Hard Leather

The fact that Hard Leather was released 11 years ago and I'm the only one who uploaded a photo of it on Fragrantica (and the only one who reviewed it on YouTube) shows that not many have bought it, which makes me love it even more as being not mass-appealing is a characteristic of true niche fragrances! ✨ 😌 Hard Leather took the crown 👑 from Tuscan Leather as my signature scent, and it achieved what Tuscan Leather failed to achieve; because if you read the description of Tuscan Leather it says "Inspired by Tom Ford’s love of fine leather, this ultra-sexy interpretation captures the primal, animalistic scent of leather and its smooth voluptuous qualities." however, TL is not animalistic at all, it's not raw or primal at all. Hard Leather on the other hand achieved exactly that! It's classy yet carnal & primal with the heavy animalic notes in it. 💼🪵🦁 Where should I start with this masterpiece? Hard Leather is a fragrance that doesn’t just whisper luxury....instead it roars with primal intensity! From the first spray, it plunges you into a dark, animalic abyss, where the raw power of leather reigns supreme. This is not a fragrance for the faint of heart; it’s a commanding, untamed composition that feels both dangerous and seductive. 👢⚔️ The opening is bold and unapologetically animalic. The leather accord here is dark, rich, and smoky, evoking the sensation of a luxurious full-grain textured leather jacket (goatskin 🐐 as it's very textured) imbued with a touch of sensual grit. Immediately, the fragrance establishes itself as primal and instinctual, with animalic undertones that bring an almost feral quality to the composition. 🐆 As it settles, the mid develops with a resinous very woody complexity 🪵🪵🪵🪵 Again, it's very woody and labdanum adds a warm, slightly sticky sweetness that intertwines with the leather, softening its edges without diminishing its potency. The honey is also animalic 🍯 and notes of ultra high quality saffron and spices lend an exotic warmth, enhancing the luxurious feel while maintaining the fragrance’s dark, brooding character.🖤🤎🖤🤎 The base is where Hard Leather fully unfolds its primal magic. Oud and castoreum take center stage, amplifying the animalic and smoky facets while grounding the composition with a resinous, woody depth. The blend is impeccably smooth, never harsh, making it wearable despite its intensity. A faint whisper of vanilla in the dry-down adds a subtle creaminess, providing a contrast to the darkness above. 🖤 It's perfect for those moments when you want to channel confidence, allure, and a touch of danger. 🌫️ This is a fragrance for lovers of unapologetically dark, animalic leathers, a masterpiece that takes the essence of leather and transforms it into an olfactory work of art. Laurent Mazzone has created a true gem for those who dare to embrace their primal side. 🖤 A true alpha fragrance! 😎 I have always maintained that animalic notes are the heartbeat of niche perfumery and they give us that carnal sexy aura (which most fragrances promise, but very few deliver) that awakens our basic instincts which are still primal despite how much we evolved as a species! Last but not least, as I'm all about honest reviews, the only thing that can be improved in Hard Leather is the performance as I feel it doesn't last as long as it's expected from an extrait de parfum 🙄 The oil concentration is at 24% which is relatively low for a niche extrait de parfum (typical range for an extrait is between 20% to 40%) especially when considering other niche houses like Amouage where an eau de parfum like King Blue sits at 35% oil concentration 😮💪🏻 📈 To summarize Hard Leather is a fragrance for those who want to make a statement and stand out in a crowd! A video review is also available on my YT ▶️

4Day Challenge part 5: LM Hard Leather Conclusion: LM Hard Leather is very good and definitely has an endorphin releasing effect of me as I enjoy it tremendously on a mood level. As far as deconstructing it, and enjoying it on an intellectual level, well ... there is not much to it. Don't get me wrong, it has a permanent place in my life and I am likely to even get another bottle. Because it is very satisfying, but unchanging from day to day, just like my opinion about it, I am going to cut this review short at 3 days. Day three: It is exactly what I am looking for in terms of sillage. I used two sprays to my stomach and it pumped out waves of soft and unobtrusive scent for good 6 or 7 hours, at which point I may have started experiencing olfactory fatigue. Today I am noticing a slight resemblance with MKK in terms of the sweet musky accord. Day two: getting a strong Black Afgano semblance today. They are not the same scent, but as a lot of other reviewer's mentioned, the oud element is much like the BA. I have awesome associations with BA, so I am loving the semblance, but your millage may vary. LM Hard Leather opening and midnotes have an endorphin releasing effect on me, and I find the drydown to be very polite and pleasant. I am starting to think of Hard Leather more in terms on Herod and Ambre Narguille because of the delicious honey. Day one: I have a decant and was thinking of buying a bottle, but before making the purchase, I thought it may be a good idea to put it through the challenge to see if I could wear it regularly. Opens with rum, raisins, sweaty feet and suede. It's furry, boozy and sweet. Fifteen minute in, I am getting caramel, almonds, and smooth suede a la Cuir Ottoman. 45 minutes in, I am getting a persistent iris. As the drydown progresses, the suede turns into smoke, and the honey-sandalwood combo becomes more prominent.... And all of the sudden there is something that reminds me of strawberry jam. Will watch for it in the coming days.

One of my favourite perfumes EVER, this is highly addictive. I never tried it on paper: LM parfums is not sold in my area so I bought the 5ml sample (and later the full bottle) from online shops. It's funny because the first time I dabbed it on, I was shocked and almost horrified, because on my skin this fragrance opens with a powerful (but very quick to fade, luckily) blast of....burnt tires and hot asphalt. It mellows immediately to a raw, horse-y leather, quite animalic but not to the point of smelling truly skanky nor fecal. Sandalwood starts then infusing everything, blending this first phase into a second one, in which olibanum makes its appearance on the stage with rhum, followed a bit later by honey. I can't detect iris nor oud, and even rhum is just a walk-on: on me woodsy notes, and especially sandalwood, are what dominates the fragrance after the first couple of hours. I still managed to catch some brief, defined whiffs of frankincense, honey and leather (a different, more refined one this time), but they are now mainly a frame for sandalwood, not the main actors anymore. After 4 to 5 hours it does pretty much remains this way, swinging back and forth from a slightly smoky sandalwood, to a leathery one, to a honeyed one. Definitely a more masculine scent, hardly a unisex one, but I don't really care, as I tend to gravitate around both extremes (very feminine/very masculine). I like it, therefore I wear it.

Eau de bondage... By far the nastiest, sexiest and most indecent fragrance I have smelled this far. And I love it! After writing almost x-rated reviews of Al Oudh and Quality of Flesh, I should be careful not to repeat myself, but this one definitely calls for some rather coarse and juicy characteristics. The name of the scent already suggests where we ́re heading, so make no mistake about it; this is hardcore! The way the different notes come together transports me to dungeons and dark basements; hinting black leather and masculine pheromones HL takes no prisoners. This dark master of a fragrance treats its chosen subject with loving dicipline, just go along and enjoy the ride... Save it for the weekend, I can ́t imagine this as a suitable scent for the office. The drydown of Amouage Fate Man is very similar to this, allthough it ́s quite a lot more subtle than HL. Strange that cumin is not listed among the notes here. Also it ́s sometimes hard to tell this one apart from LM ́s Black Oud, and the way the notes are divided between these two puzzles me. Rum and honey contrast the rather musty dryness, with oud providing a broad, confident base. Hard Leather is fulfilling and comes across as masterful perfumery, if not subtle... 9 out of 10!

Hard Leather...not to be mistaken for harsh leather because this is a very masterfully crafted leather, starting out with a surprising stank (okay, a bit barnyard) I wasn't expecting but quickly evolving into a spicy yet deep leathery-sweet, woody, aged-rum concoction that is just divine. If you like deep, earthy, resinous fragrances where yes, they're sweet by chance but not sugary, syrupy, or candy sweet, this will work. The vanilla is minimal and woven in just right so that those of you who dislike intense vanilla (like me) won't wrinkle your noses at it. I wouldn't say it's that powdery either, another note I'm not a huge fan of, but in just the right, necessary amounts of vanilla and powder to round everything else out. It's complex with all the other deep notes in the background, the styrax, cedar, olibanum, whatever...and I really don't get much iris, but the leather definitely takes center stage. Oh, and the barnyard effect cleans up the most in the third act, becoming a rather sophisticated, more refined leather. I'd say this is very much a men's fragrance in concept, but I know some strong, powerful, daring women who could wield it just as elegantly. Get some.

A mild beeswax leather with styrax, french style oud, and sandalwood. The olibanum, iris, and the vanilla is adding a sort of twisting effect to the juice and makes it roundy. kind of pleasing to be honest but doesn't deserve the price tag unfortunately. Edit (28th Dec 2022) 6+ years.... OMG! Did i review this 6 years ago??? Just today i passed through it in one of the niche perfume shops & it was from the Silver Label Collection so i dunno if it's the same as this one in here cause this certain bottle i can't see in their website... This is just pure BLESS! it's like the sweeter twin sister of "Sanctum" by Ramon Bejar. Both of them are vicious & savage sisters, but "Hard Leather" is less raged with that honey touch mixed with the olibanum to lightens both the oud, & the styrax & i believe both the sandalwood, & the rum are adding that bitter sour touch to the blend. This blend is just purely beautiful and in-rage, animalic, and very sensual. Extremely beautiful.

My first review EVER!!!! I felt compelled to write this review, only for the sheer lack of love shown for this absolute masterpiece! This is by far the most unique and intriguing fragrance I've ever smelled. Hard Leather is what I believe fragrance on a Human Being should be.It's natural smelling, yet undeniably a perfume. Hard Leather is pure outdoors living, while making sure you were clean and presentable using nothing but the elements surrounding you. The first 10 minutes put me in a trance where nothing can remove the contented grin from my face. It's primal, uninhibited, sensual, skanky and seductive all at once. I smell: Rum - CHEERS! Honey - Smooth but not sweet Sandalwood - Absolutely undeniable! Leather - It's Preakness Time! Oud - Yes!! I will do anything to ensure that a bottle of this juice remains in my collection forever! Perhaps it is a blessing that it remains relatively unknown. SSSSSHHHHHHHHH!!! Let's make it our BIG secret...

An erotic delight from start to finish, this lovely composition builds sweetness around a central note of leather ( hence the term 'hard' is a bit sarcastic) with rum, iris, honey, sandalwood, cedarwood, oud, frankincense, styrax, and vanilla. Those who are looking for an animalic leathery fragrance will be disappointed. The perfume starts off with a whiff of leather and then begins to dry down immediately to reveal the beautiful woodsy notes. The unisex perfume is beautifully blended with many moderate projection/sillage and very good longevity. Overall, this is a beautiful leather blended perfume that is more suggestive rather than demonstrative of its animalic nature.

Love this thing. Blind bought a 15ml travel bottle and potentially will get the full one too. Initially I wasn't sure It did it for me but a few wears later I figured it out. This to me gives big vintage Shalimar vibes, like in a good way. Potent and animallic. To me seems like a good civet or that's the vibe the leather and honey mix into. Imagine this is how Jason Momoa smells after a hard workout. Don't mistake that for sour anxiety sweat tho, no this is like the good kind of sweat hahah idk. Or this is how the Daenerys and Khal Drogo sex scene would smell like 🤣🤣 Do not get if you like safe and generic scents.

Indecent! Lustful! Carnal! Perfect! The transformation of this perfume is incredible, with every sniff you can find something different, „50 shades of Hard Leather“ in other words. Oh such an opening!!! Like a crack with a whip – raw, steamy, and almost a skanky scent. A few moments after initial, musky „I'm in a heat“ opening, it becomes gentler, more rounded. The main elements of rum, incense, honey, leather and oud are perfectly blended. It ends like a lover's whisper with traces of powdery iris, a lover with soft lips, but still a rough chin. 5/5

I have both old and new formulation (old in bottle in the picture above and new one in tall black bottles) and the new one has a much smoother opening. There is neglible difference in performance for me which is good to see. If you don't like dark mature scents, you won't like this one. Rum darkened with animalic leather, drydown is still dark but sweetened with honey. All barnyard. Last days on clothes and 12+ hours on skin . Projection is about average for 6 hours and fades to a skin scent. Definitely not a crowd pleaser

The waning cool evenings of what has been winter's last gasp have found this quite appropriate. Strong hands placed delicately around the neck: The Fragrance You can smell the saliva covered gag with a leather strap followed by light florals symbolizing the euphoria being experienced. There is such palpable sadism in its beautiful composition that I completely understand how and why someone would dislike this. You either get it or you won't. I absolutely adore it. Michael Logan from Hyena wears this

I bought a sample because of the notorious reputation of this one, but the actual product is much more subtle than some reviews would suggest. For someone into animalic and leather scents, this fragrance is wonderful. The main notes are authentic and enjoyable. The more secondary notes like rum and honey are nice complements and really add depth. Also, the sillage is relatively slight so you would have to apply a good amount in order to possibly offend other people.

Hate to brag :) But it was my christmas gift from the Laurent himself. And I love it, it's a darker twist on Black oud, this time not as velvety and bewitching, but louder in a more cruel manner. Yet this gentle beautiful cruelty is that magic that delivers me bliss. Love you very much Laurent, such a beautiful soul.

Leather is a difficult note for me but this one is a love!!! It has warmth to it and while yes it’s an inky leather it has that warm animatic sweetness to it that just draws you in! I need a bottle! 🔥

This is a true gem. It smells like a brand new, expensive leather bag; a sweet leather. It projects a lot and lasts for ages on skin (forever, on clothes).

Scent: 9/10 Quality: 9/10 Originality: 7/10 Sillage: 7/10 Projection: 7/10 Longevity: 7/10 Price VS Size: 8/10

I bought a sample of this fragrance because it sounded intriguing based on the comments and reviews. I will say that it has a barnyard type beginning (think being close to a bull in a pasture) but it dies down to a more of a new leather and sandalwood smell after a very brief period. There are hints of iris and honey on the backend and I do not consider this to be near as intense as many others have thought. I'm definitely not an expert but I know what I smell and even my wife thought that it was more floral than anything else. In the end, I really like the scent and it is somewhat intoxicating. I'm not sure that it is as raunchy as others seem to believe but everyone smells things differently so this is all a matter of opinion. The silage is not overwhelming so even though most seem to think that this is a nighttime only scent I could see it being okay for a winters day in the office as long as you're not in a closed in conference room all day.

My first impression was that this is an appropriate fragrance for someone who frequents S&M clubs. It opens with an aggressive, highly animalic blast. Reminiscent in early stages of Cuir d'Arabie, but about an hour or so in it begins to mellow into more of a Jubilation XXV type of leather oud, due to the frankincense note coming forward. Despite it being a beast, there is a refinement. The opening was repellent to me, but I quite liked middle and drydown. Well done overall and worth a sniff even if it isnt your style. Big sillage and longevity. Know what you are getting into before you commit. Not first date or PTA meeting material.

Oh Gosh What an Amazing Hardcore Animalic Leather Fragrance Jes Blew me away .... Leather with animalic oud ,bit of honey sweetness and bit of booziness Wow Wow wow 👌👌👌👌 It does has some similarities with the Nishane - Afrika Olifant (only in the opening) Hardcore Leather lovers ( like me ) don’t miss this get ua nose on this ... Again This is not for everyone(boys jes stay way )only for brave and unafraided personalities (men) Smell-10/10 Longevity-Monster ( Lasts for ages) Projection-Monster Sillage- Monster Versatility- Strictly cold weather CAUTION- EASY ON THE TRIGGER ( 1 or may be 2,,, No more than that)

Animalic funkiness with a smooth leather. Hard Leather strikes me as a tamer, quieter version of Andy Tauer's L'Oudh, and the latter is a masterpiece. Still, a very enjoyable, very niche fragrance at a great price. Excellent longevity, mild sillage (which is probably a good thing, as most people around you will not appreciate this scent). Can be worn in any season if Hard Leather is your thing.

A very edible type of leather-oud. A lot of honey, almond powder ...a nice black perfecto dropped d into a bath of melting sweets. Really easy to wear, very similar to the burned caramel of black Afgano (i reed comments with "poop" and "animality"... strange...maybe it's just the honey note who can give this impression) for me it's an easy to wear for every occasion

Should be named Soft leather. For those saying that this is so fecal and animalic I laugh because even the reformulated Kouros is more hardcore than this! Don't get me wrong, this is a masterful blend of dark meets woody meets creamy. Just a pinch of honey and rum mellows it out a bit and the creaminess of sandalwood gives it the perfectly smooth balance that I could see it being a signature scent for the right person. Maybe an upscale lawyer or a successful real estate agent type of scent. 7.5/10

I do not know if I ever try this horrible thing on my skin. From the bottle it smells pure dry urine, very natural and Black Oud from the same house. It's like you walk in public WC where there's dry urine on the floor while you are wearing Black Oud. Terrible and disgusting.

The top notes reminded me so strongly of something--not just the smell itself, but the experience of sniffing my arm and encountering that smell was like deja vu. It took a while before it hit me: it's just like when I've picked up a cat that, unbeknownst to me, recently finished pooping in the litter box, and their freshly poopy butt touches my arm, leaving an invisible but potent sample of eau de feline shit. Nice try, Laurent Mazzone, but why would I pay for a bottle of Hard Leather when I can get that experience at home for free? All jokes aside, this literally smells like poop, wtf. I'm not a noob when it comes to animalics but this is a degree of fecality that I have not encountered before. The drydown is better but the poo lingers. If I smelled this on someone, I would hesitate to shake their hand because I would assume they hadn't washed them after going to the bathroom. More power to all the people who like Hard Leather, but please stay away from me when you're wearing it.

I love animalic leather but this one goes way too far in terms of stank. This does smell straight up fecal. It literally made me gag. I had high hopes but this is certainly not my kind of perfume. Reminds me of Orto Parisi Cuoium but less smoky and a lot more fecal. It's all I smell basically. It's very strong and I had a very hard time washing it off. It's crazy that some people don't find this fecal, it proves that every nose is different and scent is subjective. Anyways, to me, it's nuclear fecal and smells like a strong dirty diaper with stinky oud, a hint of incense and a tad of animalic honey. Definitely do not blind buy this, sample first, you've been warned. People will run away from you with this perfume.

Extremely fecal and animalic—smells like a stable. Pure filth. This is the foulest perfume I have ever tested 💩💩 ........... بوی طویله و پهن و گوسفند . کثافت خالص . بد بو ترین عطری که تست کردم .

"Bold, raw and borderline fecal... a feral beast lurking in the smoky woods." Hard Leather is a 2014 fragrance by LM Parfums, a French niche perfume house by Laurent Mazzone (Hence, "LM"). For a relatively new perfume house, it's been making some rave news in the niche perfume community for its bold scents, of which Hard Leather is the guilty party. In fact, even "bold" may be an understatement: of all the animalic fragrances I've smelled, this may the king of them all alongside Maai by Bogue Profumo. Hard Leather is never to be taken lightly. In all seriousness, this is a heavy-duty fragrance that should be used sparingly. Yes, it's THAT strong. Just when I thought that Maai set the benchmark for animalic/super strong fragrance, this came in as a throne usurper. On my skin, it opens up with huge wafts of leather, honey and a mix of resins (probably styrax and frankincense). It's a truly intense experience for the first 40-60 minutes: it's a feral beast in perfume form, one that is even borderline fecal. I get the same vibe in the opening from Absolue Pour le Soir by Maison Francis Kurkdjian. It's probably the unrefined honey-incense accord (incense stemming from resins for Hard Leather's case) that both fragrances share. However, Absolue is a spice-bomb for it is heavily laced with cumin and caraway, invoking images of hot and sweaty skin and smouldering incense in the desert. Whereas for Hard Leather, the spices are substituted with raw leather, thus invoking images of a unwashed animal lurking in the hot smoky woods. It was truly an hour-long experience that people would either love or hate, and I belong to the former category. After roughly an hour, the scent mellows and changes into pungent oud notes with tinges of vanilla and possibly rum. It's the same kind of scent I get in the drydowns of Cuirs by Carner Barcelona and Black Afgano by Nassomatto, albeit with subtle differences. At this point, it becomes more acceptable (for the people around me, at least), and the feral beast slumbers silently. At this point I was also wondering if I am smelling oud or leather, the same thing I encounter when using Cuirs. Both have similar pungent accords, since the smell of musty leather and rotten wood does overlap to me. For me to find out, I have to wear Hard Leather again in much colder weather; that's how I found out where the leather accord lies in Cuirs. This fragrance is conceived for the confident, alpha male. Absolutely, this is NOT for timid people who feels halfhearted at putting this on and enjoying it for the rest of the day. I personally find it hard to imagine women to wear Hard Leather for themselves, but I can imagine being an erotic experience smelling it off people of the opposite sex. This should be reserved for special occasions, such as crazy late0-night parties or for those when you really want to make your presence felt. It's hard to imagine what inspired Laurent Mazzone to create this fragrance. While the drydown is good, the opening is the main highlight of the perfume where the real action takes place. While I don't think I will be purchasing for myself - EUR 295 is very steep for my budget - I think it's a must to at least get a sample. Thank you to Monsieur Mazzone; you showed me what "animalic" really means and presented me with quite an experience in liquid form. EDIT: In the drydown after 10 hours, upon further observation, I get a faint whiff of dried saliva on my skin, and I think it's because of the oud. A little yucky, albeit deliberately and even appropriately so for a fragrance like Hard Leather.

The smell of his neck, his chin rough with dry stubble, and the lingering traces of rum on his mouth, or... Her body golden, smooth, covered with honey, and damp with sweat. Hardness, softness, and always, pure animal sensuality. Hard Leather is not about coy, flirtatious seduction, but steamy intimacy. It opens with a wave of black incense that is almost fiery and piercing. It is followed by smoky, sweet oud and a glorious sandalwood. It is spicy, dusty, and dry but with a patina of sweetness. Then, there is a whiff of honey followed by leather that is raw and musty, and quite animalic. The musks are a little bit urinous, but glorious; Hard Leather is the scent of skin, heated and musky after sex, lightly drizzled with honey, and wrapped up with tendrils of black incense. The oud never smells fecal, or (even worse) like rotting gorgonzola, the way that Laotian agarwood can sometimes be in perfumery. Instead, it’s smooth, with a bit of that “noble rot” funk that is true to real oud. It’s also sweet, thanks to the honey, and slightly smoking from the incense. The oud is blended perfectly with the other woods in Hard Leather, from the slightly musky, dry cedar, to the gloriously rich, smooth, spicy sandalwood. Thirty minutes in, Hard Leather starts to shift. The leather loses some of its rawness, turning richer, and more burnished. The musk softens too, feeling a little less dirty or skanky, while the honey blends in the base to add the faintest touch of sweetness. The sandalwood becomes even deeper, and even takes on a floral touch that is quite lovely. Actually, all the wood accords grow stronger, as does the smoke. Slowly, Hard Leather begins the transition to its next phase where the wood elements dominate the scent to such an extent, I sometimes wonder if the perfume might be more aptly named Hard Woods. From there it gets drier and drier; the scent profile becomes dominated by norlimbanol that intesifies the extreme smoky woodiness. From there, it will transyion to a spicy sandalwood enriched by vanilla. IG alexolympia6

The trend toward dense, smoky-woody perfumes is not particularly new. Nasomatto Black Afgano was an early example and many perfumes followed its blueprint closely. The trend has been given new life by the abundance of synth-oud accords. Hard Leather smells like a hopped-up version of the oud accords I’ve smelled many recent perfumes. Imbalance and the extrait concentration suggest that quantity was used to define quality. Early niche models of the smoky, tarry, vanillic perfumes such as Lonestar Memories or Patchouli 24 are as strong as Hard Leather but are rich and nuanced. The durable, dry, woody aromachems that I assume form the shape of Hard Leather are forceful and need a judicious hand to prevent them from becoming the bull in the perfume shop. It’s fair to say that while Hard Leather is as potent as it claims, it is also unbalanced. Heavy synthetics overpower any other materials that don’t shout and the perfume’s chief characteristic is disproportion. The name says it all. Not about the perfume but about the fantasy the LM Parfums wants you to buy into. Hard Leather strikes a butch pose similar to the spectacle of masculinity you’d see in professional wrestling. The difference is that professional wrestling has a campiness that allows it to be melodrama and comedy at the same time. Hard Leather has the gravity but lacks the irony.

Reviews for this are all over the place, understandably so, but a lot of them are just wrong. Poop? Not in the least. Oud, not prominent. Rum? Not really. The voted-for notes are somewhat misleading, I guess people don't really know what they're smelling here. Predominantly, and you can trust me on this, this is the smell of burning incense. Added to it, is honeyed rough leather. That's the overwhelming scent you experience. Incense for the longest time, followed by animalic leather. As I had little to no experience with (Catholic) churches, I had little experience with burning incense, so the scent primarily reminded me of burning bacon, or something akin to it. When I wore it around a friend of mine, she immediately exclaimed: "Incense! Yuck!". When I wore it around my religious friend, she also exclaimed: "Incense!". Finally, passing by a religious ceremony, I inhaled that familiar smell of burning bacon, and a connection dawned - this is the smell of burning incense. This perfume is a photorealistic smell of burning incense that slowly turns to leather. My realization of this was gradual and therefore very satisfying.

Not as hard as the bottle suggests, just a mere offering with leather in it. When i think of hard fragrances, scents such as Black Aghano or Jeke comes to mind. Once again, I thank the perfume Gods for the creation of samples. This kinda reminds me of Nuit Epicee with olibanum. If you're into saving money then go for N.E, simple as that. This opens with a little leather, a little oud, a lot of olibanum with a hint of cedar. The composition is at its hardest moment in the opening. As the fragrance matures, the sweetness intensified. Sweet ashy smokey dry cedar is what you're left with in the final stages. More convoluted than it is leather, no wonder the opinions are a mixed bag. Update: Well, well, well....I never would have guessed that I would receive so many compliments while wearing Hard Leather. I literally had a total of 4 people compliment this sample......all within a 2 hr time frame. Just to think, I was somewhat dismissive of this offering.

من المعلوم أن الجلود القوية هي الجلود ذات النمط الروسي الحاد والتي تستخدم في صناعة الأثاث والأحذية أما الجلود ذات النمط الأسباني أو الفرائية فتكون ناعمة وذات طبيعة أنيمالكية عطرنا هذا كسر هذه القاعدة ليقدم الجلود الفرائية الأسبانية الهوية في ثوب بالغ القوة. عطر الجلود القوية Hard Leather LM يقدم وجبة رائعة لجميع محبي عطر ديور الخاص ليذر عود Leather oud، وسيكون مفاجأة سارة خاصة للمتحفظين على عطر ديور. وذلك لعدم إغراقه في النوتة الأنيمالكية، رغم وجودها. وعلى الرغم من وجود العود ضمن المكونات ولكن لا تستغرب إذا لم تلحظ وجوده وسبب ذلك هو وجود تلاحم ما بين النوتة الأنيمالكية في الجلود ووجودها أيضا في بعض أدهان العود، خاصة في وجود العسل والأصماغ التي أذابت هذه الفواصل وبدا وكأن الأمر مرده لهذه الجلود الفرائية المترفة والقوية. ربما ستجدون البعض قد جعل عطر بنتلي أبسليو شبيها بهذا العطر "دي ناس ظريفة وبتهزر وملناش دعوة بيهم"

من المعلوم أن الجلود القوية هي الجلود ذات النمط الروسي الحاد والتي تستخدم في صناعة الأثاث والأحذية أما الجلود ذات النمط الأسباني أو الفرائية فتكون ناعمة وذات طبيعة أنيمالكية عطرنا هذا كسر هذه القاعدة ليقدم الجلود الفرائية الأسبانية الهوية في ثوب بالغ القوة. عطر الجلود القوية Hard Leather LM يقدم وجبة رائعة لجميع محبي عطر ديور الخاص ليذر عود Leather oud، وسيكون مفاجأة سارة خاصة للمتحفظين على عطر ديور. وذلك لعدم إغراقه في النوتة الأنيمالكية، رغم وجودها. وعلى الرغم من وجود العود ضمن المكونات ولكن لا تستغرب إذا لم تلحظ وجوده وسبب ذلك هو وجود تلاحم ما بين النوتة الأنيمالكية في الجلود ووجودها أيضا في بعض أدهان العود، خاصة في وجود العسل والأصماغ التي أذابت هذه الفواصل وبدا وكأن الأمر مرده لهذه الجلود الفرائية المترفة والقوية. ربما ستجدون البعض قد جعل عطر بنتلي أبسليو شبيها بهذا العطر "دي ناس ظريفة وبتهزر وملناش دعوة بيهم"

The opening is true feral barnyard skank, there is no way to be polite about it. I know that a perfumisto is (usually) rewarded for persevering through that phase in any perfume, particularly one that contains oud. This is undeniabley a very carnal perfume. I do like me an amimalic stinker, but it is going to take a little more time before I go bananas over this bottle. After the astonishing and quite shocking opening sequence, it becomes slightly calmer but not in the least bit tame and smells like giving a gorilla a hug. After a while, it does become almost tame - at least housetrained - but it is actually whispering at me now after a few hours rather than barking and hollering and I was hoping it would retain some more of its growl for that price, but indeed it is purring nicely.

I'm a fan of both LM Parfums (Ambre Muscadin was a tremendous take on french-classicism) and hard (core) leathers but I can't say Hard Leather impressed me the way I expected. I read it's brutal, strongly animalic, luxurious and rich but, honestly, not in a way I like. I'll make it pretty short here. This is basically a modern synth-oud that could easily be a Nasomatto or an Orto Parisi (the latest line by Gualtieri). Dry, intensely woody, (kind of) leathery and ultimately boring. It smells overall nice but it's nowhere close to the striking and challenging power of similarly themed fragrances such as Rancè L'Aigle De La Victoire (now that's an *hard leather*). Rating: 5.5-6/10

The opening is like accidentally stepping in barnyard poop with a freshly polished pair of riding boots, a sensation created by the accord of oud and animalic honey. With a little bit of patience, this opening dries down to a sweet, resinous, animalic honeyed leather. A bit further down, it gets deeper and more complex and the sweetness calms down, and I can smell the iris rising up. This does not read “hard” leather to me, as it becomes somewhat feminine, like a fancy leather handbag with waxy lipstick and makeup inside. I get a crayon or oil pastel vibe, as well. The silage gets much softer in the course of an hour.

Oh my god. First time spray here. Fecal. Like a chickens coop. Also really animalistic and musky. My wife is next to me changing our baby's nappy, I'm not kidding, I wasn't sure if it was this, or the nappy I could smell. Im still waiting for the dry down, I'm not sure it's going to change too much. I love it. Bet you didn't think I was going to say that after this review. In a nut shell, strong barnyard woody fecal matter. I can't smell any leather though. Guess they couldn't have called it hard chicken coop. 7/10

When I first sprayed this I though it was quite pungent and not sure if I'd like it. Opens with a strong animalic leater note and oud. I spayed it on my wrist at about 9pm. A few hours later I went to bed. I woke up at about 2am and could smell the most beautiful fragrance, quite soft, powdery and sandalwood. I realised it was the Hard Leather I'd applied before bed. It has such a beautiful dry down!

I definitely can see Cuir by Carner or lil bit of Black Afganon when I starting smelling it. The longetivity is good for round 6h. But the sillage or projection is rather soft and close to the skin. It's leather with beewax mix with oud. I hope the projection could be more :(

Have to agree with Chicago Tony ( maybe it's just a Chicago thing) that this is far from "Hard" Leather. I expected something much different from this but it's just another leather, nothing hard and nothing fecal about it. And the longevity is suspect.

Bought a sample. Sorry, can't pull this off. I'm far from being able to tell what notes I'm getting, but I can safely say this is not what I'd want to smell like. The search for an ultimate masculine niché winter scent continues..

Where's civet in the composition!? 🤔 There's no way this doesn't have civet in it! A superb heavyweight skanky-civetty perfume, definitely well-justifying the epithet "hard" in the name of it. Very similar to Dior's Leather Oud .

The reminds of section for this perfume = Liquid excrement. I doubt anyone would ever want to smell like this. It is a very realistic copy of faeces. Damn! Seems to have cured my love for animalics.

I think "hard leather" is a misnomer; I prefer something like "lick me" ;) The most dirty, animalic and carnal scent I have ever smelled... کاملا بوی پوست کثیف گاو و میده دی

This review is based on a decant. It's basically a barnyard oud with a touch of leather. Projection is below average and longevity is good on my skin.

@ManCaveMan If you're going to write a dumb review in order to sell a bottle it would probably be better not to be so transparent about the grifting.

A dirty, sweet, inky leather. The most challenging leather fragrance I’ve ever tried. Very happy to have this in my collection.

Smells good. The bottle looks like 24 Gold and to me it has some similarities to 24 Gold too.

I sought this out for my husband. Sexy, masculine, like him.