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diabloxxx – :
Wear Douro and strangers will just assume you drive an Aston Martin, play Polo, frequent Sotheby’s, and read Chaucer for fun. If you’re a traditionalist, a bit of an Anglophile, and eschew fleeting trend in favor of all things classic; if that’s who you are—Douro is your summer fragrance.
Ptyc – :
This is my first Penhaligon’s fragrance and I am not disappointed:
Penhaligon’s Douro is bright and clean and fresh ‘classic masculine’ fragrance that smoothly cuts through hot weather and possesses enough aromatic warmth to stand out in winter.
Projection is just about where I’d want it to be – within arms length and for a few hours – and longevity is excellent for an Eau de Cologne with a refreshing top up spray around 5pm still very present as a skin scent after 2am; this may be due to the humidity but I’d say it’s down to the quality of Penhaligon’s ingredients. In cold weather I get at least 8-10 hours.
Top quality fragrance, great notes for even classy formal occasions and surprising longevity.
Evgen67 – :
This is the smell of summer; of English summertime. Green, overgrown countryside; being outdoors all day. It shines best on hot days, I bearly go near it all winter.
Douro has a strong family resemblance to Blenheim Bouquet. They have a simular fresh start and then followed by a metallic, herbal but still floral undertone. It seems close to Sartorial too. Quercus has a simular outdoors feel to it but is more woody and washed out.
I would say that this has strong herbal notes. I get basil mostly, maybe a little Thyme. You get oakmoss, geranium and fairly true representation of cistus too.
I think Douro is more interesting where Blenheim is more universal and versatile. Both are excellent.
In the ranking of Penhaligon’s I would put this above Esprit Du Roi, Quercus and maybe even Blenheim; but far below Hamman, Zizonia and Lothair.
It would never be anyones first buy from the line but its got enough punch to be worth being in any collection of Penhaligon’s fragrances.
murzikleo – :
This is not what I expected. After reading the reviews, I believed Douro would be a somewhat “old school”, classic barbershop scent. Perhaps leaning towards an aromatic fougere. What I discovered was an unusual and creative take on a classic chypre.
On my skin, this opens with a mix of citrus and neroli with lavender. These are not bright sunny citrus notes. They are more dried citrus. The rinds used for mulling spice. The lavender is not synthetic at all. Not the type you smell in washing liquid or scented candles. It is garden lavender, more herbal than floral in nature. If there is LOTV here, I don’t detect it as such.
30 minutes into it’s development the citrus notes begin to fade away as geranium and basil take center stage. I detect oakmoss and labdanum as well but at this point its really all about the geranium and basil.
At the hour mark the geranium and basil have fallen back into line with the oakmoss and labdanum. All play their parts. The combined effect at this point is quite musky. It’s certainly more of an ambrette type accord as apposed to an animal sourced or synthetic “white musk”. I believe its the labdanum mixed with the other notes that create this.
It stays in this herbal, musky phase for another hour or two. I never get any sandalwood.
From the third hour onwards, it’s all about the labdanum. The other notes linger in the background to keep it a bit fresh and prevent it from becoming a boring single note journey.
At the fifth hour it basically becomes a labdanum skin scent that hangs around for another hour or two.
This fragrance reminds me of the coast of Rhode Island where I spent my youth. Rocky shores and the plants that grow there. Small beaches of pebbles, not sand. Cold sea water.
For that reason I really like it although I don’t wear it to work, or church or formal events. It’s not that it could not be worn for those things, it could, but I find I reach for other scents. It’s not a party fragrance. It’s a mature, gentleman’s fragrance. I generally don’t like assigning age ranges to scents, but having said that, this one is likely best suited to men 35 and over. Not sure it will garner compliments from the average person. I typically wear it on weekends, doing errands around the house or relaxing. I wear it for myself.
I find many of Penhaligon’s scents are like this (many L’Artisan Parfumeur scents as well). They are little works of art. Not all the most wearable scents from a mass appealing or versatility standpoint, but works of art nonetheless.
dfusernamee1 – :
سلام
مرکباتی چوبی و جذاب
پخش بو خوب
ماندگاری متوسط
اسپرت
من تو زمستون تهران میپوشم
و لذت میبرم
Daltbitle – :
As a guy happy to leave the dna of designers concoctions, Penhaligon is a good launching point. Whatever the vague marketing of a masterpiece, this is nuclear. Loving oldies like YSL pour homme but clearly reading the difference, congrats, Penhaligon’s for aceing this genre. Clear, clean, present and past. Adoration from IMHO. XO
Stereosinik – :
Douro’s note composition should make this scent smell like any other aromatic scent. But it doesn’t! It is so unique. Douro’s opening is one of the best, most, comforting herbal citrus blasts in the game. The progression of this scent is fantastic, it goes slightly floral with Neroli floating in and out and just when you think this scent is going to get cloying, the musk, vetiver and sandalwood show up to the rescue! Douro is a classic; This scent fits in the range of gentlemanly, to barbershop, to mediterranean dandy. Douro is retro and still relevant now in any person’s scent wardrobe. To me this fragrance is an olfactory aesthetic, that can spur sartorial inspiration. Douro might make you change to a round collar shirt, or maybe oxfords to espadrilles? Take a sniff of Douro and get inspired!
sergo-cuba – :
Penhaligon’s Douro is simply an excellent gentleman’s fragrance; masculine, spicy, an old-school yet not-dated floral vibe (lavender, geranium and perhaps carnation) and with a touch of that refined Penhaligon’s DNA that is in so many of their men’s fragrances. It’s just an excellent all-around choice for work and social setting in which the focus is on impression people with your gentlemanly demeanor and not screaming, “Hey, notice my fragrance!”
Performance is a bit of a weak-point since it only lasts about 4-5 hours on my skin before becoming undetectable. In my case, Douro us a nice morning fragrance for days where I workout over the lunch-hour and can reapply after my shower or wear another scent. Overall, I really like this one…just wish it lasted another hour or two on my skin.
mushroom – :
I don’t hate it, and to say that I dislike it would be a stretch, but it definitely is my least favorite from 10+ Penhaligon’s offerings for men that I currently own or had before.
It has not too great opening, than it is OK for about an hour, after that it smells like wet floor just washed with weird soap for about 3 hours, before settling into decent scent that lingers too close to skin to be noticed by anyone who is not within inches from you.
I try it on the paper too, thinking it could be my body chemistry don’t go well with it. I guess paper chemistry don’t go well with it either – the same result.
I won’t buy it again, that’s for sure.
valeriian – :
Stupendo, eccezionale, mi ci farei il bagno! Nota negativissima: dura 1 ora!!!! Fate un EDT per favore
Naiviollodo – :
In terms of smell this stuff is amazing. What lets it down is the longevity. On my skin it seems to last 2 hours before going completely. Its a very simple barbershop style fragrance. People often remark on how nice the fruit smells in this cologne. I seem to get many compliments when wearing this fragrance. Its slightly disappointing that the lasting power is not so great. However it smells amazing.
xvp478elipseskism – :
I first tried Douro when it was still Lord’s, although the story goes that is was called Douro Eau de Portugal back in 1911 when it was first created. My father used to wear it a lot and I was trying it myself as well. This is a classic lavender and citrus aroma that cannot go wrong. Great as an evening aroma, regardless if you wear jeans or tuxedo!
gaserr – :
Douro is an aromatic with a touch of the classic fougere about it.
For me it’s a pleasant fragrance and worthy (and expected) to be in the penhaligon’s line but one of my least favourite.
Nothing offensive about I just think it’s not herbal enough, not spicy or mossy enough, put simply Douro is just not ballsy enough.
The composition has the balance of other similar Penhaligon’s scents which is usually a positive thing but dare I say it makes Douro a tad on the boring side.
Opens, with fresh bergamot, citrus classic note of lavender, then becomes a slightly, floral mossy, musk.
Nothing jumps out at me, but not offensive by any means.
jp66 – :
I probably should have done a side-by-side with Tiffany, Chanel PM, and PMC, based on forum comments. Initially very promising, it opens with a pleasant (non-acidic, non-fizzy) lemon over anisy barbershop-type spices, a top that I’d expect to herald a good wood scent farther along. It seems to get a bit weaker after the first few minutes and the lemon gets duller, sweeter and more powdery, like a lemon analog of the orange in Habit Rouge. It develops just the slightest bit of “wild/english fern” type herbal green in the mid notes, and initially remains more spice-oriented than that group, until the spices recede more and the ferny-ness becomes more apparent. In the end, I feel like I’m left with a sweet spice/wood scent that would be really great if not for the intrusion of powdery, anisy and ferny notes which I would prefer not to have. Their Opus 1870, while built around a different selection of wood notes (more cedar), feels more uncontaminated to me because they’ve chosen ancillary notes that don’t bother me as much: sharper spices and maybe a little fruit.
Андромеда – :
Was Sartorial born from Douro?
No, seriously, check this out – Douro is an idea that I’m surprised hasn’t been executed more. It’s a chypre and a fougere crossed. The mossy-woody citrus/resin/lichen chypre quality is there, but the fantastic lavender/coumarin fougere accord that makes Sartorial so great is thrown in the mix, albeit much more subtle. Surprisingly, these elements don’t clash, and what results is an incredibly smooth, almost seamless barbershop-esque masculine that doesn’t smell too dated nor overpowering. I actually wish it were a bit stronger, but hey, it gets the job done. Good stuff.
BARRR – :
Smells like a nice clean toilet. That is all.
Dima Galiahmetov – :
Review for the 2004 edition of Douro:
Not exactly old-school but more sort of “old-school-inspired” citrus aromatic with the usual lavender presence and a slightly synthetic, kinda mossy, vibe. Not terrifying as I expected but let’s put it like this: if I should compile a list of my 100 favorite fragrances, Douro would be #83.257.
Note: The original Douro (Eau De Portugal) was released in 1985. The same year when the world got its first contact with Derby, Poison, Caron Le 3me Homme, Sables, Lauder For Men, Green irish Tweed…Hard times for minor fragrances.
Rating: 5/10
VladimirVIP – :
This is one of the classiest “old school” barbershop fragrances out there. Absolutely love it !
petrfak – :
Douro is the name of the most beautifull river in Portugal 🙂 The river divided a valey surronded by grapevines, my grandfather family has a big farm in there and the landscape is awesome! I never smelled this fragrance but now I want to!
chess1886 – :
One of the classiest aromatic scents on the marked. Smells very natural. Perfect as an everyday refined/classy fragrance for elegant gentlemen. Great for most occasions and seasons, but probably best for spring and summer. It`s a eau du cologne, so sillage and staying-power could be better..
Mertylogg – :
A very manly, aromatic scent and another superb scent from Penhaligons. I agree this is similar to Navy, yet I find it more of a dress blue type of Navy: deeper, richer and much more refined and very well mixed.
The lime, lemon and mandarin are balanced quite well by the lavender and geranium, and this a very dry scent despite the citruses. Mint here is more herbal, than fresh and bright. The inclusion of muguet’s soft green and neroli’s powdery sweetness adds to the virility of this scent; as opposed to detracting from it, as I would have thought. The base is musky but clean, and oakmoss is added in just the right amount to make it earthy/woody without taking over, and the labdanum resin (cistus) makes it feel rich and warmly incensy but not smoky or tacky. I really am impressed by this scent, and now that I have developed a taste for more classic smelling scents, may reach for this often…
Sillage: very good
Longevity: above average
Overall: 4.25/5
This has a superb blend of citrus, flowers and aromatics that makes it smell classic and manly, yet fresh and woody, without seeming generic or dated. I read somewhere (I think) that this is the 2004 remake of the original Douro Eau de Portugal, which was a much older vintage PL scent, it has a vintage feel without an ‘old man’ type of aura to it…worth trying!