English Laundry Notting Hill

Another excellent fragrance by Christopher Wicks. This is a classy, somewhat sweet one. I, as usual, enjoy all English Laundry's offerings. This starts off with a very sweet citrus blast of lemon, lime and bergamot. The pepper quickly comes in to spice up the sweetness, the musk enters the fray and this is where it stays for quite some time. Safari by Ralph Lauren, as someone else stated, is very similar though this offers a slightly less green nature. I assume, though, the sandalwood and jasmine give it a slightly green floral tone. Very slight. I don't detect amber at all but I wish I could. Overall, not entirely unique but very nice. Longevity is excellent and for the first two hours you're getting a nice cloud. It's sillage stays consistently moderate throughout the day. Very good. It's not a screamer but it does a modestly good job. I'm going to say a classy sweet frag for men 25+. Well groomed, soft natured. I'd say pretty good for all seasons and most situations. A versatile one. I think for the retail asking price on an EDP, you could do a lot worse. Even better if you can find it at a discounter.

Notting Hill, Signature, and Arrogant are the best from the house, and the only ones worth buying IMO. Better than Creed Viking IMO, no rose, no cloves. It's a flash opening of citruses followed musky woods that has a throwback feeling, without smelling really really old school. Often in retro musky frags you get things that stick out like a sore thumb as "dated" and the number one thing for me and people I know is carnation followed closely in second place by heavy handed use of cloves. The spice they use here instead is pepper. I get all the things I like from a vintage spicy musk, with none of the things I don't. My bottle is older so I can't speak for modern batches or if this is still being made nowadays. Performance is better than any other English Laundry I've tried, vintage or modern. I get around 7 hours with average projection. ----------------------------------------------------- Overall a solid masculine fragrance if you like musk Scent 7.5/10 Performance 7/10

Understated cashmere & pale purple, wearing a cashmere sweater, a ramble upon the heath, words left unspoken, kindness, discovering the first crocuses of spring...these are some associations I get with this soft & wearable floral-woody-musk with spice & soft-purple. Opens with a burst of multi-faceted bergamot with citrus-aromatic shades, that deepens into a floral-musk heart of pepper & jasmine heart with fresh-spicy and soft-purple tones boosted by lavender (not listed), all resting on a musky cedar-sandalwood base. The result is a soft, wearable floral-woody-musk scent with a hint of spice, lavender & trace soap, that tilts masculine with the English Laundry men's DNA. Over time, the soft-purple tones of jasmine come out a little more in the air. This is something I've smelt before, but it's nicely done here, easy to wear unisex leaning masculine, and doesn't turn on the skin. Enjoy!

I'm a fan of the English Laundry clothing line and also the Oxford Bleu and Tahitian Waters fragrances, so this one was my next to try from all the positive reviews. This one starts off with that blast of fresh, clean citrus, but the subtle jasmine adds a nice touch to the start. It begins to dry down into a very warm sandalwood and the jasmine is still subtly there. The dry down is amazing! Just the right amount of woody cedar and sweet amber! I get a peppery, spicy note as this one goes on as well. The projection is great and the performance was about 8 hours on my skin! It being an EDP certainly helps too. I love the middle and I love fragrances that aren't so linear. This one definitely transitions like an orchestra of scent! Overall, I give this one a 8.5/10! Cheers!

Good citrus musky scent SOTD (Scent of the Day): English Laundry Notting Hill EDP: As of 01/31/19 Is a surprising scent, to my nose I detect the Bergamot, Musk, and pepper in the opening, and I pick up the lemon, lime and Sandalwood with the hint of floral that comes from the jasmine. Per several YouTube fragrance reviewers on dry down is similar to Creed Viking, and I don't own Viking to compare the two. At the moment is my favorite English Laundry fragrance for the price is a steal and a gem. TJ Maxx sells all 100ml English Laundry fragrances for $14.99 USD. Is a must have. Rating Scent: 8/10 Design/Presentation: 5/10 Value: 10/10 Longevity/Performance: 9/10: Lasted on my skin/skin scent around between 10-11+ hrs Overall: 7.5/10

This is a really nice gentleman's fragrance. When I smell this I immediately think of someone who is well dressed, well mannered, and well groomed. This is the fragrance for someone who is mature, and enjoys the finer things in life. This fragrance wears close on the skin, while still having a presence. This is a musky cologne without going too old school. Overall I would recommened this to someone in their late twenties, or anyone who is mature and well mannered.

Definitely a classy "night out" aromatic/semi-sweet cologne in my (rather amateur) opinion, something I would maybe expect as a niche version of Blue de Chanel. Sillage and longevity imo are both very good. I'll admit that I may be biased from a very positive basenotes review of this cologne though. Definitely my favorite English Laundry cologne thus far (over Arrogant and Signature, both of which I found as fairly nice fragrances but weak on longevity/sillage).

This is a really nice clean scent. It reminds me of obviously "clean fresh laundry". It gives me a pleasant feeling and also a feeling of well being. It reminds me of something "innocent". I think this is perfect for the spring, so I'm considering this one for the upcoming spring season. I would say more of a day fragrance, but could very well be worn at night. It's not offensive and very "safe". LOVE THE MUSK on this one.

The best $20 CAD I have spent fragrance-wise. THE most versatile, mass-appealing and dumbest grab scent I own. Its clean and fresh but not sharp. I would consider unisex (I wear it as a woman). Not surprising, there is a slight synthetic vibe, but its not a deal breaker for me as a niche junkie. Performance is less than stellar, but it's not the end of the world to reapply. Overall, I would highly recommend.

This is a high quality fragrance. It reminds me of a toned down version of Green Irish Tweed. Sillage is superior to the run-of-the-mill frags from Gucci, Prada and the like. It also lasts and remains consistant throughout the drydown. If you're over 30 and looking for a quality product, this is a good place to start, though I think the new "Bleu" is incredible as well. Good stuff, guys.

Picked up a 100ml bottle yesterday for $8! It’s a very manly sophisticated barber shop type cologne. Definitely a absolute steal for the price and I’m loving it more and more every time I smell it. It blows my mind how little love the house of English Laundry gets for how cheap they have become.

Notting Hill is a very sophisticated and manly musk/woody/floral fragrance. I think it is more woody/floral than musk though. The musk is there to balance out the fragrance BUT not strong, and I like that. I don't smell citrus here, maybe it's my sense of smell. Very good longevity and sillage.

A nice clean lime citrus. The lime is noticeably strong but not in an overpowering way. Washing with a nice strong smelling white bar of soap and then putting on a new white shirt - in the morning. A good and honest man wears this. Wished it lasted longer than 4 hours on me.

guys if you liked Creed's viking...i think you should get this one asap..its so close to Viking on dry down and great performance...i dont know if Viking copied them but damn they are so alike...im gonna buy a full bottle when i run out of my 20ml lil bottle.so good

Beautiful citrus sandalwood. Perfect for early fall when the leaves have just started to turn colors. For the price especially this is a no brainier. Only issue is performance but at this price who cares.

I love it!! Its true it smells exactly like Ralph Lauren safari!! My box says eau de parfum but fragranticas picture says edt?! Wierd but notherless a solid scent!! Fresh,dank,powdery,woody,

Love this! It does have that Safari vibe that others mention. It smells classy and masculine. Versatile with great longevity and good Sillage.

this One goes in the same direction of Platinum Egoist but more Citrusy and mass appealing!

This is an updated review of English Laundry Notting Hill. English Laundry Notting Hill is a weird an interesting scent. It smells 90's old school but has some elements similar to Sauvage.The 90's scent side is Eternity for Men or a not as synthetic Curve for Men vibe. I cannot stand Aramis on my skin honestly, I sprayed it at a Sears and didn't like it at all. Curve I do like but it smells synthetic. As Notting Hill goes on, it smells somewhat like Sauvage Very Cool Spray, just with jasmine and no ambroxan. I don't personally smell anything similar to Invictus. If anything it is the jasmine, which is a common white floral in fragrances period. I wonder if this fragrance is confused with English Laundry Cambridge Knight. The main reason I havent gotten that is I have enough fragrances that smell like Invictus. Notting Hill has none of that. Notting Hill has several main notes, I think there are really prominent. These are bergamot, jasmine, pepper and sandalwood. The bergamot dominates the citric open and some Eternity for Men like lemon makes way, but this is with an under current of pepper spiciness from the mid and a slight woodyness from the base. The Jasmine is rather prominent in the mid along with the pepper. The base is very woody with the cedarwood and the dominant sandalwood along with a strong musk. I honestly don't notice the lime note at all. Performance is the weakest of the English Laundry house at about 5/6 hours. I'm not sure if it is an EDT or EDP but if.it is an EDP, it is a rather weak EDP. You maybe get an arm's length of sillage for an hour tops. Especially in the dry Arizona heat. Notting Hill usewise is weird. It might able to be used in a kick it situation, but it mostly is a work scent. Maybe it can be used during a summer daytime date too if you aren't afraid of smelling like an ex, brother or dad considering it is a common scent profile. This wouldn't work dressed up despite the English Laundry house doing a number of upscale smelling clones of popular fragrances. Notting Hill is not the best English Laundry fragrance I've smelt. Not even second or third, I put it about fifth out of the six I've tried (Windsor, Riviera, Signature, Oxford Bleu, this and Tahitian Waters.) It is a little bit all over the place on what it is and it just is alright to good. At least unlike Tahitian Waters, it don't smell totally foul on my skin. Notting Hill gets a 6.7 out if 10 for me. Not a strong like, but it I can't dislike it for the complexity of an old school smelling scent with some new school to it.

Very clean and fresh, it's reminiscent of a "cotton" or "clean laundry" air freshener.. but in the best way possible. I've never smelled SMW by Creed, but I have smelled a fake version and this reminds me of it. Don't ask. I get almost a beach vibe for some reason, like a sun tan lotion accord in there. It's pretty creamy (the sandalwood?) and is mass appealing so for a blind buy if you only have a few bottles at home, $14.99 for 3.4 is worth it imo. I like it a lot, but it's not mind blowing. Very safe and soft. Still masculine, but leaning unisex over a "manly" scent. It's kinda hard to describe, and it's a crowd pleaser, but I don't have anything else like it in my collection. It's well blended and there's really no standout notes except maybe the sandalwood, and then the bergamot at the opening. Super clean. Super fresh. But not aquatic fresh. more floral/clean without being too powerful. It has musky quality which makes it a little “heavier” than a freshie, but it makes it creamy and inviting. FYI I’m not a big musk fan. I'd say mid 20's and up, day to night, with ok projection and alright longevity. Great sprayer. I have Windsor which has grown on me, but is really only a reach in winter. Signature has something that throws me off. Not so much with NH. Great light spring/summer juice. Nothing really bad to say about it. Light? Yes. Soft? Yes. Generic? somewhat. Still I find myself reaching for it on occasion. Overall.. good juice.