Gravitas Pour Homme

I watched a few reviews on this one before it arrived from Naughton and Wilson. I saw a couple of somewhat consistent complaints: Lack of performance and lack of originality. Let's break it down: Performance: So, to me, this performs like an extrait or parfum, which is to say that it stays closer to the skin, that being said, I was getting consistent whiffs coming out of my shirt at 7 hours last night. This morning, I did 6 or 7 sprays, and I have a nice scent bubble going. In a way it reminds me of a Creed fragrance, I typically overspray them a little bit (with a couple of exceptions: Himalaya and GIT for example) and that's fine. You need to know what you're spraying, the opposite of an Amouage, which are typically 2 sprays max for me on their beastly offerings. Scent: Is this scent the most original: no. That being said, I think it's great. It has some elements that remind of Bois De Portugal, which I love, but it's not overwhelmingly similar at all. A beautiful, citrus lavender opening, followed by a vanilla/ambergris dry down. I like something that AC (on youtube) said concerning the texture: this fragrance has a luxurious texture, it reminds me of the best elements of a Creed dry down with the beautiful, real, ambergris. The scent profile is exactly what I'd expect from Mr. Smelly - classic but not dated, opulent. Presentation: Overall the presentation is very nice and well thought out. I gave it a close inspection though and found a couple of little things: The cap on this bottle and essentia both had some small imperfections: one had a small (I mean small) ding in it, as well as several very small scratches on both. The GPH bottle had some adhesive on the corner of the plague. Overall, I would be surprised if this packaging weren't made in the far east, which is fine, but maybe the quality of the execution doesn't quite match the grandeur of the design in my opinion. Suitability: I would say gentleman 30+, more formal than everyday wear. As I write this I'm wearing a flannel shirt in my home office in the dead of winter, and it doesn't seem out of place. Value: I was able to get the bundle of GPH and GPHE for $150 delivered. To me, GPH has an almost CREED like quality to the juice, so a great value. Overall: I'm happy I added this great juice to my collection, it's a great value, and very aesthetically pleasing, the dry down gives me the same sort of blissful enjoyment as a top of the line Creed Fragrance. Thanks Mr. Smelly!

After fortunately finding a decant from a fragcomm friend in the US, this is my very first wearing of Naughton & Wilson Gravitas Pour Homme. After seeing the largely positive reviews for months now and slowly building up the desire to try what has been hailed as a classic-meets-modern masculine mix, I’m happy to finally smell it. It immediately lives up to the hype, its mix of lavender, citruses, coriander, cardamom, pepper, patchouli, oakmoss, ambergris, and vanilla fostering a modern classic men’s signature scent that feels balanced and tidy, but quite interesting with its own twists. It’s fresh, floral, spicy, with slightly sweet and woody undertones, very much as the note breakdown suggests, with the lavender/oakmoss fougere formula in play and a handful of spices (coriander cardamom, pepper) in the heart providing a lot of the life after the initial burst of lavender. It comes off very spicy out of the bottle but is palpably more balanced on skin, with some of the sweetness coming out especially after a few hours. Overall, Gravitas is lovely, a traditional fougere concept rendered modernly sweet and balanced, its sharp and spicy tones balanced by a more subdued dry down. This is a great achievement, a very nice entry, and a very good performer. Also, its pricing is very reasonable for a niche/independent release, at £90 (rough $116) for 100ml, though I’m not yet sure of the shipping costs to the US. Still, this is a welcome price for a niche/independent release nowadays, especially considering that it performs well. This is definitely a recommended try for all men, as it has versatility, value, and performance, with familiarity but not so much to reel redundant. And I imagine some women could be very comfortable wearing it, as well. Bravo to Dan on this release—I look forward to obtaining a bottle and seeing what else comes from Naughton & Wilson. 8 out of 10

Quick question: Does Gravitas smell closer to MDCI Invasion Barbare or Davidoff Zino? Answer: Davidoff Zino. Another quick question: What the heck is wrong with people's noses? I guess there is no answer to that last question, but I'm referring to the "...reminds me of..." list above. Do they even have Invasion Barbare to do a direct comparison? I have Gravitas, Zino, Invasion Barbare, Milano Cento. Gravitas does smell similar to Davidoff Zino. Also similar to Parfums de Nicolai New York Intense without the civet/castoreum funk. New York Intense cleaned up. And I see the comparisons to Milano Cento Him too. All of that is good, as I really like Gravitas. Very smooth representative of my favorite olfactory genre. Nearly as smooth as Mr. Smelly's favorite fragrance, and my #4 favorite, Creed Bois du Portugal. Very much in the same ballpark. Also some similarities to brilliant classic Fougere representatives Houbigant Fougere Royale (2010) and Amouage Bracken Man. But performance on Gravitas is indeed a little lacking. I know this is a little contentious by reading the comments below. I'm in the 4th hour of wear now and even sticking my nose to the areas of application only gives a slight skin scent. I sprayed pretty heavily, on wrist and mostly clothes. I sprayed Gravitas and Davidoff Zino on test strip at about the same time and Zino is stronger after 4 hours. It's not nose blindness because I smell the Zino. I don't care about projection, just longevity. I don't get the "long lasting" rating reflected here. Despite performance, very well done scent..

I ordered 9 samples from Luckyscent: Naughton & Wilson - Gravitas Pour Homme Naughton & Wilson - Gravitas Essentia Initio - Oud For Greatness Xerjoff - Naxos Eight and Bob - Egypt Masque Milano - Sleight of Fern Penhaligons - Sartorial Histoires de Parfums -1725 Houbigant - Fougere Royal While none of the fragrances mentioned were bad, both Gravitas and Gravitas Essentia were my favorite. I’ve been wanting to try Dans Gravitas for a while now and I’m glad I did. I’m a huge fan of his channel and I’d say a lot of his fragrance recommendations align with my taste. Gravitas is an excellent fragrance. It starts off with a nice bergamot and lavender combo very similar to the opening of Creeds Bois Du Portugal. Then in the mid there is a similarity to MDCIs Invasion Barbare, with a little bit of the cardamom spice coming through. On the dry down you get very creamy vanilla, patchouli, and ambergris. To me this is not so heavy on oakmoss as something like Beau De Jour by Tom Ford. The oakmoss is not that detectable here, but adds to the overall depth. Gravitas Essentia on the other hand tones down the vanilla and spice, and adds some minty freshness and greenery. I thought long about which I prefer as it didn’t make sense to own both for me, and in the end preferred Gravitas. All in all, if this is the kind of fragrance you’re looking for then Gravitas is something you should try. I have a full bottle on the way.

I get upset when I read mixed reviews as I do here. I read some where clearly the person has tried it and many where I see repeated nonsense such as ‘doesn’t project’ etc where I feel someone is just trying to win balloons with no actual experience. Any how... a great take on a mature fougere/cologne that... ahem... has awesome projection and longevity that has become one of my recent regular wears. Over simplified it’s a sugary sweet lavender and mandarin backed by a dark mossy base covered smooth vanilla darkened by patchouli. Add some smashed fresh black pepper for kick and you have a strange warming but fresh scent. At times it reminds me of Dior Eau Sauvage at least on the darker side of the dry down. When I wear this I time stamp back to the seventies thinking of my father wearing it in his dress shirt and flares as we arrived after a long flight at London Heathrow from Sydney. For me it’s perfectly balanced - nose closer to skin I can pick almost each note but I’m amazed how amazingly well blended it is. In the longer dry down the smooth vanilla which is slightly dirty, slightly peppery, slightly tainted by lavender dominates and does a good job of washing over people in the vicinity. Performance v price is well worth while, so much so that I’ve Blind bought Bon Viveur as soon as it appeared on Luckyscents web page...