Arsene Lupin Voyou Eau de Parfum

Update: I have most of the Parisian collection. They are all great, but Lupin Voyou was my least favorite when I purchased them in cold weather. Now in warmer Springtime, it's a favorite! The fresh spices and citrus really pop in warmer weather. I got this as a blind buy along with Heros and Chamade. Chamade is my #1 in the series, then a tie with Derby and Heros. Then Voyou was the one disappointment at first. I thought I would fast from fragrances for 48 hours, then try Voyou again. Yes, I appreciate it more now. The woodiness is like cedar pencil shavings, more so than sandalwood. It's not very woody, but more spicy aromatic, heavy on coriander, and sage in the open. In the mid I get some cardamom, and the slightly sweet, Guerlain/ lemonade. The citruses are very nice and noticable in the open, the most in the Parisians, except Frenchy. Its the most old fashioned, but it's unique, and performance is best in series. I bumped up my rating today. I was expecting a nice sandalwood, I dont pick out much sandalwood. I get some pencil shavings at times. I get lots of the unlisted oakmoss, and some aldehydes, that are in all the Parisian series. Then I get a lot of coriander and sage, a bit of cloves.. It reminded me a lot of Pasha by Cartier, but more natural, less synthetic. So this is more of an old school fougere than Chypre for me, without lavander. I get the citrus more with Voyou than the others. It does get more woody in the mid. The Dry-down: The dry-down after generous sprays is great. I smell the spicy green cardamom, vanelic benzoin, artamisia all in a nice balance, complex and enjoyable. This is an EDP, with the best longevity of the 4 Parisians I have. In the open- mid, the coriander, and sour moss were overwhelming alll the other notes; Then it keeps getting better, with the dry-down being by far the best part. 10-12 hour for longevity. Rating: 8.5/10 God bless. John 3:16

My second review right up after the unsuccessful L'homme Ideal Sport and boy do I love this juice! It really is incredibly outstanding compared to the other scents I had or smelled so far. I'm not that great at identifying the individual notes as haven't smelled a lot individually but as others have mentioned it is that luxurious creamy sandalwood posh sexy resinous accord with a touch of rose. I definitely smell quality ingredients in there, don't understand when others say its synthy? It lasts and lasts and lasts, I applied yesterday at three p.m., lasted really well during my 8 hour shift, the first 6 hours was really noticeable, I could still smell it and had applied it only onto my wrist (like 4 sprays) as I'm testing it and don't want the others to perceive it as much yet. Had Dior Homme Intense on my neck and to be honest I could smell Voyou on me more coming from the wrist, and could not stop sniffing it every now and then. I woke up at 11am now, it's been 20 odd hours since the application and I could still detect this on my wrist for sure, so it definitely lasts longer then the Dior Intense which I thought was a beast. Will keep this newly found gem for cooler months, fall, winter, or cooler evenings in the summer/spring perhaps as my special occasion signature as it is pricey and I'm not that rich yet having the Uni debt and all that. Was lucky enough I got a great deal from Ebay for this for 130 Euro a brand new bottle /I believe in the first box, now it comes in a different one/, would not have bought it otherwise. Awesome stuff that it is so unknown that no one will really wear or know it and it is there for you, your special secret gem :D

Fortunately, Cochlea's review below corrects the erroneous parfume pyramid stated above by the website managers. There is nothing common or generic at all in this complex frag which is IMHO a 3-act masterpiece (BTW Aqua di Parma with the superb but expensive Note di Colonia needs 3 frags to play a similar game with Verdi and Puccini, my preference going to Puccini). Lupin Voyou opens with angelica-like absinthic citrus with growing notes of coriander, which makes the transition of slowly fading citrus (>2h) into a soft spicy scent figuring also cardamon and clove tree, attenuated by a growing but strange sort of sandalwood which plays a vanilla-like game, sometimes occupying the whole scene, modulating a discrete sage and a majestic (Bulgarian) rose. This rose will lead, after 8 hours or so, the third and last act. Here again, the sandalwood amplifies the rose and patchouli, but only after the cistus labdanum got to its full expression. It is quite a long journey, at least 12 hours, to climb from the sunny coast with its lemon trees to the gentle woods, and then back down the rocks full of labdanum to finally arrive in the rose gardens ! So many frags and sequences, I've almost been lost on my way, like some other reviewers here. But that's the game of Lupin, who just like his English cousin Robin Hood, enjoys putting the world upside down. Makes me think at an Australian world map. Thanks JP Guerlain !

Guerlain Arsene Lupin Voyou is a masterpiece in every sense of the word. It is a lovely upscale creation that has become one of my favorite scents of all time. It is a very smooth and dry fragrance with accurate main accords of "Balsamic, Warm Spicy, Aromatic & Woody". To my nose sandalwood, rose and patchouli are ever present with other various notes showing themselves as time goes by. Initially, you also get invigorating accents of bergamot and coriander. Later on, sage and cardamom show up to add depth and intrigue. Finally, a warm benzoin accord shines through in the base to wrap up this truly mysterious and complex fragrance. Scent: 10/10 Longevity: Moderate Sillage: Moderate Versatility: B Value: C+

I feel compelled to set the record straight that sandalwood does not smell like mentholated vaporub. Ever. Even Australian Sandalwood (Santalum Spicatum) with its aromatic edge and eucalypt-like effects doesn't smell like vaporub. (And I know that Guerlain only use Santalum Album in their compositions anyway. You can't source enough spicatum to make perfumes in bulk if you're a large-scale commercial enterprise like Guerlain.) I can only assume that the person below is confusing the sage and wormwood notes with the aroma of sandalwood.

Astounding perfume. I have to disagree with people saying that this is a common or synthetic smelling fragrance. The opening is incredible. It smells like a mix of sanded wood with a touch of creamy vanilla/pepper. It projects really well and last 12+ hours. It's very realistic in my opinion when it comes to the woods and spices. The vanilla background adds some sort of smooth sexiness to it. I get tons of complements when wearing this fragrance. I believe it deserves a lot more love!

It's a bit harsh up the opening for about an hour. The coriander and bitter green worm wood are nice if that's what your in the mood for. The rise and resins begin to soften and balance the fragrance after an hour. I tried selling my 80% full bottle. I didn't even get an offer of $200. So I thought it's still a good fragrance and worth $200 to me. So I decided to keep it.

This is so beautiful!!! There are no harsh edges in this aromatic fragrance, yet it maintains a freshness, a spiciness, a herbal quality, a calming quality, it's slightly sweet, rounded, yet bold. It smells like: sandalwood that is smooth, yet still like pencil shavings, slightly sweetened with herbs. This fragrance is completely underrated!! I wish it was more popular.

Absolutely wonderful, subtle spicy sandalwood fragrance. It smells unique, and immediately creates a scent memory for me. Incredible. Signature scent.

Smells like God came, Just like in a huge tornado of Sandalwood smelling powder. I'd fucking drink this stuff if I could.

Notes updated in accordance with Guerlain website on 5/31/2018. Voted notes may not be accurate.

This is such a masterpiece. It is the perfect example of how Guerlain gets it right. It isn't even my favorite Guerlain scent, but it is my reference "Guerlinade". My first few wearings seemed unremarkable; nice, but nothing special. Then it hit me - the pure class and confidence that this stuff exudes. Love it. I wish it performed a little better considering the price, but I still get performance for most of the workday and certainly for an evening out. Very versatile, definitely year-round. I think this is a simplified, more linear, yet more refined version of Heritage, another great "Guerlinade" reference scent. There's still enough progression to keep things interesting, just not the jolting journey you get from Heritage.

Goes on powdery and has a pleasant sandalwood/peppery smell. After some hours it turns to balmy powder - no pepper. It's nice but it's unremarkable and not worth the $200+ premium that Guerlain is asking for it. ------------ Second wearing: Whoa! What happened here? I got a sample from a good source - the Guerlain Boutique in Las Vegas - but this seems like a much less impressive fragrance. Not only do I not get the Guerlainade, but it doesn't even smell like a Guerlain - it smells cheap and mass market. This other stuff is heavily citrus. No pepper to speak of, very little sandalwood, almost no longevity. Hmmmm... Now it's not even nice.

Very French style aromatic woody chypre with a slight Oriental twist, Voyou is another elegant and classy Guerlain offering. The perfume opens with citrusy aromatic notes of bergamot, lemon, artemisia, coriander and cloves. The heart has sage, cloves, cardamom and slight rose. The perfume settles into a bed of mossy powdery benzoin and slight oakmoss surrounded by hints of sandalwood, labdanum and patchouli giving it a slight Oriental vibe. The masculine leaning perfume has moderate sillage and good longevity. A pleasing and evocative composition. Enjoy!

كنت بصدد تجربة ارسين لوبين داندي.. فلم اجده.. ووجدت هذه النسخه فور تجربتها.. وجدت عطر اخاذ جميل داخل قنينه مستطيله انيقه العطر يدور في فلك عطور جيرلان فقط.. ستشعر ان هذه الرائحه مألوفه وان هذه التوليفه تخص جيرلان فقط انصح بتجريته كثيرا اعتقد ان نسخة داندي ليست بعيده عن هذه الرائحة الجميله لوجود مكونات رئيسيه مشتركه بينهما 8/10 يصلح لكل الاوقات

I like this stuff, it's a great blend of classic woods and sweet, almost gourmand, powdery smells. It just smells generally awesome. Unfortunately, I don't think it's worth the price Guerlain wants for it, so I'm not likely to go for a full bottle when my travel spray runs out.

Superb blend of clean, herbal, spice and sweet. Smells like it could be a refined office scent, if your office has an expensive view and is bigger than most peoples apartments. Elegant but manly, and shades of the past but modern. Excellent stuff.

To missk. Voyou is not pulled out due to copyrights. It's the name "Dandy" for the other Arsène Lupin who was removed due to copyrights. JM

This smells rather generic to me, unfortunately.

I initially loved the scent when sprayed onto a card, so I gave 3 generous sprays to my neck. An atmospheric woody sweetness began and I was very optimistic. But as time passed, it became lost on my skin (unless you smelt it closely). Then it became smoky and I figured it was just too masculine for me. I reminds me of a Japanese temple with calming incense and bamboo. The chunky bottle in its presentation box is beautiful.

Basically sweet woods and some spices. Imagine D&G The One, but refined to the max, more woody and more grown-up. It's nice, but not for me. Even when i don't like a Guerlain personally, i have to respect it, cause this is just so smooth and high quality.

I often like masculine scents but unfortunately this one is really too masculine. or maybe I should say " I like sweet masculine scents and this one is really too green".

Starts off a bit sharp, very clean and almost leaning toward abrasive. Its settles quickly and becomes herbal, flowery, and slightly woody but the antiseptic clean almost menthol vibe never goes away. Sandalwood can be tricky as it can give off a menthol vapor rub effect. The dry down is a bit creamy and it goes in a more softer direction. This is ok, but I think Muglar and Zenga do this kind of clean scent better. Not a big fan, but it might smell better on someone else.

not a great scent as we could have expected! sorry but guerlain has lost his nose!!!!!!!!

Sweet open, then sour. Smoky later. No.

Was hoping for a bad boy - a spiky, distinctive, individualist scent to stand out from the crowd and run away to have daring adventures with. Instead, got a debonair, sophisticated, discreet civil servant. Given Arsene Lupin's almost mythic status as a criminal mastermind - and the name "voyou" literally means "thug, muscle man, minor criminal, wiseguy"- this was slightly disappointingly law-abiding on my female skin. Certainly unisex - for the bold who enjoy nuanced wood & spice that goes beyond the aftershave cliches - but I was astonished at how quickly my chemistry seemed to wrestle it into a deadlock and then sit on it until it suffocated within a couple of hours. Wormwood and coriander really detectable at first (it's a very dry, peppery, airy kind of wood aura in the beginning) but fades to something far more generic later. Perfectly good smells - classy and warm overall, with some interest drawn from its herbal side - but somehow just not that exciting on me. It might have a concealed switchblade temper or hidden aromatic depths that I just didn't get on first wearing, but my reaction was: "huh, tough guy, is that really all ya got?". Projection weedy, duration weaker still. I might still have a revelation about this on further wearing (as I did with its stable-mate Neroli Outrenoir, which turned into something a million times more complex and robust than my first impression of it) but won't rush to buy before extensive further testing. So: Very pleasant, but perhaps a little pointless. Weird for something named after an archetypal character (the gentleman thief) to apparently have so little character of its own. That said - Arsene Lupin was a master of disguise, so maybe this has a whole other, darker, more dangerous persona which is unleashed in the right circumstances.

Guerlain's Arsene Lupin Voyou is apparently being pulled from the boutiques and stores due to a copyright infringement, however at this present time I don't know full details. All I know so far is that it is heavily reduced and listed as discontinued stock in Australia. I hate to see this fragrance go. It's one of the loveliest sandalwood and pepper scents on the market, and although marketed as a masculine, women can most certainly wear it too. The sandalwood accord in Arsene Lupin Voyou is both creamy and dry. It goes on smooth and fresh when you first spray it, however the pepper and sage accords spice it up during the heart, providing an interesting richness and complexity. It's a really warm and comforting scent on my skin, perfect for Autumn days. I also adore the packaging, with the wood encasing a rectangular glass bottle. Everything about this fragrance is impressive. The Guerlain sales representative was quick to point out to me that Arsene Lupin Voyou was purchased by more females than men. She was all for gender-bending this fragrance, and admitted that she too wore it, and had put the very last bottle on hold for herself. It's a fragrance for all lovers of sandalwood. It is also a fragrance created by none other than the famous Jean-Paul Guerlain, the man himself. Both the longevity and sillage are superb. I highly recommend.

A really nice elegant sandalwood fragrance with a classical feel! Never-mind the marketing to men, Arsene is unisex, women can wear it too. The opening is a really nice bitter, herbal citrus-absinthe blend after a time on my skin I get a nice patchouli-sandalwood accord. Absinthe is subtle and lingers on my skin. The sandalwood is so creamy, I smell the rose, it is clear on my skin only briefly. Sandalwood is supported by a slightly sweet powdery benzoin-vanilla accord, along with pepper-cardamom spices. Longevity on my skin is only a few hours and sillage is arm length before becoming a skin scent. Notes from the Guerlain website is Top notes: bergamot, artemisia, coriander, lemon. Heart notes: cardamom, Bulgarian rose, sage, clove tree. Base notes: benzoin, patchouli, cistus labdanum, sandalwood.

The first 30 minutes of Voyou might fool you into thinking it's just one of those really generic fragrances on mall counters. Indeed, it has a "been there done that" fresh and sweet vibe during this stage. But Voyou evolves into something completely different, dominated by sage, pepper and sandalwood, with a touch of sweetness (from the benzoin) to give it a playful character. The melange of herbs, pepper and woods captures the magic of a master perfumer as the composition conjures up unmistakably Guerlain. It's definitely not a strong scent, it actually whispers. But the times when I catch occasional whiffs of it really are breathtaking, which makes me wonder if the herbs and spices are from exotic lands. Voyou, the thief with many disguises, takes me on a journey I wish would never end.

Elsewhere on the web, fragrance enthusiasts have described this scent as conventional and unremarkable—needless to say, I disagree. It's familiar in some ways, sure: it's pleasant woodiness and that creamy suggestion of the Guerlinade, but the inclusion of the rose and the dry (almost throat tingling) patchouli makes for something a little more unpredictable. Whatever the case, it smells like newly felled trees, and attracts more complements that almost any other fragrance in my 100+ collection. And once you realize that it may well be JG's last fragrance, it becomes a must-have for the aficionado. I wear it with love; perhaps you will too?

What a beauty for Men`s world! I could not use the sample by my-Self but gifted it foward, and oh Boy it did smell georgeous at my Friend`s skin. Kinda easy to wear but still very sophisticated and elegant. If You would love to treat Your-Self with the good new Year`s scent I would definitely suggest Arsene Lupin Voyou! Once person have sniffed it on skin, its impossible to forget. ***<3<3<3***

LeDandy86, a wonderful review, thank you! Voyou is one of the favourite Guerlains to me. It is woody, creamy and masculine at the same time. It really smells like newly felled trees: when I shave the wood with a plane, I feel the same smell. A masterpiece, and I don't understand why there is no love for it in the Internet.

Its a great scent to all you sandlewood lovers out there. Its very much refined and not your typical contemporary boring fragrance. The notes may seem that way, but give it a try. This was like love at first sight.

Eeeewk! A total scrubber! Harsh and strongly synthetic woody-patch-sandalwood combo with dreadful spicy notes thrown-in! MEH With a notes list like that, how can they do it wrong? No No No! Rating: 4/10

It's one of the best from Guerlain. Its fresh, there is rose; it’s woody and creamy, there is sandalwood; so creamy...

The new name for this fragrance under the new releases is Épices Volées