Lalique Pour Homme Equus

I'm wearing LPH Equus right now and what I like the most is the quality. You start enjoying Equus from the moment you open the box, then the bottle and the smell... the mind anticipates and create the illusion that you are already getting the sequoia note (or actually get it, if you have already spray it). That woodsy note is present through all the experience, deserves a full review and provides Equus whit an earthy and balmy odor profile. Yes it's wood, but You know it's a very special one. Maybe it's me, but in the opening I get a lot of nutmeg and juniper, not the citruses. On the dry down there's no leather or musk note, but the effect is there, the composition get very sensual and some animal, then the citruses and cardamom appear. This is sensual in a very smooth and elegant way. Duration is very good, when you wake up, a little bit of the base is there, not in your wrist, but there it is. Sillage is moderate, but the two fragances I own from Lalique has this thing I really like: hours later a note escape from time to time, you get close to your wrist and nothing, but then again, another note escape. Not for a blind buy, but I strongly recommend the experience. *** Ahora mismo uso LPH Equus y lo que más me gusta es la calidad. Comienzas a disfrutar Equus desde el momento en que abres la caja, luego la botella y el olor... la mente se anticipa y crea la ilusión de que ya estás obteniendo la nota de secuoya (o así es, si ya has utilizado la botella). Esa nota amaderada está presente durante toda la experiencia y merece su propia revisión, al tiempo que le da a Equus un perfil olfativo térreo y balsámico. Sí, es madera, pero sabes que se trata de una muy especial. Quizá sea yo, pero en la apertura percibo mucha nuez moscada y junípero, pero no cítricos. En el secado no hay nota de piel o musk, pero su efecto está ahí. La composición se pone muy sensual y algo animal, entonces aparecen los cítricos y el cardamomo. Es una sensualidad discreta y elegante. La duración es muy buena, cuando despiertas, un poco de la base sigue ahí, no en tu muñeca, pero está ahí. La proyección es moderada, pero las dos fragancias que tengo de Lalique tienen eso que realmente me gusta: horas después una nota escapa de cuando en cuando, te acercas a la muñeca y nada, pero entonces de nuevo, otra nota escapa. No recomiendo una compra a ciegas pero sí y mucho, la experiencia.

I blind bought this based on the note breakdown after buying Encre Noire and Encre Noire Sport and being really impressed by the brand. After wearing Equus a couple of times, I bought 2 more backup bottles. I love this stuff. To provide some perspective, I'm not a fan of the typical summer citrus scents. They tend to have poor performance and they all smell pretty similar which makes them boring. Basically if you've smelled one you've smelled them all. I'm also not a fan of the modern trend toward sweet fragrances for men. Call me a middle aged old man but to me, men are supposed to smell like woods and leather and smoke and the great outdoors, not bubblegum and grape soda and flowers. Also, the sweet stuff is sort of sickening after a while. But I'm also a fan of Fahrenheit, Kouros, Quorum, One Man Show, Bentley Absolute, Gucci Guilty Absolute, and Bvlgari Man Black Orient. Take that for whatever it's worth. So I was thrilled with Encre Noire Sport. That's a wearable summer option that no one will confuse with a unisex fragrance. When I saw the note breakdown for Equus and an EDP concentration, I had high hopes that this would be another winner from Lalique. Wow! This is a home run for me. This has become my signature scent for spring, summer, and fall. There is nothing sweet here. Yeah, there's some citrus in the opening but that is NOT what this fragrance is about. And forget about picking out individual notes. It's an experience. It feels like you've just come in from the horse barn after spreading fresh hay in hot weather. It feels like you're walking up a mountain trail just after snow melt in the spring. It feels like fall right before the leaves drop and you're cutting spruce with a chainsaw. It does NOT smell like something your girlfriend or wife will want to borrow. As for performance, It's moderate. I get about 5-6 hours. But projection and sillage drop pretty fast after about an hour. That's fine for me. I don't need beast mode and it makes Equus more wearable. I can always replenish if I want. Quality is super high. There is nothing cheap or synthetic smelling here. At the price you can get this at discounters this is another steal from Lalique.

Lalique Equus is a gift to the lover of dark woody scents like the much-lamented Yves Saint Laurent M7. The bottle is heavy and beautiful with the horse head etched deeply into the back of the glass. From the perfume top I get very little citrus and a huge blast of nutmeg. After a short while, the nutmeg recedes a bit (or perhaps my nose adapts to it) and blends with the other spices and violet leaf and strong dark woody notes to give a beautiful and long-lasting heart. I think "sequoia" is a reasonable description of this heart, though don't think sequoia or redwood trees yield any commercial oils and I hope that these rare and magnificent trees are not cut down for our vanity. Based on Lalique's note list, I suspect the "sequoia" is a combination of nutmeg, mace, cedar, and amyris (similar to sandalwood), or perhaps the whole mirage is from combined synthetics. Whatever the composition, it is magnificent and unique to my experience. The spicy notes last a remarkably long time, but eventually they do give way to a milder but still rich cedar and benzoin base, with a bit of musk, leather, and vetiver. The base is very nice, but the unusually long-lasting heart is what shines in this work of art. It feels ferocious, contemplative, tenebrous, radiant, earthy, and pure by turns. If you have admired Yves Saint Laurent M7 or Dior Fahrenheit Absolute or any other dark woody scent, or even think you might admire them, you should sample Lalique Equus.

What an amazing classy, woody fragrance. A couple months ago, I saw this on FragranceNet for around 30 dollars. And I blind bought it. I was impressed by how high quality this fragrance was for the price. It starts very woody, citrusy and peppery ( Even though black pepper is not listed in the note breakdown ). It dries down to a more woody, slightly less peppery, fresh spicy fragrance. The performance is pretty good one this fragrance. I get around 7 hours with a medium projection on my skin. I recommend this for all seasons, best during the spring and fall, but you can also wear on summer nights as well. This makes this fragrance extremely versatile for all seasons and occasion. You can wear this casually dressed down, to a graduation, dressed up, running errands, and maybe a party in the day time. You don't have to go too heavy on the sprays too, in my experience I would spray 6-8 times to make it last longer. But you can do as many sprays as you want, this is just my personal preference. Lastly, this fragrance suits all age groups. If you're a young guy, I could see you rocking this. If you're an older individual, I could also see you rocking this too. If your asking if its a safe blind buy, then yes it is. This is a perfect gift for any age group. In conclusion: Smell: 10/10 Longevity: 8/10 Projection: 6.5/10 Wearability and Versatility: 10/10 Lalique Pour Homme Equus: 9/10

This was a real disappointment. I'm guessing this was recently reformulated because I got really terrible performance which my bottle which kind of ruined the fragrance for me. I'm not even a guy that cares too much about performance but when you only get 2-3 hours of longevity and pretty much no projection of scent you actually like it's disappointing, to say the least. The scent itself was also kind of let down but only because I had really high expectations based on reviews I saw said that it smelled like a butsudan. Sorry to say but the newest batches don't come close to that kind of rich woodsy smell. I actually really enjoy the scent as a whole but I guess my expectations were way too high to be impressed on the initial spray. The opening however I'm not a huge fan of as I got mostly hay and black pepper kind of smell. It quickly dried down to be more green and the dry down is fantastic on this scent. I find this to be a casual spring-fall scent. A scent you wear when you don't feel like wearing a scent as it is really intimate and earthy smelling. I haven't worn this in warm and hot weather yet so hopefully, the warmer weather helps the performance. The scent itself I would give a 7 or 8/10 but the performance is like a 2/10 making it a 5/10 overall. Pretty disappointed. I'll still wear it though.

The review saying that this smells like str8 Ahead made me write. Both are excellent for the price and I enjoy both. Actually and I am my second bottle on both - despite owning tens of fragrances, these two I actually ran out of. Both are just so super great for simple everyday use. Since I never found these similar that comment about similarity made me test thoroughly again. There are similarities in the woodiness in the opening but otherwise I do it find them similar at all. Equus is woody spicy and fresh and great for versatile use. it is classy and great for work, but not playful or sweet. Equus is for classy and serious moments. Str8 ahead goes quickly way more aromatic and is way less woody and is a great alternative for citrus freshies but I would not use it for work or when wearing something stylish. I like to use it for the gym mainly. I could use it with jeans and a t-shirt, but not with anything more formal. Neither one is for dates or nights out. The first bottle of Equus is actually the only perfume in my collection that has eventually gone bad. It lasted about 4-5 years but then the smell turned sour and the color of the juice changed. Luckily I only had about a fifth of the bottle left at that point.

Lalique Pour Homme Equus is a pleasantly woody and spicy blend that kinda reminds me of a nice warm mug of chai tea. When I first wore this I was really off-put by the sequoia note. It's pleasant, but it also reminds me of the scent of a pet store, specifically the sorta wood chips they use in the habitats where they keep guinea pigs and ferrets. I wasn't sure I liked it at first, but trying this out on a cold autumn day really proves its worth. Equus is a cozy sweater of spicy warmth, with a gentle sweetness that keeps it from being too dry. I imagine this would generally appeal to a more mature crowd, but I think a younger gentleman like myself can pull this off in the right situations. For an EDP, longevity is lacking. About 1-2 hours of decent projection, a very small scent bubble without much sillage. After those couple hours are up, you need to be really close to where you sprayed for it to be noticeable. If you're looking for something to wear in a work environment that suits spring and autumn, this is it. Sophisticated, soothing, warm, and not intrusive. Equus doesn't make a statement, it politely requests that you come closer to enjoy it. Signature scent worthy.

If this was discontinued, it would be doing numbers on ebay. You'd find reviews peppered with nostalgia and "hidden gem" musings about how terrible it is to lose such a unique niche smelling masterpiece. But it's $25, so it doesn't really get the respect it deserves. It's like the artist who lives in poverty, only to become famous posthumously. I don't really get the reformulation comments. Probably placebo due to the new, awful bottle. I have both the classic formed glass horse version as well as the cartoon etched horse new one. Same juice. This was never a well performing fragrance and was always in the moderate-weak category. A shame, really. It's one of those scents that smells like it should last a lot longer. It's an incredibly addictive fragrance that leans on the oldschool mature side while never really taking itself too seriously. It's basically described like drinking cardamom tea in the lumber isle of home depot, just in the best way. The sequoia wood is really special. Also, for anyone thinking this is going to replace GPHII, you'll be quite disappointed. They're only faintly similar. Though, if you like GPHII, you'll like this one too.

Even though the bottle was depictured as the older one with the relief horse, I received the newer one with the flat motif. People say there was a reformulation as well, so my review is for the newer version. Equus pour Homme is a fresh, outgoing scent, but not harsh. It has a green vibe, herbal and fruity, without going sweet. The opening is quite citrussy, but the drydown shines with juniper, cardamom and notes of wood and vetiver.The lemon is still there, but it's not dominating the fragrance anymore. It evokes pictures of strolling across the pasture on a warm summer evening. The sun has been shining all day and now the vegetation exudes all its wonderful scents. Even though, I have these pictures of nature in my mind, Equus is sophisticated, very pleasant and good quality. I can see this being a good fit in any kind of situation. I bought the EdP for my partner, but might just be reaching for it from time to time. I'm not normally into male scents for myself and in my perception this is unmistakably one, but I just like its vibe so much. Considering the price (around 25 EUR for 75ml), I'd say this is quite the safe blind buy.

Lalique Equus has been on my Wishlist for some time because I’d heard their perfume house was known for very subtle, even delicate blends that evolved over time and the rumours I heard were true: Equus opens up somewhat cardamom forward over soft woody notes that smells like there is leather ‘at the back of he room’ although leather does not exist in the olfactory pyramid - neither does lemon nor bergamot nor nutmeg nor musk - confused with Juniper, Zest of Citron, and the delicate but inticing Mace. The cardamom and impression of leather fades and develops into a soft and fresh spiced wood that some hours later - first sprayed at night and still present the next morning - changes into a sweet and balsamic resinous scent. Lalique Equus is definitely for the over-30s and could be worn for most occasions, day or night; noticeable but not obnoxious for the office and intriguing for evening wear or a date. Very few perfumers make non-linear fragrances these days - a perfume that really evolves as you wear it - but I’m glad Lalique is one of them because they do it damned well.

Current cartoon 🐴 formulation. I'm not familiar with any earlier version but I do know Quorum Silver and happen to come from the countryside. This is indeed akin to some more refined, less spiky, though not necessarily better version of the Quorum. In practice the two are probably interchangeable. While I can understand why some say that this smells like hamster bedding or wood shavings, I don't really get either. To me this is quite authentically semi-fresh and green (though woody), a little like grass that has yet to dry to hay. It also has a slightly fruity spiciness that makes me think of some old-skool, natural, home-made cola or something similar. It makes me think of galangal or something else rooty, and/or some kind of aromatic (vetiver-like?) grass that someone in Indonesia or Malaysia might use to make tea. It is by no means a super-dry fragrance but anyway, yes, it does smell somewhat like a clean, well-kept stable (devoid of manure and, at the moment in question, horses) on a pleasantly mild day. It's special.

Equus smells (a lot) like a butsudan , the household shrine you find in Japanese homes and triggers flashbacks of cedar, mahogany, red sandalwood, and Palisander rosewood, even though none of these are present. Juniper, redwood, sequoia and amyris (aka "West Indian sandalwood") are the actual woods in this, with vetiver and spiced with cardamom, nutmeg and mace, on a resinous foundation of styrax. Fairly linear but if you enjoy woody fragrances this is intoxicating. The new bottle looks cheap and nasty compared to the original whose horse looked three dimensional, and closer in style to the frosted crystal glasswork for which Lalique is famous. Presumably a cost-cutting measure, since the original bottles must have been expensive to produce - and in commercial perfumery bottles generally cost more to manufacture than their contents. Quite possibly the ultimate woody fragrance - Equus feels more wondrously woody than Wonderwood. A legend that is rightly regarded as a modern classic men’s fragrance.

This is lovely, again Lalique doesn't disappoint! It's fresh, grassy, hay-like and herbal, I can smell the citron cardamom and mace, and I can detect the vetiver giving a good base. I think there's leather too but it's the idea of leather, not in-your-face, just enough to give this a classic equus vibe like other perfumes in this genre but not over the top. Somewhere horse tack has been but not the horse itself-- just a little animalic. Enough musk underneath to keep it interesting, too. It's not your usual men's cologne, I dare say this isn't going to be popular with the usual fruity young men's crowd that's popular these days. I keep going back to my wrist for more, it's delightful. My only demerit is for the tacky and cheap bottle-- they have really downgraded the presentation on this! The one I got has a cheesy looking cartoon horse etched into the back surface of the bottle. The cap is cheap too and it almost broke the second time I opened it. Too bad, at least the juice inside is good!

It's such a beautiful, well-blended masculine scent. The potent woods and resins mixing with the mace is something that is far too rare. It's a welcome change from all the peppers you smell now. It legitimately makes me happy to smell this. I wish there was a higher quality version of this somewhere. Lalique has moved on though and there will never be a surprise parfum of this coming out. The warnings about skin chemistry are also somewhat true. In high heat this can stop being beautiful and become too cedary and astringent, even a touch uric. Unfortunately I picked my bottle up right as they transitioned to the pathetic etched cartoon picture. The collar isn't even attached on my bottle, it was just glued down. Lion also has the same cheap construction but the glass was at least original quality. This was easy to recommend when it was $25 but you really need to be a fan of these older style Laliques to seek it out.

If you’ve ever been to the USA mountain west (Wyoming, Utah, Colorado), there exists a aesthetic of country/rustic posh: grand cabins, lots of natural wood, exposed log beams, expensive hand-made leather boots- think Jackson Hole, Park City, Aspen. This fragrance captures this vibe so well. It’s very woody- cedar up front (sequoia?), loads of it, evoking the favored building material of these places. At certain times when I wear this, the nutmeg and cardamom become prominent, lending depth and warmth to the composition. Just enough leather to toughen it up, but balanced by the violet leaf so it isn’t rugged. Mountain high-country-classy: you wear cowboy boots, but those $2000 hand-stitched pair of Luccheses ain’t ever kicked a pile of cow sh**. Oh, no sir. Incredible quality, fantastic fragrance by Lalique. My love for this fragrance is rivaled only by my love for my Ford F-150 King Ranch.

Ok,ok....received the edp today.Blind buy,naturally.:)I’ve learned my homework before,ofcourse,but I was confused too,by the reviews...to some,it was a horse stable,hamster cage bedding...and you know what,they were right.But,not in a bad way.It smells similar,but this is a pleasant smell,this is a great perfume.To my nose,i like it more than a lion version,pour homme,which goes in more mature type/vibe category,and it’s more citrus type,and this one goes to woody type of smell.Don’t be afraid of horse stable comments,nothing wrong with the smell,you’ll smell great,nobody will replace you as you came from horse farm.:)Actually,the perfume reminds me of something from the past...like 90’ vibe.It is original,nothing close to todays mass appealing offerings,so you’ll smell great and original.I must say that I’m very,very happy with this purchase,and I would Highly recommend it.

Oh my lord what a wonderful unique hidden gem this is! I managed to get a bottle with the engraved / etched horse and the reviews below have certainly been more accurate than expected. It has that wonderful semi damp straw / wood smell that you get in a horse stable, I cannot relate to the so called hamster smell as I have never had one. This would be a splendid Spring scent through and through the citrus opening starts full on but lingers through the mid nicely to the dry down. Rocobar by Hermés smells slightly similar (which is a big compliment) but it does not have the strong citrus and juniper notes that this has, the dry down here is just gorgeous. I would see this as day time casual wearing fragrance, perfect for smart casually dressed man. Although it has deeper notes, it manages to stay fresh and clean so very impressed.

EDT is a very nice woody scent, lots of cedar-like depth, slight natural sweetness that is dry and not cloying. Slight tobacco note in the opening, dry down has a surprising coolness to it despite remaining in the cedar realm (although the note is likely the sequoia.) I have the EDT and the EDP. EDT is nice for spring, will have to see how it will do in summer, but it is overall an airier and cooler version, versus the EDP which is richer and warmer. EDP might be better in winter, but I will have to wait to try that out. Overall unique- I’ve not smelled anything similar aside from actual wood shavings. I do not get hamster with this aside from hamster cages using wood shavings; nothing rodent-like about the fragrance itself. (I don’t get any similarity with my Bois de Vetiver unfortunately!)

I must say that I am always dazzled by this number from the sensibly-priced house of Lalique. I have the EDP, and when I apply it, there's a nice rush of citrus and pepper on a bed of fresh juniper wood shavings. It feels rural, countryside, woodsy as all outdoors, Woodsy Owl woodsy, Smokey the Bear woodsy, a horse is a horse of course of course woodsy. I want to wear a Pendleton sweater and throw on my Danner boots, jump in a pick up and choose a Christmas tree. I have the horse head in-relief bottle; apparently the cartoonish etched horse bottles are a bit of a disappointment to others, but that's just conjecture. This just brings me a smile to my face and a spring to my step, right down to its blurry straw bale vetiver and timbersilk base.

If you aren't familiar with Lalique, they are a house known for producing very high quality fragrances for very low prices. Along with the Encre Noir line, L'Insoumis, Hommage and some others, you get sophisticated fragrances by top perfumers in the same price range as Lattafas. Equus is no exception. Copperman is one of the most consistently-excellent perfumers out there, the ingredients smell natural and are beautifully blended. Probably won't appeal to the type that wear their tight pants an inch above their unsocked ankles, but for guys who know how to tie a tie and look someone in the eye when they shake their hand ... hell yes. Very versatile, whether for work, formal, date or casual, and you will always smell like you have class.