Pi Givenchy 1999 Eau de Toilette

In my opinion, this fragrance ekes out an existence on the fringes of the perfume community (holistically, not just meaning Parfumo). It gets attention, it's not really recommended and it doesn't appear in any lists of YouTubers, even though they produce a new video every week: Top Designer, Top Herbt, Top Winter, Top Gourmands, Top P-L Crackers, Top Tuesday Fragrances etc. No Pi Eau de Toilette .
So after 1.5 years of Parfumo's existence, I actually tested it in a large store that operates quite well on the intermediate level between a perfumery chain and a drugstore And I was immediately convinced that it was a special fragrance.

The fragrance is from 1999, and we know that age is no reason to be talked about and coveted in the perfume community. So my beloved Platinum Égoïste Eau de Toilette pops up in the ticker almost daily. Fortunately.
But why has this fragrance been more or less forgotten?
Is it because of the bottle, of which we don't really know what Givenchy is trying to say? Is it because the marketing of G in favor of the Gentleman range and the Gentleman Society range puts this fragrance on the sidelines? Then again, Chanel is no longer marketing Platinum Égoïste Eau de Toilette and Égoïste Eau de Toilette. We perfume lovers are like truffle pigs and find what's good. We don't really need marketing. I can't figure out why this fragrance isn't a community treasure.
But I don't want to exploit this astonishment too much. After all, the fragrance is currently rated 7.9. That's more than decent. This corresponds to the rating of Fahrenheit Eau de Toilette and Allure Homme Sport Eau de Toilette. A fragrance like Dior Homme (2020) Eau de Toilette, which is rejected but at the same time celebrated (including by me), i.e. polarizing, is also mentioned on a daily basis.
However, there are 59 reviews and over 2000 perfumers have the fragrance in their wardrobe. That doesn't sound like a forgotten fragrance, even if I don't notice it being mentioned, discussed and coveted.
Anyway, just out of a sense of justice, I wish the fragrance would get more attention and even more. The even-more follows below.
Now to the fragrance:
The fragrance starts warm, stays warm, but also has cooling and light aspects that ensure that it does not become too heavy. I can't tell you exactly what this fragrance smells like, as I can directly identify mint in a Guerlain Homme Eau de Parfum and iris as the main player in a Gentleman Givenchy Réserve Privée. However, the search term "benzoin" gives me the description "warm, sweet, vanilla-like". Then it must be benzoin as the main accord. The fragrance remains linear, which is not an oversight if, like me, you love what you smell. You can also identify the four scent notes, but with this fragrance in particular, where the composition is decisive, it is pointless to say that I smell this or that. Overall, this is a warm, woody and yet restrainedly sweet companion that can somehow be considered a mixture of cuddly fragrance and office fragrance. The fragrance is suitable for both occasions.
I don't know the DNA. My first association was only that this fragrance is the more serious, less loud older brother of The One for Men Eau de Parfum. But you can't say that they smell similar. It reminds me of the D&G, the community seems to see it differently.

Those who use very loud fragrances will probably find it too quiet. This is also the transition to my next wish:
When I think of sticky, sweet fragrances like Emporio Armani - Stronger With You or 1 Million Parfum, I wish that this fragrance would catch on. It is an enrichment to have sweet fragrances alongside green, spicy, fresh and woody men's fragrances. We have the pioneers Joop! Homme Eau de Toilette and Le Mâle Eau de Toilette to thank for establishing sweet men's fragrances. But as is the case, there are also imbalances and exaggerations when entire subway carriages in major German cities smell of funfairs and candy floss all year round. A fragrance like Pi Eau de Toilette should set a precedent in that sweet fragrances can also be different: Restrained, elegant, with a certain woody note and without smelling like km.

If you don't know this fragrance, we recommend giving it a try before it disappears from the shelves forever.
I am very happy about this find. A bottle that I can't do much with aesthetically, because it reminds me of my grandma's bottles back then, now adorns my perfume wardrobe - permanently. Thank you, Givenchy!