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ed.tokm – :
Longevity – 3/10(1- 2 hours)
Silage/Projection – 5/10
Age – 25+
Compliments – 2/10
Scent – 8/10
zew157elipseskism – :
The king of retro animalic fragrances is indeed Kourus. Those that claim El smells like YSL’s juggernaut have never smelled Alfred Sung Pour Homme. I can always count on Arquiste to create these era generating liquids. This is a great fragrance from antiquity and when I say antiquity I’m talking 30yrs ago. El is a labdanum note away from being a true chypre. This perfume starts with a generous base of oakmoss paired with accords of damp decaying brush and dry woods. The trio is paired with a host of additional aromatics, musks, and spices. A ramped up geranium note helps flirt with the idea that you might be smelling something close to a chypre. The cinnamon, honey and cardamom is likely used for balancing as their sweet profile is never realized. With all the animalic and verdent notes used to create EL, this is surprisingly not really an animalic fragrance. The musk is also oddly subdued to a low speed where the composition is tolerable in big doses. This fougere lacks the persistence of its predecessors and that can be a good thing for those that don’t wish to smell like a 24hr National Forest. In closing, El doesn’t transport you DEEP into the forest like Slumberhouse’s Norne but it does teleport you right to the entrance and keeps you there.
Edward – :
It’s at 190$ on its website, better go for kouros, versailles, or another musk alternative.
Suissepsy – :
Opening on skin, Él is a throwback to vintage fougères. Upon first spritz, there’s a hologram of vintage Kouros, far more realistic than current version. Honestly, closing my eyes I’m smelling Kouros in all its glory minus the bracing aldehydes and bergamot. As soon as it starts to dry down, the spicy core of geranium and bay leaves comes to the front accompanied by what seems like a very healthy dose of castoreum. I can’t really smell the slightly pissy and powdery civet, but I get a leathery castoreum in spades with honey sweetening the animal behind. Smelling the flowers showing their spicy side recalls the likes of Paco Rabanne pour Homme, even Van Cleef & Arpels pour Homme in all its glory. At this point, Él is more like a barbershop fougere, a bit calmer and less in your face, showing its woody and earthy facets; vetiver predominantly with a slight talcum vibe. The hidden civet appears during the drydown to remind us that the game isn’t over.
Sillage is quite big, longevity very good. It’s strange to find a modern release that has various stages, isn’t linear and pays homage to the best of a genre; animalic in a warm way, blending the synthetic civet and castoreum to make it fuse with the skin, modern but decidedly vintage. This tanned hunk starts with a naughty blink in his eye, shows his various facets during development, but at the end of the night when sweaty bodies ask for more action he reminds us that the animal inside is ready to go prowling. It’s only just the beginning!
DresFleesse – :
Labeled an animalic fougère, ÉL is loaded with the classic smelling mossy notes of oakmoss, vetiver and patchouli and those traditional animalistic base ingredients like castoreum and civet. And when they’re unified they scream, more than they hint, at the idea of available sexuality. There’s a brutish strength and a tenacity to the fougère accord that works wonderfully well with the laurel, sage and rosemary resulting in a very classic smelling, super masculine, musk heavy fragrance that dries down fantastically well.
ilya 84 – :
Pretty damn sexy. Extremely well-blended and not TOO animalic (I never would have known that this has both castoreum AND civet in it – they are mixed at low levels). Has a luxe shaving-cream vibe to it. Would work well as a summertime clubbing scent.
Laserjet – :
This has a very 70s and 80s classic men’s fougere feel to it: green and mossy and just a little powdery. Think an updated version of Paco Rabanne but smoother and classier. It’s green and burnished silver. The castoreum keeps it just this side of soapy. I LOVE it.
nevzgoda – :
Very 80s notes of edt for man. I may like.