TL Pour Lui

Oh my...Maurice Roucel has created ANOTHER fantastic fragrance in this offering by Ted Lapidus (TL Pour Lui)! With a hint of the bombastic JPG Le Male, but FAR more refined and more balanced (never cloying either), in my humble opinion. Truly a creation of its own - and brilliantly done! Jooligan and Instantjim offer great reviews here - this is a truly wonderful Oriental Woody with great smoothness, nice warmth and a rich drydown - but, yet it has a wonderful 'fresh' feel about it. The fragrance is never offensive - it is actually "inviting"...radiating a masculine aroma of great vanilla, amber, sandalwood and some florals that sharpen and "lift" the scent. Rich, but an ethereal feeling with this scent - stunning beauty with depth that creates a gorgeous aromatic aura. I find this effect with the bergamot and mint delivering a nice green, fresh coolness on top with a nice pronounced orange blossom really livening things up beautifully - a crisp & brilliant opening!! The lily-of-the-valley coming in at the heart with the cedar is very nice and keeps the composition both floral and moves it into a nice, light woodiness (spicy cedar with a nice green & 'leafy' patchouli), all layered on a base of "laundry"-clean musk. This is what keeps the freshness alive throughout...finally soothing down to a great scent that is wonderful for intimacy, special occassions, and even a club scent that doesn't smell cheap at all (elegant/refined club scent - high class). What I like most about this is the blended composition is the harmony and balance this has...the "touch"of a true genius is in this. Maurice Roucel is a master perfumier and I buy bottles blind with his name on them. I have yet to be disappointed in the slightest. Revised score: 9+/10 and a very strong recommendation! Kudos and thanks to Monsieur Roucel, yet again. Your olfactory tastes are impeccable. This is one of my top 3 creations from one of my favorite perfumiers...which says a lot. Personally, with my tastes, I would wear this with designer jeans, a hip button down shirt (or even a top-shelf T-shirt) in the warm spring/summer months. This is a daytime or nighttime scent and could work for me virtually anytime. I do not like to compare scents, as I find try to find uniqueness & beauty in every bottle. However, for those who are curious (as scent pyramids do overlap), I will wear both Jacomo de Jacomo Rouge and Le Male - and appreciate those (Le Male is a contemporary classic), but this is a clear notch above both of those, for me. Balenciaga Cristobal Pour Homme is a slight notch above this Roucel creation, simply due to the sheer quality of the ingredients - yet, I wear TL Pour Lui far more often, because it fits so many occasions (less formal). Simply...Awesome juice. Gorgeous! Chapeau!

Ted Lapidus discovered, in 2003, how to "reinvent" the famous A*Men, from 1996, in a more classic, more mature way, as he does with most of his perfumes. TL Pour Lui was made for men and not for young people, who are looking for another night club scent. TL Pour Lui opens with a delicious orange blossom intertwined with lavender and mint. Then, it shows its creamy face, right in the heart, with vanilla (which I love so much in fragrances) and lily of the valley. I find it very interesting when notes, which are usually applied on the basis of perfumes, are used differently, as in the output or in the heart. In this case, the note of vanilla here was the most daring and correct touch of this composition. Many say it is "the best vanilla they have ever felt". Finally, we have amber, patchouli, musk and sandalwood, essential notes in the construction of a good woody. And on the skin, how does it react? TL Pour Lui is a fragrance that reminds of several others, in different nuances, such as Le Male, A*Men, Animale Animale, Lolita Au Masculin (less alcoholic), Nykos, etc. But the exclusivity of this one is clear because, as I already mentioned, it is a more mature scent. And, obviously, when we talk about perfumes from this brand, we are talking about products with excellent durability, fragrance, and projection. I don't know if it was discontinued, but it is rare to find it in Brazilian stores. Great, because a little exclusivity within the designer segment doesn't hurt anyone, does it? Here is another excellent cologne for mild climates, meetings, evening events, and romantic encounters.

I must confess: this one is one of my favorites!. The phenomenal nose behind TL Pour Lui is nothing less than Maurice Roucel (Musc Ravageur, go figure)so imagine the heavenly smell that this juice have. I can detect in the start of TL pour Lui a very sharp and cold blast of mint (very well done mint BTW), classic lavender and a hint of patchouli. This magnificent triad of notes creates a very strange feeling in my nose (a mix of sweet icy-warm stage) that, curiously emulates the smell of "Mentholatum ointment" but in a sweet way. This initial sweet/refreshing vibe, after some minutes, slowly calms down and the vanilla/orange blossom combo makes its appearance and joins the 3 main notes, giving a very sweet delicious and warm "caramel-ish" tone that endures a lot of time in my skin. This sweetness never gets cloying, mainly because the astringent power of the lavender and mint, both keeping in line the potential escape of the patchouli, vanilla and orange blossom. I must say that in this particular scenario I can detect also some frankincense smell in the whole mixture, although this note is not listed (maybe, the lily of the valley mixed with some of the notes creates this "incense" feeling) Close to the dry down stage, the caramel tone joins the woods (sandalwood and, maybe, atlas cedar) and a very refined musk, becoming the whole package into a very cozy, warm, sexy, romantic smell. Excelent for close quarters affairs. Projection and sillage are very accurate. Not invasive or extremly muted, just precise. 10 + hours of lasting power in my skin. 9/10, no doubt about it

Absolutely one of the best orientals on the entire market, easily in my top five and the best value among all of them. ($20-$30-3.4 oz) Came to this page and saw there was nothing profound I could add to the dialogue, the secret is already out on this beauty. Got it a couple of years ago on fragrancenet for $15 as a unboxed special on a whim and still regard it as the best oriental blind-buy I've ever made. This may be the best set of reviews by excellent reviewers and writers I have seen on fragrantica yet..especially jooligan, instantjim, ericrico, lobster, dubairob, mrcrazy legs and lotofire (en castellano). TL Pour Lui is rather standard in regards to composition, but the way it is blended and mixed is truly magnificent and tastefully, maturely done. The vanilla is organic and subdued yet lays on top of the rest of the notes with a reserved yet assertive eminence. The lavender and mint are no where near as desperate to demand your attention with synthetic daring like in Le Male, this is far more relaxed, regimented and structured, self-assured and without bells & whistles. The amber is subtle and soft with the sandalwood and musk, allowing the vanilla, lavender and mint to stretch out its life on the skin. Projection is moderate with 2 sprays and with 3 sprays can border on heavy but doesn't overpower like Joop! Homme or vintage JPG Le Male. Longevity is reliable and good; 7-10 hours is the norm for me on cold weather days. An exceptional piece of craftsmanship by Roucel. Can you keep the secret?

When spraying this, I often think back to the Reese's commercial; "Hey! You got your peanut butter on my chocolate!". Instead it's; "Hey! You got mint and orange blossom on my Pour Un Homme de Caron!" I love the mint and orange blossom that pairs with the lavender in the opening of this scent. Eventually, the mint and orange blossom work with the musk and amber, creating a slight licorice accord, which adds to the powdery element of this fragrance. Yes, I get how this comes off a bit like Le Male but there is much more to TL Pour Lui than that. Now, there is vanilla in TL Pour Lui but it is not cloying. The most enjoyable element of this scent is the amber. Once the amber comes out to play this fragrance stands out a bit more and displays its beauty. The patchouli and woods come in to render this fragrance more earthy and stamp out the sweetness and it dries down perfectly. TL Pour Lui is classy and mature. This scent works perfectly from autumn on through spring. I get a real, The Med in cooler weather vibe with TL Pour Lui. This could be worn by a dapper gent on a stroll in Marseille or Algiers on a cooler autumn day. TL Pour Lui is office safe and lends more to day wear. I highly recommend getting a bottle of this fragrance. The price is more than right and the performance and blending of this fragrance is of the utmost quality. Give TL Pour Lui a few sprays when you would rather be on a jaunt in Provence, but the best you can do is a promenade in a leaf strewn park.