Description
“After World War I, the Roaring Twenties reflect the desire of the exotic and the need also through fashion and decoration. The East and particularly Asia, provide new HORIZONS. The frenzy for exotic travel and encourages artists to transcend the culture of the East in their creations: new silk, fine embroidery, pearl beads, woody scents, heady and sweet …
In the euphoria of the Roaring Twenties, the female body is revealed, it abolished the corset, the flappers open the eyes and smoking languidly. Slumming it in the salons of Paris! The materials, colors, shapes symbolize a new freedom and portend, at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties, the hope of a new HORIZON. At the height of its history and in its own way to celebrate the Roaring Twenties and the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in 1925, the House Oriza L. Legrand created HORIZON, Oriental fragrance for boys and tomboys, fragrance of Precious Woods and Ambergris agreements Tabac Blond and Soft Leather” – a note from the brand.
Horizon by Oriza L. Legrand is a Oriental Fougere fragrance for men. Horizon was launched in 1925. Top notes are petitgrain, tangerine, marmalade and rose; middle notes are cognac, amber, tobacco leaf, cacao, almond, oak and patchouli; base notes are benzoin, ambergris, white tobacco, vanilla, honey, leather and peat.
zerejkajkee – :
This is a beautiful patchouli chocholate scent! Very very similar to Les Nereides Patchouli and Reminiscence Patchouli. I love them all but they are so similar to eachother that i hardley can tell them apart. It’s the same powdery, earthy cacao/patchouli with vanilla and some spices. I say choose the one you can get for a good deal, you do get the same.
michardon – :
Horizon’s opening is extremely boozy, with the smell of a particularly peaty scotch. After a few minutes, the alcohol is joined by a dry tobacco and a woody patchouli. Patchouli is dominant scent for the next 30 mins, then it becomes an amber scent with the other notes supporting. I generally don’t like patchouli in large doses but I don’t mind it here, because it’s dry and woody rather than sharp and green. Not sweet. Horizon does have a dustiness to it – it smells a bit like a a dad’s basement den in an older house – but it’s a sort of comfortable dustiness. Good sillage, average longevity.
It reminds me of a less sweet, higher quality Queen Latifa Queen of Hearts (weird comparison, but true).
oleg_rs – :
The alcoholic start reminds a little Borneo with an extra touch of leather that fades soon and a flat and retro sweetness of a century.
A minute later he turns to dust, moldy books, powdered wigs.
He does not like my stomach and my nose.
a suffocating fougerie, a century old and zero versatile.
Nothing deep,primordial and airy as in Lutens.
The sweetness from the cacao,benzoin , honey and tobacco of Horizon is boring me soon.
The style reminded me a little of Pour un homme de Caron that I hate. I think they have the same vanilla.
Horizon has many notes, little character and a style that I do not agree with.
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gogen1 – :
A fabulously boozy beginning. Picture yourself spilling cognac all down your dress in the middle of a party. A loud open but it moves into a softer middle with mostly french vanilla notes, honey, and then it settles into a very freshly picked and very greenish leafy tobacco scent. It’s a gorgeous rocky ride and, for those who love a deep tobacco smell, this would be a good one. Unfortunately, I tend to get headaches from the high beats from tobacco and vanilla scents and so its not very wearable for me but I am sure it would be absolutely gorgeous on others. Worth a bottle!
kaptain2 – :
patchouli with dry tobacco leaf, salty ambergris, dirt, dry cocoa and cognac underneath, bitter and balsamic; in the bottle it smelled like Chantilly and is like that without the sweetness; amber in the base; power in the top but faded quickly to get softer and closer
Sydaybraica – :
Cool, peat-y gourmand. Another offering from Oriza L. Legrand in the vintage style. This is not the Angel plastic doll head patchouli but a cold, damp, almost camphorous patchouli. This contrasts interestingly with the chocolate and honey-like tobacco. A musty, ancient, long shut up mansion; dark wood rooms with sweet tobacco lying in a dish. A dark, gothic patchouli. Surprisingly short lived, though. 🙁
Cloney – :
I never thought patchouli would be that fascinating and superbly alluring when mixed with cacao and cognac! Mermelad, tangarine, and orange is there sharply, tobacco is booming out-load, so as the soil & the amber.
Amazing combination that makes me think that i have sniffed such fragrance before but i can’t remember which it was! Well balanced and with smells quality at max.
The more i use this fragrance the more i get captivated by it unintentionally! unconditionally! and unconsciously! Maybe because of the cacao and the cognac that makes it cozy, mysterious and overwhelming.
The only drawback is that longevity isn’t quite good as it vanishes within an hour or so!
prombrik – :
Horizon is a very nice perfume that feels really quality-like. I find it very dry, and this dryness is the only thing that leans masculine. On my skin there’s little sweetness and nothing creamy, so I won’t commit to a full bottle, even if I did get a few compliments when wearing it at the office.
pyhlui – :
Oh wow; what a very realistic wood scent!
Not a Iso-woodscent but a real fresh cut harsh wood scent.
Or..better; the best patchouli scent i have ever smelled before. Thank God there is not i little mm Angel in it 😉 (wich is in a lot of Patchouli scents after the Angel-succes)
It is nowadays unisex bytheway 🙂
p.s. it is more that when this perfume would remind you of Borneo, Borneo would be a Horizon flanker cause Horizon was first!
sasa261092 – :
You need to give this beauty a bit of time….at first I just thought oh its like Borneo…another spicy patchouli…BUT then I wore it and fell in love with it. It is glorious and slightly more rounded more sophisticated than Borneo. I tried them back to back and it was the Horizon that on MY skin works best. And we’re all different aren’t we? Horizon opens with a full blast of patchouli and chocolate not that very bitter black chocolate of Borneo which is slightly camphorated but a smooth dark chocolate that’s infused with sweet honey and creamy vanilla. It lasts and lasts and if you spray it on clothes will go on and on and eventually fade to a whisper of proper beautiful patchouli which for me is one of the most beautiful essential oils…try it – its wonderful!! Oh its good I think for men and women.
viktorpai – :
This is my favourite patchouli fragrance thus far.
kain – :
If you like Patchouli…..and if you like patchouli with honey….and if you like patchouli with honey and world record longevity, then try Patchouli Mazzolari not Horizon. Just to throw some fun metaphors in the atmosphere, Oriza L. Legrand’s offering is a fog light; Mazzolari’s is high beams. I don’t think I’ve ever encountered a perfume that had 15+ notes that didn’t matter. No Leather, No tobacco, No Rose, No Tangerine… should I continue?? Horizon might as well have been made with 3 notes: Patchouli, Honey and Cacao(or vanilla depending on who you ask). At the end of the day, Horizon is a pretty girl; I just can’t get with her personality.
Update: Evidently, someone has been praying to God behind my back. I can’t believe I like this as much as I do. Forget EVERYTHING I’ve said about this being inferior to Patchouli Mozzalari. This is a super nice patchouli fragrance. I’m still not budging on my stance of it seemingly having 3 notes….
selim521 – :
I’m definitely biased when it comes to patchouli, I can’t think of a perfume that I would dislike if a big part of it is dominated by patchouli. This is a lovely honeyed patchouli, sweeter and with more character than Coromandel, not as loud or brash as Angel, more refined than my beloved C’est la Fete Patchouli. On me, it’s an earthy patchouli and a generous dollop of honey, with a hint of pipe tobacco and black leather. Patchouli haters definitely need to give this one a miss. I agree with sweetnspicey, this isn’t masculine, it’s very comfortably unisex, leaning a little feminine even. The bonus surprise is that the sillage on this is good, whereas the others I’ve tried from this house have been a little disappointing. The longevity is wonderful, it’s been a full 24 hours and I still smell this on my jacket as strongly as when I first applied it. It must be the magic of patchouli under the wizardry of Oriza L. Legrand. I definitely recommend this.
gefess – :
Powdery smokey leathery patchouli. A little old fashioned. Refined. Dapper.
ihar75 – :
Oh now this is a truly delectable patchouli! Starts out like pure patch, a little minty. Not dry dirt, but moist and damp soil, super peaty. It was a beautiful start but it becomes so much more as it unfolds on the skin. Honey sets in alongside a sweet resin, then hints of cacao and tobacco tease the nostrils. Horizon rivals Mazzolari’s patchouli, my favorite patch until now perhaps. While remarkable, Mazzolari is not nearly as complex as Horizon, nor does it contain that wonderful whisper of cacao. Horizon smells like the leather-bound books lining the shelves of a German aristocrat’s personal library, one inside the kind of mansion that Indiana Jones would raid. Certainly not a hippie’s house! And again, mmmm, that hint of cacao! Patch lovers must try, but be prepared to fall in love and pay for a full bottle.
(Ladies–this is certainly unisex, not for men only)
ricsskendency – :
in my imagination I can’t set this perfume with is name as Horizon, may be because my favourite Horizon from Guy Laroche is completely different. this one truly sounds like an intensive version of Borneo 1834 with tons of patchouli and cognac. unlike in Borneo I don’t get the sweetnes of marmalade or honey. it’s very strong perfume for a man with pipe sitting on leather armchair near the fireplace in his parlour and the weather is snowy cold.
efsalex – :
A lovely chocolate/cocoa and patchouli combo, reminding me of Serge Lutens’ Borneo. But much stronger and with an authentic period vibe.