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01/13/2020
Oceansprince
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Oceansprince
Woody in sweet-less dirty heart
I think a review could be fair only if you have a huge experience and knowledge. So you can recognize and analyze the facts right.. I will just write my humble opinion.. Especially at 2010 when Herve from Avon released i was just a enthusiastic perfume collector, who just let my inexperience senses decide what is nice or not. As the decades pass things are maybe lil better.
My first impression for this manly, woody, leathery, smoky perfume wasn’t so good. Was very loud and raw for my age and for what i used to smell until that moment. The scent is spice, leathery and later woody- smoky. Totally unsweetened, dirty. At the dry down become more soft but still unbalanced. Reminds me the unbalanced of encre noire but without the fresh, cool cypress- cashmere wood... just the raw dirty smoky wood, with lil more woods and amber in it. Few times i thought that it make so bad chemistry with my skin. Then i try to my clothes, result was worst. Bad smell for me. Heavy dirty wood, also a small feeling of ruined mint and like arm- pit, not mine...
The performance is linear with small differences to dry down and never become so attractive, even at cold winter days. I decide to let it as a part of my collection.
Few years ago i try to layering my perfumes and some results were really good. I never try to ruin some legend perfumes, i think isn’t fair to do that.
one day i try again the herve leger homme and i wonder about the missing ingredient from this perfume. Then i was looking from my collection to find the perfect match . Probably a pinch from other woody frag should give better balance and sweetness without to make it sweet.
I decide to try with my favorite woody legendary fragrance and i was hope to give a more resiny fresh result.
I hope to rebirth a new, third perfume and not a second version from one of the two. Wooow!! Herve leger really shine from first minute.. A natural cedar, woody resin fragrance is there and stay for many hours. Make my signature scent more rich, natural, mysterious, unique... Nothing smell like this, i never had this woody, fresh, natural experience from cedar , pine forest with a pinch of peper- menthol . The most important, the result isn’t heavy cause of the mix. Become perfectly natural and clean..
I truly search to my mind where is the one frag and where is the other. I couldn’t find none... The result comes new , more natural and strong, without any mention of technical ingredients...better silage, amazing longevity for all day long. Next days i try again.. WOOW!! I didn’t expect to prefer this layered frag among my favorite hermes perfume...
When i wear it many people from work ask me what is this perfume and I really don’t know what to say. Its a mix and you cannot find it maybe? Herve leger homme is discontinued .. i found from ebay 2 bottles and purchase ..( weird, because I couldn’t imagine to do that until then)
That was the way to understand the quality of Herve and its authentic aura, cause of the mix. Its like a very good quality ingredient that missing the other half from Hermes to become Perfect!
So, lets say my opinion about Herve apart. After this success mix, i change my mind for herve leger homme to one click positive. Maybe is not for my taste but i appreciate the good quality and the simplicity. Still is not easy choice.
Herve leger homme by its own had projection for 4 hours and as a skin scent for 6 more. But if you don’t like a perfume you don’t care about performance, you wish to get rid of it.
For the scent 6/10
For silage 7/10
Longevity 7/10
Bottle 7/10
My first impression for this manly, woody, leathery, smoky perfume wasn’t so good. Was very loud and raw for my age and for what i used to smell until that moment. The scent is spice, leathery and later woody- smoky. Totally unsweetened, dirty. At the dry down become more soft but still unbalanced. Reminds me the unbalanced of encre noire but without the fresh, cool cypress- cashmere wood... just the raw dirty smoky wood, with lil more woods and amber in it. Few times i thought that it make so bad chemistry with my skin. Then i try to my clothes, result was worst. Bad smell for me. Heavy dirty wood, also a small feeling of ruined mint and like arm- pit, not mine...
The performance is linear with small differences to dry down and never become so attractive, even at cold winter days. I decide to let it as a part of my collection.
Few years ago i try to layering my perfumes and some results were really good. I never try to ruin some legend perfumes, i think isn’t fair to do that.
one day i try again the herve leger homme and i wonder about the missing ingredient from this perfume. Then i was looking from my collection to find the perfect match . Probably a pinch from other woody frag should give better balance and sweetness without to make it sweet.
I decide to try with my favorite woody legendary fragrance and i was hope to give a more resiny fresh result.
I hope to rebirth a new, third perfume and not a second version from one of the two. Wooow!! Herve leger really shine from first minute.. A natural cedar, woody resin fragrance is there and stay for many hours. Make my signature scent more rich, natural, mysterious, unique... Nothing smell like this, i never had this woody, fresh, natural experience from cedar , pine forest with a pinch of peper- menthol . The most important, the result isn’t heavy cause of the mix. Become perfectly natural and clean..
I truly search to my mind where is the one frag and where is the other. I couldn’t find none... The result comes new , more natural and strong, without any mention of technical ingredients...better silage, amazing longevity for all day long. Next days i try again.. WOOW!! I didn’t expect to prefer this layered frag among my favorite hermes perfume...
When i wear it many people from work ask me what is this perfume and I really don’t know what to say. Its a mix and you cannot find it maybe? Herve leger homme is discontinued .. i found from ebay 2 bottles and purchase ..( weird, because I couldn’t imagine to do that until then)
That was the way to understand the quality of Herve and its authentic aura, cause of the mix. Its like a very good quality ingredient that missing the other half from Hermes to become Perfect!
So, lets say my opinion about Herve apart. After this success mix, i change my mind for herve leger homme to one click positive. Maybe is not for my taste but i appreciate the good quality and the simplicity. Still is not easy choice.
Herve leger homme by its own had projection for 4 hours and as a skin scent for 6 more. But if you don’t like a perfume you don’t care about performance, you wish to get rid of it.
For the scent 6/10
For silage 7/10
Longevity 7/10
Bottle 7/10
