Top Notes 
Air accord
Bergamot
Cardamom
Heart Notes 
Cypress
Labdanum
Smoked fir
Weymouth pine
Base Notes 
Gaiac wood
Palo Santo
Patchouli
Sandalwood
Smirky
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Crisp mountain hike at sunrise, if only it lasted
Guy Fox describes Palmer as a crisp mountain hike at sunrise. Believe it or not, that's pretty descriptive of the opening. In the background, there are conifers but very subdued. You won't end up smelling like a Christmas tree with Palmer. The conifer scent is dispersed, as if you were taking that hike in a pine forest on a cold and windy day. The wind disperses the pine scent so you get freshness with only a tiny touch of pine.
That said, this very nice, unusual and fitting-the-description opening was quite mild for me. Perhaps I was nose blind? I had to get my nose close to my skin to really pick up the scent. As it dried down, Palmer did get stronger, but not with the opening. It began to morph into a sandalwood-y type of scent, very similar to the far dry down of Primo. Pretty average scent at this point. Not statement making at all, so it would work anywhere and is versatile.
Regarding performance, the projection, as mentioned above, was pretty weak for the unique opening scent but became moderate as the dry down progressed and the woody scent appeared. Longevity was good, still a decent skin scent at the 8 to 9 hour mark. Overall though, not impressed.
UPDATE (1/18/2025): I've completed testing all of the Guy Fox fragrances available in their two sample sets. One set is for the "Founder's Reserve" Collection while the other contains all their standard releases. Here's my ranking of all of them, with a few notes:
First group, ranked in order of my preference. These are the top Guy Fox fumes in my book - full bottle worthy, with Nightcap being the best:
1. Nightcap
2. Fairway
3. Vince
4. Nelson
Second group, no rank or order, just grouped together. Nice scents. I like them, but not enough to buy a FB:
Aspen
Primo
Mikul
Jefe
Preston
Third group, no rank or order, just grouped together. OK, somewhat generic. Mediocre performance for some:
Palmer
Tyler
Marra
JP
Fourth group. Just plain awful. Was almost a scrubber for me:
Riviera
That said, this very nice, unusual and fitting-the-description opening was quite mild for me. Perhaps I was nose blind? I had to get my nose close to my skin to really pick up the scent. As it dried down, Palmer did get stronger, but not with the opening. It began to morph into a sandalwood-y type of scent, very similar to the far dry down of Primo. Pretty average scent at this point. Not statement making at all, so it would work anywhere and is versatile.
Regarding performance, the projection, as mentioned above, was pretty weak for the unique opening scent but became moderate as the dry down progressed and the woody scent appeared. Longevity was good, still a decent skin scent at the 8 to 9 hour mark. Overall though, not impressed.
UPDATE (1/18/2025): I've completed testing all of the Guy Fox fragrances available in their two sample sets. One set is for the "Founder's Reserve" Collection while the other contains all their standard releases. Here's my ranking of all of them, with a few notes:
First group, ranked in order of my preference. These are the top Guy Fox fumes in my book - full bottle worthy, with Nightcap being the best:
1. Nightcap
2. Fairway
3. Vince
4. Nelson
Second group, no rank or order, just grouped together. Nice scents. I like them, but not enough to buy a FB:
Aspen
Primo
Mikul
Jefe
Preston
Third group, no rank or order, just grouped together. OK, somewhat generic. Mediocre performance for some:
Palmer
Tyler
Marra
JP
Fourth group. Just plain awful. Was almost a scrubber for me:
Riviera
Updated on 01/18/2026
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