Armani Eau de Cèdre

I was quite late to join the party of this fragrance. As this Armani eau de Cedre has been under radar. When I was (still a fool) watching youtuber / influencer videos, I think I never heard they discussed it. Maybe somehow I missed, dunno. But anyway, like end of last year, I was so bored in the weekend, I went to local fragrance shop. And there it is, eau de Cedre was sitting in a corner of the shelf of Armani, like a "benchwarmer" for their more famous line such as Stronger WIth You, or Acqua di Gio, or even Code, which I already have at least one for each line. Somehow my hand reached that old-school looking bottle, thinking, hmmm, I never heard of it. Btw, at that time actually I was about to test Beau de Jour of Tom Ford, to get final decision if I pull the trigger or not. And honestly, even after spraying BdJ on my hand, I was still 50-50. I like it, but then not that "like" to execute with the price. So I was actually about to leave the shop when I saw this eau de Cedre. Then I sprayed it on my other hand...... I was speechless..... Totally speechless. Like wanna say, "where have you been before?????". It was love at first sniff, literally. It ticks everything what I was looking for for my daily wear. It is polite yet elegant. It is shy yet seducing. It is present yet clean. It has tea note whispering in the background of calming woody scent. I mean, really, "Where have you been before????" was keep playing in my head. So, right after I left the store, I browsed for online (hell no I pay full retail price), and saw an offer on one of my usual discounter shops. Without second thought, I pulled the trigger. And then I saw that there is an issue it is discontinued, I then "What the **** ????". I finally find my love by the ship has sailed???? Long story short, 5 minutes later I ordered the backup bottle. I didnt care. Performance wise, it is decent. It is not screaming, not whispering, but more like whistling (not in spooky horror movie type) for first 3-4 hours before become skin scent until around 6-8 hours. It projects controlled between 0.5 - 1 m, exactly what I look for. And we dont need to be afraid to overspray it, although I personally never overspray. In my opinion, it won't be head turner, that someone will chase you asking what you are wearing (which is I think so cliche in fragrance discussion). It will just create calming, polite aura, makes you approachable. Long story short, now its small decant is always in my office bag. It is my current main "after lunch respray fragrance", overthrowing Terre d'hermes eau givree, which I still have also small decant of eau givree in my bag, but reach it less than eau de Cedre. And at least once a week I wear it also since the morning. It now competes with Bvlgari PH EDP as my number one fragrance (one gives bright aura, one gives calming aura). I love that both my top 2 fragrances are under radar ones. That's why until before I am writing this, I haven't written, or commented anything about these fragrances. I dont want it to be too well known (like Sauvage or Bleu de Chanel or Acqua di Gio). I actually wanna keep them under radar. But fragrance is subjective and personal anyway. Note: regarding the discontinued issue, I think it is more about availability problem in some countries. Here in Germany, it is still available without problem (while I am still waitiung for big discount time to secure 2nd back up bottles. Too many? I DONT CARE lol)

I love the scent. I can't smell much Cedar or woods. This is a very simple fragrance - very niche-like - with me only getting 2 big notes: tea as the main note, and leather if I sniff it super close. Although I like it, I'm still not 100% sold on the leather down there, but I can't really smell it unless I sniff the exact spot I sprayed. It does give it a nice masculine edge, but the projection is mainly tea. There is violet leaf as well but it's not as prominent as the first two. Girls love it too. I've worn this for a few weeks now, and the reactions from the opposite gender have been overwhelmingly positive. Where I'm from (central Europe), all the girls are absolutely obsessed with drinking boba tea. There are at least like 60 boba shops in my city alone and new ones keep popping up every few months. Eau de Cédre smells like drinking iced tea in the summer, which makes it very reminiscent of it. Thus the power of association. It's incredibly inoffensive. Ethereal too. Only slightly masculine - in fact, I've even had one girl tell me it smells feminine. I don't agree with that, but I agree with the reviewers below that say women could easily pull this off. I think that some degree of unisexness is necessary if you want a fragrance that is mass-appealing. Yes. This is super mass-appealing, yet unique at the same time. As far as I know, there are only 2 other easily available fragrances for men with tea as a main note. Bvlgari pour homme and Azzaro Chrome United. I found Bvlgari a bit too old fashioned. Eau de Cedre is more modern. I haven't tried Chrome United, but based on the reviews the longevity is pretty bad. Which bring me to my next point - performance. The longevity is good. That's all I have to say. It's not beast mode by any means, but it's decent. The versatility is also something to commend. I'm planning to try wearing this throughout the year, although sping/summer is definitely more suited for it. Edit: I wasn't really able to get over the leather here, and rarely wear it nowadays - I just feel like it doesn't fit the fragrance.

Starting with LONGEVITY: I don’t have this (YET!), I have just sprayed it on my arm a few times when testing fragrances at a store, and I believe me if you want, but this lasts on my skin until the next day. I sprayed it around 6-7 p.m. and it was easily noticeable the next day until 10-11 a.m. PROJECTION AND SILLAGE: On MY skin it stays mostly close to the skin, maybe up to 50 cm for the first 3-4 hours, then it becomes a skin scent, which for me, for this type of fragrance, is more than fine. Sillage is not that bad, I don’t know how but it leaves a trail better than it projects it, at least for the first up to 2-3 hours that is. After that you can catch it when you move around but it’s stays close. THE SCENT: I’m going to be honest - for me this is a MASTERPIECE. It’s all about the TEA notes, the SUEDE, the WOODS, along with some LEMON and some CARDAMOM. I usually describe it as “getting inside the house and having a nice cup of bouquet tea after you’ve chopped some wood in a cool afternoon in late autumn”. It is both somewhat dry and soft, sophisticated. It’s cozy, comforting and inviting. SEASONALITY and OCCASIONS: It’s an all-year-round type of fragrance, but I don’t really associate it with Summer so it’s best for the rest of the seasons. In terms of occasion - it’s also an all-rounder, I can even see this as a date night scent as it is very inviting and it’s not loud, it’s more intimate in its projection. PRICE: For some reason I still haven’t gotten it, but in Bulgaria it’s between 65 and 85 EUR depending on whether it’s on discount or not. For ME - and I want to make sure that people understand this - FOR ME, as it performs so well, and I like the scent so much, I think the price is fair. OVERALL (again, in MY opinion): 8.5/10

I'm just getting to know this one but I'm inclined to think it's almost a shame that so many reviews here lament the presence of this or that ill-defined note beneath the surface. I think that's partly the point. This has just enough cardamom and citrus in the opening for either to find support in the other without taking charge (although the cardamom is spectacular on my skin), just enough cumin and certainly enough rubbery or animalic suede to take on a kind of savoury aspect--I swear I sometimes catch a kind of "brown" smell reminiscent of earthy coffee or something--and to avoid being super sweet or squeaky clean, enough of the lighter, zestier and herbal notes to hold both the cumin and the suede in check, enough tea and violet leaf to impart some ozonic lift in tandem even though neither steals the show, enough resinous wood to back up both that duo and the suede, etc. I'm not sure yet whether I love this fragrance, but I find it interesting and absolutely not hackneyed or generic. I wonder whether in some reviewers' vocabulary "generic" isn't just another word for "subtle", "restrained", maybe "ambient", and/or "just not toxically masculine enough". Edit: this seems stronger to me than the voting suggests. For me, it has a strong Fahrenheit-like petrol accord from the violet leaf and suede, and every now and then when I'm wearing this I get a whiff of a kind of sweaty earthiness (not just the cumin) that I really like. I think it has to be worn in moderation only but it's both sophisticated--its complexity makes me think of some Guerlain fragrances--and gutsy.

I was at a profumeria and as I was looking at the shelves of the same old fragrances I saw this beautiful new green bottle of Armani Eau de Cedre.. So I gave it a couple sprays to my wrist and this is my first impression.. Eau de Cedre opens up very fresh, their are some citrus notes in the opening however the citrus is not very noticeable.. The citrus is just there to help add a fresh tone to the opening along with a nice fresh herbal sage note which is a bit more prominent.. After a few minutes the fragrance gets warmer and darker.. There are some strong spice notes of cumin and cardamom in the heart so if cumin bothers you than this fragrance may not be for you.. There is a very nice prominent suede note in the base that runs throughout the scent and along with the cedar and smoky black tea it lends a smooth dark velvety vibe to this fragrance.. If the scent of a velvet jacket is what they were trying to portray than they did it well, a nice dark green velvet jacket.. Eau de Cedre smells very masculine, classy, and elegant.. Overall Eau de Cedre is a very nice and well done fragrance.. I find it to be quite different and unique from most recent releases.. Eau de Cedre is definitely a bit more mature than Eau de Nuit or Eau de Aromes so keep that in mind.. It almost smells like something that would have been released in the late 90s era.. I was impressed with this fragrance, I definitely look forward to getting to know it better in the future.. Eau de Cedre is the first Armani fragrance that has intrigued me to the point of wanting to buy a bottle..