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laujoy – :
Divinely fresh and bay like…or as my mother in law says: “You smell like ratatouille”
I agree, but I love a good ratatouille and I LOVE this Monocle
Deenn – :
This smells like dill. The first half an hour you smell nothing but authentic dill. Very green and although i am a fan of green and herb fragrances, i found the opening part to be flat and quite uninspiring because it was all about well…dill. It then becomes friendlier, the laurel, lemon, galbanum and the woods join the party aswell and you start getting and understanding the comparison to french lover but its not enough to put them in the same pot. To me its a like. Eloge du traitre is not similar to this.
uil076Negeltzex – :
Absolutely fantastic scent. The opening is a blast of black pepper, bay leaf and lemon and once it goes into the drydown, there is a woodsy, bay leaf and spice accord that just SCREAMS I am manly. Of all the highly rated scents I have recently tried, this one is the one that best suits my personality. Love it.
kuhni – :
It opens very camphoracious and medecinal, like tea tree oil.
A very pleasant bright green opening, with some lemony freshness, but the lemon is well blended to where it’s making an accord with the Laural.
So the bay leaf Laural is the main player, but then it has some ambery, woody depth.
It doesn’t have nearly the complexity and sophistication of “French Lover”. I like ELdO Eloge du Traitre better, it’s my top 5. It is more interesting and complex.
This is allmost in the genre of fresh citrusy fragrances, with a very nice twist of herbs and evergreen notes.
Maybe a little like Dyptique Eau de Sens.
It’s a very nice fresh fragrance for Spring and Summer. I would say it’s a classy sophisticated fresh fragrance, rather linier, not very exciting, but very pleasant. I would like to have it for warmer days, if I could get a good deal, say well under $100 for 50 ml. It seems way over priced for what you get.
It has good quality and performance.
I just applied French Lover, and it did remind me right away of the strong laural note here.
It is like a cheaper clone of French Lover, and cheapened my experience of wearing French Lover.
Rating: 8/10
God bless. John 3:16
Chimik – :
Scent – lemon, bay leaf, oak & thyme.
Season/Time of Day – I prefer to use this one all year round, during the day.
Projection – I did get noticed, I didn’t get a compliment.
Longevity – I get 12hrs consistently.
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boots848 – :
To put you in context one day I was talking about finding a replacement for Christian Lacroix’ Tumulte and some one told me about this fragance and give me a sample to which I didn’t pay any attention (shame on me…) then months later I stumbled upon it and decided it to wear it for the office.
I must say I’m pleasently surprised, it brings me memories of licorice sticks (actual sticks) I used to buy back in times then after a few minutes I could feel the smell of laurel leafs, but leaving child memories apart, this scent wraps you into a balsamic feeling really calmful and elegant, really worth to give it a try, you’ll find yourself enjoying every breath of it.
I totally agree with the comments about the zen feeling.
sjyyufjmaqf – :
Laurel is yet another winning offering from the eclectic CDG line. In this case the key note is the Japanese green Laurel. This is skillfully combined with notes of cedar, oak, lemon, cinnamon, thyme and incense to create a fresh and invigorating scent that is serene and very Zen like. Like many CDG offerings sillage and projection is moderate so I usually layer with Molecule 01 for full three dimensional effect. Very understated, refined and elegant, this is a beautiful perfume.
DeLeOl1976 – :
This is *it*! Great great smelling cologne for men who like it spicy!
Of the three Monocle scents, this is definitely the best buy (and smell)!
I can picture a newly cut and prepared wooden terrace in the far east with the early morning sun coming up.
The smell of zen.
MrPrivatman – :
I like this for: Herbal
Comes de garcons interpretation of aromatic spicy (Classic men perfume).
It takes out the unnecessary scent, therefore improve main note definitions. This make the classics becomes POP and easy to wear.
rlo906bedyWelty – :
I love this perfume, and would buy it instantly if only the longevity was better! On me it lasts maybe 15 minutes, then its gone. But oh, CdG, I love this. So green and dry, clean and dirty (or maybe just earthy) at the same time. Extremely fresh, with nose-tickling pepper and laurel.
It does resemble French Lover, but I wouldn’t say its a rip off. First of all, no laurel in FL and the longevity of French Lover, on me, alas, is even shorter. But they’re both wonderful.
tasya – :
A fresh, spicy evergreen scent. The comments comparing it to French Lover and ELDO’s Eloge du Traitre are understandable, but Laurel is different enough to stand on its own. It lacks the dirty musk found in the deep dry-down of Eloge du Traitre, and doesn’t have the damp vetiver found in French Lover. If either of those are problematic for you, then this fragrance would be a good alternative. It has a very airy dry-down that smells mainly of cedar.
rashion3 – :
A “brother” of French Lover but without that wet plants note – fresh due to green laurel / bay leaf note. I love both.
Talinam – :
First i got Laurel, then French Lover. No doubt, French Lover is very good and more advanced, but i still like Laurel better, maybe for his freshness.
toungurrY – :
I do have to say that reminds of French Lover …in a bad way. I’m not enjoying this perfume. It took me time to appreciate French Lover, but it was just me dealing with vetiver and galbanum… I find Monocle scent 2 too aggressive at the beginning. The drydown gets better
AlexBroker – :
scent two remembers me exactly a shrub that grows in a island in mediterranean sea:Corsica!
if you take a walk around stumbling blocks you can smell this lightness luminous sweet aroma between liquorice and tamarind and something grassy and dry..
good enough to try it!
7/10
little update
this one seems a copy of French Lover,
it isn’t.
FL is better more extreme in dryness without laurel and to me sounds more natural.
Spero – :
I used to love this scent, then I got Frederic Malle’s French Lover. Tihs is a total rip-off! What a big disappointment. Actually this is a good scent, but compared to Bourdon’s masterpiece it turns to be a rougher and kind of incomplete work. If you’re into super-dry peppery incense fragrances go with no hesitation for French Lover: It’s better and it was released 2 years earlier.
Rating: 8/10 if you’re not familiar with French Lover, otherwise 6.5/10