Virtu

One of my all time favorites. Extremely unique as I've never smelled anything like this. In basic terms this is your perfect thunderstorm, tornado watch, heavy rain outside fragrance. This is for when the sky is dark gray and gloomy before the storm. Earthy, Woody Petrichor scent. Evokes fond memories of being a teenager with my buddies and having to cut across yards to seek refuge in someone's garage because it started raining. Wouldn't recommend to anyone under 25 today though. You have to be serious when you're wearing this, no hoodies or sweatpants. This is for your strong silent types, also a man who is a leader, the man with a plan. In the same realm as Encre Noire Sport (they do NOT smell the same, but same type of feel/same occasion you'd wear it) In my ENS review I said it was something Nigel Terry in Excalibur would wear. The fictional man that Virtu would suit would hands down be Josh Holloway in **Season 1** of Lost TV Show. Fragrance downsides: Bad performance (have to bathe in it) Botte is a fingerprint magnet Goth chicks won't leave you alone (not my thing) It's like $21 for 100ml online just buy it.

Papyrus and black pepper over a sandalwood dominated cedar base is a beautiful scent. I have worn this once, but sprayed this ten times. Now wait. That sounds like an overspray, but I tested it on paper overnight and determined that would be appropriate and it was not overpowering. It lasted twelve hours and did not choke anyone out. I was complimented and it was approved by the people around me. It does remind me of Santal 33. It is bone dry and that is just fine. This smells expensive because it smells excellent. I can enthusiastically say Virtu is a very nice blind buy and a scent I will wear in my rotation alongside scents costing much more. I will add this to the forum threads of excellent budget fragrances. I will add that there is no reason to limit this to a masculine label. This is a definite unisex scent. Any woman could rock this beautifully! But it is not just an excellent cheapie. It is excellent!

Clean, peppery, green, woody, a bit of smokiness. It’s mainly a woody fragrance directed at men. It takes me back to the 90’s for some reason. Its for the older crowd 30 and up. It also has a coconut type note very similar to TB St. Barts. If you like the scent it is daily for sure as it’s almost a year round scent its not that heavy. I don’t get any leather or papyrus. The sandalwood is not up front. You want heavy papyrus get Dunhill Egyptian smoke, you want sandalwood get dunhill Indian sandalwood, even kenzo marine has a real heavy note of sandalwood. Here it is not creamy its like a dry white wood that mixes with the light birch. I get mostly cedar. I would say carolina herrera CH Men without the sweetness less leather and more woody. It stays arms length projection for an hour then on scent bubble for 6 hours after that it starts into a skin scent. Scent 8/10 Projection 6/10 Longevity 6/10 Price 10/10

Vince Camuto Virtu.... I have quite a few fragrances and this one is quite different. If it was marketed by Creed or other hyped houses, people would pay with their kidneys for this. The papyrus and birch give it a smoky leathery touch with cardamom in the background. The vetiver is not a smoky vetiver but a fresh green succulent variation. In combination with the musk it forms a fig nuance which lingers quite strongly all the way to the end. That fig accord sits on a base of sandalwood and leather. In the far dry down it shares characteristics with Marc Jacobs Man from 2002 because of the fig note on a wood base. It lasts quite long and leaves a nice trail behind.

A seller kindly included a carded sample of Virtu with my order. This is really nice! IMO, a very pleasant peppery-spicy-fresh fragrance, slight leather and coconut notes, safe and versatile for all situations. I do NOT understand it's low score above. This is not green and it's not a barbershop, and I like both of those. While I'm more of a classic 80s masculine scent guy, I'm seriously considering going full-sized bottle of Virtu. Prices are GREAT and performance is very good. I highly recommend, blind buy or otherwise. 👍 UPDATE: I went full-sized 100 ml bottle and love it. UPDATE2: I just boosted my supply with a jumbo 200 ml bottle (only $16.90!)