Ramble

Niche clone house lacking original creations. Since it is a pattern with this brand, I'm guessing the perfumers are instructed to make scents similar to popular fragrances. However, there's a saving grace. This is the closest I've smelled to the discontinued and very expensive Https Bond. So if you're dying to try that one, this will get you there in style. These will (hopefully) end up on the gray market eventually because nobody buys them (at least in my city) so I think if you can find it discounted, it's worth it to own if you're not already tired of aventus. The pomelo, pine and lavender is a twist on the aventus blueprint. I'm enjoying my decant and wouldn't mind a full bottle. ---------------------------------- Scent 90/100 Perfomance 75/100

Ramble is one of my favourite fragrances from Fulton & Roark. If you love smelling like trees and the outdoors, this is a great pick for you. It opens slightly spicy and peppery but settles into an earthy scent that really reminds me of being in a forest full of pine trees. It is definitely unisex and anyone could wear this. I think this is a good scent for all times of year, because it reminds me of Christmas, but also reminds me of when plants are starting to grow again during warmer months. I find the patchouli helps the fragrance last longer too, but it isn't overwhelming as you can still smell the other notes, especially the balsam.

This fragrance inspired me to get the full discovery kit from this house. It's a pretty spectacular forest smell; you can pick out the different wood bases within it and it evolves almost as though you were summiting a mountain and passing through different biomes. This is the only fragrance so far that I think is worth it's price (at edp strength) on Fulton & Roark's website. I'd like to see how it performs layering with an aquatic fragrance like Tauer's Phtaloblue or Etat Libre D'Orange's Sous Le Pont Mirabeau. Depending on the outcome, I might be looking to purchase a full bottle of Ramble.

Lovely green and spice that packs a punch in the first few minutes but settles on the skin long term into something a little more earth-y and subtle. The citrus at the front is very fresh, wish it stuck around longer as it was a lovely combination. I could see this being a lovely winter scent because of the fir=Christmas connotation, and it feels like it would do better in cooler temperatures, but I could also see this being lovely in spring.

A very nice masculine piney herbal fragrance, if somewhat expected. It's a pleasant, solid entry in the genre: after a few minutes, it settles into something coniferous and masculine, with a warm but dry resinous underpinning, like shafts of sunlight warming the mulch of the forest floor. I don't get the pomelo or, surprisingly, the black pepper, and the lavender is present but not discernible, if that makes sense. I sense it in the underlying mosaic, but it's not a punch to your nose of lavender. The heavier notes shine here, and the body of this scent is fir, oakmoss, and patchouli, though I think the overall impression I get is fir (a little blue-green) + bamboo (lightens and brightens) + resin (dry) + a little je ne sais quoi. The performance is great. It definitely takes the entire day to slowly fade away. It's not until hours and hours and hours later that the rest of the fragrance dissipates enough to get the gentlest remainder of pomelo as a reminder of the day. I'd originally thought of this as "forgettable", and it's true it's not strikingly unique, but it's really quite a nice fragrance: solid and dependable. Eminently wearable, definitely leans masculine, well-done but nothing innovative. 8.5/10.