Arezzo

Opening is very fresh. The manadarin is lovely I wanted it to hang around for longer. But then the mid comes around and I get the brandy and plum lingering with the orris butter. Very gentlemanly and refined it then gets very base heavy the tobacco is really pleasant layered with incense. The patchouli and oud awakens the senses. This is not a harsh oud and is so wearable. This is a straight up woodsy chypre style fragrance which will work so well in the colder months, although I have a feeling I'll wear this in warmer months too. It has that N&W signature with a nod to the elegance you come to expect. But far enough away for it to be unlike any of their previous releases. This really does stand out on its own. To label a fragrance to a certain demographic is difficult - because each to their own. But with this I would go out and say this is more male in their 30s+. Autumn/winter is where I'd say would be appropriate to wear. Dressed up would be the ideal, but also office friendly. As I write this I'm getting into the dry down and I can say this for me is where it is starting to truly shine. It just makes me smile and I can't wait to wear it on a night out over the Xmas season. I had concerns that without sampling I may have something in the same ball park. I can safely say, I don't. My collection is coming along nicely and as a fragrance enthusiast this will be something that I will enjoy wearing. If I was out and smelled this on someone else it'd certainly get me asking 'What are you wearing?' It really is a beautiful fragrance and would urge anyone to make a purchase. Really well done to messrs Stephen, Naughton & Wilson. A fantastic release.

Finally doing a long overdue proper sampling of the latest release from Naughton & Wilson in 2024, Arezzo, a beautifully spicy and lively tobacco-forward blend that fits so nicely with the brand’s “classic meets modern” sensibility so sturdily implemented in the prior releases dating back the better part of a decade. Arezzo entails tobacco, brandy, plum, incense, orris, and oud, with support from woods, patchouli, musk, and citruses. It fittingly feels like a bit of an ensemble with tobacco at the front, followed by the boozy sweetness of brandy and oud, and then a mixed sharp, dark, smoky, balsamic, woody entourage. In the US, Arezzo is priced at $180 for 100ml, so slightly higher than the rest of the house’s catalogue, currently, but I’d argue it’s still an unusually good price for the quality and performance, and should note that there are often deals to be found in US retailers (like Luckyscent) or even the house’s own site that are sometimes applicable to US buyers. Also, it’s quite potent in terms of performance, like the spicier Gravitas and Chypre Fulminare before it, so it’s really an impressive entry overall that’s definitely now on my list to buy at some point. 8 out of 10

Pls stop calling something classic and timeless like this dated. To me this is a more masculine take on guerlain's Habit Rouge. I like habit rouge a lot, this is better. What can be said for all fragrances from the line is that their all very mature, masculine and that they perform. You dont worry about longevity, performance, sillage, as they are all just right. And the scents themselves are truly all eloquent of class and sophistication. Well done, love it a lot. ( edit: this does smell just like jhl, only arezzo is blended much much better)

Starts with a kind of plummy booze and musk that has a little doughy almost flour like texture - the sort of thing that people might call play doh vibes I guess - but in a very positive way. Then turns into this eternal spiced woods. Vaguely reminiscent of the Les Eaux Primordiales Oud Superfluide riff on OFG. But not so dark. Really very very durable and extremely enjoyable. Seems not very “mr smelly” style (ie not a vintage fougere) but who cares - it smells awesome. Fine job all round.

A very nice enjoyable fragrance, a little dated and overtly masculine. Some have said the oud stinks a little, I don't think that's oud I think that's ambergris, I have noticed it in other fragrances from the house . It last all day on my skin with sillage being moderate for me. I will be buying another bottle.