Wood Haven

It is exactly what it says in the notes, the thing is - this is a unisex all year everytime versatile a bit boring fragrance. The top is a very natural smelling lemon/sweet and acidic yellow citrus with fuzzy, papery, dusty black pepper. The pepper, slightly different, is also in the mid with gin-like juniper and a bit thicker than top citrus feel (ginger). The whole base is clean wood and a clean piney-ceadery note. It's moderate in projection from the start, and will last you somewhere about 7 hours. Absolutely everywhere and everyone safe, even blind buy safe, if you don't consider this overpriced. I get the comparison to Terre d'Hermes, but this is just way nicer, natural, and I think less straight up Iso E Super overdose the Terre is. Now I actually like it a lot. If this performed better I'd think of buying it. This is even a signature scent worthy perfume. I like it a lot, but IMHO it's a bit pricey for what it is, and it might be boring to some.

A nice vetiver fragrance for those who enjoy vetiver along with ginger, which I do on both counts. I am not a big fan of citrus, which I find to be a bit too prominent and lingers a bit too long for my enjoyment. As others here have mentioned, I do like this scent but it's not what I had expended from Wood Haven (something more along the lines of a Wonderwood, I suppose). Moreover, I am a fan of Keresene and own several of this house's fragrances, including this one, but overall I have dozens of vetiver fragrances--most were far less expensive--that I will be reaching for ahead Vetiver-Ginger Haven. Wood Haven perform pretty well in that it lasts 8-10 hours on my skin and projects moderately. A tepid like.

I received bad health news about a family member and had been in the dumps all morning. Nothing—not the sunshine, walking, stretching—helped. Then something possessed me to spray my shirt 4 times with Wood Haven. A smile broke through, my sadness lifted. The exhilaration of spicy ginger, luminous grapefruit, nose-tickling pepper, resinous bergamot, and smoky juniper made my mood turn around in seconds. Now, in the mid-drydown, the almost sweet-woody vetiver and somewhat creamy-dry cedar is calming and enhancing the top note effects. Good stuff, this Wood Haven. It’s one of the best woody-citrus masculines for anytime wear and, as I now see, mood-enhancement as well.

Superb fragrance, top quality materials. Starts out with a grapefruit-ginger-pepper punch, then transforms over time into a silvery, smoky, lightly spicy, juniper-cedar scent with a touch of medicinal yet soft guaicol in the background. One of the few citrus-woody-smoky scents that is complex, non-linear, and long-lasting. It puts Terre d’Hermes to shame and is cheap considering the quality. $140USD for 100ml is a steal.

A fun nod (I assume) to Woodhaven, MI, which is about 20 miles outside of Detroit...I love the wood and citrus notes in this...and the touch of ginger and pepper that give it a spicy finish...slightly masculine, but still totally unisex...oh Kerosense, I may just have to collect them all...