Rock The Kasbah

My 15-year-old says it smells like old people; my wife says it smells soapy and nice. Personally, I love it. It gives off really clean barbershop vibes. It is soapy, citrusy, clean, a little spicy, but not offensive at all. The dry down is really nice and clean. This was a blind buy for me, and I have no regrets. OH, I hate the atomizer.

Can say this one literally smells like a barbershop because I put it on before heading for a haircut and the products they use at my place have a really similar minty/herbal profile. Opens very herbal and with a steamy hammam/spa vibe, stays smelling squeaky clean but the minty coolness eventually dissipates into a warm, woody, gently sweet base, and lasts for ages. Really like the balance of warm and cool notes in this, makes it feel very versatile/suitable for year-round wear. The sweet and aromatic herbal/spearmint accord in this reminds me a lot of Lush Dirty, but with a warm, dry wood base instead of a cool, mossy one - I suspect the ‘tarragon’ note in the Lush and ‘fennel’ one here have a very similar effect. Lovely - feels very classic but decently imaginative too. Sort of leans masculine in an old-school, understated way, much more ‘dapper’ than ‘alpha’ and I think anyone who likes woody fragrances and doesn’t struggle with patchouli will enjoy wearing this.

150ml bottle's vintage atomizer tricked me into a full blind buy, and the result is complete disappointment. Lovers of this juice will hate this review, but sniffing the atomizer gives me nice feelings, however as soon as i squeeze that fancy vintage atomizer, that fennel&myrrh mix explodes right onto my face! The bottle waaaay overdoes! It screams attention, but not with a quality façade. Like Heliothrope from FB, this fainty juice is a huge disappointment and failure. It does rock, like a tornado; leaving no nose alive behind.