Lalique Pour Homme Le Faune

I was gifted with a bottle of this in the EDP strength for my birthday this year, and could NOT be happier with this "juice"... Greek mythology was (and will always be) my first love. Perfume, now, has become an all-consuming passion. Lalique PH Le Faune is where the two (for me) meet! (Other than Lord's Jester, of course!) My dear friend kristo offered me his bottle, but alas! Indonesia will NOT ship perfume out of this country; so I had to order one and decided on the EDP strength...and I am so very glad I did (from the poor reviews of some members of the EDT). On opening this, I was amazed with the weight of the bottle and the frosted "faun" (more of a satyr actually, but who cares?) embossed into the rear of the flacon and the luxurious beauty of it; before I even sprayed it. Upon spraying this, a wonderful scent grabed my nostrils and would NOT let go. Just the right amount of bright citricity blended with warm greens and fresh powdery lavender whisked me to the wild mountain places that I had only read about in myths! This is someplace where shepherds grazed their flocks on mountainsides, wild creatures ran and nymphs frolicked, as the god Pan played his pipes, and all was at one with Mother Earth. As it progressed I was greeted with anisic warmth, and more spicy sharpness and an almost dry oily sweetness. Amazing! (For some reason, maybe all in my head, I seem to love purple "juices" and they seem to adore my skin). Here, begins the mad chase of the lustful "faun" as he pursues the nymph...playfully at first, then more seriously...hoping if he can catch her (and she does yield to him) that pleasure can be found, without (mankind's imposed) guilt or shame in the most natural of all acts. The drydown? My GOD, does it get anymore oriental, sexy and earthy than this?! Woods like cedar and sandalwood give this a depth, patchouli adds that natural raw (read: skanky and dirty, yet sinfully delicious) feel. Moss blows in the wind and grows all around, and amber and vanilla make the subtly animalic musk sweet, and nowhere near offensive (or "goaty"). Superb! Sillage: very good Longevity: great Overall: 5/5 (Signature-scent worthy) Despite this (overly) poetic interpretation of Le Faune...this scent is elegant, sexy and very sweet, (yet nowhere near cloying) though it is manly, I imagine the right woman (Atalanta or perhaps Callisto) could pull it off. It would be perfect for an intimate dinner in a high class restaurant, and equally wonderful for a risque romp in the park at midnight. This blends and artfully distills every essence of man: sexy, sweet, strong, musky, spicy...into something absolutely high quality and very "riche" feeling. Like the faun has shaved, combed his "fur", filed his hoofs and put on a nice clean loincloth: it is sexy as sexy gets. As refined and dignified as it may be, there is a primal animal in there just waiting to get out...and run "buck" wild! I am in absolute awe of this scent...

I wanted to wear this one long time ago when I got it, but I did not want to put apart the gift set with the replica and since it is hard to find I just sampled it to keep the bottle pristine and full, but well I decided to wear it today, and it reminded me why I decided to keep it almost new for much longer, it is a very nice fragrance with one of the best well blended lavender and musk, now I know why they made this one in the super expensive "Lalique Pour Homme Faune 10éme Anniversaire Flacon Collection Edition" with the crystal bottle, that I don't think I will dare to buy, but the one with "Le faune" head looks awesome as well.

Just scored a bottle for a good price. Not worth the eBay prices but it smells great. Reminds me of allure homme Blanche with a bit of anise. I mostly wanted this to complete the Lalique pour homme trio, and honestly I did not expect it to be as good as it is. Doesn’t smell dated, probably the most mass appealing of the 3. Shouldn’t have been discontinued. My bottle has the brown flakes that some others have mentioned. Not visually appealing but the scent doesn’t seem to be affected at all.

Lovely Fragrance. Reminds me of Guerlain L'Homme Ideal but less sweet and with a great Lavender top note. Classy. Would recommend this as a blind buy as it would be ideal for both office/casual.

Definitely worth having it!!!! Very rare, thus the too high price when found. Somewhat similar to Baldessarini Strictly Private after about an hour.