Leviathan (Eau de Toilette) by Barrister And Mann

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Leviathan Barrister And Mann 2015 Eau de Toilette

7.4 / 10 6 Ratings

A perfume by Barrister And Mann for men, released in 2015. The scent is leathery-smoky. Projection and longevity are above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Leathery

Smoky

Resinous

Earthy

Animal

Fragrance Notes

Cedar

Coffee

Musk

Russian leather

Sandalwood

Ratings

Scent

7.46 Ratings

Longevity

8.05 Ratings

Sillage

8.45 Ratings

Bottle

6.38 Ratings

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3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/02/2023

9.5Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

SirEmmitt
32 Reviews

SirEmmitt

2

Unique Coffee!

I have been on a search for a coffee fragrance that I like for sometime. I find most to be too damn creamy, sweet and gourmand. Then I came across this one. I was very hesitant to try it because of the disappointment with other highly touted coffee frags. But I took a chance and was delighted. Leviathan is not a overy complex frag but really focuses on the coffee note.
The coffee note in this is a dark roasted coffee with just a single touch of sweetness. Combined with soft leather, sandalwood and cedar and a hint of musk.
Good longevity and projection. It may not be for everyone. It will stand out in a crowd, and will make you crave coffee like crazy. This is now a go too scent for me.

04/22/2021

2.5Scent 8Longevity 9Sillage

Oedegaard1
7 Reviews

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Oedegaard1

3

Leviathan - a "blue fragrance"!?

This or at least a similar thought comes to mind when you take in the presentation of the perfume. Bottle with a blue/black label and the name Leviathan - the monster of the seas. It should be a refreshing, possibly even aquatic scent, right?
A quick look at the fragrance pyramid - well, probably not. Only makes me more curious about how Leviathan fits as a name. Cap off, sprayed on.

Well - not at all. In my opinion, this perfume should not be called Leviathan - Behemoth is definitely the MORE fitting name. Because this perfume, God forbid, smells of the primal creature of land and earth: resinous and woody, smoky, leathery, and earthy. It's a stampede of animalistic-masculine scents for my nose. This one is truly brutal and definitely not for weak noses. It overwhelms everything that crawls and flutters olfactorily. Because even its sillage attacks with flying colors. This one is heavy, really heavy. At the same time, it is also spicy and sharp. The coffee is very subdued to my nose, but I can practically feel the musk. I have never smelled such a monster, such a beast, such an animal of a perfume before.

For my taste, too strong and intense, but for lovers of animalistic scents with wood, resin, and leather notes, it’s a feast. Like stranded sailors for the Leviathan... pardon, the Behemoth.

02/11/2021

7.5Scent 8Longevity 9Sillage

Writerhof
5 Reviews

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Writerhof

Helpful Review 6

Homo homini lupus

Friday eight in the morning, political science seminar. On this gray autumn morning, I threw on my old leather jacket, left the house unmotivated, and took the tram to an old concrete university building that will soon be demolished anyway. The room is not too full; Friday morning is not exactly the most popular time for university events.

For the first time, I read from Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan. It won't be the last time. The English political philosopher had made few friends in his time. In the state of nature, he viewed humans as "wolves" to their fellow beings, trapped in a war of all against all. The only way out, he argued, was to transfer one's natural rights to a sovereign who held the monopoly on violence and could end this state of war. Even if Hobbes may be considered one of the main theorists of absolutism, he simultaneously stepped on the toes of both monarchists and liberals. The latter quite obviously, as they wanted rights of defense against an all-powerful state. The former precisely because Hobbes left open who should hold the monopoly on violence - it could be a king just as easily as any other autocrat.

Back from the 17th century to the East Germany of the 21st century, the scent of black, sweetened coffee wafts through the room. You need something to stay awake at such an (un)timely hour or to recover from the beer too much from the previous night. Slowly, the coffee gets colder, but still everyone clings to their mugs - filled with coffee that has turned cold, becoming increasingly bitter and smoky.

The emanations of the wooden furniture in the seminar room are only faintly perceptible now. The old GDR furniture has served its purpose for too long and has been worn down, yet it is unexpectedly cozy.

Now, absolutist systems are neither the "hot stuff" in practical politics nor in political science today. Nevertheless, Hobbes has not lost his relevance. His description of the war of all against all remains one of the prevailing descriptions of the state between nations, where there is no central authority that could effectively hold a monopoly on power. This shapes the thoroughly pessimistic theory of neorealism, which describes relations between states primarily in terms of power and military force.

In the end, however, most people probably thought "power" on Friday morning towards the end of the seminar: "Just end it already!" By ten, everyone is free again and can be released into the war of all against all outside. With bared teeth (or perhaps yawning), everyone moves toward the tram stop and then back home to prepare for the weekend. Only there, at home, will the musk note of "Leviathan" likely come through. Most will probably not have worn this scent in the club, as I recall the fragrance preferences of the late 2000s. In the dim, alternative student pub, where an unknown band plays far too loudly, this heavy scent could indeed play its charm. The mélange of overflowing, spicy coffee, with a hint of leather and some woody notes, radiates a certain warmth, like one could find in such a packed pub. It certainly forms an interesting counterpoint to the patchouli that one will often smell there - not in the sense of a contrast, but rather as a complement to it.