Dream Woods

The fragrance per se is beautiful and is a Passepartout that can be used basically on all occasions and all-around (except during hot summer days). It is creamy, sweet, aromatic(it has been well-described by most of the users below) but...but...after 15 minutes it doesn't project anymore(but it does last), even if it has been sprayed on fabrics. I hung out this morning, quite a chilly day nonetheless, and I could not smell it unless I dove my nose into the crook of my arm, which is quite unusual for me and not nice to see in public. Usually, my nose is like a gas detector(pardon my hyperbole), but this morning I was able to smell the asphalt, the soil, which perfume the people passing next to me were wearing, the smell of a squirrel eating an acorn 5 meters far from me(ok, not that one), but I was not able to smell my perfume, and that's quite a shame for such a great composition. I usually do not complain about performance and, depending on which occasion I wear them, about fragrances that sit close to my skin. Besides, I do not care if people can smell my perfume or not because I wear it for myself, and not to please people around me and get "compliments", but Dream Woods is really hard to detect. I own liquid soaps that last and project much more than this one from my hands. The good thing is that I cannot offend anyone because they cannot sense it...Anyway, I will keep using it(and probably rebuy it) because I love it(it is one of my favorite perfumes), but I would like to smell it from a decent distance without acting weird.

Bought the whole lineup. Ashton knocked it out of the park. EVERY SINGLE FRAGRANCE in his whole lineup is a home run. WELL DONE! The presentation is top notch. Bottle is heavy, the cap, love the cloth inside the box, everything. I love the name as well! It’s much better than something stupid like “fragrance One, date for man, etc.” *rolls eyes* This was the first bottle I opened. After examining the whole setup, I sprayed my hand and..... I must admit... I was slightly disappointed at first. I smelled JPG ultra male at the VERY FIRST SNIFF. Couple of things: I am not a huge fan of ultra male. Another popular YouTuber made a fragrance that smells like just ultra male. And I immediately thought “Ugh. He’s making a bunch of clones?” After a short while, the ultra male smell dissipates and you’re left with all the other wonderful notes. It smells so damn good. I was so relieved. None of his lineup smells cheap. It smells like nice expensive perfumes unlike all that cheap popular designer fragrances out there. The lingering notes smell unlike any other fragrance I have or smelled. Employees and friends rated this very high. Not their favorite. But excellent fragrance. After being so impressed with ashtons whole lineup, I will buy every fragrance he makes. Literally not one fragrance is bad. Definitely top three favorite fragrance brands now. Is it a safe blind buy? HELL YES! If you bought the whole lineup for that HUGE discount? 100%!!!!! Even without the discount, I’d gladly pay full price. Seriously... well done!

I got lucky on the timing with this fragrance. Initially I bought Dream Woods, Dusk to Dawn, and Shades of Seduction because of the deal from the Galleria Parfums close down sale. I couldn't buy the others because they were already sold out. Once I got the sample of Dream Woods and tried it for a day, I checked back to try and buy another bottle and found that it was sold out! That sucks, hopefully it'll come back again, but who knows since I got this from the business closing down. Dream Woods is exactly as its name implies. It's dreamy, smooth, and woody. It radiates off of the skin like butter. I wish this projected more, but it's so good that it does not matter. It projects for about maybe 4 hours before becoming a softer scent afterwards. With longevity I get maybe 8-9 hours. I'm not too familiar with the notes, but it's very bright in the beginning with a fruity sweetness, that I enjoy very much in the air. On skin it's nice, but this smells a lot better in the air. Then it mellows down and you have this woodiness blending with that fruit sweetness to become something like dreamy woods. Then you get a nice skin woody ending. I'm VERY happy about this purchase and definitely could not have expected a better blind buy lol. I hope this isn't the end of the fragrance.

It's interesting to see how many of us purchased this fragrance during the Galleria Parfums going out of business sale. Anyone who followed GentsScents during the past two years probably knew of GP's fragrances. Many, if not most, didn't purchase them because they were very over-priced at around $200 per bottle. Like many here I acquired all seven at $51 per bottle and given the quality and performance of the products that would have probably have been a good price to market them at from the onset. Dream Woods is my favorite of the seven and well worth $51, still not worth $200, and is truly an amazing fragrance. The name suits this fragrance perfectly. It is a fresh, creamy, sweet but not too sweet, woodsy, and not heavy. It remains light even with its darker fruit, wood notes, and creaminess make up. I could wear this anytime of year, except summer, and for any occasion. If you can find a bottle, reasonably priced, I'd suggest picking one up.

Opens very fruity. Not quite one I recognize, so I’m assuming it the mix of citrus, fig, and quince. This fruit accord is quite sweet to my nose and creamy (not fresh or sharp). Very unisex. Within ten minutes the fruit is matched by sweet vanilla/tonka accord. I get minimal woods even in the mid despite the name. More a masculine vanilla. Nor do I find the lavender and cardamom very prominent (despite others votes here). However, they do jump out if I’m comparing it to cognac cafe or any other scent that exhausts my vanilla scenting ability. When I come back, the rich spicy vanilla is almost like a smoother Sauvage elixir (read peppery lavendar) minus licorice. So if you like the sweet fruits that start juicy and steadily darken combined with a rich spicy vanilla then this might be for you. It’s like a wintertime and mature take of Chanel AHS DNA to me. Overall very smooth and well blended.