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stas23notic – :
The scent of a lover on a pillow, the morning after….
Танюша тигрёнок – :
I purchased this remembering it to be more of a vetiver based scent. Don’t get me wrong, it is a vetiver scent almost through and through. Still, I think when I first tried it I hadn’t been properly exposed to angelica as a note before. I didn’t try for another time before buying (almost a year between trying and buying) and feel I may have made a mistake choosing this over Monsieur.
Now, I have to say that I genuinely love this fragrance. It’s not a challenge to wear, nor is particularly… ‘friendly’, shall we say. The vetiver isn’t entirely different from the vetiver from Guerlain. Sort of clean, with some dirty aspects. Perhaps a bit smokier. It develops in an almost plasticky way on my skin for a little while during the dry down and I could do without that. All in all I’m enjoying it, don’t really regret the purchase but also wish I got Monsieur instead. It just suited me better. Oh well, live and learn as they say.
bednov74 – :
This is one of my rare blinds.
But then I ran out of samples and wanted something new.
I asked for fragrance profiling on Frederic Malle’s website and read the reviews.
I am not disappointed :it is easy to wear and does not make me feel uncomfortable.
The vetiver and the oakmoss smell good.
I like the drydown as well, the spicy note seems to last forever and it is the last one to remain detectable after a few hours.
I don’t fully understand why I get the base notes as top notes and the top notes as base notes. It doesn’t often happen to me, but that’s what I can smell on my skin.
It is a very nice and non offending fragrance, a modern and successful take on the classic vetiver based perfumes.
But I must say I find the sillage poor, though of course I did not expect-and wasn’t looking for-a nuclear bomb.
Berserker1976 – :
Mostly angelica and oakmoss, with a mellow vetiver in the background. I love angelica, but oakmoss, vetiver and galbanum are usually notes that I avoid. In French Lover, they are rendered in a sheer way and aren’t too bitter or inky. It’s a very green scent, somewhat starchy. The overall effect is a mid-pitch greenness, like a conifer rather than a sharp snapped leaf or grassy green. There’s an interesting play between the watery angelica and the dry woods. A shy spice note peeks out occasionally, smelling like pepper mixed with caraway. It’s an elegant scent, but far too austere and cold for my personality (I tend to love “warm” scents). In my opinion it is unisex. A chypre loving woman could definitely wear this scent. Medium sillage (one of the quieter Malle scents) and good longevity. Good quality but not for me.
Disezisuava – :
Opens with an fresh and aromatic blend of angelica, spices and galbanum. I see a perfect olfactory simulation of dark forests and open fields, of grass, herbs, leaves and damp soil. The crisp greenness of the galbanum dominates the whole fragrance until the very end, but it is enhanced and modified as the other notes emerge or disappear. Iris and angelica for example soften its sharp edges, whereas bay rum and clove add sweetness and fullness to it. When cedar, vetiver and frankincense emerge the scent’s character change from a luminous (plant-like) green to a slightly darker earth-and-woods accord. The dry-down is characterized by a gauzy oakmoss, woods and musk blend.
Bois d’Orage/French Lover is quite a unique fragrance, since it evokes many different, conflicting impressions at the same time: rustic but sophisticated, austere but luminous, mysterious but easygoing. Although the opening may be bracing, the fragrance calms down quickly and becomes this enchanting woodsy-aromatic skin scent that is suitable for all occasions and accessible to anyone. Its crisp dryness make it especially pleasant for warmer days, and since it is very sheer it will never be annoying.
3670966 – :
Smells like a fresh green smoothie! Heaven!
montus.sanya – :
On first spray I get the smell of when you break a bit of Connifer from the tree and smell it. Then it dries down to something really interesting. It is very green. Not something I would usually like for me. My other half tried it and said he found it leaning to the feminine, on him at least. Not being someone who really buys in to male and female and being more of you like it wear it (I wear my partners Farenheit and other samples of his collection frequently), I found it a winner.
TREGE – :
Woody, masculine, green scent. The incense and spices only make it better. Truly amazing. Full-bottle worthy. This lasts all day on me, 12 hours.
07/12/2018 – Update: I love this. Every time I smell it my eyes roll back in my head. It’s SO good.
elektroton2 – :
Pierre Bourdon and Olivier Creed are the same person. Olivier sells many of his finest creations at a lower price under a different brand and nose to tap the mainstream market. The original business model conundrum was how to sell his genius fragrances to the upper and lower classes simultaneously; and so Pierre Bourdon was born. This theory also works in reverse, of course.
11267 – :
After this 4 year niche journey this is where I end up?
Not sure why but I passed up on sampling Malle’s for way to long. Like so many others this has blown my mind! I have never bought a niche bottle at full retail so proudly.
IF this was what Creed’s Spice and Woods would have been I would have bought the bottle a long time ago. Where SandW lacked, this turned it on its head. This IS 3 points over SW in: depth, curiosity, quality, smell, and performance. The Vetiver in here is paired so well with the cedar it almost creates this apple cider vinager tinge, I mean that in the best way possible. Not straight vinegar but just enough to give it a green apple smell. Some times I get wiffs and swear it smells like apple.
Extremely positive remarks from females. Couple of Bro’s said it smells like an old man, I laughed, I don’t think it smells old at all. It smells rich, refined, uncanny and persuasive.
If Y’all don’t know who Pierre Bourdon is, he is the one who made the best selling clone that will ever be made, Davidolf CoolWater in 1988, a clone of Creed’s Green Irish Tweed 1985. What an incredible story to tell that over 20 years later he would make this “ultimate Man’s fragrance” for Malle in 2007, and 3 years later Creed come up and clone his masterpiece in 2010 with Spice and Wood which then became, according to many, Creed’s best work of art.
Pierre has also stated there is Oud in this, which make since, it’s there for the depth and used to help round some edges though, not for added skank so don’t let that scare you. This is white Roylse Royse leather, while cruising by the beach, just smells like a billion bucks baby!
fis2008 – :
Scent – bright, airy, woody vetiver.
Season/Time of Day – I prefer to use this one all year round, day or night.
Projection – I didn’t get noticed, I didn’t get a compliment.
Longevity – I get 24hrs consistently.
#28
be_my_lover – :
The ultimate “green” scent for me thus far. Truly an extraordinary perfume!
It’s earthy in the most realistic sense I’ve experienced.
French Lover evokes fresh soil, roots, grass, moss, woods, and the foliage of a sublime forest wet with a gentle drizzle of sweetly spiced rain. It’s a “green” scent on another level of sophistication in my humble opinion.
I share my entire collection with my colleagues and family, and this one is in the top 10 without a doubt. In my experience French Lover appeals to the 25+ age group, and I’ve received enthusiastic feedback from classy women already merely sampling this one. This is a truly “niche” scent to me, so definitely try before you buy!
Moderate projection, and long lasting in my extensive testing. It’s a little pricey, and seems difficult to find outside of retail. I think it’s absolutely worth it!
Pierre Bourdon’s Earthy Masterpiece
stam71 – :
I bought a 1ml sample because of the shining reviews. so far I get wet leaves and bone dry wood with an unappealing musty dry-down. Doesn’t seem at all practical to wear…I will give it a chance though. Let’s be clear the composition here is very creative and well constructed, but the dirty earthy wet leaves smell is just so unattractive.
incubator – :
دوباره فقط دو کلمه “دوستش دارم.همه متوجه می شوند که این یک بوی خاص است نه تکراری والبته گران قیمت
dima8922 – :
I have an official 10 ml of this, the most recent formulation and with the “Bois d’Orage” label. I bought it solely based off of the opening, which hints at incense beautifully. Unfortunately that opening goes away almost immediately on my skin and i’m left with a huge vegetal note and some clean musk. And when I say vegetal I really do mean vegetal. It smells like the green veggies in a grocery store. No longer a fan of this, and I’m glad I only got the 10 ml. If I’m buying a green “bois” fragrance, I’m buying Tom Ford’s Vert des Bois 10 times out of 10 over this Frederic Malle.
For some reason Frederic Malle seems to have an issue with the longevity of their openings. Both Dries Van Noten and Geranium Pour Monsieur have beautiful openings just like French Lover/Bois d’Orage does, but both of those openings also go away almost immediately. The only “love” I have found so far in this line (for a man) is Musc Ravageur, and that is a huge love. But the rest that I have tried so far seem to be lacking in little ways that matter.
v-6152_unlim – :
The smell of rustic dampness, the smell of woods in a storm.
Fragrantica posted an article with Frederic Malle talking about how a true great fragrance needs to become part of you; be more than a smell, and be supremely wearable.
I recently put French Lover as my signature fragrance, for that reason.
It’s too expensive for me to use most often, but it’s the fragrance that I like most, to present as part of me.
Pierre Bourdon intended this to be an Angelica fragrance. He believed the two woody elements of vetiver and cedar would naturally compliment the woody aspect of Angelica.
So the heart is Angelica, and heart accord is three fold, Angelica, vetiver and cedar.
There are 4 other very important complimenting elements, the pepper, white musk, incense, and a very important Iris note. The Iris is listed in the Frederic Malle description, but not here on fragrantica.
It also has Galbanum, a slightly bitter green resin, and moss, but I can’t pick them out.
There are a lot of nice vetiver and cedar, pepper fragrances, like CdG Wonderwood. But French Lover stands apart.
It took me a while to discover what makes this fragrance so, exquisite, classy, and a bit sexy.
It is the Iris and white musk.
The fragrance feels wet and juicy. Cedar, vetiver and bitter green angelica, can be very stark, dry, and a bit borring; but not French Lover.
The vetiver feels wet and green, the cedar is exquisite, the Angelica is moist and green; a beautiful heart accord.
I don’t like Iris, like in Dior Homme series, but here it’s so subtle, and secretly blended into the woody, green heart accord, and gives it a refined floral element!
The Iris and white musk are what really make this fragrance so luscious, and exciting, and very wearable.
The incense is also beautifull, more woody, and less churchy, ashen.
This is one of my top two fragrances. It is masculine in a very classy way because of the subtle Iris note and white musc.
This is so well blended, unusual, and exquisite. Performance is very good.
PS: I just got a 50 ml backup bottle of Bois D’Orage. It is just like French Lover, from which I did my review. I cannot tell any difference in scent and performance.
If I had to choose, I give a slight edge to Bois d’Orage.
Rating: 10/10
God bless. John 3:16
lvroman64 – :
اگر علاقمند بیک محیط آرام و شیک میباشید حتما بیاد داشته باشید می توانیداز درون این شیشه ساده واما شیک ودلنشین رایحه مورد نظر خود را به دیگر استشمام کنندگان هدیه دهید .
IgnaSakawsdiD – :
Ok, this might be one of my absolute favourite fragrances of all time.
French Lover is the first bottle i actually emptied in my collection, after i started collecting. I haven’t smelt it for a while and tried in on a couple of times in shops lately. I miss it so much. A 100ml bottle must be on my shelf soon.
I’m in my 20s, scandinavian and live in Oslo. For me this fits almost all occasions and ages from 25 and up. It’s like a clothing item you can dress up or down that never goes out of fashion.
Most of us here in Scandinavia (probably) assosiate fragrances like this with forest, natural and clean almost. Because the ingredients are often som familier. Because of that French Lover can be worn on casual days, or you can wear it dressed up on formal events, even on date nights. The only place i wouldn’t wear it is to the gym. It’s too good and maybe too strong.
For me, this fragrance is much more than just a sum of it’s parts. It’s intoxicating in a fresh non sweet way. If you like brands like Byredo, Aesop and Comme de Garcon, try this and prepare yourself to fall in love. Mind you, it’s green, woody, spicy and unapolegtic.
Longevity and sillage is just perfect.
seburkin – :
اين ادوكلن رو مدتي پیش با قیمت بالا بعد از تست دستریزش خریدم.نمی دونم چه اتفاقی افتاد که بعد از خرید اصلا ازش خدشم نیومد.بعد از دو ماه دوباره تستش کردم .یک روز دو روزو…نمی دونم عاشقش شدم.این دفعه این بوی چوبی معطر و معتدل برایم چقدر جذاب بود.واقعا بايد در يك دماي معتدل اون رو تست و استفاده كرد.شايد ابتداي بهار تا حداکثر اواسط اردیبهشت و بعد اوایل پاییززمین بازی این شاهکار باشد.
nickolai1990 – :
i was collecting, testing and excesively using parfumes for a good few years now, but i always felt the question “so what is the BEST parfume” a bit silly. there are day frags, night frags, winter and summer frags, and also sometimes you love something so much at the start of the bottle, but never rebuy it, as it becomes a been there/ done that scenario. also sometimes you do rebuy, but then you get a bit bored of it, so you put it aside for a while.
well i can without any doubt say, that despite all of the arguments above, this question doesnt sound silly to me anymore. i know the answer. the BEST parfume ladies and gentleman is…drumroll…. FRENCH LOVER by Pierre Bourdon. hands down, the best. when i started this game, i never really see myself buying 250+ EUR bottles (not because i cant afford it, but simply i always felt that there is so much to discover in the 30-60 EUR zone, that going any higher would not make sense). still, i can honestly say every drop of this is well worth the money, it is not overpriced in any shape or form. it is bang for your buck.
the smell is so good, that i dont really feel good enough a writer to talk about it. super clean, super sharp, herbal/natural, seductive, addictive are a few words coming to mind. try it, see it for yourself.
klipssa – :
This is one of my all time favorites. A sophisticated, very sexy and constantly evolving beauty. Sometimes dry, sometimes wet, sometimes cozy, sometimes manly, sunny as well as rainy…warm aswell as cold. I dont know how to describe and express my deep appreciation for this perfectly blended fragrance. This is one of the 2 fragrances that i wouldnt ever want to be without.
foxi56Elena – :
God i want so bad to like this frag. After reading all these wonderful reviews, using words like “panty dropper” & “all time favorite” etc… I was excited so I blind bought it…. but once again, another hyped up fragrance by Frederick Malle that smells more like a “depends dropper”. I don’t know what it is but the handful of FM frags I’ve tried, they all smell like scents my grandparents would wear out to celebrate a special occasion. This one in particular isn’t as strong as a lot of these reviews claim it to be. Upon initial application I get a quick blast of gin & tonic type scent. Then after a few minutes it settles into this green cucumber scent that sits really close to my skin. After about 45 minutes, the end result is a cucumber type frag mixed with cedar & vetiver… Not terrible but just not for me.
Longevity is weak & projection is at arms length. I literally had to wash it off. I’ll give it to my grandmother…
witaly95 – :
And my opinion is the opposite, the fragrance is not formal at all – it is classy, but not formal. I would add that it is also exquisite and projects high class. The man wearing this fragrance at the same time could be serious but also with a great sense of humour and playfulness. Definitely this frag is #1 on my list.
domoced – :
this is the most formal fragrance I have, it’s warm masculine, a little bit austere. peppery orris butter/ woody ambrox, beautiful as it dries. The perfumer mentioned in an interview that it is a fragrance centered around ANGELICA which I think in effect is similar to a white floraL of some kind? I get a prominent orris butter (iris) type smell that is accented beautifully with Ambrox and/or any of the vast # of modern components similar to ambrox; and with a good dose of some kind of pepper and wood. It’s beautiful ambiguous masculine
alexSTbti1 – :
I prefer to make up my own mind as to whether or not I like a scent without gender classification. But Bois D’orage is indeed an Uber masculine scent I can’t wear. The vetiver is beautifully blended with spices, cedar and angelica, just too much for me to pull off. It’s got great longevity and moderate projection. Looking forward to smelling this on my husband.
diablo19830 – :
I’ve often been asked on here as well as in person as to what men’s cologne I find to be the most “lady killer” or “panty dropper” etc. Well gentleman out of them all there are only a handful that fit that criteria because I am very picky about how my man smells and most of the generic, shower gel types currently on the market don’t do anything for me whatsoever. There is only one men’s cologne that makes me go absolutely weak in the knees and that is Frederic Malle’s French Lover. French Lover is simply the most ethereal and beautiful scent for men that I have ever put my nose on. It makes a girl feel lucky to have ever gotten the chance to smell this addictive catnip for women. I first sniffed it at the Malle boutique in Paris and fell head over heels for it. Very few scents can offer the same thought provoking and sensory stimulating qualities as this one. This is basically Charles Boyer, the great French lover of Golden Age Hollywood cinema in a bottle, and it most certainly would have been his signature if it had been around back in his day. It is very sexy, very sophisticated, and very charming just like Mr. Boyer himself was. Very good longevity and projection too. I have zero self control when I smell this on a man. None.
fis771speagoessenda – :
Initially this is an extremely beautiful, green scent. Full of galbanum, angelica and woods. It reminds me of autumn and the smell of vegetation after rain. I wish it would stay that way, since later it turns more bitter, which I don’t enjoy that much. On clothes the supporting notes stay longer, keeping the scent rounder for a longer time.
kalamurzic – :
French Lover aka Bois D’Orage:
One word sums up this fragrance…AWESOME!
(At first spray, two fragrances come to mind; Creed’s Original Vetiver and Thierry Mugler’s Cologne, however I think this is slightly more refine).
[First, let me say that my brand new in box/packaging 1.7oz bottle for $77 came in the mail today (9/8), how did I manage that, let’s just say-right place, right time (retail-$250!) or right computer, right online moment]
This is a nice masculine, woodsy, but fresh dry vetiver; picked up a 3.5ml sample along with Portrait of a Lady (9/3) at which I was eager to get my hands on however, realizing that I may have to sell myself in order to get my hands on some or privy to a VERY good deal, even then I still may have to sell myself, anyway…….
[9/3] Bois D’Orage aka French Lover is fresh with a nice creamy drydown; sharp and pungent but not over bearing with patchouli, spices, galbanum, oakmoss, and some very nice woods (cedar). There is also a very small hint of smokiness about it that lingers…again, to give you a point of reference just think along the lines of Creed’s Original Vetiver and Thierry Mugler’s Cologne but with a bit more pinch, yes, pinch!.
Performance: excellent (9/10)
Longevity: (8.5/10)
Projection: (8/10)
Silage: great (8/10)
Overall: amazing! (8.5/10)
tfj122intitytek – :
Whoever said this smells like Mister Marvelous is so far off. Mister Marvelous is a generic and synthetic mess. French Lover is a stoic, gentleman’s masterpiece. For men only, and for formal wear only.
XETAG – :
Need to buy this sometime when I can justify spending over $250 on a 50mL bottle. Practically sex in a bottle, very very french,.
andrei_2011 – :
Everybody focus on angelica for French Lover but it is all about galbanum that i can say. I reall like it’s natural atmospher and unique composition. Galabum is in the center of the perufme; Incense, cedarwood, vetiver and some woody synthetics (trimofix, karanal) push this note is very well. Frenc Lover unique, different and smells like nature. Love it!
porshegts – :
I sprayed Masculin Pluriel (Maison Francis Kurkdjian) three times to my chest yesterday from its decant and two hours later it sweetened a bit and I came to this store where they sell Malle line and I sprayed French Lover once on my wrist. Result is great. Masculin Pluriel gave it a nice sweetness to this dry Angelica & Pepper bomb. Still… both fragrances doesn’t deserves that high prices to purchase FB. Both lacks longevity even though French Lover projected better.
LUKOVKA169 – :
Green, masculine and sophisticated fragrance. All the notes have been staten and discussed a thousand times before. A must try for every male fraghead. Love it!
8,5 out of 10. Only drawbacks is that it feels a little serious at times.
normaliai – :
This is the scent that got me interested in fragrances. I detested them for a long time after buying Curve and Aqua di Gio in my late teens and barely ever using them because of their synthetic sweetness and generic frat boy quality. I told myself our natural pheromones were all we need. Over a decade later, this fragrance changed that for me.
A woman at Barney’s happened to catch us on the way out one day and asked us to try the Frederic Malle line and all I could think was WOW! I had never smelled anything like French Lover in my life. It had a strong cedar note that I recognized, but it was so rounded, complex and elegant. It felt very masculine but refined at the same time. No overwhelming sweetness!
She gave us a 3.5 ml sample to take home and after leaving I immediately started researching the line and found these sites. I ended up going to Scent Bar and going back to the larger flagship Barney’s to try tons of fragrances to make sure there was nothing better. In all, since this journey started over 2 years ago I’ve only found 1 or 2 fragrances that have captured me the way FL has. So incredible that I happened to smell this bit of perfection by chance that day!
I only wish FL lasted a bit longer, but that’s the only fault I can find.
Don’t believe the people that say it smells like Monocle’s Hinoki or Laurel, or Tam Dao or anything else for that matter. I’ve searched for a substitute and there is none. Laurel comes closest when you test it on paper, but on the skin it is much more about the pepper and smells very different to me.
scorpion_177 – :
A wonderful fragrance. Very dry, like a piece of thick paper. Fresh but minimalistic, a smell like no other and of the highest quality. It smells like windy rain and the smells it washes off houses and trees.
bscpostal – :
A more appropriate name for this fragrance would be “Green Forest” – strong green notes as if someone unearthed a bunch of roots and decided to cut them on a cupboard. It is a very nice earthy fresh and noble smell but has a very weak sillage and poor longevity on my skin.
maxim99 – :
Strict, very serious, no humour, no fun, straight forward, stiff, ceremonial, extremely formal, grave, principle, taking yourself really serious, finding yourself really important, refined, classy, old, priest, church, traditional, corps in a coffin….
If a person recognizes himself largely in all this then the way you are and look might get ratified and amplified x10 by wearing this.
The quality is there and the originality also but totally not my style.
A refined, clean but pretty dirty and sinister scent that is way to serious.
If this is the definition of a “french lover” then i think his wife might cheat on him soon with a younger and less serious guy…
enteribr – :
scent : 10/10
sillage : 7/10
longevity :8/10
70% day / 30% night fragrance
nice vetiver scent
smells like a new rolls royce
barula25602 – :
@Rojo777,
If you take a moment to read any of @Originaldeftom’s reviews, you will see you are way, way off base with that one.
Leha1986 – :
Well thanks “Originaldeftom” for making French Lover into a fragrance for uptight homophobes! The only men I have ever known who became paranoid at the thought of entering a public urinal, then running out, were guys with unresolved Gay issues themselves. If that is what this fragrance reminds you of?, then I will NEVER purchase it! I need fragrances that are secure with themselves in the board room, the bed room and even the public bathroom. I am not sure if your review was representative of “French lovers” true nature, or your own unresolved “metrosexual/gender bender” issues? Describing French Lover as an uptight, insecure, anti-gay, Republican in a public pisser is inaccurate.
The background OST is “Queen” , “We will rock you”!
This is a forum for ALL lovers of fragrance. Stop smuggling your venomous opinions into our forum, under the guize of a fair review. Shame on you!
vosmoy – :
Till 15 second it is a bomb of spice and after that galbanum is smelled till 2 minute. After this powerful top note; Anglica and vetiver is coming. French Lover have a scent that is very similar to Aventus; Creed after 40 minute. The incense note is added to other notes after 1 hour; but it is very light. French Lover is a very good choice for spring season.
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در ابتدای اسپری؛ حجم فوق العاده فلفل مانع از بوی کردن موضع به طور کامل میشه. البته این بو 15 ثانیه بیشتر طول نمیکشه و بعد باریجه سریع جای فلفل رو میگیره. 2 دقیقه از طول عمر عطر میگذره که این تاپ نوت به کار خود پایان میده و عطر وارد مرحله بعدی عمر خودش (نت میانی) میشه. در این حالت در ابتدا گیاه آنجلیکا (یا همون سنبل خطایی) کاملا غالب هست و بتدریج خس خس به این بو اضافه میشه و همراهی اون با سدر بویی که خیلی خیلی کم به ترشی تمایل داره رو ایجاد میکنه.
بعد از 40 دقیقه؛ بوی عطر بسیار شبیه به عطر اونتوس از برند کرید میشه. و یک ساعت بعد از اینکه عطر رو اسپری کردید؛ بوی بسیار ملایم بخور عطر رو به کمال خودش میرسونه.
این عطر بنظر من انتخاب بسیار مناسبی برای بهار هست. واقعا ساخته شده برای فصل بهار و با شرایط آب و هوایی اون زمان یه هارمونی بسیار قویی رو ایجاد میکنه.
leex-k2 – :
It is truly amazing, so fresh and masculine, it is very versatile and can be worn all year round, no restrictions on where or when to wear it.
Not an offensive or “old” perfume either, suitable for a man who knows the value of their perfumes.
It has moderate projection and lasts few hours, although after 5-6 hours it becomes a skin scent but it is still there.
Buy it if you can afford it, it is on my wish list!
Ярик2011 – :
Honestly, when I sniffed it, I was in heaven. It has everything in it, in my modest understanding masculine fragrance ought to have – a little bit of earthy freshness and some spicy and sensuality which bind all that together. When i smell it, I feel happy. It is incredibly energetic and masculine in a modern way. Not sour as someone mentioned.
DAF105 – :
my gf thinks it smelled like old sour dishwater.
she also thought it smelled like a 70 year old man who has an old fragrance thats gone bad.
listen. i get it that its sour. its actually really sour. what i get is sour and masculine. the background is very masculine, while the sour thing makes it fresh.
the sour part smells like watered Down citrus.
like if you mix lemon and water, and you have way too much lemon. it doesnt smell more like lemons, its just sour.
With that said, i get some kind of Orange in it.
its earthy.
dry.
i just couldnt understand why she didnt like it.
but then it hit me. there are many fragrances who smell bad/weird when you focus on them, but they smell amazing when People smell it naturally on you.
this is the case With A*men, Kouros and probably many others.
i have only tested terre d’hermes in the past, but i get some of the same Wibe With this one… am i the only one?
i think this fragrance is Perfect as a signature scent. and as a signature scent it would suit all occations. but as a stand alone scent, its only good for outdoor daily wear in the spring/fall.
you need to really embrace it to make it work for you.
this can come off as dirty if you seem like a dirty person. stained clothing and not putting any effort into how you look, will just make it work against you.
and the most important thing is moderation.
this scent needs to be kept under Control. so personally, i would say 1 spray on bare chest and youre good to go. it will still get onto Your clothes, but you will have total Control.
i enjoy this fragrance very much. its masculine and special.
PS: the drydown reminds me a lot about issey miyake. like a lot.
Danil-horev – :
A green work of art not like any other , Special in its own way ,Definitly a summer scent and best suited for the daytime, I have the original formulation , Which last all day on skin and days on clothing.
Scent 10/10
Extra ordinary 10/10
Silage 10/10
Long lasting 10/10.
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vika90 – :
Classy, understated and refined.
Like other FM perfumes I’ve tried it’s a rather dark experience as it opens with incense and pepper, but slowly gives way to a greener woody side with oakmoss, vetiver, cedar and the ever present angelica. 10 points for originality, but not a wow experience. Herbal and dry, but never sweet. Very versatile, can be used for both work and formal settings, also possible to use all year round. Though it has a green and forestlike quality and even dries down to a cedarlike composition, it somehow seems very urban to me.
To quote Buysblind “Although it’s not my style, I can’t deny its quality.”
klipssa – :
This is wet, green bomb full of “vetiver and Angelica”.
Smells like as rounded at the angelica garden and a little vetiver on it.
Unique, bitter, woody, earthy smell.
If you like angelica and of course vetiver good for you but if you don’t you have to stay away from this little imp.
longevity 8/10 10+ hours
on my cloths 3 days
Sillage 7/10 end of summer is best humidity and temperature for french lover
Scent 8/10
kolek12345 – :
This year I had a trip to Armenia. When I was looking for new perfumes, I had a test of this magnificent one from Frederic Malle brand. I have to say that IT WAS SUPERB!! The opening was Spicy and then it settles to a woody and Musky scent with a bit Green notes. I suppose the main accords are Angelica and Vetiver with Cedar and Galbanum. Although this Masculine perfume is a great one for any occasion, I don’t think it is suitable for using in gym or doing physical exercise. This 4 seasons fragrance is a high-quality perfume for people at any age. Both Longevity and projection are great and I have received many good complement when I wear it. I think it really worth to buy!
JachJagreeKig – :
French Lover or Bois D’orage brought me into the world of niche perfumery. It was the Red pill of matrix which opened my eyes and my nose to this new beautiful world. It is a real masterpiece and the king of deep green masculine fragrances.
07-03-2018
The new formulation’s performances went slightly down based on the 2017 bottle I bought. I’m pissed off but it is still my work signatu