04/26/2015
ColinM
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ColinM
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Unusual shades of green
O pour Homme by Lancome is a not-that-groundbreaking yet quite fascinating crisp green-woody scent that seems to me fairly ahead of its time, albeit sadly a bit cheap at the same time. Despite having been composed by another nose (or I think so), I feel this shares undoubtedly several notes and nuances with Lancome’s Miracle Homme. Most of all I smell quite the exact same type of astringent, flowers-infused woody accord with some slight citrusy nuances (rosewood, I think), here paired with a really beautiful and subtle sort of tea note, and a truly compelling green bitter-crunchy accord. All supported by a subtle musky base (I think it’s that wheat note?). So it’s a green scent for sure overall, but quite unique and different from many others, if not most of them; less fresh – actually not fresh at all for me, more floral (this meaning more wet and more “botanical” if that makes sense), more musky, with some extremely pleasant darker and even gourmandish nuances. Surprisingly I don’t get any peach out of this, at least not clearly, but focusing on what it seems to me a “tea” note, I guess that may be due to peach – I mean, peach and green notes and woods, I guess it may likely create some “tea-like” accord. Well anyway, quite a nice scent; versatile, effortless, elegant, bracing and as I said, similar to Miracle Homme to some extent, just greener (a similarity which will be even more clear on the drydown). Maybe a tad cheap but a nice, compelling, kind of “pastel” and breezy take on theme green-woody theme.
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