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Florelle Imortelle Pure Presence 1993

7.8 / 10 19 Ratings

A popular perfume by Pure Presence for men, released in 1993. The scent is floral-green. It is being marketed by Interparfums.
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Main accords

Floral

Green

Woody

Citrus

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Spices

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Vervain

Grass

Vaporized Hinge

Base Notes

Woods

Perfumer

Richard Herpin

Ratings

Scent

7.819 Ratings

Longevity

7.717 Ratings

Sillage

7.017 Ratings

Bottle

7.730 Ratings

Submitted by Muenchner · last update on 12/01/2022.

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Eau Sauvage Eau de Toilette

Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

08/25/2015

Platinum1
59 Reviews

Platinum1

4

~ Discreet Gentleman ~

~ I admit it was the elegant sapphire blue bottle that drew my attention to this Gentleman. This is the quintessential safe-scent with it's pleasant mandarin citrus sillage a dash of detectable spice from the cumin and a faint musky dry down. For the modest price if you are conservative on the trigger and discreet in personality this will be a perfect addition on your shelf. If you are loyal to Eau Sauvage and Pour Monsieur this tasteful bottle will compliment those classics nicely.
Kind Regards, Plat ~

05/05/2012

7Scent 10Longevity 7.5Sillage

Apicius
1328 Reviews

Apicius

Helpful Review 3

New York everyday scent?

Isn't it interesting to take a peek at what is going on on the other side of the Atlantic ocean? Is there a different style present in those perfumes sold in the USA and not in Europe? Thanks to Aromi, I can now sample this New York gentleman. Brooks Brothers perfumes are almost not available over here since this brand seems not to be present on the European market.

New York Gentleman is very reasonably priced, and I would call it mainstream. It is a light floral and herbaceous masculine perfume, its style comes near to i.e. Knize Two. What makes the florals acceptable in a man's perfume here is the fact that everything around it is rather sharp and almost biting. This sharpness cannot be met very often in contemporary perfumes – I think it is a concept of the past.

Nevertheless, New York is a very good choice for an everyday perfume. Despite the floral side, it is in no way exotic or outstanding. It can go through as a kind of typical gent's cologne the sort that would not raise a lot of questions or comments. I imagine the typical consumer for New York Gentleman would be somebody who does not care too much about his cologne. Somebody who will just use it up once he bought it without giving it a second thought.

Actually, I do not very much like the top and heart notes. They are not balanced, they are sharp and they fail to raise any fascination. Sniffing at the skin is not so nice – but the men who I think would go for this Gentlemen wouldn't do that anyway.

But New York Gentleman is not a complete failure. Its attractiveness comes from the base note. It is rather aromatic musk, oakmoss and some vetiver, not the woods currently mentioned in the pyramid here. The base note is just perfect. It has that kind of masculinity that I find very physical and quite sexy. This base note really works as a backbone for the complete development. During the beginning and the heart notes, it brings together everything else. You will not notice it when sniffing on the skin after applying, but it is very much present in the projection a little while after applying. So, New York Gentlemen does have some silage, and it belongs to those perfumes that are only beautiful when sensed not directly near the skin during the first hours of the development. Longevity is very good, and as the top and heart notes fade away, they leave more and more room to the beautiful base.

Personally, I would not change this perfume against my Knize Two, but considering the price, New York Gentleman is recommendable. You get a good value for your money, even if you might have to compromise a little bit.

11/15/2017

6Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

loewenherz
919 Reviews

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loewenherz

Helpful Review 4

I Wish I Could Have Liked It

The legendary New York men's outfitter Brooks Brothers is one of those famous addresses that you can hardly ignore if you are interested in classic men's attire. And at least for western-oriented clothing, it is one of the very few non-European ones. Even Clark Gable and Cary Grant, Andy Warhol, and numerous U.S. presidents have shopped here; the button-down shirt and the seersucker suit were invented here (although the latter will likely always remain a curiosity for non-Americans). In short: Brooks Brothers is an institution far beyond New York City.

Do you know that feeling when you come across a store or a label that you would - for whatever sometimes strange reasons - like to like? In fact, every time I pass a Brooks Brothers store (there are only a few in Europe), I go in - but I have never bought anything there except for a frustration tie. The reason for this is quite simple: Brooks Brothers is an American manufacturer, and American suits and shirts are cut quite differently than European ones. If you love English or Italian suits, you initially feel out of place in Brooks Brothers.

Perfumes are not part of Brooks Brothers' original product portfolio; they have only been available there for just under ten years. And from what it looks like (or rather smells like), the development of perfume expertise is not a priority there. So far, the house has released nineteen fragrances - and they are typical 'complementary scents' from a clothing manufacturer that simply needed a bit of pretty, seemingly traditional impulse-buy items for the checkout counter: sweet, face-less, pretentious, and uninspired. This one is almost the most exciting among them - and as thrilling as a wrinkle-free shirt.

Conclusion: nothing about New York Gentlemen is inferior or bad - but everything is simply uninspired and mediocre. The underlying idea. The execution. The longevity. The price. Even the bottle. Citrusy is its opening, green-herbaceous without accentuated bitterness is its mid-development, warm-woody is its base - one could certainly do something with that if one wanted to. But if one doesn't want to, one doesn't even try: the core competency of the house is business attire - and it is evidently meant to remain that way for a long time. It's a shame really, because at least this one I would have liked to like.