Timberline

This review is for the 1968 MEM Timberline, not the later pictured version above. I absolutely love this fragrance! The vintage bottle that I have is a linear soapy, fresh, pine, mossy, honeyed fragrance. I do believe the top notes have disappeared and blended into the fragrance. I have worn this in the heat, and it isn’t cloying at all like some heavy modern fragrances that I own. It actually projects well the hotter I get. It last me 6-7 hours under normal conditions, and little less when I sweat from working outdoors. I’m an outdoorsman, so it just suits my style. If you get a chance to smell this, you will probably like it! Very Manly Stuff from MEM! Just a shame it has been discontinued, and this occurred before I started wearing fragrances as a teen. I do have a spray bottle of the later version, and it is nothing like the original, so don’t waste your time with it.

Epic Journey Into the Bottled Yonder, 203 ------------------------------------------------------- Purchased October 2022 - NOS Quite a soapy leathered wood but perhaps it being a splasher it cloys the soap part, which definitely something cloys for 10-15 minutes and then becomes quite powdered yet still heavily leather and woodness. Very manly stuff.

A fragrance that transforms on the skin. In the bottle/lid it's an overwhelming alcohol and pine blast. I thought it was a boring generic pine with no character. On skin, it transforms into a powdery fir tree with a hint of floral sweetness. What I register as powder could read to others as dirt, akin to the soil in a dry pine forest. Very vintage, with a comforting dad energy. I'd love to see the packaging and marketing get a revamp. I think it has a lot of potential for a comeback. I'm not sure if I want to buy a full bottle. (Purchased in Australia from Priceritemart)

A very light but interesting fragrance, mildly reminiscent of Aramis, but woodier to my nose. I wear it when I want something mild but pleasant through most of the work day.

Original English Leather version from an unopened box: basically a light, pine soap fragrance. Pleasant but not as complex as the above list of notes would suggest.