, selling for $200-300 to guys in shiny Stefano Ricci sport coats and Louboutin shoes. The Flacon (“bottle” is too prosaic a word for it) is heavy glass, with a metal plaque and neat metal cap. The box is heavy cardboard, but elegant enough to complete the picture. Whether it was marketed and sold anything like that, I have no idea, but it gives you a sense of Courvoisier’s vibe. The perfume itself is basically a dry floral-amber, but there are enough herbal and cool-spice notes in the mix to keep it from smelling too sweet. If you noticed, I keep calling this “perfume,” and that’s because it is almost an extrait in tenacity. This fragrance has a certain thickness to it, just like the bottle it comes in. (Courvoisier is available in EDT and EDP, but I have only tried the EDP.) I don’t smell Marigold notes in masculine perfumes very often, and I like this one a great deal. I would definitely recommend this to fans of floral leathers like Derby or Fahrenheit, and I would recommend this to women who like perfumes like Patou 1000, Caleche, or Vent Vert.

This is what I THOUGHT Van Cleef & Arpels Midnight In Paris would smell like! Unfortunately, MIP was a total let down, in spite its beautiful bottle... but this however, is VERY nice! Nice strong leather note, powdery notes aren't too feminine... I like this! This is the first "boozy" scent I've tried and really taken a liking to. It's only boozy in my opinion in the 2nd fourth of its life. It starts out a little undeveloped, then becomes boozy, and then develops past its booziness to show separation in the leather, amber, and florals that remain. It's really a nice scent evolution. While I can't say this is my favorite or anything, this is REALLY quite nice!

Decided to buy this anyway, I enjoyed the cognac with cigar so I thought yeah, get one bottle as collection to my already vast arrays of perfume. At first glance, I thought I detected vetiver cause I have a similar one to this which was chopard noble cedar but after few minutes there's powdery smell then it transform into something else, which I have nothing that is quite similar to this. Yes, it's nice, last for few good hours in this tropical weather so I enjoyed since this is EDP version, I wouldn't want the EDT anyway. Reminds me of Jaguar perfumes, only they are sweeter than this. Overall 7/10

A blind buy from years ago. Very refined and a bit macho. Powerhouse scent. Great for nights out and not for the under 30 crowd. The notes blend perfectly with amber,spices and leather being the main draw. Longevity of around 6-9 hours is outstanding. I might have to buy this again or use my last 10 ml's very sparingly