This one fizzed up out of the bottle at me and demanded that I took notice of it. I love this house and everything I've tried has been a total knockout! I tried several from the new range majestic cedar, a lime based citrus one and a sandalwood one.(can't remember the names of those two) and I was a bit miffed that they're not in the database. Anyway...my girlfriend convinced me to buy this as SHE fell in love with it straight away, don't get me wrong I was on board but not going as crazy as she was. To be honest this is like no other citrus I've tried in that it's probably closer to the apple type smell of things like Tommy Boy or Lacoste Play (the red one) but done far better and very classy. The juniper is apparent too, dry yet distinctive and refreshing like a gin fizz! I really don't know what to tell you? I bought it on the spot because my girlfriend said it would be "the perfect summer fragrance." Shouldn't really admit this but I don't often take her advice however on this occasion I was compelled to. I did have some mild second thoughts but after the fruity, bubbly, champagne of an opening it does have a backbone of woods and an unmistakable carrot seed note that you don't seem to get in anything other than high quality fragrances. So in essence this is a magnificently summery fragrance that just when it starts to remind you of a cheaper designer one takes on a more refined air of quality. It's quite a simple composition but what we have here is a knockout fragrance which has very good performance and moderate projection. More people should try it because it's so clean yet sophisticated, I suspect it will be a crowd pleaser.

Oh dear I made the mistake of wearing this on Friday evening. It was among a quite a large batch of samples that I tried a while ago and thought George was one I had liked but was yet to review conclusively. I try not to make the mistake of just wearing a fragrance wtihout trying it properly and knowing for certain I like it. I'm sorry...but George is awful! Truly awful. Reminds me of Vetiver dance by Tauer but not quite as awful to be fair to George. If anyone has seen the way Thierry Mugler made their AMen les parfums de cuir by soaking off cut strips of leather in a barrel full of AMen and leaving it to infuse. Well imagine the same process but with beeswax, root beer, plasters and bandages! Medicinal is not even the word it smells anticeptic! I don't even think that's fair really because there's something nice about the smell of germolene or detol and this just has other weird facets which make it utterly reprehensible to my nose, namely....white florals! Neroli is massive in here also and adds to the waxy awful general body of the rest of the fragrance. Needless to say I was not happy when I applied it to my skin and realised I would smell that way for several hours and I like to think I'm pretty open minded olfactory wise. There's a honey/beeswax element to this fragrance, an aloof coffee vibe which if it was more pronounced might have redeemed George somewhat and awful white florals & heliotrope! What a mess! Some people might regard this as perfume as genius, I'm not convinced as it just goes against my tastes like trying to force feed me squid and mushrooms. I will say this for it... It's a complex scent and my girlfriend liked it. Oddly enough she had a similar reaction to me in that George has this car crash effect of not being able to stop sniffing at it. Obviously for different reasons mine just in pure disgust, trying to work out why anyone would make this perfume or want to wear it? And hers in awe of a complicated and strange alluring fragrance. Luckily for me the longevity wasn't brilliant, neither was sillage but I did realise it was bad as I was applying so maybe I didn't put enough on?

Feuilles de tabac is an odd one. If you're expecting an abundance of tobacco then think again, this is a well rounded perfume which is as much about tonka beans and patchouli in the base as it is about tobacco. The opening is a strange herbal creamy affair which has a distinctive peppery spice in there which isn't sharp but adds interest to what is a turbulent start. As with La Fumee, I was sure whether I liked it even after it settled but longer into the drydown is where it gets sweeter and revealed itself as something I'd quite happily wear. Nothing ground breaking here but I have to say it's unique and that's a big plus for this one, If you like Feuilles de tabac at all, you'll probably love it. If you're looking for a tobacco scent then it's worth checking out but might be a little tame on the tobacco element for some. I got a good few hours out of it so I'd say Longevity is pretty good and it does evolve so best to give it a chance to convince you.

My second Miller Harris fragrance and I'm not sure what to make of it? This should tread familiar territory balsamic/resinous and judging by the name smokey. I don't know if I expect masses of smoke now because I've tried some smoke bomb fragarances of late but La Fumee seems a bit tame. The opening is a bit unsettled and I wasn't sure it was balanced enough for my liking. It's soft sandalwood, elemi and labdanum which conspire to make a warming woody, incense type perfume which has a very subtle smoke to it. The drydown is sublime though, really lovely a classy sandalwood/herbal mixture and worth considering. Great drydown but didn't grab me to begin with, good longevity though. I like it, my girlfriend commented she wasn't that impressed.

This is a really well put together scent from Lyn Harris and I was initially fooled that it would be all about citrus with a name like Citron Citron. I was pleasant surprised when after a wonderfully natural refreshing opener of citruses you're treated to a drydown that I didn't expect to be as interesting as it was. The first few minutes you're fooled into thinking this could be a very pleasant but ultimately one dimensional & fleeting citrus. It takes about half an hour but you get a hint that there's more to this when the woods and oakmoss start to make an appearance. It dries down to a gentle spiced wood with a lingering citrus, it's very nice and seems effortless to wear & enjoy. It's my first Miller Harris and off to a good start. Great summer fragrance, Longevity is okay too.

Okay so I tried this today and brought some samples home. I really enjoyed the original wonderwood but felt it was a great but a little similar in spirit to Lalique Encre Noire to add it to the collection, still it's very nice indeed. Now the addition of Oud to this mixture of woody aromas and vetiver is either a bandwagon jumping one or a stroke of genius. I'm pleased to say I think it's the latter, this being CDG I have to say that generally they get it right and usual blaze their own trail. To begin with I wasn't sure, the opening is very similar to wonderwood but now with a feel of two stranger Oud fragrances one being AdP Oud colonia concentree and Tom Ford Oud wood (of which I'm not very fond.) that's my initial thoughts anyway. As wonderoud dries down though it reveals a very beautiful aroma which compliments the already excellent peppery vetiver of wonderwood. The lasting power is great I only tried it in the shop and can still smell it strongly now but I will update tomorrow when I wear it properly. Where as I'm not blown away by wonderoud I'm pleasantly surprised. Not a typical Oud to my nose but who cares?

Stunning! Wore this today and fell in love with it. Peppery and has a signature CDG feel which reminds me of the other fragrance I have in their 'normal' range Blue Santal. I will definitely be getting this one, the Oud is evident but just adds an extra bit of luxury, a cherry on the top if you will to what is a great fragrance anyway. Longevity is very good too.

Just to re re review this! I'm wearing it today for the first time in a while and I'm shocked that I didn't realise it before but Wonderoud not only smells like its underperforming and slightly poor older brother Wonderwood but it reminds me heavily of Versace Man and Oud Noir, can't believe I never noticed before. It has that same accord of licorice, slightly saffrony smell which reminds me very specifically of some type of sweets from when I was a kid. Yes peppery and woody it is but still reminds me of a mystery confectionary. For those who give this one a hard time, I don't know why? Even hardened CdG Lovers still aren't convinced by it...but let's face it it's much better than Wonderwood and even I thought that was fine until this came along.

Brilliantly put by @Gileshowe... 'Though you'd have to be very, very enigmatic indeed, and self-assured, to pull off smelling so unsettling.' So true. This fragrance is nuts! So metallic and unusual it beggars belief. The initial blast of aldehydes is weird but not unpleasant and lasting throughout. I can only really identify cedar and maybe some musk in the base but not a lot else. It's mainly about sharp metallic notes which evoke a cold stone or flint accord, with the majority of these fragrances bloody all the way. I don't think it's fair to compare this to Secretions magnifiques in a a negative regard because that is much more offensive than this. I can totally see the connection though, metallic and strange definitely applies to both of them. Red is not as much of a scrubber in my opinion it's fresher sweeter and more playful but still I'd never wear it.

Sharp grapefruit, Bergamot and green pepper in the opening of this fragrance and it's another wow! Strangely reminds me of something I've smelled before, like some generic masculine antiperspirant or something? Normally this would put me and others off, what is supposed to be an innovative and expensive niche fragrance but somehow it remains more complicated and too aloof to be pinned down. It's a musky, woods and some bizarre synthetic feel. This could be coming from a piperonial/heliotrope accord which TBH I usually don't like it is so odd and lends a new dimension to what is in effect, quite a simple composition. I really like that familiarity coupled with mystery in a stripped back juice which has a gentle freshness and close skin drydown. I'm not crazy about this scent and it's an interesting outing but not really for me.

Woah! This is some gorgeous smelling blood right here. Opens with ginger to me but the knowledge there's a deep thick amber fragrance behind those top notes. Then the coffee comes on stronger and it's a real dark, strong percolated expresso. Nutty deep and creamy base of amber and sandalwood is very pleasing to me. Really enjoyed this one from Blood concept, this is something I would wear.

I seem to recall some talk on the men's forum recently about cold fragrances, well AB is a frozen fragrance. This is like a turbo fizzy lemon sherbet verbena blast of greenness & aldehydes which is borderline unpleasant to my nose. The temperature is sub zero on this one I almost imagined my skin turning to a frosty white ice cube of flesh, as if submerged in liquid nitrogen. It's truly watery even a bit salted and very sharply metallic. Notes like 'slate' which anyone with a logical mind would think was nonsense, actually are evoked in this fragrance it's truly remarkable...but pretty awful in equal measure. I'm not just all about warmth(although I do prefer it) but this is not even particularly refreshing to me although some will love this scent I'm sure because of its sheer Avant garde bravery, I'm not one of those people.