Voyageur

What can i say, this is the "vintage snobs" aquatic. And in my opinion, its kinda glorious. Smells quite a bit upscale from something like cool water (especially current) and polo sport, but still has the aquatic thing crammed in there. Suprised oakmoss isnt one of the biggest notes on the chart, this is an oakmoss bomb frankly. The oakmoss and the allegedly mysore sandalwood make this deep, rich and luxurious. Besides being the vintage snobs aquatic, this could just be the snob in generals aquatic: this does not smell cheap, yet IS an aquatic. Prices have been rising slowly...this was always one of the most hidden of hidden gems. I agree with the review below, patou forcing kerleo to make an aquatic along with his stubborness combined with his skill and pride resulted in a unique and awesome creation in spite of its apparent destiny. The other review comparing it to cool water...im sorry but i disagree and i have a 1990 bottle of cool water as well as a 2003 and a 2010s bottle. Its like when people say GIT is identical to cool water...i enjoy my vintage CW very much in its own right, yet the GIT is absolutely better quality BUT also different. I dont think Voyaguer smells much like CW or GIT.

I am so fond of Jean Patou and Kerloo. I’m male but really enjoy wearing 1000 , Joy, ma Liberte and eau de Patou( my go to summer citrus floral- which layers so well with other fragrances like Boucheron pour homme .... ) Although I am 55 and experienced the shift from 80s power houses to the aquatics - as a collector I don’t own many aquatics from the 90s and beyond- I have the original Lancaster cool water . I’ve been curious about this one for a long time, but shied away from purchasing due to the negative reviews. I’ve just managed to purchase a bottle in the UK at a reasonable price. I’m so glad I did. I totally agree with the seasoned officianados making the point that we should not judge kerloo based on our expectations of his usual genius in perfume mastery , but to Simply appreciate voyageur for what it is. And, I’m glad his stubbornness and refusal to bow completely to the pressure to fall in line with the current trend using aroma chemicals lead to this wonderful mismatch of two genres .personally it really works for me with the oak moss cedar and sandalwood base - the transition from top notes into dry down really works on my skin.

If you like oakmoss, especially if you wish more of it was in the popular aquatics from the 90s...this is it. JJ says the buttery aspect is from the sandalwood, and i trust his judgement 100%. But i do notice a buttery aspect with oakmoss absolute when it dries down. So both (in my estimation) the sandalwood and oakmoss create this really creamy luxurious buttery facet that is unique to any aquatic ive literally ever smelled. This is nowhere near something like acqua di gio. It smells like something that would have been made when they started experimenting with the aquatic style in the 1980s, from when ocean rain and new west were made. But this has the heaviest, thickest and probably most beautiful base of those. Not as complicated as kerleos other fragrances, but an achievement considering what the brief he recieved probably sounded like.

I am such a great fan of Jean Patou and I am very grateful to own some of the earlier iterations of Joy 1000. - eau de patou , ma Liberte ..... , so why does this get all the hate? I understand as a Dior fan, early 80s and also most recently Dior Homme 2007 - 2011. Then 2014 with the parfum . I think the problem is die hards do not appreciate a shift or changing direction . Likewise, perfumers who truly believe in using the best natural ingredients , would have turned their back on the tidal wave of aroma chemical aquatics of the early 90s. So, here we have a citrus aquatic with oak moss true not synthetic, that would rival And layer very well with some of the most recently hyped LV and other top end citrus Aquatics that have become popular again

Does it fall in the "Cool Water" category? Yes, and there is a lot of frags in that category. I have a few, and this is the one I like the best. It have stand the test of time the best, and to me there is something that sets it a part from the rest. Bought three week prior to the sad end of Jean Patou for a very low price.