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Woody Spicy Masterpiece
I don't know why i never made a review of this one. A favourite of mine, probably top 3 actually.
Jean Claude Éllena made his most iconic and influential creation in 1998. Déclaration DNA is still present in many contemporary fragrances such as Narciso Rodriguez Bleu Noir, Terre D'Hermès, Dunhill Icon, and so on...
Funny enough, in the same year, S.T.Dupont lauched Pour Homme, created by Gérard Anthony (who made Azzaro pour Homme, XS pour homme and Balenciaga pour homme), which shares similarities with Déclaration. Both have a pencil shavings smell, a floral heart and some citruses. But the S.T.Dupont falls flat and after a couple of minutes, it became a shadow of itself and turns boring and weak.
Déclaration, has a beautiful drydown, with white musks, cedarwood and cardamom. There's some vetiver underneath but it's not very strong. The opening it's also magestic with the green cardamom giving it's lemony facet and also a smoky nuance. There's right away a strong cedar note that emerges and gives the pencil shavings kinda smell.
As it dries down, the pièce de résistence appears. The cumin note, very polarizing and the one that makes this fragrance more unique and controversial. I will say that the cardamom is pretty close with cumin and, for the most part, i smell more cardamom than cumin, but years ago, when i started this journey, i remember being intrigued and fascinated by the cumin note.
The so-called BO smell that cumin usually provides is kinda there but not exaggerated or pushed forward. Just a little bit of that funkyness to provid uniqueness.
Performance is good. 6-8h with a nice bubble around you.
A masterpiece, a statement.
5/5
Jean Claude Éllena made his most iconic and influential creation in 1998. Déclaration DNA is still present in many contemporary fragrances such as Narciso Rodriguez Bleu Noir, Terre D'Hermès, Dunhill Icon, and so on...
Funny enough, in the same year, S.T.Dupont lauched Pour Homme, created by Gérard Anthony (who made Azzaro pour Homme, XS pour homme and Balenciaga pour homme), which shares similarities with Déclaration. Both have a pencil shavings smell, a floral heart and some citruses. But the S.T.Dupont falls flat and after a couple of minutes, it became a shadow of itself and turns boring and weak.
Déclaration, has a beautiful drydown, with white musks, cedarwood and cardamom. There's some vetiver underneath but it's not very strong. The opening it's also magestic with the green cardamom giving it's lemony facet and also a smoky nuance. There's right away a strong cedar note that emerges and gives the pencil shavings kinda smell.
As it dries down, the pièce de résistence appears. The cumin note, very polarizing and the one that makes this fragrance more unique and controversial. I will say that the cardamom is pretty close with cumin and, for the most part, i smell more cardamom than cumin, but years ago, when i started this journey, i remember being intrigued and fascinated by the cumin note.
The so-called BO smell that cumin usually provides is kinda there but not exaggerated or pushed forward. Just a little bit of that funkyness to provid uniqueness.
Performance is good. 6-8h with a nice bubble around you.
A masterpiece, a statement.
5/5
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