Cypress & Vetiver

A well blended, easy to wear fragrance. The only accord I can positively identify is the vetiver/cypress combo and some citrus. Based on the notes if should be similar to Encre Noir Sport but it is not. Cypress & Vetyver has a very smooth and balanced feel from the first spray to the dry down. It lasts on my skin for over 8 hours with minimal projection and low silage. The composition is quite resistant to other scents in the environment without overpowering them. making it a good choice wearing in public when I don't want to draw attention. I am somewhat disappointed that I can't get a matching liquid aftershave.

Effortless style as always from Proraso. A soft green vetiver blended with cooling cypress, cedar, and the slight warmth of amber...smooth, green, and slightly balsamic. Perfect for those breezy warm Spring and Summer days.

Proraso has entered the cologne market and this is one of the of the three releases in the Proraso Single Blade Line. The other two are Wood & Spice and Azur Lime. A hallmark of the Proraso fragrance lines is that they all have the traits of smelling clean and fresh. Cypress & Vetyver is no exception. Wearing this does have a reminiscent effect, like you've just showered and shaved or walked out of a high end barbershop. The nice blend of green woods works quite well and I see this having "mass appeal". When I refer to this as having mass appeal, I'm not referring to it in the sense that it's so common that everyone seems to be wearing it, like a Bleu de Chanel, Dior Sauvage or Gio, I say it the sense that it's extremely versatile and would seem to be at least an overall "like" to a wide range of people. This is an excellent fragrance for a casual outing with friends or as an office fragrance, however, if you're wearing it to the office, go light. Two sprays max should do it for that location. A third spray really seems to amp this fragrance up. Projection is average to maybe slightly above average and longevity, for me, is at least 6 hours with two sprays, although I get whiffs of it for at least 2-3 hours afterward. In terms of strength and projection for the Proraso Single Blade Line, I'd rank them in this order: 1) Wood & Spice 2) Cypress & Vetyver and 3) Azur Lime.

I have all three of the Proraso colognes now and here's what I think. Cypress & Vetiver I place in the middle. Decent scent and longevity with sillage just okay. Wood & Spice is strongest with greater longevity and sillage, my wife likes, but I'm not keen on the scent due to it's inclusion of vanilla. Azur Lime, my favorite, while having lesser longevity and sillage, has a very pleasant "barbershop scent" which is one of my go to types of fragrances. These bottles usually run $36 each at C.O. Bigelow or elsewhere online, and I recently scored one for $30 on eBay. Best wishes!

Proraso Cypress&Vetiver... ...I really do enjoy Proraso products in general as a passionate wet shaver. This cologne seems to be basic to many but i think it is important to see it in the context of it being a barber product. For a cologne it is long lasting and very well blended. What I get from it is a soft citric opening which very quickly shifts to a quite linear woody and green cypress and smoky dry vetiver. It is a good quality barber cologne which i use as an EdT every now and then which last between 4 to 6 hours.