Bandit Robert Piguet 2012 Eau de Parfum

Darkness spreads
Only streetlights flicker tired
Dead silence in the small town
The bandit creeps quietly away
Into deserted green-mossy valleys
It's cold
His leather cloak warms
Dark clouds are drifting
Soft neroli rain
Pattering on his narrow face
Galbanum walls the quiet fear within him
The moss-covered lake breathes tuberoses
Slowly the haze rises
Becomes one with nature
A long day lies behind the bandit
For over 10 hours he was on his feet
His steps are heavy, but silent
Not a daily routine even for a bandit
Suddenly he hears noises
The oak moss offers protection
The noises disappear
All just imagination?
No matter!
The bandit's strength wanes
In the oakmoss he spends the night
Dreaming of more adventures...

Bandit (2012) by Robert Piguet is a very beautiful and classic chypre fragrance with a leathery touch. It goes in quite a green direction and brings what I think is a very subtle and pleasant animalic. The tuberose contained in the fragrance I usually do not like, but here it was very pleasant and discreetly built. For me, Bandit (2012) is a very special Chypre fragrance, which is also due to the leather and the well-dosed oakmoss.
The first edition of Bandit is from 1944 and it was one of the first fragrances of this house. Unfortunately, the 1944 version is only expensive and hard to come by today. After a reissued eau de toilette from 1999 was not particularly well received, then came in 2012 this version of Bandit on the market and was again a great success, which is also relatively close to the original version. Unfortunately, Bandit (2012) was also discontinued again some time ago.

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