Le Dandy Pour Homme

The best of the scent profile, and in that profile I include Michael for Men by Michael Kors and John Varvatos by John Varvatos. Le Dandy opens brilliantly, like a very rich, sweet, moist, rum-soaked spiced plum cake. Its listed as a Woody Spicy, but it's as much a Gourmand as anything else. And this is the advantage Le Dandy has over the Kors and Varvatos. It manifests its gourmand facets more and better than it's two offspring. And I say offspring only in the sense that the D'Orsay came first (1999), and the other two almost no doubt used Le Dandy as direct inspiration. The 2001 Michael for Men is very similar in profile but has much better performance than either Le Dandy or Varvatos, which both suffer with disappointing performance. Actually I would recommend the possibility of layering Le Dandy with the longer-lasting, further-projecting original Michael for Men by Michael Kors. The two are very close in scent profile, and layering would offer the best of both - the performance of the Kors with the brilliant, sweet, rich, rum-soaked deliciousness of Le Dandy. Both Kors and Varvatos have a leather/suede accord to differentiate from Le Dandy. There is a Pour Femme version of this called La Dandy Pour Femme that was released later. Interestingly, both are descendants of a 1925 OG that supposedly was an aldehydic floral that "was originally meant for men" but appealed to women more. I found the original's note breakdown and it has notable differences to either the later Homme or Femme editions. Mainly the floral notes. But it also had "spices" and "fruity" notes, and I would say that the two modern variants are probably faithful to the vintage OG in general terms. So all in all Le Dandy by D'Orsay has an absolutely dandy scent profile - one of my favorite (just look at the note and accords lists!) - but sadly suffers in performance.

This is a review for the EdP version of Le Dandy (gold cap). The notes are as follows: Top notes: rhum-wisky, peach, pineapple, plum. Heart Notes: ginger, nutmeg, cardamon, cinnamon, clove. Base notes: sandalwood, benzoin, patchouli, tonka bean, Peru balsam, tobacco. From the first spritz of this perfume I am met with an incredibly smooth, sweet, powdery amalgamation of notes that are hard to discern. The fruit mixed with the rum/whiskey makes sense in retrospect, as it has a slightly boozy, yet utterly juicy, first impression. This is not a bad thing. The spices which come later do not seem to burden or overbear in any way, allowing for a very transient and seamless transition towards the base. At this point, the sweets have been tempered, but there is still a lingering aroma of these powdery confections. I'm not sure if at any point you can really tell when the heart notes have vanished and the base notes emerge. This is due in part to the, in my opinion, beautiful overall composition of the fragrance which takes a number of very distinct notes and blends them as one unique smell in its own. Yes, you get the vibe of tobacco and alcohol, which are meant to stick out as they provide the foundation for the class and suave Le Dandy is known for, but what I'm ultimately left with is a light & humble, yet alluring, aura of a real gentleman's perfume. All in all, I really do love Le Dandy and value it for what it is, but I am often at a loss for times in which this would be fitting. Certainly not a casual, every day, wear, but occasionally it's nice to go out in street clothes smelling like you just spent the morning at a cigar bar shooting the shit. Otherwise, this is more or less confined to formal wear, and in a scenario not necessarily meant to attract anyone, but rather establish your own class and confidence as a man.

Where do I begin? [brings out boxing gloves] I’ll just get straight to it. This is better than many Frapin’s and certainly better than Jubilation. The fruity note, especially, mops the floor with Jubilation which I found to be weak and lacking in fullness and character. The booze in this fragrance is also more, boozy than Frapin too. I really like the tobacco note too—potent without going overboard. The formulation is perfectly balanced. This is just so much win! Longevity is very good, projection is perfect, smells expensive and classy. Bottle is lovely too. NOTE: I dunno know what D’Orsay is up to with their formulations but I have an EDT with the silver cap, which, if I understand correctly, is a generation behind the current product packaging with the gold cap.

Epic Journey Into the Bottled Yonder, 135 ------------------------------------------------------- Purchased August 2019 Definitely one of those high roller scents. Quite forgotten and I found this one through Sven Raphael Schneider yeeaars ago from the Gentleman's Gazette. It's booze, peach, leather and tobacco but blended to be luxurious as hell and earthy. I found Bogart Club 75 to be like this, so I skipped that. Truly a powerhouse (but off-puttingly sweet) that nobody recognises. I've worn this a lot. You could hang around the casino with this and Boucheron. Batch: 006072 (unable to decode, please PM me). My estimate would make it 2016-2017 manufacture, though being a very slow selling product it could be a nearly NOS 2016.

I'm new to this brand but the heritage and the history are very cool. What a gem this turned out to be. This is Kilian Paris before there was Kilian Paris. My initial impressions: take the best parts of their (Kilian) boozy fragrances and dried fruits and mix it with a spicy elegant suede and tobacco and you get an approximation of what Le Dandy is all about. But it also has a vintage vibe. I love It. Sits close to skin but otherwise great boozy leather tobacco with lots of peaches. Classy Sinatra casino vibes for a night out on the town. Scent 9/10 Performance 5/10