Equipage

The first masculine release (1970) from the wonderful house of Hermes. Excellence & class poured into a bottle. The nose - Guy Robert. This is a beauty. I am very blessed to have a Vintage Bottle of Hermes Equipage (light brown cap)- "aerospray" with 90% vol. One of the first masculine bottlings that utilized a very well-made and sturdy atomizer! The gorgeous aldehydes infuse the rich top notes of crisp bergamot, clary sage and rosewood (which is present throughout the entire wearing). I get the carnation note right underneath and its bloom is full and sharp (and develops into an earthy carnation-clove note while the scent warms on your skin). This is gentleman fragrance - old-school, yes...but absolutely beautiful and timeless! How does one describe this better than a combination of Shamus1 (inspiring and honest), jtd (awesome olfactory notes & scent development) and suburbanites (perspective)?!? To me, there are notes here that are presented in a fashion that is revelatory. I have a passion for Vintage fragrance that is always going to be relevant (including many classic Aromatic Fougeres, Chypres, and Leather scents - this is classified as an Oriental Fougere). Like others, it transcends both classifications and time. Guy Robert created a masterpiece in 1970 in Equipage! It lives on with those of us who care to take the time and respect true refinement in fragrance. My score - 9.5+/10. To be worn on special occasions...I look forward to it as I will do so with respect and confidence. I am not yet 40, but no concern. Elegant, proper attire is a must. **Update** - After losing Guy Robert (RIP) a few days ago, I came back and sprayed this on my arm. I enjoyed numerous fragrances of his in honor of the remarkable legacy and creations he left behind. This is, simply, magnificent. No other scent has ever been created quite like it (well, a year earlier Guy Robert's Monsieur Rochas held a similar 'blueprint', but to me they are not as close as some say...however, no one can ignore the fact that Rochas opened the door for the house of Hermes to hire the same genius and offer him a chance to finely chisel his work of olfactory art in Equipage). It is a scent that I adore and treasure. Merci Monsieur Robert! A masterpiece fragrance...forever, timeless. I have since acquired several Original Vintage and Vintage bottles with the Lucite/Bakelite "wheel" caps...both EdT and After Shave lotion. Splash and spray. I do not own any current version. There is a slight difference in the feel of Original Vintage (slight more "focused" and austere, with a bit more aldehydes, a touch more sharpness to the vetiver and a dollop more moss; while the newer Vintage has a more 'velvety' feel with added spices, a 'creme de rosewood' accord, a touch more powdery and is a bit more 'plush' in vibe). Both are truly exceptional and wear exquisitely - the late dry downs are almost identical - so don't get hung-up too much. It is the feeling in the heart and transition into the base where you get the slightly different "vibe" - more 'how' not 'what'. The notes are the same - just a feel that is slightly unique...and subtlety different. I adore them both. In the end, Vintage Equipage (Original or Newer Vintage) is, for me, a composition that is a must in my collection. Once you wear it (just once), you will never forget it. I have adjusted my score since further wearings (including some gorgeous ones when I layered Vintage After Shave with the EdT). This is very near perfection in a bottle for me...

A quintessential 70s masculine cologne that manages to be relevant today. The second day in a row I get to dip-in to Hermes's line of colognes - I'm one lucky guy! With this cologne, created by the legendary Guy Robert, the story is all about balance. Balance is a 3D characteristic: vertical (depth and evolution), and lateral (breadth, or expansiveness of notes at each stage). On a blotter this cologne smells decidedly more smokey, animalic, and leathery than it is currently presenting on my skin. That said, it smells better on my skin. Beautiful bergamot, sage and other herbs round out a pleasantly subtle floral and spice-laden heart that also contains a less-than-subtle note of smokey pine (cypriol), braced by earthy and leathery notes of mosses, patchouli, vetiver, and musks at the base. This cologne shape shifts, never letting one accord take too much of the stage before ceding the limelight to another. Just when you think that at a given moment the bergamot and herbs are the star, it shifts to the smokey cypriol and pleasant florals - but then, the leathery animalics and aromatics at the base get their say. It seems to shift quite precisely with how my body shifts. If I hold my arm up to my nose and keep it still the heart is most prominent, but when I move about and/or my body temperature goes up from frequent moving then the base carries more volume. Tinges of the beautiful citrus and herbal top notes play at various volumes as the heart or base show up too. The balancing act this cologne achieves is less like a skilled server carrying multiple fine-dining dishes up their arms and more like a ballet dancer swiftly and seamlessly moving from one movement and pose to a completely different movement/pose without you truly being conscious of how they did it. That said though, balletic though it is, it is not feminine or quiet. This is a hairy-chested man's fragrance. It is a product of the 70s through-and-through. But though it carries that old-school masculine confidence, the accords that call to mind the sort of Don Draper big-swinging-dick power broker sauntering into the corner office image, it isn't - dare I say it? - toxically masculine. This is Don Draper should he decide he has nothing to prove, his confidence became quiet rather than brash, all peoples and genders are his equals worthy of respect because nobody or anything can shake his comfortability and confidence in his person. When I want that old-school masculine smell that still manages to be modern and relevant, something powerful and confident without being loud and brash, this is a cologne I consistently reach for. It is excellent and I hope it stays with us for another 55 years and more. I suspect that even by its 110th birthday it will still be relevant and wonderful.

Équipage d'Hermès est selon moi l'eau de toilette trouvable en parfumerie sélective la plus atypique jamais senti. Élevé dans la tradition française du port d'eau de toilette et après en avoir porté une multitude, je cessais. Quelques années se passèrent. Je décidai de reporter une eau. Je me rendis en parfumerie sélective en 2016 et essayais plus ou moins à l'aveugle tout ce qu'il y avait pour homme et je repartis avec au poignet cette eau atypique, Équipage d'Hermès. Elle est atypique pour plusieurs raisons: . A l'époque, feu Guy Robert, un très grand nez, produit la première eau pour homme - une fougère orientale - pour Hermès et semble avoir influencé les eaux pour homme durablement et pour une vingtaine d'années ; . Avec Équipage, l'oeillet, fleur antique, souvent opposé à la rose est plutôt mis en valeur, chose rare quand les combos rose cuir ou rose cuir oud sont monnaies courantes; . Le génie de Guy Robert est dans l'équilibre de la présence des essences car nous ne sommes pas en presence de fragance linéaire, ou de fragance en deux ou trois temps, mais plutôt devant une symphonie de senteurs - Acqua di Parma donne aussi parfois cette impression - avec des évolutions conséquentes et parfois inattendues en fonction du temps passé sur la peau, du lieu, du temps: dans certaines situations la palissandre du Brésil est très présente, à d'autres moments la cannelle est plus présente, l'été et les heures chaudes ce sont les épines de pin... . Même si la formulation est plus douce ou consensuelle depuis quelques années que celle d'origine, la tenue et le sillage font de cette eau de toilette une véritable eau de parfum, portable en toute saison et en beaucoup de circonstances; . Comme Acqua di Parma, Équipage n'est pas beaucoup apprécié des personnes aux goûts ordinaires, il est même vecteur de rejets verbaux parfois agressifs; Que voulez-vous, Équipage est parfois associé dans les analyses ou les commentaires au quinquagénaire bien établi qui a réussi... Cette eau très masculine, comme le sont très généralement les eaux de Hermès, est à tester, du moins pour son originalité et la culture en parfumerie, sinon pour la porter et se distinguer.

I am going into my second cold weather season with vintage Equipage and wanted to speak on the great blending here and making of a fragrance accord. A chord in music is the harmonizing of several notes to sound a chord that is district from the single notes. As in great perfumery blending, you will be pressed to single out individual notes. As I believe Equipage is the #1 classic fougere of the past 50 years because of the exquisite accords. There are many notes but only a few accords, beautifully simplistic ! The one accord that I most love in Equipage is the leather like accord. It smells like saddles and sadle soap. I now think I can pick out the main notes of this beutifull accord that so many of us love. They are Geranium foremost, Rosewood, Lilly of the valley and a hint of pine. There is also a bit of sourness that comes from the oakmoss I guess, indistinct and beautifully blended into the whole. Of my modest collection this and Givenchy Insense I would call masterpieces of perfumery, because of the masterfull and creative blending of accords within the whole composition. PS. I have read reviews that mention leather note in the vintage. I don't see leather here or on basenotes. Am I correct in thinking there is an accord here that mimics leather ? Does anyone know for sure that the vintage has a leather note ? Jean-Claude Ellena, the main perfumer for Hermes and the new Equipage Germanium, said he tried to capture vintage Equipage 1000 times and took it on vacation to discover it, so good luck to us mere mortals... Rating: 10/10. (Vintage) Looking forward to trying Equipage Geranium, may be a substitute for vintage Equipage at times. Colin Maillard said it is a good flanker that stays true to the original. Update: I have tried the new Equipage Geranium. It is a good reformulation, I will purchase it when I run out of vintage. Ellena has not changed the original, but emphasizes Geranium. "Equipage Geranium" is closer to Vintage than currant Equipage ! God bless you. (John 3:16)

Equipage is one of those gentleman's fragrances that is more like an accessory than a fragrance - it creates an aura around the wearer does not smell like "perfume". Equipage is dignity, class and style - an elegant botanical potion, a dry, aromatic-floral-resinous-vetiver-patchouli mosaic highlighting the finest aspects of its components from Palisander through to Vetiver and Tonka, testament to the adage that true style is eternal. It's understated, inoffensive and feels niche quality. The version I have is the second version from 1989, and I've only smelled later reformulations on other people but they don't seem all that different. Fashion is ephemeral - what is fashionable inevitably becomes unfashionable, yet style remains timeless and eternal. Whereas so many lesser fragrances are trapped in the prism of time, like prehistoric insects in amber, relics of a bygone era, Equipage is of a world above the pedestrian vulgarity of fashion. The classic Hermès men’s fragrances are in a class of their own. Although Equipage, Bel Ami and Rocabar are very different fragrances their pedigree and Hermès ancestry is distinctive and one thing they have in common is that they do not smell like "perfume" - they're an accessory that envelopes their wearer in an aura of dignity and stylish elegance. There is no effective universal lexicon for communicating sensory experiences - calling this an "amber fougère" doesn't really describe it. It feels niche and natural, elegant and understated. The only thing I'm familiar with that is vaguely similar in style to Equipage is Léonard pour Homme. Equipage is not exactly a crowd pleaser and would probably not appeal to average mainstream modern tastes - which means it's not ideal for a blind buy [Batch LE2F May 1989, second version] Post-scriptum: By the way, the simplest pronunciation of Hermès for an English speaker is “Air-Mess”.

With a name like Equipage one expects something bold and loud with lots of leather, a real tribute to horse riding and saddles, but what we get is something beautiful and alluring. Equipage is a series of opposing ideas that work. Equipage is strangely rugged yet soft, musky yet clean. Equipage is spicy, floral and musky, yet dry and citrusy. Equipage is elegant yet bold and at the same time shouts "gentleman" and exudes a certain classy timelessness. Once again Hermes' quality is in full effect with this classic fragrance. With Equipage we are witnessing french perfumery at its' creative best. The opening of Equipage is a nice nutmeg, sage and orange cocktail that is dry yet refreshing at the same time. The rosewood then comes straight through and transitions into the pine needles and cinnamon, giving this scent another layer of spiciness while maintaining a nice clean, woody base. The aldehydes come in nice and strong in this composition, and they help in expanding the volume of this fragrance and giving it a bit more floral charm. The lily and jasmine transition this fragrance, this lovely fougere into its' sweet earthy base of tonka, patchouli, vetiver and vanilla. Equipage is long lasting and as it wears down becomes a very cozy skin scent, and thats after a good ten to twelve hours. Equipage can be worn in any scenario and works its' magic in a crisp fall or winter air. I prefer this for day wear, it has a very diurnal aura around it and I cannot pin it down. Either way, Equipage is a sexy mature and masculine scent that requires a few sprays across the chest and should be warmed under a heavy coat or sweater to maximize its' effect and projection. This is class in a bottle and really does harken to the french countryside, so rock this when your on your big city grind but miss the beauty and calm of the cottage in Picardy where you spent your vacation.

My love for vintage Equipage runs deep. A men's carnation, it is an olfactory boutonniere for the debonair. I would wear this with a tux, but just as well would wear this with tweed or jeans and a sport coat. However, today I wear it with relish whilst donned in a t-shirt and pajama bottoms, much like most other other scents these days. Somehow, it also evokes walking in Harvard Sq in Cambridge on a cool day, dressed impeccably, meeting a good friend for lunch, wandering through the epicurean treasures of Cardullo's, getting lost in Harvard Book Store. Perhaps because the first time I smelled it was in Colonial Drug when it was at its first location in the square, many years ago. Equipage opens with a stunning rosewood, clary sage and nutmeg that soon yields to the centerpiece of carnation supported with pine and cinnamon, all warm and inviting. Being familiar with both the scent of hyssop and liatris through their respective essential oil and solvent-extracted absolute, I'd vote these notes up (I feel like they are much lower simply because few folks know exactly what these two smell like). Hyssop is herbaceous and camphoraceous while having a warm, spicy undertone (crushing the leaves is a delight). Liatris (or liatrix) is dry, warm, powdery, hay-like, and reminiscent of tobacco (hence the tobacco note detected by many). They are evident here and synergize wonderfully with the floral notes in the heart. The base is musky, mossy, and mildly vanillic, seemingly wrapped in a wispy cellophane of carnation and the other florals, just gorgeous. On my page, there are six favorites (including my signature); if there was room for a seventh, it would be Equipage. A masterpiece!

I had 3 pints of Seafarers Ale in London last night at Ye Olde Mitre pub in London and so it probably wasn't the most scientific experiment to take the underground to Selfridges and try out both Equipage and Rocabar at the Hermes boutique. I had great hopes for Equipage, I really wanted it to have a robust pine note reminiscent of the pine woods of summer in New Zealand during my boyhood. Mindful as I am of the superb legacy of Guy Robert, sadly I was underwhelmed by this. It did transport me to my youth, but not the sun dappled woodlands of Highland Park Wellington NZ, with its pine and conifers, but rather the smell of Glasgow General Hospital Pediatric ward in 1977 when I was in for a mini-hernia. I detect no pine in this, but rather a soapy creamy note that might be informed by the lily, jasmine and the strong nutmeg flower accord. It certainly smells unique, and has good silage but on my sweaty summer skin, after 3 pints of ale, well this just smelt like baby talc, freshly laundered trauma bandages, and antiseptic cream. As far as the advertising goes - the team of rowing men - well this is a misnomer. The fragrance smells feminine, not in a sweet way, but in a floral bouquet - like a bowl of potpourri that has faded in the sun and left just one or two notes dominate, of which you cannot reasonable discern their origin. Its the smell of a sexy 53 year old Matron on her rounds, flesh colour stockings, crisp apron, no make up save for some pink blusher, and just a little deodorant under her gently perspiring armpits.

The first time I smelled Equipage, I fell in love with it. It was masterful, refined, conservative, yet it had character and finesse in how all of the ingredients were rendered. I simply adore it, and it's bloody difficult once you've worn it to not make it an every-day type of fragrance. In a word, distinguished. I've experienced no problems with strength and longevity. If I apply it at 5:30 in the morning, my wife will still smell it at 7:30 at night, quite a feat for an EDT and a testament to its quality. As the day progresses, it becomes more subtle and calming yet still retains its charm and character. I do have caveats, however. It's not a blind-buy. I'm seeing its presence expand again a bit, so it is becoming more available outside the Hermes boutiques. It's definitely worthy of trying, and give it some time (hours rather than mere minutes). This is also not a fragrance for anyone under the age of 40. Period. There are certain scents that won't be understood or translate well to a much younger audience, Equipage is one of those. It's also not a lightweight "citrus/aquatic". Try it, you'll see. Someone said that it's an Executive Boardroom type of scent, and with that I couldn't agree more. It's also just as appropriate for a weekend outing in the fall and winter. This is not a scent that you're lukewarm about, though. It's distinct, unapologetic for its style, and deserving of a place in my top 5 favorite fragrances. Some things can't be improved upon, Equipage is one of them.

Live and learn, I guess. In the past, I have been a pretty vehement advocate of "Scent as a Statement"; a stink with purpose. Well, Equipage (original formulation) has no purpose. No statement beyond "I am fuzzy sweater comfy." And I like it. A lot. Because when my life calms down and my sense of mission relaxes (rarely), I've found that "I am fuzzy sweater comfy" is a pretty nifty statement to be able to make. Equipage is an oldie, especially in its original seventies form, and it does dry down to barbershop talc-y. But whatever that was supposed to mean forty years ago, all it means today is cool comfort. And as such, it comes with an incredibly wide range of wearing options. At home in a snuggy? Go for it. At work and no stress or strive? Ease in with this. Sunset with a margarita and Hawaiian shirt? You're cool, smooth and easy. The trick here is No Mission. No Deadlines. No Making an Impression. No Dropping Panties. Nada. There are a bunch of scents that fill this hole with some kind of "THIS SPACE FOR RENT" bleah blase anonymous spacefiller; Equipage makes Nothing Special a statement in itself. Of course, it is an Oldie. Not exactly geriatric, but definitely a clubman ("a man who is a member of one or more clubs, especially a member of a gentleman’s club"), classic scent, and not really a young man's first choice for "Chillin'." Whippersnappers should have an edge, even at rest, and Equipage is about as edgy as an egg.

I agree with BCBG, Equipage is my personal favourite but the Bel-Ami does have this lovely ending that Equipage lacks. Yesterday I found and purchased a vintage 70s bottle of Equipage and wore it yesterday and today, and then compared it to the present-tense formulation. The striking thing, to me, in the vintage Equipage is the predominant heart-base of musk. I don’t think I’ve ever smelled as pure and lovely a musk as I smell in Equipage. The correlation between “real musk” and the early “synthetic musk” (calone, which defines the “aquatic” smell of Cool Water and Beyond Paradise Men... as well, to my nose, as many 90s deodorants like Gillette Cool Wave and Wild Rain), this correlation became very apparent to me, sniffing and resniffing the musky drydown of the vintage Equipage. In today’s Equipage formulation, the drydown still has some kind of musk (I assume a synthetic), and it has been dialled back to being part-of-a-whole. It is lovely; I can honestly state that I enjoy what is on sale today as much as the vintage Equipage. The only difference really is the treat of a super musky drydown. Overall I am more than happy with either version and Equipage remains one of my favourite masculines.

Equipage was the first masculine fragrance for Hermes, created by the legendary Guy Robert. Despite being labelled as an oriental fougere, I think this is more of a chypre scent. Spices, green herbs like tarragon and marjoram, and sparkling aldehydes start this fragrance off with pop of freshness with hints of orange and bergamot. The citrus is short-lived, quickly transitioning into the floral/spicy heart. Carnation provides a spicy, clove-like note with the lily of the valley and cinnamon lending a wonderful powderyness. Leather is not a listed note, but I definitely get leather from Equipage. Not an animalic leather, but a leather that has been freshly scrubbed with saddle soap. Oakmoss and vetiver radiate in the base, rounding off this fragrance with realistic earthy notes. An excellent balance of dirty and clean, soapy notes. Old school masculine fragrance. Subtle, elegant, and inoffensive. Guy Robert was a genius. This is a masterpiece. Incredibly unique despite being as old as my father. I can see how Equipage was used as an inspiration for many men's fragrances in the '70s(Polo, Halston Z14, Paco Rabanne Pour Homme, etc.)

Subtle, calming, wonderful manly fragrance. I don't use the word manly a lot when it comes to fragrances, but this evokes the memory of what your dad or uncle would smell like when you were a child. Apparently the vintage version was heavier on the leather. The current version is bright, and I can detect a soft leathery undertone. However, I don't really like too much leather in fragrances, so I'm glad it smells the way it does as of today. It lasts a very long time, and sillage is very good. It doesn't scream, but surrounds you with a nice aura. Two sprays on the chest and one on the neck seems to be perfect. It smells great on clothing as well, so it will help emphasize the longevity and sillage. I find this to be similar to Aramis JHL and Tuscany. I like both of those, but they come off as too "heavy" for daily wear. What they share in common is that comforting smell, although I find Equipage to be the better option. It's not too loud, but it will get noticed (women really like it). It can work any season, day or night. It's a fragrance I like from start to finish.

Bought last week from fragrancex where I found the cheapest legit offer with 190$ (even more expensive on the discounter fragrancenet). Hermes dobled the price for this one since one year. As I remember from my father - very, very sophisticated, not pungent or with bold sillage but calm and very long lasting, a very aristocratic, princiar fragrance, very complex and beautiful, this masterpiece is now a pale clone from what it used to be in the 80-90s. It is now soapy, agressive cheap barber shop smell combined with a hint od Miss Dior Original, the nutmeg essence from original is something else here and the carnation is very sinthetic. Besides, it does not last nore than 2 hours. I returned the box because at this price, I cannot afford to keep a chemical mutilated fragrance so I will look for the vintage if they are still available somewhere. If you know it and love it.and if you think to buy the present formulation, try it before spending $200 for something you remember it was a masterpiece. Yes, it was. Disappointed and sad.

[1990 batch] A gorgeous smoky spicy wood that smells like wearing an eau de cologne while riding a horse through flowering fields and pine forests. An incredibly smooth and high-quality mix of ingredients where everything has a place and works brilliantly together. I've been wearing this a lot lately, and it has gone from being a "like" to being a very strong "love". It does smell old-school though, but that is only a plus for me 😉 It's so classy and clean while still having a rough outdoors-y edge or, as Luca Turin so perfectly describes it: "This is a preeminent example of the 'lived-in' style of masculine fragrances, those that convey a quiet, slightly rumpled, gentleman-farmer sort of elegance". I haven't tried a recent batch but I've heard they are still very very good. I'll have to try it in a store soon to see if I'll buy a new bottle or hunt down vintage. EDIT: I bought a 2015 bottle and I would say there's barely any difference at all. Maaaybe the 1990 one is a little more bitter but it could just be that it's aged.

I just got the 3rd formulation vintage. The one before the current formulation. My favorite of the vintages is the first one. It has a large brown cap that follows the contour of the bottle. It has more pine, and the white floral come through more. The vintage I just received is the bottle pictured here on the fragrantica page. It is more herbacios with the tarragon as most recognizable, then marjoram, hyssop and Clary sage. I like it a lot. It is my signature now. The second vintage was the most spicy, with clove and cinnamon dominant over the herbals. It was my least favorite. -The one with the wheel like cap. This version does have more musk than the original and a good one. Adding the anisey taragon makes a great accord with the musk. This version still uses real oak moss, as my box ingredients list confirms. This has more of an edge than the original, that I'm enjoying now. Spicy, herbacios, woody floral. One of the very best classics ever. Best men's fragrance from Hermes. Rating: 10/10 God bless. John 3:16

i have always loved equipage. i searched long and hard for a reasonably priced vintage square bottle with brown marbled plastic top. splash. today, i am luxuriating in it and i cannot get enough. for me, it is delicious, not gourmand, but beyond delightful into a spicy deep space of mouthwatering intensity. needless to say, i first encountered equipage at the beginning of my love affair with fragrances. you know what they say about first love. though, i must admit bel ami and habit rouge figured prominently in my early crushes. equipage was the serious one. rhodes scholar smart and muscular. habit rouge pretty and forward, always the tease. bel ami was the good friend, slightly sweet but really nice. equipage is still the adult in the room. woody and spicy with the tiniest floral. while i can understand that some might be reminded of shaving cream because of the intensity, i never encountered a shaving cream that i craved. the vintage is not just old school, it is classic.

It's been a while since I wore Equipage (vintage). I put it back in my top 5 for Spring. I was just thinking this may be the greatest mens fragrance of all time! It does feel dated, but the vintage when it came out had such superb blending, and quality of notes. For that, it is still as enjoyable as a 1965 Porsche 911, it's old but still a beautifull timeless classic. I have never tried the present Equipage, I don't doubt it may be a far cry from the original. I have tried the new Equipage Geranium, which is very good, and may be more close to vintage Equipage. It does not smell like the piney powerhouse fragrances from the 70-80's, much more refined. There is no leather note listed, but it does remind me of the equestrian theme of horses and leather saddles, some soft earthy smells from hay and Meadows.. The note pyramid for me would be, rosewood, oakmoss, lilly of the valley, spices, jasmine, pine, orange... Rating: 10/10. (vintage) God bless. John 3:16

Someone go tell Creed Orange Spice that this is how it's done! This is among the most "barbershoppy" of my designer-brand samples, which I don't normally like but for some reason it doesn't bother me much here...probably because the anise isn't sticking out much. It's rather sweet, but the spices are very bracing so they cut the sweetness well. It's quite traditional, and might border onto "old man" territory, but not the acrid, pungent 70s/80s type: more like a 50s/60s executive's aftershave. This was one of my first samples, and at one point I nearly threw it out for being too orangey and not interesting enough, but I've since realized that it's extremely well-balanced, with nothing obviously obtrusive or missing. The only thing I don't like is that the base becomes slightly more anisy and stodgy, though also woodier which I like. So go buy some...if not to blow anyone's mind, then at least for a scent that knows how to behave in all types of company.

Do fragrances create new memories or somehow enhance memories already experienced? Equipage immediately transports me to a simple and comfortably-furnished lake cabin in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. Early Fall, 1965.Through the large picture window one can contemplate the bright yellow leaves as they surround native birch trees and land gently on the peaceful lake’s smooth surface. Occasional streams of sunshine punctuate the cool air and find their way inside to brightly illuminate Mom’s needle-point samplers on the wall above the pale green chintz sofa. Amidst such a gorgeous backdrop, is Equipage not the epitome of traditional and ultra-conservative masculinity? Someone mentioned this being a 'cardigan-sweater, Perry Como' type of scent and I agree completely. At the risk of being almost 'too-safe', the traditional, comforting and nostalgic attributes of Equipage take me to a glorious time of simple pleasures.