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Pierre Bourdon, the man who composed the controversial yet brilliant Kouros, who created one of the most successful and frequently copied fragrances with Cool Water, this man and no less should develop a 'great' masculine perfume for Frederic Malle....

My God, what is going on with Guerlain?! I assume they wanted a piece of the mass market pie as well, and not just to occupy the exclusive corner. Yes, and what did they do at Guerlain... they took a look at what young men do in their free time and found:...

Recently, I received a bottle of this little masterpiece dressed in lemon-yellow felt, still in its original packaging and estimated to be about 30 years old, if not older. The fragrance is in surprisingly good condition, and the famous strong citrus...

Hard to imagine how a perfume like this must have impacted its time, when ladies preferred rose scents and gentlemen stuck to a classic Eau de Cologne at most. Into this olfactorily tame era, Jicky burst forth, uncompromisingly modern,...

This fragrance was dedicated by Annick Goutal to her husband, the cellist Alain Meunier, in memory of the vacations they spent together in Corsica. The central theme of the perfume is the ubiquitous 'Macchie', or 'Macchia', a yellow-flowering, evergreen,...

Chanel's first perfume for men, and also the only one created under Coco Chanel's supervision - if this fragrance isn't a classic, then which one is? Character-wise, it is an Eau de Cologne - fresh, citrusy - combined with a classic Chypre...

A few years before the launch of 'Égoïste', the perfume was already available under the name 'Bois Noir' exclusively at Chanel boutiques. Jacques Wertheimer and his perfumer Jacques Polge reportedly did not originally intend to create...

A slightly less masculine variant of 'Aramis', which itself was the more masculine version of the already quite masculine 'Cabochard'. All three fragrances were composed by Bernard Chant, all three are strong, floral leather chypres in the lineage...

Anyone who wants to know where two more Roudnitska classics, namely Eau Sauvage and Diorella, come from must return to this early work of the great perfumer. A fresh Chypre with citrus and green nuances, and subtle sweetness, in classic Eau de Cologne...

... how I hated you when you hit the market in the early 80s! And the wearers of this fragrance right along with you. For years, Kouros (alongside Poison) was for me the epitome of bad, overpowering perfume. At some point, a few years ago, I don't...

This fragrance has everything that a truly great scent must have: inspiration, refinement, and a brilliant composition of harmonious and dissonant elements: the fresh top notes contrasted with mint, the floral heart notes accented with spicy touches,...

.... good ole Mitsouko may not be quite as oakmossy anymore - I still love it! I believe Eduard Fléchier really did a great job, and the alternative would have been to stop producing Mitsouko altogether (as has now happened with Parure!). No, I am glad...