Scotch Lavender

Scotch Lavender has the most stunning lavender opening I've ever smelled. The first 20 minutes after spraying are a pure lavender dream 😴💭🫧 The lavender here is super charged and smells as if it was just harvested. I live next to a lavender farm and this reminds me of my last visit where I bought fresh lavender sachets, linen sprays, and freshly baked lavender cookies 🪻🍪🤤 The lavender here feels ultra-realistic, not just another component in a fougère accord. After the opening fades, I'm left with predominantly benzoin, which imparts a powdery warmth to the amber accord. Tonka and subtle hints of lavender and geranium linger in the background. The dry-down feels quite different from what I’m used to (so far, I’ve only seen Oriza L. Legrand use benzoin this liberally). I'm conflicted, I love this a lot but the magic is in that transportive beginning 🖼️ I still think the dry down is pretty though, I may add this to my wish list... 🤔

The initial blast of lavender with the sweet resins underneath made this open like Pour Un Homme, but it very quickly becomes something else. The lavender (which seems very natural) gives way to the resins and tonka underneath, which create a buttery, candied base that it slightly (and not unpleasantly) medicinal, which makes the whole thing seem like lavender butterscotch. As always with Oriza L . LeGrand, you're getting something you think will smell like something else but is entirely its own thing. This is especially gentlemanly, though of course anyone could wear it; it's not as powerful as I'd like, but that might make it better for the office. (This would be a great signature scent.) Light enough to wear in warm weather, although the sweetness would also make it good for cold days too.

I have a sample set from Oriza L. Legrand and Scotch Lavender is my favourite so far, with Reve d'Ossian coming in as second. Scotch Lavender is the perfect lavender scent, and I am a great lavender lover! Where Molinard Lavande is loud, generic and two dimensional, Scotch Lavender is quirky and intimate, yet opening to vast and mysterious fields. Medicinal and herbal true lavender at first, but later more soapy, smokey and ambery balmy. Scotch Lavande seems like Jicky's modern cousin, not too close, but the kinship is definitely there. As all my Oriza L. Legrand samples, Scotch Lavender has that unmistakable undertone that is more than a scent: it sets a mood, and invites you in to another room. I will end my lavender hunt here and buy a full 100 ml. bottle!

Scotch Lavander is the perfect unisex scent, as it shows an interesting transformation from more masculine to more feminine characteristics. It starts off cool and herbal, with a medicine-like lavender note that is pretty strong. Also, it smells slightly boozey, but more in the sense of medical alcohol (for those who know it: rather like Franzbranntwein than desinfectant), which I enjoy. Over the time it completely changes in character and becomes soft, even slightly powdery; I definitely get a lot of geranium and tonka with just a faint undertone of amber. This scent is easy to wear - if you can appreciate the vividly herbal opening - and a nice choice for every day. Moderate sillage. I would recommend it.

This is a masterpiece of lavender, geranium, tonka and vetiver. Scotch Lavender has become one of my favourite lavender scents, knowing that i probably have 40~50 lavender based scents in my collection. It is both sparkling, a bit bracing but also very soothing and deep. I like to wear it at night but also fresh in the morning to start the say. It is a crowd pleaser with my wife and kids too.