Birdie opens badly! I'm not a huge fan of patchouli at the best of times but I can appreciate it on occasion, however not in this creation. The opening reminds me of the smell you get from a stale old tent you've had in a shed for years. Even the green notes in this are strange and sand? Is that because of the golf theme? Odd! It's slightly dirty earthy and even a bit of the sea in there as well. The dry down isn't too bad the patchouli matures and takes on more of a familiar character but still not something I like or could ever envisage willingly putting on my skin. Update: hmmmm...second time around and it hasn't gotten much better. However this is a very interesting and evocative patchouli. There's a super natural smell to me which reminds me of hanging out in fields as a kid getting upto no good. A faint misty smell of farmers fields, grass, hay, evening air a fishing pond perhaps maybe the canal...it's quite vivid. All this was within close proximity to a golf course so the theme kinda stands up. I don't know what it is but I've started to get a real appreciation for earthy fragrance but would still never wear this one.
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Birdie, from Xerjoff was released in 2012. The perfumer behind this creation is Chris Maurice. The notes are Apple, Earth Tincture, Grass, Lavender, Patchouli, Pepper, Sand, Sea Water, Vetiver.
Birdie opens badly! I'm not a huge fan of patchouli at the best of times but I can appreciate it on occasion, however not in this creation. The opening reminds me of the smell you get from a stale old tent you've had in a shed for years. Even the green notes in this are strange and sand? Is that because of the golf theme? Odd! It's slightly dirty earthy and even a bit of the sea in there as well. The dry down isn't too bad the patchouli matures and takes on more of a familiar character but still not something I like or could ever envisage willingly putting on my skin. Update: hmmmm...second time around and it hasn't gotten much better. However this is a very interesting and evocative patchouli. There's a super natural smell to me which reminds me of hanging out in fields as a kid getting upto no good. A faint misty smell of farmers fields, grass, hay, evening air a fishing pond perhaps maybe the canal...it's quite vivid. All this was within close proximity to a golf course so the theme kinda stands up. I don't know what it is but I've started to get a real appreciation for earthy fragrance but would still never wear this one.