Gendarme V

Great fresh, citrusy and floral vetiver scent with some sweetness to it. Spring-summer very distinguished gentlemanly scent. I don't smell civet in this one, it is not animalic at all to my nose. Imagine Original Vetiver by Creed mixing with Tom Ford's Grey Vetiver and with Byredo's Bal D'Afrique: that will give you an idea about this one. This is EDC and performance is not bad for this concentration: I get 4-6 hours with descent projection. It is a very natural smelling fresh cologne so I did not expect a beast performance to begin with... Overall, very nice classy yet modern scent! If you like all three the above"components", it is a safe blind buy. Otherwise, a must try!!!

Great Flanker to the original Gendarme! It's different, more green but still very alluring and pleasant like the original. Robert Downey Jr. wears it. Classy!

Gendarme plus a candy apple at the ocean. I like it.

If there's civet in this, then I don't smell it. Straight out of the bottle: clean, grassy vetiver and ylang ylang with a little bit of basil underneath. The vetiver and ylang ylang are basically the whole fragrance, and it lasts quite a while. As with all Gendarme fragrances, the sillage is low, but you'll catch whiffs of the stuff hours after you first put it on. Gendarme V is getting harder and harder to find, so get it while it's still available if you want a unique clean scent.

Fresh and citrusy in the opening, but not an overpowering synthetic citrus like Versace Eau Fraiche. Very pleasant and balanced for sure, with some powdery notes and florals in the mid notes. Most of the other Gendarme fragrances were pretty disappointing for me, but V is a great scent.

It's a good, clean scent but the vetiver here is a little too medicinal for me. Sillage is higher for me than other posters; still noticeable 8+ hours after spraying. This scent is pretty much identical to Swiss Army, slightly more floral but with more sillage.

The opening of V is rather remarkable for its fizz and effervescence. Gradually, it becomes evident that this is merely a prelude to a rather dusty rose, or whatever heavy florals one finds in the genre of Ungaro III, Van Cleef and Arpels, or Czech and Speake #88. Masculine rose scents never really do anything for me personally, so I would never buy this stuff. Still, if a fan of those brands wanted a slightly more summery analog for his collection, then Gendarme V might be a good place to start the search.

From the Gendarme website: "Gendarme V is Clean. Modern. Uncluttered Composition. A bracing blend of bergamot and lemon sparkle atop an accord of accompanying sensuous civet and ylang ylang. Earthy vetiver, tonka and basil infuse the body with a green freshness." I agree, and would add that this is one of the most balanced blends I have ever worn, second only to Creed's Green Irish Tweed; the best use of Vetiver, ever. And like GIT, it is now one of my two signature scents. Also, it's affordable. One bit of advice: Buy it from their website so you'll know you're getting the real thing.

This is like Gendarme but with a sweet note that comes from the civet and tonka. The original Gendarme is prone to anosmia. The sweet notes get rid of that problem and make this a very good fragrance. Very soapy and definitely masculine.

I like this scent just as I like the other Gendarme scents. It would easily be my favorite scent if it had some power to it. V is so clean and soapy. It smells great but doesn't last.