Private Collection - C: Woody Leather 2017

Private Collection - C: Woody Leather by Clive Christian
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8.7 / 10 125 Ratings
A popular perfume by Clive Christian for men, released in 2017. The scent is leathery-woody. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Leathery
Woody
Spicy
Smoky
Oriental

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
Mandarin orangeMandarin orange
Heart Notes Heart Notes
SaffronSaffron
Base Notes Base Notes
LeatherLeather TobaccoTobacco OudOud
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Ratings
Scent
8.7125 Ratings
Longevity
8.7114 Ratings
Sillage
8.3113 Ratings
Bottle
8.8114 Ratings
Value for money
6.182 Ratings
Submitted by OPomone, last update on 12.04.2024.

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4 in-depth fragrance descriptions
9
Bottle
8
Sillage
5
Longevity
5
Scent
AndRup

11 Reviews
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AndRup
AndRup
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Metal factory
I worked as a mechanical engineer for six years and I know what I'm talking about when I say: the scent smells of metal.

A block of steel in the vice of a milling machine. You clamp the milling cutter and start dry machining the surface of the metal. The friction causes the milling cutter to become hot. Add some drilling emulsion - it steams. After that, the scent smells.

Six years in this job, 8 hours a day in the workshop: Your clothes smell of metal, your hair smells of metal, your skin smells of metal ... and Private Collection - C: Woody Leather smells like metal.
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Sirbennyone

162 Reviews
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Sirbennyone
Sirbennyone
Helpful Review 6  
One of the strongest in the house! / Eternal comparisons with Tuscan Leather... / Are you worth it?
Hello everyone,

a little late today, I would like to say something about the Private Collection - C: Woody Leather and clear up 1 or 2 things.

At the end of the day, there are 2 things that speak in favor of Private Collection - C: Woody Leather. On the one hand, it's a really insane performance and its beautiful, round and fine tuning. There are many spicy leather fragrances out there and somehow many of them are very similar (in terms of structure, development and performance), such as Godolphin, Tuscan Leather Eau de Parfum the La Yuqawam pour Homme, for example, but none of them are anything like the Private Collection - C: Woody Leather and any friend of the fragrance will tell you that!

The rising comparisons to Tuscan Leather...?

I'll be honest, if we're talking about when the Private Collection - C: Woody Leather came out, then I might have understood and if you know real vintage versions of the Tuscan Leather Eau de Parfum, then probably - yes that fits, BUT comparisons of 22, 23 and 24 of the Private Collection - C: Woody Leather against the Tuscan Leather Eau de Parfum are in my opinion rather a pure insult...

On the price and is the fragrance worth the price....?

It's really really hard for me to say "yes man" or "100% no", because yes (!) it's already a winner (and now an important point), you can already notice the fine tuning, the high-quality aspect and you can already tell that it's the same with (most!) fragrances from the house - oh come on, we'll give you something better/more expensive...

Many houses in the niche sector, such as MFK, work primarily on a purely synthetic basis,
but here you can already notice a certain difference in quality!!!!

My conclusion on the subject of price, purchase and recommendation ...,
IF you find a leftover bottle, take it and, if possible, do NOT pay the new price,
then I recommend certain fragrances of the house, such as this one!
If I really wasn't convinced, I wouldn't recommend it to you!
And now have a nice day/evening, or whatever you read this review, LG the Benny
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(Now the same as almost always - because it's true!)

Now on the subject of luxury:

As you can see in my profile, among other things, I have really smelled many fragrances and there are fragrances where you smell a certain (partly) strong synthetic and you notice quite quickly that some fragrance houses go for quantity rather than quality and there are some where you just realize "oh come on, let's put more + better in" and you can smell this at the end of the day.

Very briefly on the subject of OVP, bottle, sprayer:

I'll make it short, I give it a 9 out of 10 in every category and I know very well that tastes are very different. So if you honestly rate this with a 7 or less... - PUH. Beautiful and very valuable lid, beautiful timeless flacon design etc. .... so I find it very difficult to rate it differently and I'm not saying this because I like a brand or not!
Now a quick word on the subject of my opinion:

I am not sponsored, influenced by anyone, receive money or anything else. I approach the subject of parfumo as I am, honestly, everything else is not mine. My real personal opinion is worth a lot to me and maybe I hope ;) that you notice that. If I don't like something, e.g. OVP, bottle, sprayer or H/S, then I communicate this!
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8.5
Scent
LeSmelleur

82 Reviews
LeSmelleur
LeSmelleur
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Nice leather
This is a scent for people who want their leather raw and spicy, with minimal adornment. It's generally similar to Mercedes Benz Le Parfum I reviewed recently, but sharper and less sweet. Another difference is that C keeps going in much the same form, while Le Parfum loses some of its leathery quality over time.

C smells like leather, wood, and smoke. It's sharp, almost too sharp, and it starts very bitter, but there is some oudy sweetness to offset the raw quality of the fragrance. Oud makes good sense in this composition. I find it nicely balanced and quite delicious.

For me, sillage is not as strong as the ratings would suggest, I would say moderate to strong, certainly not enormous. The scent is very lively though, juicy and oily.

Read more of my perfume reviews at The Scent Stories: thescentstories.substack.com
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10
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7
Sillage
8
Longevity
9
Scent
Giles

70 Reviews
Giles
Giles
Helpful Review 4  
One of the best leathers out there...
Clive Christian, overpriced? (100%), reviewed much? (not really), in the top 100 on any forums? (not that I have seen, reviewed much by those so called YouTube experts? (a little). But, this has a rating of 9/10 with 34 reviews and I totally agree with those who have bothered to rate this gem.
I have probably every leather fragrance that has been hyped, highly rated, said to be the best and some I totally agree with this but C-Woody Leather should be in everyone's top 5 leather fragrances.
This is so smooth. I mean it's compiled by Christian Provenzano that should say a lot. It lasts perfectly. You walk around with a gorgeous cloud surrounding you. It's on a par with Memo, Tom Ford, Widian, Roja Parfums, all those houses that produce great leathers. This is one of the greatest ever created.
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BertolucciKBertolucciK 4 months ago
8
Bottle
8
Sillage
8
Longevity
8
Scent
As the name suggests, it's a woody leather, which starts with mandarin, saffron and a dark expensive leather with oud and smoke in the base.
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OmnipotatoOmnipotato 4 months ago
5
Sillage
7
Longevity
8.5
Scent
"Dirty" smoky leather with light soft woods. Don't really get any mandarin or tobacco. Not the best performance for this price range.
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