Unique Wood

I see everyone's giving this a kicking. I can't say how it measures up against similar scents — for me, this smells bloody lovely for the first hour. It starts with a blast of FRESH pine needles, then settles into a late summer walk through a pine/fir forest, sunlight slanting through the tree trunks, dried pine needles on the forest floor, spice, aromatic woods, and warming earth. So I gave it a full wearing yesterday for a long city walk on a nice warm sunny winter's day. Nicely, gently, and classically masculine, unfortunately, after the first hour, it dries down to something less masculine and quite uninteresting. My friend (female) accompanying me on the walk wasn't too impressed — generic perfume she said. EDIT 26/02/21: forget my doubt — this is a beautiful fragrance that's classic in character but modern in its take. Men will love this, women will love this (got a compliment from a different female friend who went crazy for it — an elegant Slovak with a refined nose, and I've just ordered it for her ). I sprayed it once on her and enjoyed her magnificent aroma for hours afterwards... and that was outside. I don't know what the rest of the Novellista range is like, but I'd be surprised if this isn't the best one of them all. Good sillage on the breeze (4m), and projects really well to around arm's length. And it LASTS. One small spray, 10 -12 hours longevity. 3 sprays in the morning is MORE than enough to project all damn day long. This is a powerful scent. In the Czech Republic, every late Summer around the end of August, we like to go into the pine and fir forests to hunt mushrooms. This scent transports me right into the forest again: fresh pine needles, wood sap, dry pine needles, warm clean white wood, and the dry perfumed air you can find in such places when the weather is warm. EDIT: ok, I have dropped this one from my rotation and can see what others complained about. The highly synthetic nature really burned my nose out, especially up-close. Still: a pleasant smell — but I burned out on the harshness in the end. Better in the air.

You are trippin with the sauvage and luna rosa carbon. I went through 2 bottles of sauvage and one lr Carbon and I would say its vaguely reminiscent of those, but not more than 50%. I wanted it to be like sauvage with a slight twist (ran out and like that DNA from time to time) and its very much not. In air it leaves similar bubble at first(top notes), but on skin its so much more. To my nose its mostly resinous amberwood, sauvage is way more peppery and out there, unique wood sits closer to skin, but it sits there firmly and long. Its super versatile, and I feel like its going to be sublime for layering - in Summer with citrus something like the blue acqua di parma to give it some longevity and body and in Winter with Some vanilla like vanilla 28, mercedes club black or even eau de ombre leather - vanilla goes masculine on my skin anyway but with this one its gonna push it way more manly and tone down the sweetness. On it own it smells very impressive, elegant and pleasant, you are not gonna choke anyone. I get similar wood to givenchy gentleman prive, but without the annoying sticky iris. I think its pretty unique for fragrance to be this pleasant Woody and the name seems fitting, it doesnt have designer vibe, but its cheaper than most Designers, for example sauvage edt. It definitely deserves way bigger rating than 3.36, Idk if yall are gatekeeping, but this is hidden gem, 10/10 for me, reasonably priced(got it for 60€), smells very much like I would imagine unique wood to smell, perfect for layering, feels very natural.

I was surprised how masculine this perfume was at the beginning, very strong and spicy but now after about an hour it changed to sweet and milky and animalistic on my skin, very addictive and pleasant for my nose. It’s a complex mixture. Probably not for everyone I would guess. So try out first, give it a moment and then make your mind up.

My review is based of a sample 1st - nothing unisex about this scent Straight up 'male' but super sexy for men, anyone can wear it of course, it does have that men's cologne DNA I actually love it, it has a fresh accord it does have an Fboy type of vibe to it, but it's versatile

A very woody version of Sauvage, after spraying it on my clothes the smell can easily last a few washings as well. I really enjoy the drydown, I find it really comforting and unisex.