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In A Cold Winter Night
A powerhouse fragrance from the beginning of the 80s designed to attract attention, in a way that current idols like Sauvage or One Million will never be able to.
If you are under 40, move on, this is not for you.
If you are like me, old, you love cold winter nights, and you want something totally different than the usual men's fragrances of today, then maybe you have found it.
In any case, this is not for everyone.
Perhaps that's the reason of the difficulty to find a bottle, and if you find, you pay a lot.
And i mean a lot.
More than 100 euro for 100 ml.
Is it worth the cost?
Absolutely.
If you are under 40, move on, this is not for you.
If you are like me, old, you love cold winter nights, and you want something totally different than the usual men's fragrances of today, then maybe you have found it.
In any case, this is not for everyone.
Perhaps that's the reason of the difficulty to find a bottle, and if you find, you pay a lot.
And i mean a lot.
More than 100 euro for 100 ml.
Is it worth the cost?
Absolutely.
A mix that shoudn't go far, yet, it qonquers all.
In an ebony horse headed gorgeous bottle put a little bit of Arrogance Homme Eau De Parfum (vintage version), Black Hascish, and Encre Noire.
Shake them.
Let them reveal completely their secrets inside.
Spray once, twice.
Enough.
Dress in a total black, leather jacket, boots.
Play Wojciech Kilar - Love Remembered.
Now, no one can resist you.
10 in 10.
In everything.
Shake them.
Let them reveal completely their secrets inside.
Spray once, twice.
Enough.
Dress in a total black, leather jacket, boots.
Play Wojciech Kilar - Love Remembered.
Now, no one can resist you.
10 in 10.
In everything.
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A Versatile Cosmopolitan Gentleman
Raymond Chaillan is a Frenchman who worked in the industry for more than 6 decades.
He was even the President of the Société Française des Parfumeurs from 1995 to 1997, and still participates as a member of the Comité Directeur.
That being said, the guy has created some really famous perfumes like Ho Hang or YSL Pour Homme in the 70s, Monsieur Carven in the 80s, and Boucheron in the 90s.
What about this one, Marbert Man?
First of all, i have the Eau de Cologne (splash) version, and i own one bottle of 120ml, one of 50ml, five bottles of 30ml.
I can't get enough of this orange juice.
With the opening i get an intense combination of artemisia (mugwort), bergamot, lavender, the basil and the lemon i see listed here in Parfumo are not so strong.
About an hour and a half, what happens next is amazing, as the middle notes come to life, i feel a warm feeling all over me, especially inside my mind & heart.
Took me a lot of time to figure out why i feell like this.
Honey.
In general, i never quite liked honey in perfumes, but here is so well blended, so well made, that i just can't resist.
Imagine all those amazing honey commercials, where you see this orange velvet liquid shining like it is the most precious thing in the world, immediately you want to have it, taste it.
Marbert Man's honey has the same impact for me, mentally, emotionally.
As the dry down comes slowly, but surely, i get the feeling of the era that Chaillan created this, leather, patchouli, moss, musk, an unmistakeable combo of the masculine-macho 70s.
Projection is amazing for a cologne and the longevity more than excellent, in my skin stays more than 14 hours.
Marbert Man comes from 1977 and it shows that, but is (and forever will be) and elegant gentleman who can travel around the world and time, without being too flashy or too provocative.
Or macho.
The opposite.
A versatile, thoughtful, French born German, who may be tall, muscular, and scary, but is educated, soft spoken, and kind as well.
And all of these stories he is about to tell you through the years he lived, the places he had been, the knowledge..
Well..
Do not miss the chance to meet him.
Do not be afraid of his size or strength.
He is Unique.
He was even the President of the Société Française des Parfumeurs from 1995 to 1997, and still participates as a member of the Comité Directeur.
That being said, the guy has created some really famous perfumes like Ho Hang or YSL Pour Homme in the 70s, Monsieur Carven in the 80s, and Boucheron in the 90s.
What about this one, Marbert Man?
First of all, i have the Eau de Cologne (splash) version, and i own one bottle of 120ml, one of 50ml, five bottles of 30ml.
I can't get enough of this orange juice.
With the opening i get an intense combination of artemisia (mugwort), bergamot, lavender, the basil and the lemon i see listed here in Parfumo are not so strong.
About an hour and a half, what happens next is amazing, as the middle notes come to life, i feel a warm feeling all over me, especially inside my mind & heart.
Took me a lot of time to figure out why i feell like this.
Honey.
In general, i never quite liked honey in perfumes, but here is so well blended, so well made, that i just can't resist.
Imagine all those amazing honey commercials, where you see this orange velvet liquid shining like it is the most precious thing in the world, immediately you want to have it, taste it.
Marbert Man's honey has the same impact for me, mentally, emotionally.
As the dry down comes slowly, but surely, i get the feeling of the era that Chaillan created this, leather, patchouli, moss, musk, an unmistakeable combo of the masculine-macho 70s.
Projection is amazing for a cologne and the longevity more than excellent, in my skin stays more than 14 hours.
Marbert Man comes from 1977 and it shows that, but is (and forever will be) and elegant gentleman who can travel around the world and time, without being too flashy or too provocative.
Or macho.
The opposite.
A versatile, thoughtful, French born German, who may be tall, muscular, and scary, but is educated, soft spoken, and kind as well.
And all of these stories he is about to tell you through the years he lived, the places he had been, the knowledge..
Well..
Do not miss the chance to meet him.
Do not be afraid of his size or strength.
He is Unique.
The tale of an English Aristocrat from an Italian point of view
Arbiter for Men was a blind buy.
So, when i tried it i didn't have great expectations.
In the beginning i felt a huge amount of lemon, sporadically the middle notes started to take control in a darker way, and in the end the dry down mixed with lavender took me to another era, another century, another country.
It's like some perfumer from Italy created a masculine perfume to remind him the old Dukes or Aristocrats from England, even if he had never met one.
Or Jack the Ripper.
In any case, the perfume itself has a mediocre sillage, a good longevity, and a rare quality that you have difficulties to find in the present days.
Of course it shows it's age, it's from the 40s.
But some of the great noir films came from this period, as well.
If you are under 45 years old, stay away, probably you will never understand it or even like it.
The rest, me included in my 52s, will appreciate the unusual smell of a fake, but equally good and well mannered, impostor.
So, when i tried it i didn't have great expectations.
In the beginning i felt a huge amount of lemon, sporadically the middle notes started to take control in a darker way, and in the end the dry down mixed with lavender took me to another era, another century, another country.
It's like some perfumer from Italy created a masculine perfume to remind him the old Dukes or Aristocrats from England, even if he had never met one.
Or Jack the Ripper.
In any case, the perfume itself has a mediocre sillage, a good longevity, and a rare quality that you have difficulties to find in the present days.
Of course it shows it's age, it's from the 40s.
But some of the great noir films came from this period, as well.
If you are under 45 years old, stay away, probably you will never understand it or even like it.
The rest, me included in my 52s, will appreciate the unusual smell of a fake, but equally good and well mannered, impostor.
