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Le Grand Tour Pierre Bourdon 2015

7.9 / 10 27 Ratings

A popular perfume by Pierre Bourdon for men, released in 2015. The scent is fresh-green. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Fresh

Green

Aquatic

Woody

Citrus

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Aquatic notes Basil

Basil

Lavender

Melon

Bergamot

Geranium

Heart Notes

Fig leaf

Green tea

Magnolia

Base Notes

Musk

Tonka bean

Patchouli

Sandalwood

Perfumer

Pierre Bourdon

Ratings

Scent

7.927 Ratings

Longevity

7.223 Ratings

Sillage

6.524 Ratings

Bottle

8.132 Ratings

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Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

08/11/2020

6Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

Leimbacher
2873 Reviews

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Leimbacher

Very helpful Review 8

Melon on a City Tour

"Le Grand Tour" by master perfumer Pierre Bourdon is, despite its clear resemblance, absolutely not a copy of his own bestseller, "Green Irish Tweet." Much more, this fruity-warm signature scent is a bright, easy-going, and friendly travel companion - if one can handle watery melons and green-dull figs... which unfortunately is not the case for me!

This "grand round" is a luxurious holiday fragrance that I respect and appreciate, but do not (like to) wear. Sounds strange, but that's how it is. Cloyingly sweaty fig juice meets Mediterranean sun, unripe little fruits kiss minimal tea breezes, all underlined by balsamic patchouli. Not my thing. Nice. Beautiful. High quality. But not at all my style. And it's not just because of the exhausting, sweltering heat at the moment, which is generally less suitable for fragrance testing. But here I am sure: we will (unfortunately) not become friends anymore...

Bottle: golden, successful, simple
Sillage: defensive, a fruity-creamy veil
Longevity: despite the disgusting sweaty weather, 6 hours - with normal temperatures, there’s even more to be had!

Conclusion: Fig and melon... Phew. Two fruits that I have always struggled with. It’s no different here, in this fruity-warmer GIT cousin. Nevertheless, Bourdon manages to extract a lot despite my personal aversion... that too is masterful. Just not to my taste.

05/05/2016

7.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

DaveGahan101
535 Reviews

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DaveGahan101

Top Review 10

Monsieur Bourdon, he's already here!!!

Master perfumer Bourdon has certainly earned a star on my Walk of Fame after Green Irish Tweed! I still find French Lover and Jil Sander Sun (women's fragrance) to be unique scents, so I was more than happy to take the plunge with a blind swap... there wasn't much that could go wrong;-)!
I was all the more curious about his style in his own line... I can already reveal this much... it's a good one:-)!
Le Grand Tour is advertised on its own page with a convertible ride in the area around Portofino... well, those are already nice images... even if you'd rather keep your eyes open there... otherwise it would be called Le Fine Tour;-)! Anyway... Grand Tour starts off great, with everything you might associate with Portofino or the entire coastal area, wonderful ripe citrus fruits, a hint of watermelon (no comparison to Kenzo PH) and maritime, slightly salty notes. At temperatures around 20 degrees and sunshine, it's easy for the fragrance to delight with this top note. Everything feels elegant and very homogeneous, there is no dominant note that shapes the fragrance from start to finish, a charming mix that you already know very well, hence no grand, indulgent, and prolonged "Ahhhhh" or "Mhhhhh"! More of a solid "that's fine"! Here, the quality and value of the notes used stand out, no lab lemons, no aquatic notes from the Procter & Gamble shelf... like shower gel notes... no... it feels refined... but he emphasizes this clearly on his own page.
As it develops further, you can detect a subtle lavender and a noticeably stronger tonka bean... these two notes also flatter the nose, but that's probably the case with every fragrance, so nothing entirely new. The wonderful musk can also ultimately convince me... it all fits, but since the heart note, I increasingly suspect... you know this fragrance!!! And indeed, I know it... it combines elements from three fragrances: Allure PH, Allure PH Sport (citrus fruits and aquatic notes), and Allure Sport PH Eau Extreme (musk)... it has something from each, least of all from the regular Allure PH. Of course, none of the three fragrances are nose-wrinklers... but it's not exactly a grand olfactory spectacle either. The longevity is similar to that of the Chanel brothers, just under 6 hours, and the sillage is similarly present.
Conclusion: A beautiful fragrance, pleasing, rounded, and valuable; anyone looking for a "more valuable" and slightly finer Allure will be very well served here, especially since 100ml only costs €95, even if it unfortunately lacks the unmistakable character, so it can happily move on. The bottle and its box are made very high-quality and look a bit more impressive in the bathroom than the double Cs;-)

Statements

9 short views on the fragrance

Parma

3 years ago

7.5Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

11

10

Herb-fresh fig leaf scent. Infused with lemon & subtle, "masculine" aquatic synthetics. Base: warm sand. Similar to Good Life.

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Fischlandmen

10 years ago

10Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

9

Sandalwood and tonka beans are embraced by melons - bergamot and lavender. Wonderfully balanced and nothing makes you anxious.

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DasguteLeben

5 years ago

5

2

Grand Tour of the 80s/90s. Dihydromyrcenol & Ambroxan in abundance, just like back in the day with GIT, CW, New West. For me, unbearable, intolerable & outdated.

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