Patrichs Pour Homme

This is quite similar to, Chanel - Pour Monsieur & Givenchy - Monsieur de Givenchy. Its good but, not as good as aforementioned. Real Oakmoss!!

@FragrantBob , I agree, for some reason it doesn't last. I have 2 vintage, 60ml splash bottles.

Patrichs by Louis Philippe is a masculine fougere. Louis Philippe is of course a well known design house from Monaco. However this fragrance, along with the Prince Matchabelli stable, was owned by the giant Unilever Corporation by the late 1980s. Unilever were producing and distributing Patrichs in Australia, New Zealand and, I believe, in the UK. Patrichs by Louis Philippe was discontinued in those countries sometime in the late 90s or early 2000s. But I've heard that the brand is being produced by a different owner and is available in Italy and Argentina. I am reviewing a 20mL splash bottle of Louis Philippe aftershave. It was bottled sometime around 1989 to 1991 at Unilever Australia's Prince Matchabelli department, which was part of their large factory complex in the Sydney suburb of North Rocks. From this complex Unilever produced brands such as Louis Philippe, Prince Matchabelli, Faberge and Rexona for the Australian, South East Asian and South Pacific markets. As this bottle is at least 30 years old the performance of the scent has degraded with time and this has affected my assessment of the fragrance. To my nose Patrichs is a standard fougere with some pleasing notes, nothing remarkable but certainly acceptable. In the opening I get oak-moss and some vetiver and as it settles on the skin I detect bergamot in there. The fragrance becomes increasingly woody as it dries down. About 20 minutes after dry down the fragrance disappears almost completely but this is probably due to the age of the formulation I'm using. Overall a pleasing, warm fragrance but not outstanding. There is nothing that makes me particularly nostalgic or want to reach for this bottle time and again. It is a competently blended and satisfactory cheap fougere aftershave. I would like to try a more recent formulation from Argentina or Europe for comparison.