Duc de Vervins

opening the box, i relaized that i was supposed to smell something very masculine that rings a bell for something else....and i was trying to recall which perfume smells the same. Unfortunately, i was unable to identify the perfume and finally, that was because DV reminds me two perfumes, not one. it is a mix of two perfumes, drakkar noir and Tsar. it took vide of drakkar and the soapy smell of Tsar. Tsar for me is much better than Drakkar but DV is better than Tsar. we are talking for a strong perfume that indeed makes a statement...."I'm a strong perfume for mature men". The scent is rather old fashioned but can be wore today especially in autumn and winter. It is not a sport perfume but a classic office or night one. Immediately you identify the citrus, spice and greeness once you apply....after some minutes, you are still getting them with a touch of soap. the perfume lasts and lasts almost all day.....i give 9/10 for all, longevity, sillage etc and is doesnt get 10 of 10 due to the fact that is old fashioned. On this subject, i would like to point out something. nowadays, all mainstream companies are producing almost identical perfumes so the public has either to move to a niche one (those that can affort) or to find something that is not so common and these perfumes are either old or not so well known. Niche perfumes and especially creed have been copied by mainstream companies but sometimes, mainstream companies have been copied by niche ones. UPDATE the perfume is very classy and especially in fall/winter, very refreshing with green woody smell.....masterpiece but you have to appreciate.

I'm really liking this one. I must try the extreme. This one doesn't perform well. It's amazing while it last. I'm sure the old formula with more oakmoss is amazing. I get some similarities to drakkar noir but this one is quite different. The bergamot, lavender, oakmoss patchouli smell is familiar. It goes It's own way with the soapy sultry green somewhat aquatic feel I'm getting. Smells like a good amount of high quality naturals and performs like it's not getting much synthetic carrier help. Atelier Colognes type quality and performance. People can say it smells dated but I think that's some kind of resentment or something. This type of perfumery will always be timeless. I'm looking forward to getting the extreme even though my fragrance que keeps altering. Top notch woodlands scent. More spicy green than dark. Of the nearly 10 fragrances I tested last month. This one has been the most compelling to wear. There is a bit of nostalgia maybe due to me regularly wearing cologne as a kid in the 80s. I hit up all my uncles and grandpa's fragrances and they all would give me one. If this performed like the 80s I would be in love.

I just LOVE this stuff! Clean, forest, green, celery, cucumber, fresh air, flowing stream...these are the things this scent brings to my mind. Drakkar Noir? Uh...sorry...not seeing it. I don't get the comparison with Drakkar. Drakkar was the stuff all the guys in my highschool were wearing (if they weren't wearing Polo). Drakkar smells "cheap" next to this one, in my opinion. My wife and I really like DV alot but neither of us likes Drakkar. I'd go as far to say that they are in different classes. Drakkar is pedestrian; DV is elite. No insult intended toward Drakkar men. I know many women who think Drakkar smells fantastic on a man. I just think DV smells substantially better. If you're a Drakkar man, pay me no mind...carry on. This scent is amazingly clean, green, and masculine to me. Definitely a keeper! The only complaint I could have--which could be said of many fragrances--is that the EdT is a bit short-lived. I put on a generous amount to see how my wife liked it on me and after about 3 hours, it was very faint. I suppose that's to be expected with an EdT. I think debborra said sums it up much better than I can.

I don't mind admitting I've become a big fan of these "dated" 80's men's colognes a.k.a. "powerhouses". We shouldn't need to spray so much we get a headache or that great nostril burn. We shouldn't need to layer it with a soap & deodorant just to smell it on ourselves for more than 2 hrs. There's nothing wrong with a powerhouse, the real problem is the relative weakness of so many short lived skin-scents passing for men's cologne now. Slumping popular taste is causing gems like this to go undiscovered or overlooked by many who are new to fragrances. Another example of slumping popular taste, the fact that Davidoff's Relax was discontinued. Coty made the decision based on lack of demand, or perhaps a good reformulation was proving hard to create. In any case, this is one of those great green colognes that will always be in my collection. P.S. The EDP version L'Extreme is great as well. Just different enough to make it necessary to have both imho.

just got a couple of package samples of this.wow i was impressed as a fan of 80's scents, never had been exposed to this one.had the houbigant musk a long time ago..this is a wonderful masculine scent..i can sort of see the drakkar comparison, but i find more appealing than that even though i liked drakkar..i prefer this one..i get a sort of azzaro type feel as well..at the opening for me. i will purchase some very soon..i would love to have this one for my rotation...i could see myself wearing this more than i thought i might. it is a very clean scent...not really getting the leather feeling i get from fuel for men from donna karan....so i can find my self adding this and putting right on the side of bottle of fuel. nice one.i get pretty good longivity with this one as well, i think is is a lovely frangrance,2 thumbs up with a snap from me..