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In Short, Spicy Cedarwood with Lime and Orange
I tried this about a year ago, and it's been on my short list for possible fb purchase. So glad I bought a sample. It's not working for me at all. It sort of reminds me of L'Or Torrente, but without the warm coffee note...leaving lots of hollow pencil shavings and orange rinds tossed about the floor. I get a rustic kind of coriander, ginger spice mixture and I absolutely abhor it when people say that a fragrance smells like "A GrandMa/Old Lady" fragrance- since I am getting up there in years, not only is it not really descriptive- but my Grandmother with her sex bomb "Youthdew" and Vetyver fragrances, seemed to rock my Grandfather's world for 70 years...possibly longer since they lived to be nearly 100. So, I am not going to comment on the appropriate age group for this fragrance or gender...it's All and Both. It's just not for me. I felt it was too cedary, too orange-rindy and too Ambergrisy for my taste, but like everything from the House of Penhaligon, worth sampling. Inspite of being too much of some key notes, the sillage is watery but detectable about a ft. (30.48 cm) away when you move through space and it last for several hours at a lower volume adding a dry, woody, cinnamon and gingery pepper note to the skin- somehow though, the combination just doesn't excite me like Diptyque L'eau or Jo Malone's Nutmeg & Ginger, or Molton Brown's Black Pepper, all of which, "If I were a Rich Man...yada dada da da da..."I would be wearing right now...all day, every day. Seriously though, there is a bit of stuffiness and British refinery in this that really screams "Cucumber Sandwich, crumpet, Earl Grey...haberdashery." In spite of the spices which cool and blend into a trunk of antiquities, the orris root and musk behave rather politely on the right Gal or Guy- this probably spells of Kasbah markets fragrance with curry blends, rich hand carved woods and the finest silks.
Top Notes 
Earl Grey tea
Lemon
Coriander
Heart Notes 
Ginger
Cardamom
Nutmeg
Rose
Iris
Base Notes 
Musk
Amber
Sandalwood
Shemsmeller
