Silver Birch & Lavender Cologne

Smells like a clean, put-together, relaxed person, rather than a straight perfume/cologne. Like soaped up skin, under a crisp white cotton button up and freshly washed line-dried dark denim jeans. Smells like the sky. A light breeze. Starts off extremely blue, and warms up a little with more citrus coming through as it settles. Most of the descriptions here seem to comment heavy on the masculinity of the scent, which I think is interesting and a little misleading— while I do agree that it’s more masculine than a warm vanilla perfume might be, it’s definitely more feminine than a classic cologne. The masculine and feminine notes are incredibly balanced, making it a perfectly unisex scent. Like a woman chopping wood or a man drinking from a teacup. Reading reviews before trying this myself, I was expecting 0 sweetness at all, but the very first thing I pulled out when smelling it the first time was a delicate fresh floral sweetness. I don’t think it’s PROMINENTLY sweet at all, but I think because I was expecting more masculinity, it jumped out as being a little unexpected (in a good way). I’ve never had the instincts to layer scents before trying this one — I feel like there are tons of scents this could pair with it to take it into different seasons — something with orange or yellow floral could bring it into summer, white floral or rain could bring it into spring, amber or wood could take it further to colder months... it’s a really versatile scent in this way. This isn’t to say that it feels incomplete on its own by any means. on its own it would work pretty much any day (less so summer to me, but still wouldn’t be confusing to wear in the heat— strange to me that the winter wearability rating here is as low as it is). Pleasantly airy and light, it could easily be an everyday subtle signature.

This is my second favourite perfume from the new lavenderland collection by jo Malone. My favourite is lavender & wisteria (probably 8.1) for smell but very close comes this silver birch & lavender (7.9). The smell is very pleasant. It has some similarities with other perfumes that yann vasnier has made for this brand. It shares fornexample the same vibe that the roasted OAK gives to the fragance in english OAK & hazelnut ir un the redcurrant one, or even the hemlock & bergamota. At the same time It has something common with other perfumes of yann vasnier like toy boy by moschino. The birch gives Also something yo the dry down which makes me think of aventus by creed (but without any fruity or sweet note) and the lavander gives to the mix some similarities with 154 also by jo Malone. In the background this perfume has some aniseed feeling very close to the vibe that you can find in the background of bronze wood and leather. Regarding to performance, this one has the BEST longevity and projection in the collection and It could be, probably, one of the fragances in the whole jo Malone collection with BEST performance. SB&L lasts for hours on skin and It is noticeable for one or two hours easyly. This is not a beast but i havent tied any JM London fragance which could be considered as a beast til the moment. Si probably if we take in count the whole fragance and not only the smell could be even better than W&L for myself. This perfume is for me totally unisex, probably even more masculine than femenino and very versatile, weareable at any time and for almost any occasion. Recommendable for lavender lovers ir the ones wwho likes the classical Green and fresh fougere scents. Scent: 8 Longevity: 8 Sillage: 6 Quality/price: 7 Versatility: 9 Originality: 6 Global: 8.5

My sister bought this for my mom for Christmas, and she wore it for the first time yesterday. She was at a Valentine's Day luncheon for seniors and says she got quite a lot of people asking about the scent. "Pity you weren't with me. I forgot what the perfume's called", she told me this morning. Needless to say, I've got it on me today. Like all of Jo Malone's work there is a clear definition of the fragrance in the name. I get quite a lot of lavender. The grapefruit doesn't last too long up top; it goes to lavender, birch and woods pretty rapidly. Interesting that Silver Birch & Lavender is likened to Dior Sauvage. I don't get that. Never been a fan of Sauvage because of the excessive use of black pepper and ambroxan. Those two notes killed off anything else the Dior had to offer for me. This Jo Malone is quite beautiful. A simple unisex lavender forward fragrance that stays linear throughout the wear. The only downside is performance. Lasts about 5 to 6 hours unfortunately, even though it projects fairly decently for about a third of that time.

This took me by such surprise and it might become one of my new faves. I usually hate the smell of lavender even tho I am a floral type of girl but I love the smell of woodsy cologne on a man and just in general. I would say this is unisex but leans a little more on the masc side depending on who you ask but imo the woodsy birch and lavender/citrus balance out really well. I had my roommate smell me to get her opinion and she went mmmm and made a face like she was abt to eat me and said I smell like a man but in a good way so I def think this could be a hit with ladies and I think thats part of the reason Im starting to love it bc of the masc tone from the birch but the fem tone from the lavender and grapefruit. This is def not for everybody and Jo Malone is known for not the best longevity bc its a cologne not parfum concentration but this stuff lasts on me nicely especially if I lotion before and lingers on my clothes to the next day.

Jo Malone goes blue. Sits between Luna Rossa Carbon and Sauvage EDT. Less loud than Sauvage, less clean and citrusy than LRC. Less pepper than either of them. Nice grapefruit off the top is distantly reminiscent of BDC. This means its "less masculine", but in the clean, sweet ambroxany genre of fragrances that this fits into, this isn't saying much. This is a "men's style" fragrance that anyone could wear, regardless of gender or occasion. Good performance, great versatility. I think people read "cologne" and are too quick to dismiss the longevity of this scent. I was impressed by its lasting power. I love this style, but I can see why some people would be disappointed that Jo Malone hopped on a tried and tested, derivative formula for their perfumery. But to me, it's unique enough to more than justify its existence.