Surprised that this is a unisex, I find it very manly but in a understated way and so much so that I bought it right off the bat. I'm fascinated by this scent it's a wonderful mixture of the familiar and the unknown for me. The top notes are peppery and you definitely get the papyrus. The vetiver is perfect, earthy and woody but clean with great spicing that is just low in the compositional mix. There's gentle myrrh there too this fragrance is quite a complex treat but one that you don't have to become fixated on notes and just sit back and enjoy the big picture. What I like is the way it has an animistic quality, I don't mean in the sense of an animal... I mean the human animal. It's the way it mixes with my body/skin chemistry to create something seriously primal...No wonder this is the Wolverines (Hugh Jackman's) signature scent! I've yet to sniff out a bad or boring L'Artisan Parfumeur fragrance. Love this and will be wearing it regularly although I do think it will be more suited to the heat with the african vibe.