Sève Nouvelle

I've wanted to make sure I review this because Seve Nouvelle attracts astonishingly little interest. I bought No. 2 purely because I found it on sale for like $50 and I'd wanted to try Thomas Kosmala. Upon trying it out, I absolutely hated it. As others have noted, it's earthy and leathery, and that threw me off for a fragrance whose name means "New Sap." I couldn't imagine wanting to smell like this all day. But I set it aside for a few days, tried again, and had a different experience--not because it changed, but because my expectations did. I have grown to love this fragrance. It's very hard for me to compare to anything else, except that it sort of fits in the same "meditative" realm for me as Lattafa Dynasty. Maybe the cashmerewood/suede? It's smooth and soft, clean but darker. It is mysterious, and the color it evokes is a deep purple or brown; it's mature, but not old. It can be dressed up or informal, but it's going to feel weird in a t-shirt or hoodie. This is, to me, a fall scent, bringing to mind dim forests and heavy flannel or tweed and the dark wood of a cabin or old English country manor house. It's the middle of winter now, and I find myself wearing it less in the bitter cold, but some days it really hits the spot, particularly as I find my taste evolving away from sweet gourmands.

This is very unique and truly crowed pleasing. before sleep i always spray it on my wrist. Great for fall day & night. Thomas kosmala has done great job to counter all odds. must go through this fragrence and TK 04- Apre's L'amore. I cant stop writing about this brand and fragrences. simply in short worth the price !!!! great performance and people will fall in love with it around you.

tuscan leather DNA made for spring/fall daytime (def still wearable at night tho). a bit sharp, a bit airy, to me the tone is aggressively saffron - moreso than TL. leathery, a bit woodier in the dry down, and a bit vegetal as well. minimal sweetness; any amount there is really there to make the profile palatable. if you are familiar with cashmeran you will undoubtedly pick it out here as well, contributing to the sharpness & providing a bit of a cooling nature to the profile. smells more appropriate the better you look/are dressed, similar to actual TL. if you're rocking 4 sprays plus a random t shirt and some sweatpants theres a good chance this will wear you. but if you are well presented... you can wear this just about anywhere. I've worn it at a job interview before. it smells professionally unprofessional. just ease on the side of caution with sprays. for as a strong as it smells in the opening, honestly a room filler at first, on me it does stabilize relatively quickly & in total only ever lasts around 6 hours, maybe 7 if I'm generous? personally I don't really ever need it to last any longer so I'm fine with that. picks up the line of androgyny and plays jump rope with it. not even a unisex label is fitting. there are undoubtedly people that would find this too masc or too femme for their own tastes. tbh i find it much more dependent on confidence & comfort, something I think also holds true about tuscan leather. this is all to say you should probably try this before you buy it. or don't who cares just blind buy it thats what i did its pretty fun tbhhh ^_^

Interesting, really interesting. Everything feels so held down by that wood-like scent towards the tail? There's a floral note trying to peep through, a citrus, some spice, then the wood's like guarding from stepping too far forward. That wood seems to be the star because of how it commands all the other notes to stay put. It reminds me of those ballpoint pens that are unscented but just have that good strong ballpen smell lol but much warmer and clearly wooden. A very mysterious scent, but not dark mysterious. More of, it's really hard to pin point what's going on, but also you kind of understand? There's gravity in it but it's also kind of light. At some point I was ready to scrub it off because it was for some moments reminiscent of a clean car, but it morphs back to that alluring wood. Confusing & intricate! Definitely not a blind buy but a worthy experience I would say 👍

This one is a little more sweet and ambery than I thought it would be. It is not sweet in a gourmand sort of way; it seems to have a bit of a "green" feel to it. Longevity on both my skin and clothing is very good. I could see this being too cloying in the summer with a heavy trigger finger. The bottle is simple and somewhat elegant. The atomizer is fantastic.