This is one of those fragrances that I've always been aware of without ever really coming into contact with. I think I sprayed it in a shop once perhaps? Anyway I have now and I've got to say it's superb! To me it still has the main two components which made the original Homme so iconic and popular, the interplay of vanilla and lavender, however, as minimal and playfully 'nothing' as that fragrance is, this has way more heft without overstepping into one of those cloying, annoying fougere types but also not too dainty and elegant as to undermine the masculinity. It's a mossier, spicier version of the lavender centered perfume, with a drydown and soft, vanillic and meditative as the original. Let’s talk about the opening though, it sparkles with a labdanic effect, which gives the whole thing a luxurious feel, it’s a kind of creamy middle ground between Chypre and Fougere. I love it. I've seen it in a million peoples collections who I know like all this sort of business that I do, so it shouldn't come as such a surprise that a Caron perfume is great. I need it in my life, get in my wardrobe!!!