Patchouli

I could have sworn this Floris Patchouli started its life in 2013 as a unisex fragrance. They must have run the numbers afterwards and decided not more than 10 women anywhere would buy it, so why scare off thousands of men. Why indeed? Even I didn't buy one until a few minutes ago. I held out with I don't know how many cylindrical vials over the years. But tonight i slathered some across my neck and wrists and said, "no more... I'm buying one, hang the consequences. " It's that good. Dark and brooding and rich and long lasting. Six hours at least on my skin. I've never smelled any coconut in it, and am really surprised it's listed. Absolutely not a 1960's patchouli/Flash Oils/hippie fragrance either, and not a reeking, patchouli/leather/date night whatever bomb either. Not like I don't love both those kinds of patchouli fragrances but I wear this when I don't want to be noticed. Or I wear it for me, when I want a good strong patchouli woody scent without all the social connotations.

This is a coconut bomb!!.. starts off extremely rum-boozy to the extent of being sickening.. but settles in to a great fragrance. It's a projection and longevity beast!! If you spray it in the morning people will still smell it at night.. and you will still smell it on your clothes days later. I can see this being a very polarising fragrance. Personally I love it. I bought a bottle around Christmas in the sale, and then recently saw it was being discontinued and was on clearance on the Floris website for £39 so I quickly bought a back up bottle. I've only had positive comments from this scent, and infact two girls at work always make a big deal when I wear it.. saying it's their favourite mens fragrance. There's still some floating around on eBay.. but I imagine this will be very hard to get in the coming years.

I love this! On my husband, and on me too! He smells divine in it, and I smell very interesting, but we both can't stop sniffing each other. Very lovely soft patchouli for me, and a bit stronger and deeper on him, but the wood smell is the best part. Lovely coconut, and some nice resins., and on me the rose comes quite strongly from time to time. Really lovely. Very smooth and enjoyable, and lasts very well. We love it.

I quite simply can't get enough of this scent. I wear it more as an aftershave and like to drowse myself in it too. It does turn heads when you walk into a room, it also seems to attract the ladies, which is not a bad thing either. Personally I feel rather sophisticated whenever I wear this. Wish that Floris would have this on a Sale, just so I can stock up on this.

Reminds me of Givenchy Gentleman which is a compliment. Intially not sure but it`s class shows after 10 minutes my Mrs liked it on me so winner : )

As other reviewers have stated it opens up with a big boozy burst. I don't necessarily get Scotch; but more of a dark rum mixed with a green, dry, non sweet, coconut. The opening reminds me of a much more intense version of Heeley's "Coccobello" (which I love). After about 10 minutes the coconut and booze disappears and a light patchouli emerges for just a little while. After the drydown, you're left with a very green and fresh cedar (not the type of dried cedar used for hamster cage bedding; but freshly cut wood). Sillage is moderate to strong; and the longevity is definitely over 8 hours. I tried washing my arm so that I could test another fragrance and and Floris Patchouli was still going strong. Again, this is ultimately a woodsy scent - there isn't much patchouli to be found at all. But it's ok.

Element of surprise: Iris! At first sniff I thought I've encountered an iris fragrance, but the bottle says patchouli? The patchouli note goes in and out, and the coconut definitely gets more prominent as it dries, but the powdery iris is always there. Everything's on the drier side—even the coconut note is like solidified oil or dehydrated flakes. A very pleasant and harmonious scent! Good for even non-patchouli fans :)

Opens smelling like scotch on the rocks then turns into a nice suntan lotion possibly from the coconut/myrrh combo. I don't hate it by any means and would probably buy it, but it's only a step above Old Spice or Brut in my book and the price should reflect this. If this was sold at a reasonable price I would wear this on the hottest days of summer. The scent 6/10 The insulting price 1/10 Longevity 3/10 Sillage 2/10

I think theres a difference between spraying this and applying this with an applicator. When I dab it on my skin from a sample applicator, I get a really nice coconuty, fig leafy scent then it goes to patchouli and woods. It smells nice. However, when I spray it, I just get straight up alcohol and smell like whiskey. I'm not sure why this is.

Opens an herbal patchouli but quickly becomes powdery, creamy, resinous and dries down to a soft skin scent of powder and a little amber/labdanum.

من أجمل عطور الباتشولي بنظري الوحيد الذي سحرني وأستغرب من الأغلب يشككون بفوحانه استخدمته فوحانه رهيب على ملابسي!!

On first application it smells like alcohol spirits like you are smelling a open bottle of whisky and it's quite unpleasant. After a few minutes when it settles I can pick up a light woodiness coupled with a light coconut smell. Within this woodiness is a very light and subdued patchouli note. As time moves forward I can pick up hints of violet and other floral notes along with a slight sweetness within the very light woody patchouli mix, but only just. The whole fragrance is pretty much non-descript. There is just nothing distinct about any of the notes in this scent. The projection is also poor as well as longevity and the scent is so light it's very hard to pick up the individual notes. Words that describe this scent are: Unpleasant opening, bland, non descript, boring, no character, where is the patchouli note?, disappointing. I really wanted to like this fragrance but I cannot. I'm disappointed that Floris can come out with this after the very good Mahon Leather scent from the same exclusive range. Which imo is bottle worthy. How they can call this offering a patchouli scent is beyond me. The note is very light and buried amongst the woods. A real let down. To sum up a very light non descript bland woody scent with a very subdued patchouli note. Out of this are slight floral hints like violet, a thumbs down for me and a scent that is not worth your money or time.

Weak, indistinct, clean outdoors, a little smoke, wood, hint of coconut. Blah.

The opening is very green medicine boozy and the dry down is not improve but very herbal with hint of coconut. This remind me of the bitter side of Guerlain vetiver. The florist patchouli just take the bitter and amplify it with addition coconut and cedar. I can understand why most of the people do not like this. Too dark, too green and bitter medicinal.

نارگیل، زنبق و پچولی به ترتیب سه قدرت اصلی این عطرند. پچولی اینجا شیرین، استوایی و بسیار پودری شده متفاوت و خاص اما نه الزامن زیبا ----------- Scent & Qualiy: 7/10 Longevity: 8/10 Sillage: 6/10 Creativity & Uniqueness: 9/10 Affordability: 3/10 ----------- Overall: 6.6/10

Out the gate...this smells like Johnnie Walker Neat on my skin...lol Can't wait to see where this goes.

good news for those who love this fragrance .. boxing day sale at floris ... it's included ...