Horizon Oriza L. Legrand 1925
2
Musty in a good way
Intriguing and multifaceted patchouli scent with a masculine-leaning secondhand bookshop vibe. The opening is out-of-this-world potent, bordering on overwhelming, but it quickly calms down to something more elegant.
However, it calms down a bit too much for my tastes: I initially wrote a Statement on Horizon that I had to delete because I falsely accused it of having poor longevity. After around three hours I could only kinda-sorta detect it on my sweater. However, I ended up smelling it on my skin—rather prominently in fact—when I went to bed 12 hours after application. So I've changed my assessment to excellent longevity, rubbish sillage.
With that said, Horizon is still a cracking perfume, from a purely scent perspective. It's along the same lines as Coromandel, but with more to chew on. If earthy, gourmand-adjacent patchoulis are your thing, you should definitely give it a whirl—perhaps you'll have better luck with the performance.
However, it calms down a bit too much for my tastes: I initially wrote a Statement on Horizon that I had to delete because I falsely accused it of having poor longevity. After around three hours I could only kinda-sorta detect it on my sweater. However, I ended up smelling it on my skin—rather prominently in fact—when I went to bed 12 hours after application. So I've changed my assessment to excellent longevity, rubbish sillage.
With that said, Horizon is still a cracking perfume, from a purely scent perspective. It's along the same lines as Coromandel, but with more to chew on. If earthy, gourmand-adjacent patchoulis are your thing, you should definitely give it a whirl—perhaps you'll have better luck with the performance.
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