Philosopher’s Walk

Les Abstraits Philosopher’s Walk (2025) - barbershop geranium -#antoinelie under creative direction of @u_smells__good create a fougere with a lot of dimension. The ingredients list down traditional fougere notes which are present: Citrus, Oakmoss, and Herbal accords reminiscent of shaving foam. But it has a unique journey. At the start, bright Bergamot and Geranium with a playful metallic accord reminiscent of a cold blade near the nose. Yet that iron note disappears and transforms to beautiful florals, herbal notes with sage, fresh mint and grounding spices add depth. Powder, soft Iris mixed with a Roudnitska-esque accord we would get from Hermes’ Eau de Hermes and Dior’s Eau Sauvage. This spicy, oakmoss, skin-like fougere backbone so elegantly brought to life. Excellently crafted and should not be judged on first sniff. It still tells me something new every time I wear it.

I just received a sample of this from one of my local niche suppliers here in upstate New York. I'm absolutely head over heels in love with this. It reminds me of one of the greatest fougeres mixed with a slight headshop vibe. There's no doubt that I will be purchasing the full sized bottle. For the love of God, will you people stop voting for things that you haven't even tried yet!! There's absolutely nothing wrong with this.

Second impressions. Stunning extreme high quality fougere. As good as it gets quality wise in this category. The opening in this thing is absolutely incredibly with bright zingy citrus. Dries to smooth powdery lavender on my skin with dancing jumping florals. Excited to keep giving this a wear. Longevity and projection are great. Awesome job done by this crew.

Beautiful aromatic lavender-if You want to smell put together,look No further.

Opens with a blast of dry, gingery, citric, waxy soap. After that extremely soapy start, which reminded me of Belle Ame (that I'm not a fan of unfortunately), it calmed down into a very pleasant musk. Imo, it resembles a lot an expensive spa's beauty products: it's shampooey, beauty-cream-ish, with juniper oil and lavender-floral hints, powdery, cedar-woody, freshly white/clean sheets/linen, candle wax. Then, as it dried down, I started getting ambrette and as more time passed, I got hints of almond, heliotrope and vanilla. Overall, it's a "spa shampoo", "freshly out of the shower", "clean clothes", "meditation candles" type of scent. Reminds me of Puente's stuff, but somewhat better in it's category, albeit it also smells like a room freshener as whole, while having an "upscaled designer" vibe about it. I swear I've smelled scented hand tissues that have this exact smell to them. Pleasant. Would probably like smelling it on someone else.