Description
“With a touch of modernity: the overall structure remains intact, with a reworking of the spicy top notes to deliver a roundness at the start.
Small leather facets enhance the heart of the composition, while some woody notes are more discreet.
The high proportion and quality of the sandalwood essence make this creation an exceptional juice.” – a note from the brand.
Santal Noble 2017 by Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier is a Woody Spicy fragrance for men. This is a new fragrance. Santal Noble 2017 was launched in 2017. Top notes are coffee, spices and incense; middle notes are sandalwood, patchouli, vanilla and vetiver; base notes are castoreum, ambergris and oakmoss.
AntiSL – :
Santal Noble is a delux, pillowy-soft, woodsy musk à la beaver. The musk is noticeably animalic with a honey-like sweetness. It is not a “sexy” fragrance, but one that blends an aura of nobility and privilege with an undertone of decadence.
Santal Noble reminds me of a certain 18th-Century, French aristocrat and libertine. I enjoy this fragrance immensely, but I could never pull it off as a signature scent, seeing how I don’t sport a periwig. If you love the thrill of a blind buy, go for it. You will find Santal Noble intriguing, luxurious, and exquisitely crafted.
Scent: 10/10
Sillage: 6 feet
Longevity: 8 hours
nikvad – :
Like most Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier fragrance, Santal Noble 2017 brings a sharp austere regality that feels old school without smelling old man-ish.
In the case of Santal Noble 2017, it does indeed smell quite similar to the original Santal Noble in the top notes with a refined sandlewood helped out by spices (boosted by a quick to fade bitter coffee note,) vanilla, and patchouli. The sandalwood here is balsamic and slightly sweet while maintaining a rich, full bodied creamy accord (dried out in great parts by the spices used here.)
It seems when comparing samples of the 2017 SN and the plain Jane Santal Noble that the differences occur exclusively in the drydown, where in the original there is an ambered incense paired with a musk dancing in and out of vetiver and oakmoss: this gives the feeling one of a deep and rich woody/incense accord sweetened lightly by the amber. Overall it’s a very nice base scent, however it is given more weight in the 2017 version wherein the amber becomes saltier and drier, and the musk is replaced with castoreum which moves it from being a ‘pleasing ambient’ quality, and gives it a slight animalic edge (highlighting the spices above it.)
It’s not the strongest or loudest scent, but it does maintain a rich quality through and through that is unbeatable in sandalwood fragrances even 100$ above this price point, and really unless one delves heavily into attar oils focusing on mysore will one find a beautiful centerfold production of Sandalwood that can outdo the work done here.
Earthy, rich, woody, and dry.
Sublime.
9/10
YT: Jess AndWesH
CHp – :
There’s a delicate sourness to this — a musky animalic sourness that might be the the combination of castoreum, acidic coffee, salty ambergris and soft decaying patchouli, somehow creating a labdanum-like accord.
The sandalwood is enjoyable and well blended with the above notes and although prominent sits only a degree or two higher than the other ingredients. The distinct sandalwood nuttiness that I enjoy in authentic Mysore (Indian) or Pacific sandalwood is revealed some way down into the drydown.
I’m not sure how this differs from the red bottle — I received a current sample of this from LuckyScent which displays the clear bottle as pictured above. This indeed is a high quality woody-animalic perfume with excellent tenacity, seemingly simple yet deep.
Hoonlilkinvar – :
Soft creamy sandalwood and vanilla in equal doses, some Vetiver in the distance. Muted spices and coffee in the first half hour. High quality, elegant. Don’t expect too much though, this is a softly spoken niche. Not a blaring crowd-pleaser.