Gentleman Original 2024

As the name suggests this stuff is best suited to the gentleman. However, this is no ordinary gentleman. This isn’t about suits, ties or meetings. This isn’t about nice cars, fancy dinners or any such luxuries. This isn’t about manners or the way one interacts with others. No. Being a gentleman is so much more than all of this. A true gentleman is not born, but built through grit and perseverance. A gentleman may not have always been successful, but through blood, sweat & tears has managed to accomplish his dream. A gentleman may not have always been strong but through understanding the absolute necessity of being strong & protecting those around him, has built a body of stone as if carved by hammer and chisel. A gentleman may not have always been so calm & composed, but through taking on the troubles of life, he now emerges out the other side self assured, content, stoic & mature. A gentleman may now know just how to treat a woman, but it was not always this way. Many years of mistakes, regret, heartbreak & growing are to be attributed to his polished charisma. One cannot simply just be a gentleman. One must become a gentleman. The journey of a lifetime.. ..and at whatever point you may be along this journey, Givenchy Gentlemen will never be the wrong choice. Wearing this fragrance you either are or are becoming the man you are meant to be. Rich, earthy patchouli blended together with animalic leather along with dashes of cinnamon and vetiver is what I get from my bottle. Simple yet complex smelling. Clean & soapy yet dank & dirty. Bold & assertive yet polite & easygoing. Tough & manly yet sweet & inviting. If charisma had a smell, this would be it. If anything above resonates with you, you can say hello to your new signiture scent. Enjoy.

The most challenging opening, but the most rewarding drydown. It's a perfect fragrance for formal occasions, but I love it so much that I wear it with jeans and a T-shirt as well. I don't care. I think it features one of the best-blended patchouli notes in any niche or designer fragrance I've tried, and the emergence of that "zero-sugar honey" accord (as someone once described it) in the drydown is simply beautiful. To my nose, there's a subtle freshness and herbal character in the fragrance, with leathery vetiver providing support in the background. Overall, it dries down to a high-quality, classic retro soapy fragrance (in the best possible way). It is less earthy and animalic than Chanel Antaeus (another perfect fragrance, in my opinion), which makes it more of a dressed-up scent. I mainly get the earthiness from the tarragon-heavy opening. I bet many men who try this in the store don't even wait for the drydown and just scrub it off. Big mistake.

I just got my bottle of Givenchy Gentleman Originale, and wow, it took me back to my childhood (of course I didn't wear it back then, but several adults in my family did, and it smells just like I remember!). It's very masculine, very elegant, and definitely classy. Big love from me and super happy to have found this long lost "friend".

@morgoth01. Yes the civet note is still there...I honestly could not tell the difference between the vintage and the new 2024 formula. The only difference and it’s so slight is the original has a more animatic musky smell. I have both.

I compared the vintage 1974 Gentleman with the new 2024 (original) version and they smell exactly the same. So don’t spend crazy money on eBay looking for the original formula.