Description
Ormonde Man is the first fragrance by the house of Ormonde which is addressed at men—a signature fragrance by Ormonde Jayne.
The perfume is composed of rare components. Opening with notes of juniper berry, bergamot, pink pepper, cardamom and coriander seeds, the heart encompasses precious agarwood and black hemlock. Vetiver, cedar and sandalwood combine with musk in the base. The overall composition is a complex and mystical fragrance that exudes soft woody notes and is full of character and old world sophistication.
The fragrance is available in eau de parfum or Made to Measure Parfum for which the customer selects the concentration as well as bath and body products. Ormonde Man was launched in 2004. The nose behind this fragrance is Geza Schoen.
gulya6984 – :
Not a unique scent…and a designerish quality perfume.
ordinary fresh masculine citrus-woody perfume with hints of cardamom and peppery undertones…it’s very light and simple…thats all it.don’t get so hyped by positive reviews…Do yourself a favour and just get a decant/sample and try it for yourself.nothing ground-breaking or special….
it’s a certain pass for me.
Scent 5/10
longevity:5/10
Sillage:4/10
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Overall:5.5/10
JoseAugusto – :
Alot similar to kumkat wood but the quality and scent character of ormonde is top notch . Projection is such well-behaved . Mancera projects alot which is not good for this kinda of sophisticated smell.
ibr-77 – :
My wife went to selfridges and i asked her to smell and buy ormonde man. She called me back saying tht she cant smell it, it was too weak probably. I was a bit disappointed but finally bought me ambre royal which is fantastic. I was thinking of ormonde man based on the very positive reviews and i ordered a sample. I sprayed that sample but it seems that my wife wasnt wrong. Too weak and nothing special, absolutely nothing. Having smelled ambre royal and zizan, this is a kid. The zizan is a deeply masculine fragrance so elegant and refined. Ambre royal is a unisex but gorgeous as well. Ormonde man is a zero for me. I had great expectations but all gone now.
Kordevak – :
Scent: 8/10
Projection: 8/10
Longevity: 8/10
artur_mart – :
Heifrank says it best!!! Perfect scent found
Lana8160 – :
Have I found my perfect scent?
My three years travel journey have been driven to explore the wide array of olfactive artworks. But there has also been this inner drive to find the ultimate scent.
Ormonde Man, and especially its opening, is the best smell I ever has experienced. I dont even want to destroy the pure experience by words. But the image which fit this scent is a walk in an enchanted forest with vital green plants, herbs, trees and flowers. And a brook with the pure, crisp water is glimmering in the sunshine.
It is very seldom I find a scent which correspond with my “soul”. Ormonde man contains black hemlock which Socrates used in his famous suicide when he stated that “the only thing I know is that I know nothing”. Well the only thing that I know is that I love Ormonde Man.
mr.kosyrenkov – :
A unique, interesting, modern masculine fragrance that juxtaposes the old and new worlds and creates a lovely wearable juice that exudes sophistication, charm and even a slight air of mystery. The perfume opens really green with notes of bergamot, pink pepper, cardamom and coriander. As it begins to settle, the notes of oud and hemlock are revealed. When it drys down, a nice woody powdery base of musk, vetiver, cedar and sandalwood is revealed. This is a lovely shape shifting perfume that can be easily worn in any setting safely (it can also be construed as unisex for most part), and the ingredients used seem very natural and of high quality. A true testament to the wonderful blending skills of Geza Schoen, this fragrance has moderate sillage/projection and is truly long lasting. A marvel of modern niche perfumery!
Scoossyjacy – :
opening is very light fresh, green, & then it gets more & more floral and sweet (there has to be some benzoin, amber, or coumarin in it) …it’s ok but a little too sweet for me, I know there aren’t any floral notes listed & it could be the composition itself giving me that impression but there is a floral almost rosy accord, the cardamom, cedar, & vetiver are very noticeable…it’s an interesting fragrance with layers just wish the sweet notes were less noticeable
LetoO – :
Received as a sample. An OK scent, woody clean with the cedar standing out. For the price though it does not great as the sillage and longevity on me was poor. I won;t be making a purchase.
IgnaSakawsdiD – :
Received as a sample. OK scent, woody clean with the cedar but the sillage and longevity is not that great. For the price not sure worth buying, at least I won’t be making a purchase.
Andrey-red – :
I can’t praise this scent highly enough; a textbook example of a modern masculine. For starters, the zesty but controlled whirl of pepper in the opening is brilliant. Some of that pepper lingers on to join the main attraction of muted woods and a touch of oud, with a quiet berry note to sweeten things a bit. It all dries down into a warm, woody glow that is soft yet substantial. It’s a perfectly calibrated blend and smells marvelous. Longevity is exemplary – three or four spritzes last all day – and sillage couldn’t be better. As if all that weren’t enough: Ormonde Man exudes class, lots of it. Ideal in any situation, any season, day or night. No wonder I’ve worn this more than any other scent over the past 8 years.
A rare 10/10. Perfect.
trairmFremn – :
I LOVE this! High quality cedar w some bright almost sharp spiced piney greens. To me it smells like a masculine niche quality L’air du Temps by Nina Ricci (weird reference perhaps but it just WORKS). I will be getting a full bottle as my next fragrance purchase.
GOGA1963 – :
Thought about this one for a while before buying 120ml bottle from the store in London.
I started collecting fragrances about a year ago, and got a sample based on Luca Turin’s Top 10 list.
It arrived and I thought it was quite sharp, a bit headache inducing, but couldn’t see any angles on it. I fonud it a bit cold and reserved.
I kept collecting fragrances, and got up to about 100 samples and bottles. I took a look at my ratings for all the fragrances, and slowly over the year, Ormonde Man had moved to the very top in my estimations.
There is something ingenious about this scent. It’s the most versatile scent I’ve come across – not only in terms of how it suits any occasion (at all) but in that it seems able to convey opposites simultaneously in multiple dimensions. It’s classic, but modern. It’s got a prominent character standalone character (the woods) but it’s also transparent and hard to pin down. It’s formal and appropriate, but it’s also artistic and has a devil-may-care rebelliousness. It’s cold and stern, but inviting. There’s an intense panache to this fragrance which I find really appealing.
ksa79 – :
After lots of hesitation, I bought a 120ml bottle of Jayne Ormonde Man.
This is an unique scent! I would describe it as formal, classical, non offensive.
OJM starts out VERY green. The sharp, cut grass kind of green, combined with pepper and a bit of citrus. Fresh in an uncommon way.
After a while it turns towards a more floral scent, which makes it classical.
OJM is not perfect, it is a bit too sweet to my likings and could have some more edge to make it interesting. There should be an oud note to do this, but this is really faint (almost not detectable).
But, overall, there is something about this fragrance I like a lot. Is it the hemlock note that has been done so well (don’t know how hemlock smells)? Is it the way it smells natural and chemical at the same time? I don’t know.
8/10
Edit: this is a love/hate thing. The last time I wore it I did not like it. I just sprayed it on my wrist and now I love it: simple, uplifting, modern take on a classic theme.
Interesting!
Edit 2: my girlfriend definately does not like it. she mentioned it twice! I am always hesitant to wear a fragrance that I have gotten an unsolicited negative comment on. However, I still like it myself!
skanarchey – :
This is a classic-feeling fragrance with enough edginess to keep it versatile and appropriate for a wide range of occasions and ages.
Pink pepper and juniper burst onto the scene in the top notes – a fresh breath of crisp autumn air that would be appropriate any time of the year. As the pink pepper and juniper tame down a bit, the cardamom begins to appear, and to my nose, takes center stage as it is supported by an understated yet quality (probably synthetic) oud note. Here, as others have mentioned, the scent smells more fulfilling when enjoyed passively as it wafts up to your nose. Smelling it directly on the skin isn’t nearly as pleasing (although certainly not bad at all).
I get a really strong Tom Ford Oud Wood vibe, for comparison’s sake. Keep in mind this was released in 2004, vs. Oud Wood in 2007! Fans of Oud Wood absolutely need to check this one out, as it certainly has different nuances – these two scents have a similar vibe (probably the cardamom/oud dominance) but are by no means dupes of each other.
Love it!
Kaisar8 – :
this starts off a peppery, woody green scent with noticeable juniper, which then seems to dissipate fairly quickly.something about this scent is SO familiar but i can’t place it right now. it’s refreshing yet grounded. it’s clean but not in an “aquatic/fresh” sort of way. after about 10 minutes the musk starts to come through and i find this even more delectable. i want to bathe in it! and bathe my boyfriend in it, honestly…it’s like taking a walk, freshly showered in the crisp air of an alpine forest on a sunny day.
ssravto – :
This is the scent of a shaft of sunlight penetrating a forest of majestic pine trees. It has elements of darkness, inky vetiver, oud, spice and pine balsam, and pungent greens, most notably a sappy green grassy note, but all rendered luminous and sheer. It’s the closest thing I’ve found to lungful of forest air – there are many foresty scents that have the impact of smelling, up close, a coniferous tree or a handful of wood chippings but there are few that capture the scent of the air, the space between the branches and a carpet of dried pine needles and greenery underfoot. It manages to be both outdoorsy and yet refined. It’s absolute perfection and equally wearable by a man or a woman and on any occasion or season.
-Torres- – :
To me it smells mostly woody-green with aspects of pepper, white florals and musk. It is well blended and gives a good projection and lasts quite long.
The only ‘problem’ is that it is obviously built mostly on synthetic compounds and I get this feeling of a woody-green fragrance that doesn’t really smell natural. It smells good, but there is an element of synthetic-ness in it, I feel.
It is a unisex fragrance in my opinion and will fit equally well on men and women.
tka4anko1 – :
I gotta say this didn’t blow me away at first sniff but its different in an awesome way, its addicting i must say! Reminds me a little bit of la nuit de l’homme by ysl in the top notes and in the dry down slight similarity to Salvatore Ferragamo essential with that slight soapiness but way better than both in my opinion just hope it lasts long and projects decently to justify the price tag! I think this would be best for evening scent year round to be honest. Ill have to give it more wearings to get my full decision on this one wether or not to pull the trigger.
dimaserov – :
Clean green woody scent.
Smells like the inside of a brand new briefcase.
My wife liked it. To me it’s quite inert – it’s a very dry, refined, unsweet green wood smell but not really any ‘angle’ to it.
I can imagine it being a good work fragrance for a man – it’s quite hard but refined, like a cold grey precision cut stone. There are no soft edges to it – no sweetness, no spiciness – nothing inappropriate but immaculately styled. It’s like posh ink. It gives the impression of disciplined, restrained sophistication.
Gives me a slight headache.
Vetiver/juniper berry combination reminds me of Success by Trump, which I prefer.
Flertoomo – :
On the dry down, this smells quite similar with Oriflame Signature Heritage (sweeter, soapier and thicker but doesn’t hold longer) without the Vetiver. Both are fantastic perfumes. Both highly recommended although Oriflame has below average longevity.
wer45 – :
Sweet fresh cut pine boards (or, now that you mention it, juniper), with lime. A lovely, fresh, wistful scent.
Pride – :
it remind me Santal 33 by le labo. perhaps cardamom touch with santal ….. but good stuff
Blevcak – :
It smells very strong chemical aldehides. I do not like it.
casper800 – :
Possibly my new signature fragrance and I consider it a MASTERPIECE!
Let’s face it, today’s market is abundant with so much product that it is very hard to find something that appeals from ALL angles, meaning: scent itself, longevity, wearability, strength or sillage, development and last but not least price.
This creation has me hooked on ALL these aspects. (£140 for 120ml is a bargain for a quality niche Eau de Parfum concentration).
I am a chypre lover to begin with and it really is a misunderstood category. Of course I am a sucker for heavy and pungent orientals, especially when it’s cold and it’s winter, but this one, a classic ‘resinous’ chypre is just so perfect for this transitionary time of year: autumn (but I actually think this can be used almost all year round, perhaps not in sweltering summer heat).
Now, I did visit the Ormonde Jayne boutique in London (Royal Arcade) a few days ago and this attractive and charming lady served me, asking me all the right questions a consummate professional like her would. It turned out it was Linda Pilkington, the founder of O.J. herself. This really impressed me immensely and gave me even more intrigue to sample her scents.
She recommended this creation for me and I immediately took a liking to it, given I love chypres and unusual ingredients: The hemlock (she used it first) is a poisonous plant and full of history and mystique. Legend has it that Socrates poisoned himself with a drink made from this plant: indeed it is intoxicating for once sniffed, I can no longer put it down.
Ms Pilkerton also claims to be a pioneer in using oud here in the UK for the first time (before everyone else did) and in the case of this creation the multitude of ingredients are incredibly well orchestrated and blend together to a real Chypre symphony of resinous, creamy, spicy, rich and indulgent, warm and musky olfactory bliss.
Initially the juniper hits you with the bergamot but quickly makes way to this hard to describe abstract oily, coniferous creamy, piney green, somewhat aromatic floral blitz, that isn’t really floral but more herbaceous, known as “chypre”, the collective effect of various woods, resins, herbs and plant extracts.
What I love about this perfume is that is somewhat understated and does not start with a big bang, more like a noticeable introduction but it is the constantly increasing glimmer and glow from below and underneath that is so compelling. You just cannot help but starting to sniff yourself and this extremely well blended concoction just keeps on going and going. It lasts particularly long and well on fabric!
It is incredibly sophisticated but also smells very natural, relaxed and elegant; just truly unique. It is not a massive projector, more like an elegant ‘hummer’ rather than a ‘screamer’, but it is always and confidently there. This restrain makes it so utterly compelling and will make you wanting more.
I also think it is extremely sensuous and sexy in an otherworldly kind of way, not like a brash sexy like “Kouros” or “1 Million” and the likes.
Thank you Linda!! I love you and your creations.
A CHYPRE MASTERPIECE! 10/10
reiquinee – :
It’s O.K, however the price is inversely proportional to the scent. Once you are reminded how much it is any cloud you are enveloped in makes you think this stinks. Another Asiatic influenced offering by J Ormonde.
rodanes – :
Ormonde Jayne’s signature release for men was a mysterious case that occurred in the early 00’s. I didn’t know what to expect from it. On first smell the fragrance unfolded effortlessly and created a sweltering mist around me like I had walked through a dense cloud of fragrant smoke.
In the ten first minutes the perfume had me so hooked that I relaxed myself and enjoyed it for the sheer pleasure of watching it evolve. Like other fragrances of the woods category this rich composition makes the star notes not so necessary for the final result. For the book, I get the juniper, pepper, creamy florals and aromatic woods base but the case is that in this classic genre the form avails the perfumer to either create abstract twists that are puzzling and highly complex (Fahrenheit) or rest assured in bold plainness (as is the case of most straightforward vetivers).
Created with top quality materials by the extremely talented Geza Schoen Ormonde Man evolves in a passionless way. It has a deep precise voice, green and woody. An elegant simplicity of style that has the timeless feel of the glorious chypres of the past. Furthermore it is infused with understatement and a sense of aloof assuredness.
I close my eyes and find it hard not to imagine Jef Costello. This is all style.
ysinka1 – :
“Sadness Is A Blessing” *****
This is my fragrance for melancholy.
When the night comes, summer or winter, and you seem to have everything lost, this perfume will wrap not only your body, but also your soul.
Everything is in tune now, like the notes of this fragrance ensemble.
Perfect.
Now I can cry.
Nesty500 – :
It’s interesting the sensation that Ormonade Man transmit me on skin, because there is a kind of classic aura to me at the same time it seems totally modern. Ormonde Man is not one of those fragrance that opens with strong notes, that seems to pull an impression. It simply keeps itself harmonic, with a more discreet charm, a classical one. To me, the spices aromas dominates its smell: the creamier side of cardamom in contact with the sweet spiciness of pink pepper and the herbal and driest aroma of juniper. The opening has a citrus side and green aroma very delicious, that a little bit after develops into the spices dominance. The base is what makes me think of Ormonde Man as modern instead of classic: altough they list notes like vetiver, cedar and sandalwood, what is the main aroma on it is a mineral shiny woody aroma that seems very modern and synthetic, but that fits well the composition.
rgv – :
The most beautiful opening of any fragrance I’ve ever smelled. Just melts your mind. Sadly, the drydown didn’t retain this effect and I was left… well, sad. Nevertheless it’s still so nice I have no problem wearing it.
dandi – :
One of the better oud treatments I’ve happened across. Geza Schoen has smartly paired the rotwood to cedar, which works because my pure oud distillates all possess hints of cedar’s musky sweetness. Drawing out that element seems rather clever to me. However, the pink pepper, coriander, juniper, and yeah, cedar, all assemble into a humdrum olfactory experience. If you’re into masculine fougerientals made by upscale niche brands like Amouage and ELDO, you’ve already smelled something at least 80% like Ormonde Man. Not a problem per say, but just be aware that this isn’t the world’s most unique composition. However, given the circumstances, it still smells great, like a handful of familiar colognes gathered into one special black-tie aromatic. Hats off to Geza, and for whoever was bright enough to pick his comp over all the rest.
toonommeviend – :
Very light, too light for a man, simple notes of bergamot and pepper. Elegant….nothing more.
oneneptmemi – :
I consider it a perfect scent.
The opening is fresh, fruity by juniper, and heats up in minutes by pepper , I also feel something spicy, cardamom is intense right here.
The heart begins to appear through the green woody touch and keeps warm with a touch dry, I think it is oud but nothing too intense, give a semi medicinal smoky kind of scent.
The background is majestic, the above combination is the cedar that appears resinous and also has a creamy touch.
Looks like moss, so it makes it a real chypre but also modern, masterpiece undoubtedly the balance in each note is the differential.
stas009 – :
Ormonde Man is nice, masterfully blended. It is woody, peppery, with juniper berries and oud, although in the drydown it is mainly citrusy. Elegant but also casual. And a poisonous herb – black hemlock as one of main ingredients (responsible for these beautiful woody notes) makes it even mysterious. Great but I cannot wear it – it dominates although it is quite weak.
Brukcc – :
Post modern take on old days powerhouses. Herbal green, peper undertones, spicy juniper, woody drydown. Scent for grown ups!
Moderate sillage, alas!
Zaikysha – :
I may have made Fragrantica’s site to collapse with my in-out in-out in-out of this to my top 5 favourites… I did it a hundred times lol. I still can’t decide.
Ormonde man is what I’d call the perfect masculine scent. It is without any doubt the one that drove me the craziest this year… the beginning showing a very well blended juniper with some citrus… very refreshing and green, different, very refined but wearable… then you are hit with this amazing oud that makes the blend simply irresistible, thicker, smooth and warmer. I was in heaven by then. It is not too strong and the mix is so sexy and well behaved… I would name this perfume the very essential men’s fragrance at this point. No one would smell better than wearing Ormonde man. I don’t mean to exaggerate but I swear I thought “this is it!!!”.
Imagine now how desperate I felt when 20 minutes later the treasure of a million gold coins became out of magic only 2 packages of pink pepper. I am not a material guy so I thought: ok… what can I make with some pepper? I am still wondering. Any recipes anyone?
This is what some people call (euphemistically to my ears) this house masculines mark. This pepper is also what remains of the wonderful citrus-á-la-AnnickGoutal Isfarkand after 5 minutes so yes… ok… but pepper on its own doesn’t make a reliable base to any perfume. I don’t think it smells bad… but come on… a wonderful complex perfume can’t end in sheer pepper after 20 minutes. Where’s the 20% concentration perfume? Is it meant to be the pepper?
Ormonde man is in my top ten list and I feel very sorry for criticizing it but I can’t cope with my frustration here… I recommend everyone to wait and see if you like the pepper drydown… The scent loses 80% of its initial strength and later it loses its identity. I still find the first hour memorable and hope Ormonde woman will be similar and longerlasting. Will I be able to convince my pocket to blindbuy again something from this house? mmm… Dear Linda please work on longevity or is it that english love affairs are meant to last this short?
tur22 – :
SotD: Ormonde Jayne – Ormonde Man
This has an intense citrusy/spicy opening, little bit sweet and warm.
As the time goes by, the scent tames down, get some woody notes and also brings so clean smelling.
Funny that English Parfumerie can follow a line and way to do scents with a similar pattern even though time goes during years and years…
I get some similarities to Opus 1870, but Ormonde is more spicy!!! This is a good point as i love Opus.
The dry is a little bit synthetic and simple, with nothing more than musc and cedar. This part could be better.
Good scent for most of occasions/moments, chic, clean…
It is intriguing as it has dark and light accords inside for being fresh and also intense on spices and woods.
🙂
Demiurg – :
On first application to your skin you get a really invigorating blast of fresh spicy juniper berries and bergamot which leads into a spicy creamy heart of woods and pepper. Mixed in with this is the oud and cardamom and other spices.
The opening is really good then it seems to settle down to boring creamy woody accord. But this is where I nearly misjudged this fragrance because I was smelling this up very close on my wrist.
When I went out the scent transformed and unfurled into a amazing haze of subtle green sappy spices and creamy woods all around me. It was subtle but smelling this scent when it takes to the air was very different from up close.
It smelled really good but in a enigmatic way where I was at a loss how to interpret what I was smelling as it was different from what I’m used to. It must be the oud and hemlock notes in this giving the green spicy notes a air of mystery.
Good fragrance and one that must be smelled when it takes to the air and surrounds you and not judged too quickly by smelling it up close.
Quomrootami – :
A great woddy aromatic perfect for everyday use. Its very versatil you can wear in any ocasion and any weather (on summer just a couple of sprays will do the trick). Its not linear but it doesn’t evolve significantly eather.
It opens very green and fresh, I detect cardamom and juniper the overal felling is woody, dusty and has hints of cut grass I also smell somenthing sparkling and earthy here almost like coke. Then the aromatic accord fades and you are left with the dry woddy heart. Now here its all about ceder, sandalwood and I dare say oud (eventhoug i’m not sure it is realy here) Its very creamy, dry and cedery, like if you where smelling wood that was recently cut, and I must say it is somewhat a bit resinous too. Very whell done!
Now the bottom is the olnly part that I don´t love, but I like. Its very sinthetic and almost cheap, but they menaged to escape the green sinthetic woods accord that you find in other fragrances, and I guess this is mostly because of the sandalwood used here. Its like walking on a fine line withouth falling (writting this I just remembered the french guy who crossed the Twin Towers on a line).
I think Ormonde Jayne managed to create a chic and modern fragrence perfect for the young english gentleman
4 out of 5
h3o – :
I believe this scent is worn by Bryan Ferry so it`s obviously class
Ali_G – :
really love the smell , on my skin it last about 5 to 8 hrs dependant upon the weather…then the smell starts to appear and reappear..a very refreshing unique classic scent..smells of grass then mixtures of all the other notes, cardamon, juniper berrys etc with each is balanced…my only complaint is sillage is not good you have to put the noses near the skin to smell it after 20 minutes…longetivity for the price should be a full day but it is not..smell wise is beautiful unique..longetivity and sillage is bads..i would propose that the percentage of pure parfum is increased to 25%
star905 – :
Ormonde Man wowed me: No Doubts!
I would define it as a green woody with a consistent body and dark undertones. The initial accord of juniper and cardamom enriched by green bergamot and pink pepper, serves as a terrific introduction to a magistral oud-y/woody combo with a strong coniferous presence. The oud is definitely restrained and not medicinal at all and, together with Black Hemlock, its emphasized in a resin-y, sort of pine-y, aspect. During the initial phases there’s a green dusty-spicy woodyness that made me vaguely think about Santal 33’s opening (ok, I should probably say the other way around considering their respective release dates but, they still share many common notes). Overall, although showing a consistent structure, I wouldn’t classify Ormonde Man as a bold and powerful fragrance. Insead it’s kinda understated, smooth, very easy to wear and, most of all, quite versatile.
A terrific modern masculine. Call me names, call me whatever you want but Ormonde Man it’s very close being a masterpiece. One of a kind.
Rating: 8.5-9/10
sirguest – :
Starts out with lemon peel, vetiver, a little subtle spice, and some woody cedar and sandalwood-type notes. It’s more or less linear, although the citrus does disappear after a while and some musk appears an hour or so in and stays through the end. Sillage is moderate, but the scent will stick around all day, at least 8 hours.
It’s a discrete and fairly conservative scent that’s just barely on the masculine side of the aisle. It seems like it would be a good choice to wear in public situations where there may be people who don’t appreciate strong perfume. If you like woody vetiver scents, it’s certainly worth trying.
Effiftvem – :
Initial review: I LOVE the green, green, freshly cut Kentucky Bluegrass/evergreen (is it the juniper berry followed with black hemlock coming through already?) opening on this! It brings back memories of high school days in Lexington. I keep wanting to smell it time after time. I wish the top lasted longer- it’s so refreshing! Clean, pleasant, mild mid note of oude introduces itself soon afterward. Dry down is nice, but fairly non-descript to me. It is anticlimactic after the earlier phases, ebbing to just a skin scent far too early. Smooth, well-blended. Worth getting.
Tohaxxx88 – :
there is no word can describe it its very hard to find perfumes that have a dry woodey smokey elments sadly most of the perfumes are sickly sweet but armond man is not its very diffrent to me its smelles like arabin coffee and its realy realy good Cardamom and oud is well blended and the freshness of coriander gives it a sharp edge
juli1912 – :
My first impression was very positive; in the first 20 minutes I smelled lots of well blended dry spices and woods and thought I was in for a treat. Unfortunately, soon after that, the main body of the perfume seemed to thin out rapidly leaving behind a buzzing, high-pitched veneer of sneezy pepper and mentholated notes (somewhat reminiscent of the unlovable austere elements of French Lover and CDG Man 2).
Muai – :
I’ve always been addicted to men’s fragrances. Back to 1995, I remember myself as a teenager in Brazil wearing Jean Paul Gaultier Le male, and feeling so much older than my generation. Nowadays I tend to buy perfumes which for one reason or another call my attention particularly to their unique styles. Ormonde Man was chosen for its rare components and for being a floral for men. I dragged myself to Ormonde Jayne shop in London and bought a bottle of it. Here we go, I am in love with it – smooth, complex and full of character. I tend to use Ormonde man for relaxing events.
de_gizard – :
Ormonde Man is a fantastic scent – fresh sweet fir tree kept from bitterness by the soft woods. Lively with spice (bordering on the memory of Old Spice – probably not the real thing). This could make any man smell like an outdoorsman. It’s sort of like Christmas tree farm with hot spiced cider (minus the apple). Sillage is medium. It is so clean smelling that women could wear it.