Norwegian Wood

The only wood I think of when I think of Scandinavia is pine but this is distinctly sandalwoody. And quite lovely. It’s been six months since I got this and maybe it’s my imagination but it seems to have really improved and has gone from a like to a love. Norwegian Wood might be inexpensive but definitely does not smell “cheap” or overly artificial - the exact opposite in fact - natural and beautifully sandalwoody. If you blind tested any fragrance aficionado unfamiliar with Norwegian Wood, I guarantee they would never, ever, guess that this is a “cheapie”. It smells almost niche quality and actually has a vaguely buttery, resinous thing going on that reminiscent of Cartier Pasha Parfum. Performs best in Winter with longevity around 3-6 hours, sitting close after the first two. Norwegian Wood is not bad at all - in my mind’s eye I could see a pimply adolescent rocking this for a hot date at a shopping mall. Seriously though, this would be a great after gym/sport fragrance for a teenager. Smells clean, natural and not “perfumey”. A very pleasant, unpretentious fragrance that smells a lot more expensive. The drydown is quite lovely: reminiscent of a resinous Indian sandalwood. If you’re in the market for a budget fragrance it’s excellent value for money.

Appearance The cheapness of the bottle is incredible, it’s embarrassingly cheap, it looks like it should be a mustard jar. This def does not belong on your display shelf. I think this alone is why so many people rate it low. Smell But this does smell nice and doesn’t smell cheap, cheap in the sense of synthetic dollar store frags. It’s a light and airy woody scent with some noticeable lavender in the opening then after an hour or so the vanilla and slight incense come out. The lavender disappears quickly and It smells something like the Shalimar edp dry down, due to the powdery woody vanilla and incense vide. It’s completely unisex. Performance It lasts well enough, but it seems to be an intimate scent after an hour, maybe if you spray heavy, 10+ sprays, then you’ll get decent projection. This is worth getting, the price is unbeatable. I really like this one. The smell is great, unless you only like ambroxan heavy blue bottle freshies etc. then you might not appreciate it.

This is straight up wood with a little vanilla sprinkled on top. You're not going to go on a fragrance journey with this, you're going to flat out smell like a woodshop beginning to end. Personally I really like it however longevity is an issue for me. Next time I will go from 4 to 6 sprays and see what that does. Update: After 8 hours with 5 sprays it was a fairly strong skin scent on me. I think that 6-8 sprays will probably give a solid 7-8 hours performance without being overpowering and a couple more as a s good skin scent. Also the atomizer on this isn't the greatest.

I picked this one up at ROSS for 6.99 + tax. 3.3 oz bottle. Sprayed some on my arm as soon as I got in the car and was blown away by the sophistication of this scent. It's supposed to be all woods, and I suppose it is. I smell lots of sandalwood--my favorite! It's very masculine, warm and woody, and so far I really like it. I remember wearing the original Kanøn way back in the 70's and it was quite good, too. You could do far worse for your $7 than this. Cheaper than lunch and lasts a whole lot longer. Thumbs up, guys.

I know most reviews of Norwegian Wood across the internet are pretty horrible, but when my boyfriend wore this it was simply magic. It must have been his skin/body chemistry because it never, ever smelled cheap or offensive. It was a very unique is its woodsy warm charm (albeit very loud if he wore too much). It didn't remind me of any dollar store body sprays. It had rare notes I'd never experienced before and trust me I'm a huge snob when it comes to cologne. I say yes to this one for sure.