Top Notes 
Blood orange
Rhubarb
Mastic
Reseda
Heart Notes 
Egyptian geranium
Indian ginger
Pine needle
Sandalwood
Base Notes 
Atlas cedar
Cypress
Labdanum
Patchouli10/30/2024
HMan
1 Review
HMan
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Great take on a modern fougere
@EvitaVilla I get why many don't like this one. At first blush it's another crass, loud, hair chested fougere a la Sauvage. It's super interesting to me that a lady would go for this, but then, when you remove expectations, that's what happens. :)
I got a sample of this when it first came out, and was pretty disappointed, this isn't a Le Galion scent, is what I felt. But having just received a 10 ml sample along with a recent purchase, I think I get it now that my expectations from it have settled.
This is exactly what the brief asks it to be. In the same way that the original Eau Noble could be seen as a riff on Eau Sauvage, this follow up is a riff on Sauvage. Now I wouldn't want to have to choose between the original two, they are both great, but I'll take this any day over the modern Sauvage.
Come into this scent looking at it that way, and maybe one's perspective changes. Of course you have to like this kind of aromatic scent. I personally do, but at the same time, it's very easy for them to feel a bit ham fisted and cliche. Here, the way the sour, fresh, and green notes come together works very well for me. If I were going to have this kind of scent in my collection, this would be a contender. Sometimes one just wants to relish in something a bit brash after all.
I got a sample of this when it first came out, and was pretty disappointed, this isn't a Le Galion scent, is what I felt. But having just received a 10 ml sample along with a recent purchase, I think I get it now that my expectations from it have settled.
This is exactly what the brief asks it to be. In the same way that the original Eau Noble could be seen as a riff on Eau Sauvage, this follow up is a riff on Sauvage. Now I wouldn't want to have to choose between the original two, they are both great, but I'll take this any day over the modern Sauvage.
Come into this scent looking at it that way, and maybe one's perspective changes. Of course you have to like this kind of aromatic scent. I personally do, but at the same time, it's very easy for them to feel a bit ham fisted and cliche. Here, the way the sour, fresh, and green notes come together works very well for me. If I were going to have this kind of scent in my collection, this would be a contender. Sometimes one just wants to relish in something a bit brash after all.
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