Top Notes 
Bergamot
Bitter orange
Cardamom
Ginger
Lime
Nutmeg
Rum
Juniper berry
Heart Notes 
Lavender
Elemi resin
Tobacco
Frankincense
Iris
Rose
Base Notes 
Labdanum
Sandalwood
Atlas cedar
Oakmoss
Patchouli
Vetiver
Virginia cedar
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For Us
The number of perfumers on this page is increasing. That's nice. First of all, because only a forum like Parfumo offers the opportunity to get to know a larger number of artisanal fragrances. But also because many connoisseurs come together here who know how to appreciate more unusual scents.
What Annette Neuffer, a musician and newcomer to the fragrance field, presents here deserves our special attention, even on a site where hidden gems are repeatedly found.
I dare to propose the thesis: This fragrance is especially for us, is not "For Him," but for us, for people who have gathered many experiences through Parfumo or elsewhere, and perhaps also know many classic (men's) fragrances, e.g. the French from the 50s and 60s, old English classics, and therefore do not dismiss a quirky-original men's scent just because it doesn't smell like the next best men's deodorant from the fragrance department of a department store.
For Us, pardon For Him (or Tabac Santal, as it is now called), turns the usual fragrance development that we are accustomed to describing as a pyramid upside down for me. The citrus notes (bergamot or lime or whatever) only break through in full strength after a short while. Initially, I perceive resinous tones that almost remind me of a furniture polish for fine cabinets; this is, by the way, a compliment. I can therefore also understand the fragrance note of beeswax, which is often found in such polishes.
We own, in addition to predominantly modern furniture, a baroque cabinet from the 18th century. Its wood was initially treated with a protective special polish. The scent still lingers inside, and I enjoy that. Men: Save your predictable jokes ("I don't want to smell like a piece of furniture," etc.). That doesn't work here. It simply smells damn good. Give it a try.
With the emergence of the bright, fresh notes, I smell lavender, but no other (indicated) flower; that's a good thing, as it is an established men's fragrance that can admittedly also be worn by women. But which men's fragrance couldn't be.
The bright notes then take on a fruity twist, giving the scent in the heart (or whatever you might call it in an inverted fragrance pyramid) more substance. I like that. Certainly not just me.
In between, a green-woody note emerges, which remains very subtle and doesn't actually belong to the base. Rather, it belongs to the interlude. The actual base is, believe it or not, really bright and fresh, almost a bit like menthol, which is why the scent may remind some of Speick or older hair waters, as the so-called True Speick, a valerian plant, contains essential oils, just like most men's hair waters from previous decades, which were meant to refresh rather than have a medicinal effect.
In the end, the scent of tobacco remains. This also fits excellently with the overall impression of distinguished yet slightly eccentric elegance.
And to top it all off, I associate the scent with a personal memory: In earlier years, we often wandered through antique shops, whose furniture exuded the scent described above. Our favorite shop was an old estate, whose various wings and floors, connected together, almost formed a department store for antiques and unfortunately no longer exists. The scent gives me a nostalgic, beautiful memory of the past. Quite generally.
In sum, For Him is not just a fragrance full of tradition, but it also certainly leaves the well-trodden paths with innovative fragrance language.
Such an extraordinary, perhaps also bold and simultaneously nostalgic fragrance has no chance in the mass market, but should have all the more of a chance with people who have learned to give fragrances time and allow them a real development. Perhaps precisely because it seems turned upside down to me here. A scent not for everyone or many, but for us.
What Annette Neuffer, a musician and newcomer to the fragrance field, presents here deserves our special attention, even on a site where hidden gems are repeatedly found.
I dare to propose the thesis: This fragrance is especially for us, is not "For Him," but for us, for people who have gathered many experiences through Parfumo or elsewhere, and perhaps also know many classic (men's) fragrances, e.g. the French from the 50s and 60s, old English classics, and therefore do not dismiss a quirky-original men's scent just because it doesn't smell like the next best men's deodorant from the fragrance department of a department store.
For Us, pardon For Him (or Tabac Santal, as it is now called), turns the usual fragrance development that we are accustomed to describing as a pyramid upside down for me. The citrus notes (bergamot or lime or whatever) only break through in full strength after a short while. Initially, I perceive resinous tones that almost remind me of a furniture polish for fine cabinets; this is, by the way, a compliment. I can therefore also understand the fragrance note of beeswax, which is often found in such polishes.
We own, in addition to predominantly modern furniture, a baroque cabinet from the 18th century. Its wood was initially treated with a protective special polish. The scent still lingers inside, and I enjoy that. Men: Save your predictable jokes ("I don't want to smell like a piece of furniture," etc.). That doesn't work here. It simply smells damn good. Give it a try.
With the emergence of the bright, fresh notes, I smell lavender, but no other (indicated) flower; that's a good thing, as it is an established men's fragrance that can admittedly also be worn by women. But which men's fragrance couldn't be.
The bright notes then take on a fruity twist, giving the scent in the heart (or whatever you might call it in an inverted fragrance pyramid) more substance. I like that. Certainly not just me.
In between, a green-woody note emerges, which remains very subtle and doesn't actually belong to the base. Rather, it belongs to the interlude. The actual base is, believe it or not, really bright and fresh, almost a bit like menthol, which is why the scent may remind some of Speick or older hair waters, as the so-called True Speick, a valerian plant, contains essential oils, just like most men's hair waters from previous decades, which were meant to refresh rather than have a medicinal effect.
In the end, the scent of tobacco remains. This also fits excellently with the overall impression of distinguished yet slightly eccentric elegance.
And to top it all off, I associate the scent with a personal memory: In earlier years, we often wandered through antique shops, whose furniture exuded the scent described above. Our favorite shop was an old estate, whose various wings and floors, connected together, almost formed a department store for antiques and unfortunately no longer exists. The scent gives me a nostalgic, beautiful memory of the past. Quite generally.
In sum, For Him is not just a fragrance full of tradition, but it also certainly leaves the well-trodden paths with innovative fragrance language.
Such an extraordinary, perhaps also bold and simultaneously nostalgic fragrance has no chance in the mass market, but should have all the more of a chance with people who have learned to give fragrances time and allow them a real development. Perhaps precisely because it seems turned upside down to me here. A scent not for everyone or many, but for us.
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