Monsieur

Hello there, it's nice to be among you in your lovely community. It happened to visit my aunt today and while speaking about perfumes in general... she reminded some really old pieces she owned. Bringing out her box with perfumes along with two different Lancome's "O" (one was the original-she said, more sharp glass bottle with red lining and gold font, the other one was a more rounded, more plastic-glassy bottle with green lining instead) i spotted a vintage bottle of Monsieur... Not sure if this bottle originally bought in 70's or in 80's, i couldn't resist testing it on my skin and so did i... The first impression was an unusual blast from the past i was not ready to face, like a perfume from another era: the opening was like being hit with a heavy boozy note reminiscent of cognac, while lifting a leathery amber cloud with something fruity in the background, grape-like or plum. It's character is boozy-fruity, i also noted traces of something green-fruity. Wood appears broadly and lasts along with its "fruitiness" for more than an hour. During the dryout i would say that the presence of patchouli is quite obvious, as also the animalic notes, that stay in the skin along with the other materials giving an oriental (myrrh-like), animalic and kind of powdery ending to this perfume. It is definitely a heavy perfume from a past era. While difficult for me to wear it, although quite balanced and mysterious, as it evolves as time passes by giving different versions, while not losing its character. A solid composition for men who know what they seek in such kind of perfume. The dryout is interesting enough for me. I wish that ETAT's "Je suis un homme" could had a dryout like the one Monsieur has.