Birdie

Xerjoff Birdie Opening up, this gives off a note which is not listed as being present, its a vanilla earthy note, something I am really struggling to pinpoint but suspect this is the beginning of the sand note, yet to really show its true form. It does not hang around, and within a few moments is gone, replaced by fresh green odours, mixed with an earthy vibe. Most certainly reminiscent of the golf course. it is not a dirty earth note, in fact it is quite fresh, opposite to muddy, and rather intriguing and pleasant. Then, the feature presentation comes to the front and centre of the stage. Sand. This ambery and warm scent is what is most prominent. but don't expect gritty, this is smooth, warm and feels like its wrapping you up in a comfy blanket. The sand is what remains as the biggest player in this scent, it is the star of the show, and is beautifully carried along by the earthy hint, a tiny amount of vetiver, and the woody vibe from patchouli. I actually love this scent

Not sure why there isn't more love for this fragrance! To this girls nose it's gorgeous!! It opens with a harsh in your face dirty greenness! (I like it !). And I must confess I'm a patchouli lover! So peeps who don't like patchouli stay away! This fragrance is beast like projection right off the bat! I used two sprays from a recently acquired decant, and it filled the house ! I took a shower and spritzed it on, my husband was in our back garage and walked in the house, and said "wow you smell great!" All the way from the opposite end of the house! Birdie is quickly becoming a favorite fragrance of mine, and I can already foresee a full bottle in my near future... It's a really comforting fragrance to me, can't wait to own it! I'm in love with it! <3. <3. <3. <3

I don't understand what the negative reviews are about. For me it's one of the best perfumes from Xerjoff, it's totally different from the mainstream, I get a lot of compliments. Luxurious, smooth, sophisticated and very wearable

Wonderful when layered with Bvlgari's Le Gemme Orom or Sharif Abdes Salaam's Sharif.

RU Видимо я не сумел донести свою мысль относительно линии Join The Club от Xerjoff: это первый бренд, который не побоялся отказаться от списка ингредиентов именно потому, что этот список и сбивает с толку покупателя. Я могу признаться, что трижды заказывая по Интернету ароматы известных элитных брендов, основываясь на ингредиентах (выуженных со страниц Fragrantica). Это случалось потому, что в Италии не было возможности найти эти ароматы вживую. Должен сказать что все 3 раза были неудачны: несмотря на то что сами ингредиенты мне нравились вцелом и по отдельности, несмотря на то, что все они входили в состав парфюмов которые я приобретал вживую и раньше и которые мне нравились, общая формула приобретённых по интернету ароматов не стоила того (да ещё и за €350 за каждый флакон в среднем). Именно поэтому я не хочу вдаваться в инсинуации по поводу того чем пахнет этот аромат, да пожалуй и вся линия Join The Club от Xerjoff. Я полагаю, что намного ценнее в комментарии: умение передать ощущение от аромата, помочь понять ситуацию в которой ощущает себя человек примеряющий этот аромат на себе. По статусу ли ему этот запах, по силам ли ему этот уровень? Так же как в Китае существовали цвета в одежде дозволенные лишь Императору, точно так же и ароматы: это не маска под которой может скрыться батрак, выдавая себя за Графа, но скорее это Сам Граф ещё более подчеркивает яркое творение парфюмера примеряя его творение на себя. Надеюсь в этот раз я пояснил свою мысль. EN You may ask me why I tell nothing about the ingredients of JTC line. I'm sure that Join The Club of Xerjoff is actually the first brand that is not afraid to keep in secret the list of ingredients, precisely because this list often confuses the customer. I can admit that I've ordered three perfumes of famous luxury brands from their websites, basing my choise on the ingredients list (found on Fragrantica.com). This happened because in Italy it wasn't possible to find these perfumes anywhere. I must say that all 3 times were unsuccessful in spite of the fact that I liked the ingredients themselves separately, in fact that they were also a part of a lot of perfumes I acquired before and I liked them, the perfumes I've purchased on the Net was really my taste (and I paid for them like € 350 per bottle on average). That's why I do not want to make insinuations about the ingredients of Join The Club line. I believe that much more valuable in the review: the ability to convey the feeling from the aroma itself and to help to understand the situation in which a person that tries on the fragrance may find himself. He has to assess if he could afford this level? As well as in China there were colors in clothing permitted only to the Emperor, in the same way it works with perfumes: it's not a mask which can hide the pleb, posing him as Earl, but rather it's the Count himself emphasizes the creation of perfumer when he tries on his creation. I hope that this time I did explain my idea about the niche fragrances. IT Se mi chiederete perché non dico nulla agli ingredienti della linea JTC, vi risponderò che sono sicuro che la linea delle fragranze Join The Club di Xerjoff è in realtà il primo marchio che non aveva paura di tenere nascosto un elenco degli ingredienti, proprio perché proprio questo elenco confonde spesso il cliente. Posso ammettere che ho ordinato almeno 3 profumi di lusso dei Nomi famosi dai loro siti web, basando la mia scelta sulla lista degli ingredienti (che si trova ad esempio su Fragrantica.com). Questo è accaduto perché in Italia non è stato possibile trovare questi profumi da nessuna parte. Devo dire che tutte le volte non ho avuto successo, nonostante il fatto che mi piacevano (separatamente) gli ingredienti e che addirittura facevano parte di un sacco dei profumi che avevo acquisito nel passato nelle profumerie in città e che, comunque, mi piacevano, i profumi che ho acquistato su Internet sono stati un vero fallimento (e ho pagato per loro circa € 350 per bottiglia). È per questo che non voglio fare insinuazioni riguarda gli ingredienti di Join The Club. Credo che molto più importante nella recensione: la capacità di trasmettere la sensazione che crea la fragranza, ma anche riuscir aiutare a capire la situazione in cui una persona che veste questo profumo potrebbe trovarsi. Si dovrebbe valutare seriosamente se potesse permettersi questo livello. Lo sapete comunque che in Cina erano proibiti certi colori per l'uso della gente comune nell'abbigliamento, perché erano permessi solo all'Imperatore, allo stesso modo questo vale per i profumi: il profumo di nicchia non è una maschera dietro quale si può nascondere la plebe, facendo finta di essere un signore, ma piuttosto è il Conte che si privilegia la creazione di profumiere quando lo veste. Mi auguro che questa volt sono riuscito a spiegare meglio la mia idea riguarda la profumeria di nicchia.

EN Golf wasn't chosen accidentally by Xerjoff as a theme of this fragrance and the virtual club named Birdi. Smell itself as the sense, Golf itself as the game they both are something much more than just information received from the senses, and more then just a simple pastime. It is rather a weave feelings, memories, hidden desires and pride of belonging to the Elect Club. Birdi is a Club for the true connoisseurs of a good life, people for whom the money is not a goal itself, but only a step, a tool to achieve the goal. This is a club for connoisseurs of sophisticated fragrance which like Golf itself may seem too sophisticated for the average person. But one day, when you'll make your first step on the putting green, when your first ball will reach the hole, all fear of being misunderstood by people will be suddenly melted away without leaving a trace, and only felt of freedom to make your own choice will be your main feeling, you will come to the Birdi Golf Club on your red cabriolet with the opened top and your name will be added to the list of this Elite Club forever. IT Golf non è stato scelto casualmente da Xerjoff come il tema di questo profumo: un Golf Club virtuale di nome Birdi. L'olfatto come il senso, Golf come un gioco quando entrambi sono qualcosa di molto di più delle informazioni ricevute da organi dei sensi, sono molto più di un semplice passatempo. Sono, piuttosto un misto dei sentimenti, dei ricordi e dei desideri nascosti o meglio: l'orgoglio di appartenere al Club Eletto. Birdi è un Club per i veri intenditori di una bella vita, persone per le quali il denaro non è un obiettivo in sé, ma solo un passo, uno strumento per raggiungere l'obiettivo più importante. Questo è un Club per gli amanti delle fragranze sofisticate che come Golf stesso possono sembrare troppo sofisticate per una persona comune. Ma un giorno, quando farai il tuo primo passo sul campo di Golf, quando la tua prima palla raggiungerà la buca, ogni timore di essere frainteso dalla gente comune sarà improvvisamente dissolto senza lasciare una traccia, e solo senso della libera di fare la propria scelta sarà il tuo sentimento principale, tu raggiungerai Birdi Golf Club in tua cabriolet rossa e il tuo nome verrà aggiunto alla lista di questo Club per sempre.

For me this scent is exactly what perfume is about. I'm from southern California and this fragrance transports me to a place not at the beach but near the ocean, near where the cliff's edges falls off into the ocean. I get Earthy rocks, grass, subtle florals, and distant sand notes. Really beautiful and invokes youthful memories of hiking near the beach on a windy day. Underrated and misunderstood scent.

this is actually closely related to Hermes's Jardin sur de Nil! Just a little more vanillic

Opening has a bit of a grape soda vibe. Reminds me of Dunhill Icon

#964 in my "Tour de Fragrance" Got this as a decant. Whoa! That's a whole lotta patchouli!!! You get a few seconds of the smell of a powdered drink mix like Kool-Aid then it's all patchouli! You have to really love patchouli, want to smell like patchouli, want the entire building you walked through to smell like a reunion of '60's hippie chicks just had a meeting. This stuff is like laying down in a dewy patchouli bush! Save your money. You can get a 4oz bottle of patchuoli oil for about $12. Fill a spray bottle and have at it. I don't think you'll miss the other notes. There's a hint of vetiver here, but not much else is getting through the overwhelming, full-on beast-mode patchouli. Kinda harshing my mellow dudes!. It calms down and gets more likeable in time. Still not a bottle buy for me, even a bottle were easy to find.

Birdie opens badly! I'm not a huge fan of patchouli at the best of times but I can appreciate it on occasion, however not in this creation. The opening reminds me of the smell you get from a stale old tent you've had in a shed for years. Even the green notes in this are strange and sand? Is that because of the golf theme? Odd! It's slightly dirty earthy and even a bit of the sea in there as well. The dry down isn't too bad the patchouli matures and takes on more of a familiar character but still not something I like or could ever envisage willingly putting on my skin. Update: hmmmm...second time around and it hasn't gotten much better. However this is a very interesting and evocative patchouli. There's a super natural smell to me which reminds me of hanging out in fields as a kid getting upto no good. A faint misty smell of farmers fields, grass, hay, evening air a fishing pond perhaps maybe the canal...it's quite vivid. All this was within close proximity to a golf course so the theme kinda stands up. I don't know what it is but I've started to get a real appreciation for earthy fragrance but would still never wear this one.

First blast of tickly warm and sweet milky almond and amber, almost biscuit-like. As it dries, the scent gets more and more dirt-like, straight up potting soil in a garden shed, dirty, moist, and faintly bitter. Rather jarring when mixed with the sweet cookie smell from the opening that still lingers. Rather odd... I'm not sure what they were going for when they made this. I'm sure golfers don't roll around in the sand pits. Why would someone want to smell like they've been digging holes? At this point, I'm not getting any of the grass or fruity notes so I'll have to keep my nose on it over time. Soft projection, masculine and suitable for all weather. 6+ hours later: The potting soil scent faded by the 3rd hour and left behind that soft sweet cookie scent. It's all mostly gone by the 6th hour.

Very strong earthy, dirty and slightly green patchouli fragrance. Smells like astroturf, dirt and earthy greens. Good one for patchouli lovers!

IF this is for a golf club, then the players must enjoy birds’ poop :( Wow, wet soil full of birds’ poop, yes this is more correct now!

You know that saying "ass, gas or grass, nobody rides for free"? This LITERALLY smells like grass, gasoline and sweaty ass crack. I respect how much this smells just like wet asphalt and the inside of a poorly-maintained Autozone, but that doesn't make it any less gag-worthy on my skin.

Smells exactly like a golf shop and soil. Quite plastic and synthetic. A big pass for me and that’s rare. If you want a grassy outdoor fragrance I would recommend blamage.

This is a difficult one to describe. I tried it after seeing the talk of Birds and it smelling like their mess. And the comment about old tents being stored into a shed for ages (really curious to get my nose on it at this point). It smells more like the latter than the former. Xerjoff definitely based it off Golf and it's not bird like at all. There is no link to actual birds (IMO). So what does it smell like really? Well again the reviews say "Sand" but when reading this initially I did frown a bit as what does sand smell like exactly? No the fragrance to my nose is much more dominated by greeny earthy, creamy notes. It's really difficult, as it reminds me so much of something, but can't quite place it. It's got a refined smell for sure, but also really old and traditional. Not musky or unclean, but not fresh or heady ether almost like a vintage shop selling antiques or the smell you get when watching a musical and they release a load of smoke, that kind of thing. I'm on the fence about it. I might get a decant, but wouldn't want a full bottle because it's a very elusive scent, I'm honestly not sure where the average person would chose to wear this. It's all or nothing in my view, so it's definitively someone's signature scent. Something that they always wear for any occasion. Older too, not a very young persons scent. But I do think unisex, perhaps a little more feminine. I've smelt better from this house, but there are going to be fans of this one, it's cleverly done and feel a bit arty.

I had this stashed-away for ' ages-unto-the-ages ' (actually I clean forgot where I'd putten it) : & now that atlast I'm giving it a run-out, I'm realising that it's truly in the megastonker brackett: I' m colossally satisfied with it! I think this one's going to get my 'stern critics' in very paroxysms . Look how much 'hate' it's received in the barchart though! Still ... I do think it one of the kind that just would , though: it's somewhat like Byredo's M/Mink .

As mentioned, opens very badly- I mean, very, very badly. Think caged poultry farm on soil; I kept sniffing wrist after testing and all I could smell was stale bird shit, wondering who would want to smell like that- then, I remembered the name is 'Birdie'. Apt. The drydown is somewhat better, with the bird smell reduced- however, not totally gone. Definitely not a bottle to blind buy. Oh, and you had better like bird poop

What a pitty that it doesn't last longer! I like the delicate green opening with immediate reference to soft grass and warm earth. The second impression is leather on an old chair followed by the sensation of an exclusive bookshop or office. The last element opens the scene with an earthy vetiver. Everything appears so refined and luxury. I might need to try on fabric rather than my skin.