George

Actually I didn't know George Sand before sampling this. I read the blurbs and have a somewhat vague idea of Sand's androgynous characteristics--and I think it performs just like that--androgynous. In the markets there are fragrances for men, for women, unisex--but what do these labels mean? Specifically here what I want to ask is "what does unisex mean?" Does it mean it fits both women and men (as fragrantica shows) or just androgynous--or even a-sexual? I have sampled the whole Jardins D'Ecrivains on the same day, and this is my favorite in the whole like--and is the first full bottle. For me the combination of neroli and tobacco is quite pleasant and strikes me so much that I nearly consider it my signature scent. And it doesn't have any vanilla (I am always left confused by the raves of vanilla-creamy-sweet fragrances)! All in all, beautiful and androgynous. Love it. Sometimes I would like to be like this, but other days I may wear Fahrenheit. It's just different moods. PS. the letdown: on me the longevity and projection is not satisfying--especially for an EDP. (And actually the whole Jardins D'Ecrivains have the same problem...just weak and not-so-weak)

I agree with most of what is already been mentioned below. George starts with a strong citrus opening but very soon afterwards arrives the tobacco, coffee and the balsam. The scent is austere and dry thus it's an office and work-friendly more towards an executive or professional job. I haven't had the chance to smell Dior's Eau Sauvage EDP 2018 but I sense similarity with Dior's Eau Sauvage EDP 2013, which is one of my favourites, although George is drier in its nature whereas Eau Sauvage EDP 2013 is moister! George can also work for dates or evening wear but is not suitable for casual use. The scent is formal but not exclusively for males! It takes me on a long enough and complete journey from the first spray till the end drydown ; therefore, I find George has good performance as far as I'm concerned and suitable for all seasons depending on the amount of spray. I look forward to sampling Merlowe from the same house. 8.5/10 Very Well done and highly recommended if you enjoy the note of tobacco.

I have declared war on malicious viruses. Perfume, bath, soap all that can keep people at a social distance. The coat of my arm of the evening has glued itself to the back of the hand and breathes softly of heliotrope and neroli despite the splash and rubbing at the bathtub. She started up so masculine and strong, well mixed with musk, myrrh, tobacco and coffee, so George deserves a little quiet moment before we move on in our battle (refill on the skin) and get to be as soft and feminine as she can. Caring George. Svenska Jag har förklarat krig mot elaka virus. Parfym, bad, tvål allt som kan hålla folk på social distans. Kvällens vapendragare har limmat sig fast på handryggen och pustar mjukt av heliotrop och neroli trots badkars skvalp och gnugg. Hon startade upp så maskulint och starkt, välblandat av mysk, myrra, tobak och kaffe, så George förtjänar en liten lugn stund innan vi drar vidare i vår batalj (påfyllnad på hyn) och får vara så mjuk och feminin hon kan. Omtänksamme George.

One of the most truly unisex fragrance I've smelled in a while ! The opening notes have a very cologne-like feel with the neroli and citrus, but once it settles down... The neroli becomes real orange blossom, sweet, sensual, but still balanced by the dry tobacco, soft leather and mastic (lentisque). I just keep smelling it, it's so fascinating !

Like entering an ancient herbalist's shop. Wondrous sillage. I find it particularly enthralling.

George Jardins d’Ecrivains I can image George Sand smoking her Gauloises while wearing her masculine jacket with the tails and a cane. I looked for a sample of this for the longest time. I love George Sand and tobacco so I had to try this out. It is a great sensual and unique fragrance, I don't think that fragrance has a gender, George feels befitting as a tribute to George Sand to me, it has nice balance between the masculinity and the femininity through the use of the tobacco and neroli notes... I blind bought this and it was a great decision! The neroli after a time on my skin goes from clean to dirty-carnal and I do love that! A bright opening of bergamot and neroli, it has a bitter citrus feel to it. It smells like an expensive cologne at first, it is masculine at first, I quickly notice the beginning of tobacco. Smoky, sweet myrrh makes it presence known, causing the scent to be warmer, richer, neroli is noticeable but allowing the myrrh, peru balsam resins be felt, I feel a little bit of the dirty musk. After a time on my skin, tobacco deepens, it is rich and gorgeous with the honey and neroli/orange blossom with its animalic nuances and the smoky myrrh is subtle. Heliotrope and coffee are too well-blended on my skin for me to notice. It is a high-quality and complex fragrance that I am happy to have in my collection.

Un départ rapide et furtif sur des notes bergamotes et hop on s'intalle vite dans le coeur et le fond où l'héliotrope puissante et présente est poussée par le néroli présent également mais juste pour appuyer cet héliotrope dominant! les notes de café et de tabac lui apporte son côté sec et masculin ! Je le trouve très féminin a cause de l'héliotrope et du néroli qui sont deux odeurs qui en soliflore sont associées aux femmes dans ma mémoir eolfactives !! les Hommes (et les femmes) qui adorent l'héliotrope, foncé dessus !!!! English : A fast and furtive departure on notes(marks) bergamot oranges and hup we intalle fast in the heart and the bottom where the heliotrope powerful and present is pushed by the present néroli also but just to rest(support) this dominant heliotrope! The notes(marks) of coffee(café) and tobacco he bring his dry and male side! I find him(it) very feminine has cause of the heliotrope and the néroli which are two smells which in soliflore are associated with the women in my mémoir eolfactives!! The Men(People) (and the women) who adore the heliotrope, darkened above!!!!

This is my first time trying anything from this house, and George was a very pleasant introduction! It opened up so fresh, bright and zingy that I questioned how I thought I was putting on tobacco, coffee, and balsams! Very quickly, some strong orange blossom joined in. Heading into the heart, it was like a barbershop cologne mixed with orange blossom. Some will think it too masculine due to the barbershop quality. Some will think it too feminine because of the flowers. Therefore it could also be considered perfectly androgynous. As we head into the base, we get a slightly sweet, resinous balsam coupled with woody myrrh, subtle tobacco and even subtler coffee. The fragrance never becomes terribly dark and always remains a comfortable wear, like slipping into a favorite cozy, old jacket on a misty evening. Such an introspective, very pleasant scent. I absolutely love the classic structure with clear top, middle, and base notes. Well done! George is definitely the gateway to trying more perfumes from this house.

I just have to say in rebuttal to the previous review that I, as female as they come, wore this today for the 3rd time in as many months... and now that fall is here I felt that George was adequately feminine - and certainly very, very sexy. Although the heliotrope isn't the most obvious note, it's at the center; I feel like George is built around it. Recently, I've been wearing Archives 69 by Etat Libre which is predominantly a tobacco scent, and it's also unisex. It warmed me up for George. Today, I wore George with pink lipstick, pink leggings and a lace top, lol! I'm a huge admirer of George Sand. Please stop whatever you're doing right this moment and look up the movie 'Impromptu' from 1991, find it and watch it! This perfume *is* the scent of Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, who became famous for taking a man's name, wearing trousers, and smoking cigars in public. Oh yes, this is unisex. Only it takes a special type of lover to pull it off.

I like this fragrance. As a woman. Why? Because my mom was a cigarette smoker. This is how I remember her. The smell is exactly how I remember home. The tabacco note is very in the front at a dirty way. When I miss my mother, I smell on this bottle... I never wear this fragrance myself, but only as a memory.

Very high class. I can smell the coffee, tobacco and neroli. Love this notes so obviously I'm gonna enjoy it. Also, the price is very good. Definitely check it out. More on the masculine side of things. If you want a good feminine one, try Gigi.

Oh dear I made the mistake of wearing this on Friday evening. It was among a quite a large batch of samples that I tried a while ago and thought George was one I had liked but was yet to review conclusively. I try not to make the mistake of just wearing a fragrance wtihout trying it properly and knowing for certain I like it. I'm sorry...but George is awful! Truly awful. Reminds me of Vetiver dance by Tauer but not quite as awful to be fair to George. If anyone has seen the way Thierry Mugler made their A*Men les parfums de cuir by soaking off cut strips of leather in a barrel full of A*Men and leaving it to infuse. Well imagine the same process but with beeswax, root beer, plasters and bandages! Medicinal is not even the word it smells anticeptic! I don't even think that's fair really because there's something nice about the smell of germolene or detol and this just has other weird facets which make it utterly reprehensible to my nose, namely....white florals! Neroli is massive in here also and adds to the waxy awful general body of the rest of the fragrance. Needless to say I was not happy when I applied it to my skin and realised I would smell that way for several hours and I like to think I'm pretty open minded olfactory wise. There's a honey/beeswax element to this fragrance, an aloof coffee vibe which if it was more pronounced might have redeemed George somewhat and awful white florals & heliotrope! What a mess! Some people might regard this as perfume as genius, I'm not convinced as it just goes against my tastes like trying to force feed me squid and mushrooms. I will say this for it... It's a complex scent and my girlfriend liked it. Oddly enough she had a similar reaction to me in that George has this car crash effect of not being able to stop sniffing at it. Obviously for different reasons mine just in pure disgust, trying to work out why anyone would make this perfume or want to wear it? And hers in awe of a complicated and strange alluring fragrance. Luckily for me the longevity wasn't brilliant, neither was sillage but I did realise it was bad as I was applying so maybe I didn't put enough on?

122) Olala Georges, GEOrges! you're GorGEOUS! Are you sure this is a fragrance for women too? This is really for women living alone in the middle of the forest, cutting wood, have not shaved since ... what year is it anyway?, Smoking a pipe in one hand and playing arm iron of the other. But where were they get their musk? it is either a bottle forgotten since 1902 in the basement of Guerlain or else some extract juice from Canadian lumberjack pants in beaver leather . It requires a lot to like dirty underwear. You've always dreamed of spending a wild and sweating night under or on top of a bearskin picked up in a lost bar in the wild North-East? Well, you're going to get a taste! I love :) Vous êtes sûr que c'est un parfum pour femme aussi? C'est vraiment pour celles qui vivent seules au milieu de la forêt, coupent du bois, ne se sont pas rasées depuis...on est en quelle année au fait?, qui fument la pipe d'une main et jouent au bras de fer de l'autre. Mais ou ont-ils été cherché leur musc? c'est soit une bouteille oubliée depuis 1902 chez Guerlain ou alors du jus de pentalon de bucheron canadien en peau de castor. Il faut beaucoup aimé les sous-vêtements sales. Vous avez toujours rêvé de passer une nuit sauvage transpirant sous et sur une peau d'ours draguée dans un bar perdu dans le Nord-Est sauvage? Et bien vous allez en avoir un avant-goût! J'adore :)

This fragrance for me is just a heavy dose of neroli. I have little experience with white florals, but after owning Fleur Du Male, I can 100% say this is white floral-based. I got a sample of this hoping for an intro into heliotrope-based fragrances, but I can't seem to see it here. I was expecting a more sweet almond-like vanille scent about this, with it being so strong, but for me the neroli is everything. If you're looking for a neroli-based fragrance with the slightest dirty tinge in the background, then check this out. Otherwise, if you don't like white florals, just look another direction then.

The pairing of neroli with more tannic notes like coffee and bits of leather are giving me the overall impression of soap. Somewhere between Dial and the Ayurvedic soaps from the Indian grocery store, so agreeing with those who are getting a headshop vibe. It fits the androgyny billing and perhaps captures that duality in George Sands, maybe more accurately than Histoires des Parfums, who seemed to think the pineapple captured her essence best. I didn't like the HdP and I don't really like this one either. But if we're going to go along with the back story, I think this one does a better job.

George is a perfume from Jardins d’Ecrivains, a perfume house founded by Anaïs Biguine. It is a French niche house that began with scented candles before releasing perfumes in 2012. It disappeared from the radar around 2018 I believe, to re-appear later with a different packaging. George was named after George Sand, the pseudonym and pen name of a woman, the brilliant Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, who was Chopin's lover and liked to dress as a man. While Astier de Villatte claimed to have reconstructed one of the perfumes she wore (Les Nuits), Anais Beguine incapsulated her vision of Sand in her first scent creation. She declared: "GEORGE was just that... indefinable, man and woman, at ease with and amused by both statuses." Now, imagine a figure in a billowing white shirt and tightly fitted leather pants that still carried the lingering traces of the saddle and horse. A small, thin cheroot cigar was placed between firm, full lips that smiled upon entering a parlor: shabby armchairs; books lay strewn over all the tables, while the smell of old paper; a vase with fading orange blossoms; near it, a cup of stale coffee and from the open window, whiffs of dusty heliotrope come inside. It opens on my skin with a blast of mentholated orange blossoms that have a distinctly eucalyptus-mint undertone mixed with stale coffee and leather. They are followed by the lightest hint of tobacco and smokiness over a dark, almost viscous-like, thick resin. The heliotrope is at the edges; it doesn’t start out as the sort of powdered, almost almond-like element that many of us are familiar with in Guerlain fragrances: it adds a subtle touch of sweetness. The scent can be surmized as revolving around three notes: orange blossom, tobacco, and Perù balsam. The latter is dark and spicy and so is the tobacco that is also extremely dry. these three notes combined seem to create a leather effect that runs through George for all its life. When George blooms on my skin, it creates a chiaroscuro of masculine darkness with a kind of something almost “dirty” and bitter under airy and clouds of femenine white florals. It’s quite a tall order to try to encapsulate George Sand in a fragrance, but I think Jardins d’Ecrivains did so quite well. The eau de parfum is a chiaroscuro, a study of sharp contrasts in notes, textures, and colour. It is a paradox of masculine and feminine, with notes of darkness shining through the white. Follow me on IG @alexolympia6

A real shapeshifter, like George herself. Starts out as a very flowery/citrusy cologne type thing before the tobacco really kicks in and darkens over its life to become much more fullbodied and weighty. The honey's not overly sweet, the resins are discreet. The coffee is (thankfully, to me) so well blended you'd have to sniff out very precisely to get any of it. So, absolutely a classy and complex composition, sophisticated and disciplined and subtle, like the best sort of literary French. However, for me - and me only ... it's just not as utterly gorgeous as some simpler, sweeter scents on the same theme, and longevity is poor - really hardly there by 4h in. HOWEVER - with a re-application it blooms once more and even strengthens again to become a more assertive and 'manly' version of tobacco than it seems at first spray. Sillage is tastefully restrained throughout. I wouldn't buy an FB (at least not until I'd bought and exhausted every drop of a bottle of Phaedon Tabac Rouge first), but I would very very happily wear this any time. It might be a bit too earthy for steaming hot days/climates though.

George opens with a neroli/bergamot combo that immediately brings to mind of an amped-up Eau De Cologne type of accord. Since the very early stages of the opening though, you realize there's something special about George, in fact, the initial effect dissipates within seconds to leave space to a darker and fascinating tobacco / resins accord that represents the real nature of this composition. Warm and enveloping with a certain *je ne sais quoi* provided by slightly skanky facets. It feels honeyed and sort of musky while white floral patterns provide interesting refinements. Probably not groundbreaking but so well done and smartly twisted to absolutely deserve attention. A real pleasure to wear. Nice job. Rating: 7-7.5/10

George Jardins d’Ecrivains ... A love letter to Polo by Ralph Lauren George opens very strong green grassy smoky leathery tobacco smell almost exactly like Polo Ralph Lauren. George is very classy very unusual very rare, however George share the same vibe as Polo in terms of muscularity and classical power. The dry down is also similar to Polo but George is very natural and has soft nots in the back ground, it appears to be done by mixing Musk and Heliotrope. Green check Masculine check Mannish check Golf club check Cuban cigars check Any fan of Polo by Ralph Lauren will love George Scent 9.5/10 Longevity 10/10 George Jardins d’Ecrivains ... The Polo horse

This opens with a fresh neroli/orange blossom note that gave me high hopes that I had finally found my masculine orange blossom fragrance. However, shortly after the opening, I get the same headshop vibe that Jrmcquill does. It devolves very quickly on my skin to pure incense and doesn’t move from there for the duration. Brings back some memories but ultimately not a smell I am fond of nor do I want to smell like.