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Woody notes05/13/2025
Cawdor
18 Reviews
Cawdor
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Oakmoss heaven
Oakmoss centred chypre with a musk of juniper berries offset against citrus. There's a slight pepperiness hidden in there, a hint of amber and a woody base. But this is really all about the oakmoss, so the success or failure of this composition for you will entirely depend upon how you feel about that particular ingredient.
Me? I'd bathe in the stuff, had I the chance, and have been known to press my nose up against the mossed trunks of trees when it's wet and the ground is loamy, just to inhale a lungful of the scent.
It dies down quite quickly but hovers close to the skin for a decent period after that. There's something almost crystalline in the clarity of the composition that reminds me of the work of Jean-Claude Ellena, which is a pretty high bar to hit. So lovely stuff overall, with the slight caveat that I'd have liked the projection of the opening to have lingered a little bit longer.
Me? I'd bathe in the stuff, had I the chance, and have been known to press my nose up against the mossed trunks of trees when it's wet and the ground is loamy, just to inhale a lungful of the scent.
It dies down quite quickly but hovers close to the skin for a decent period after that. There's something almost crystalline in the clarity of the composition that reminds me of the work of Jean-Claude Ellena, which is a pretty high bar to hit. So lovely stuff overall, with the slight caveat that I'd have liked the projection of the opening to have lingered a little bit longer.
