He Wood Silver Wind Wood

REVIEW - Dsquared2 Silver Wind Wood What does it smell like? A posh and rich Concoction that revolves around different shades or Vanilla enveloped with different oriental notes. Very adventurous and peaceful at the same time. Scents that it reminds me off - D600 by Carner Barcelona (Due to Vanilla) Deep drydowns of Dior Homme Intense (Due to smokiness of Incense and Posh nature of Vanilla) TOP - The top notes of this goodness open very woody spicy. Very consistent with the whole He Wood line. The main notes to my nose are muffy nutmeg,a spicy aromatic combination of Lavender and Sage and some fresh Cedarwood. There's also some Vetiver at the background initially. All in all very wild,very woody,very robust. MIDDLE NOTES - Now slowly after establishing itself as a flanker of the popular He Wood line this fragrance now heads to it's own direction. The Incense now starts to come to the surface as the woody opening now starts to fade. The spiciness from Lavender and Sage is still there and there's some beautiful clean musk to accompany them. So now, you've got rid of the robust part and entered into a soft-velvety clean valley of clean soapy Musk,Smooth Incense and some inoffensive spices. DRYDOWN - Even with this much going on,this composition is yet to show it's complete self yet. It's totally multifaceted and multilayered one which is blended with absolute craft. The vanilla now seeps into the composition,which is of soft,velvety,sweet, aphrodisiac kind. This is backed my some clean musk and smooth Incense. The drydown itself has some surprises up its sleeve,with the deepest drydown of this scent surprising you with some different shades of Spicy kind of vanilla backed with some beautiful luminous Amber. It's like you stepped into a wood first,crossed all the woody hurdles,and then managed to enter a lava full of luminous Amber surrounded by vanilla flowers. Absolutely breathtaking at this time. USAGE - 23+ for both sexes. I think the spices and the aphrodisiac character of Vanilla would make it less suitable for lesser ages. FEELINGS - Very Posh. Very adventurous and robust at the beginning but very luxurious,cozy and rich towards the drydown. Make of that what you will. It feels like watching a sunset,the energy of the day in the form of robust notes fade away and welcome a peaceful serene night of soothing notes. Robust high energy tops and peaceful drydowns I guess are Dsquared2 signature. This is what I get from all the one's I've tried from their house so far. PERFORMANCE - Performance on this one is very very good. The vanilla lingers in the air so very well. I can sniff this bouncing off my skin hours after applying. Longevity is around 6-7 mark. Projection and noticeably factor on this is very good.

This is the soft vanilla fragrance for cold season I was looking for. Silver Wind Wood definitely has convinced me by it's mythology, package, fragrance itself and it's values: decent longevity and sillage. It's nice to actually smell the alluring misty, little malty freshness from myself. Opening is cold, sparkling, then it turns vivid probably due to the pleasant musk and woods blended in cloud of soft vanilla, which stays till the fragrance completely fades (and fortunatelly on my skin it takes few hours). Here my imagination just captured me completely - I virtually can breath the gentle winter wind during a walk in the forest, which is so pleasant. Bravo for the campaign designers! It's modern for sure, I find it very well crafted. This is certainly not a formal scent and I'm guessing it could be easly a signature scent, for every day in cold season. My only concern is how this composition would behave in warm weather. Now, when I wear it, we have snowy winter. And Silver Wind Wood blends into it perfectly. What I want to add is SWW reminds me a little of how I remembered Roberto Cavalli Black, except more durable and maybe little less sweet. It's definitely worth a try.

"The incense,lavender and sage mix with spices nutmeg in the heart.lastly,the sweet mood of vanilla,in combination with the energy of must and the nobility of amber adds both richness and masculinity force." This is a great review and I totally agree with it, but I found the surely accidental typo "must" in place of "musk" absolutely hilarious (definitely no must in this lovely fragrance). Much thanks to aquila_2009 for brightening my day! :) (Please see the review directly below) ____edit____ Would it be horrible if I called this Hypnotic Poison... For Men!? I love Hypnotic Poison and I have to consciously will myself not to maul any of my female friends that wear it. Think about it; if you were to replace the almond with incense and the coconut with nutmeg? Maybe not in the beginning but a few hours into it, I suddenly thought, oh wow! It's like the most masculine take on the Dior womens classic. In another review (even further below) Iscian compares the opening of Silver Wind Wood to Dior Fahrenheit Absolute, a flanker I am unfamiliar with... Thoughts?

I picked up a 50ml of this earlier this week and, I must say, I'm really satisfied with the purchase. I've been looking for a woody replacement for my Encre Noire, which I had swapped away, and I think I found something even better. To me, this smells like a 55/45 concoction of Lalique's Encre Noire and Gaultier's Le Male. It has the deep, natural and fresh woodiness of EN, and the smooth, powdery vanilla of Le Male. The bottle and packaging are well presented (love the wood surrounding the flacon, clever touch) and a bottle can be got for amazingly cheap online. It's funny, Dsquared2, the brand that brings you godawful $350 t-shirts that I'd sooner die than wear, actually puts out a fragrance of amazing calibre that costs one-tenth that. 9/10

Silver Wind Wood is Single Malt in the bottle! Full of body and character; individual, intelligent, integral and very contemporary potion. From the fresh and balmy opening with some salty aquatic tones this scent takes you on the journey into the evergreen forest in the scorched summer heat. Where smouldering wood along with burnt to a cinder nutmeg and vanilla give you this wonderful, oriental, dense and resinous aroma: warm and spicy, smoky and peaty, dark and ceremonial with some coniferous, x-massy feel about it. The smell of Bonfire with a lavish party going on around.. Merrily, merrily... Life is..just a dream. Sheer delight for both sexes, I suppose. Longevity is grand with a decent projection too. Cheers then!!