Le Vainqueur

I first smelled it from a sample on tester paper a couple months ago and it smells pretty good or as I remember, so I bought it on my trip recently. Now when I'm actually have it and try it on my skin I can totally understand the negative comments below. Honestly I'm not a fan of the opening of this scent. It has a sharp, cheap fruity soapy opening from a decade ago or something. But this is also a great example that you can't judge a scent until you completely experience all the notes to the end. Le Vainqueur takes about 15 mins to finally show all of its potential. When all the cheap opening notes fade and the middle/base notes kick in, you will have an great airy, powdery, classical, masculine scent. This is the exactly great scent that I smelled from the paper and I can tell now that on skin the top notes fade much slower than on paper. This is not an edgy but a very well rounded clean scent for men. I see it suits well for both office setting and casual day out. The composition of the scent looks complex but each ingredient blends so well with each other that it makes you feel like the scent has just 1 ingredient. This aspect makes the scent fit well for minimalist dressing guys. So the end point is give the scent a little bit more time and you will find the treasure.

As others have stated, this one is somewhat unique for its melon-ginger forward opening and powdery musk-leather dry down. I don't know if I believe in the pretentious history of the brand (as a big fan of Napoleonic history), but this is by far the best of the Rancé 1795 offerings for men. Most of the others, by comparison, smell like generic reiterations of poorly formulated 90's synthetic EDCs. It does smell pleasant to my nose, and also classical due to the familiar harmony of notes in the drydown. The longevity is good, 6 hours on my skin, which is very good for a citrus fragrance even in EDP concentration. Unfortunately my tastes have outgrown this one, mainly in what it offers for the price. There are much better fragrances to be had at the same price point, and similar ones for far less. If it was ~$50, I would have no problem buying another bottle, but I can't justify another bottle at the current retail asking price. Smell: 8/10 Longevity: 8/10 Sillage: Medium-Mild Price: 6/10

I love this fragrance. I've recently bought it and I love its exquisite appearance. The scent is long lasting, quite distinctive but not the most distinctive....It smells quite polite, and expensive :P Something I would recommend if you can afford something a little more pricey. Its worth it

Although this is EDP strength, on my skin its a soft and sensual fruity/woody combo. The opening is something else, sweet juicy watermelon and melon which dries down to an amazing vetiver scent. Scent - 8 Projection - 7 Longevity - 7

No other fragrance has women stopping me in the streets or making it a point to tell me I smell amazing during my day. This fragrance hands down is most likely to compel women to stop you and talk to you about how amazing you smell.