Manly is a brutishly strong tobacco fragrance, which really pushes the boundaries of those who claim to love tobacco. For me, I find it too much, but that doesn’t make it a bad fragrance. As for those whose taste it fits, I imagine would be a glorious wearing. The tobacco isn’t smoky or ashy, but dry, earthy and almost damp - like a collection of tobacco leaf which has been left out in the rain to mingle with mud, moss and dead leaves alike. This is furthered by the patchouli, oakmoss and leather, with that dark and musky facet coming from the oud. It’s an impressive creation, but I find it far too damp and earthy for my tastes. It reminds me a lot of Tabac Dore by Bortnikoff, of which I had a very similar experience with. I’ve come to accept I simply don’t like tobacco in its natural form.
Civet de Nuit is my first encounter with the house of Areej Le Doré, and I must say I’m thoroughly impressed. It’s a glorious use of natural civet, which can be intimidating to some, and whilst it is bold and animalic, it’s nowhere near unwearable - it just needs the right wearer. The civet is front and centre, obviously, with its intensely sharp and slightly urinous musky nature. I pick up this overwhelmingly thick, honeyed sweetness - like beeswax dripping with honey, which I’m assuming is coming from the jasmine. This is tempered by the dry, earthy facets of tobacco, leather and sandalwood. It’s a gorgeous fragrance, stunning and refined whilst feeling impressively unusual and exotic. Whilst I am thoroughly enjoying this, I feel like you are paying for the rarity of the materials more than anything. I’m not sure I could justify the price of this beauty.
Comes across as a clean, soapy, barbershop, at first. After you spend some time with it the layers start to be more apparent and it’s a pretty complex scent profile. Signature scent worthy, a little old school, office safe and mass appealing. If anyone says you smell bad or weird while you’re wearing this… they need their nose checked lol. Great scent. Sad it’s discontinued.
Smells like a mojito in a good way. A nice, pleasant mint and citrusy combination.
The best soapy, fresh smelling fragrance I have smelt. Longevity was there for me, lasted 10+ hours. The price just kills though.
It smells like a spicy sprite but in a great way. Very pleasant smelling
LOVE this scent its so smooth. My only knock is it becomes a skin scent on my body after 4 hours but I prefer this EDP version to the extrait because it can be worn on summer nights without cloying.
Class 1 scrubber. Revolting smell of old pizza and incense. Even after scrubbing you will smell like this for hours.
Super synthetic
Pretty opening a sort of high intensity, high contrast, fruity floral, Inle turns up the colour balance on the world for a moment there. Primarily a bergamot and very peachy and thick osmanthus, it's tropicality is giving it more of a 'from concentrate' vibe than the cooler, breezier and dryer feeling. I often think of osmanthus as almost the fruity more exotic version of geranium, carrying the same airy feel captured in many Osmanthus themed perfumes, this is much denser and almost clumsy for it, seems a little immature in that sense. Reminds me of the original Herbal Essences shampoo, maybe the green one? from the 90's? Not sure they still make that shit, haven't had hair since then pretty much so I wouldn't know! haha! That's not really a diss! I'm not saying it's awful and in actual fact as it dries down it becomes more of a rounded perfume and out of the realms of the laundry or scented bath product and smells much more fitting to the 'luxury' perfume it is. Still It's expensive this and doesn't have the subtlety of an Hermes or Crivelli Osmanthus (just some ones I can recall) not bad though. I like the smell, it's feminine, summery, happy clappy stuff.
I see a lot of comparisons to White Citrus (specifically the non-Men's version which is different), but I think that is quite a bit zestier and drier than this. The "salty" note comes off a bit ozonic which I don't love. This has moments of being something a bit more special than straight citrus, but it keeps going back to being lemon Pledge-adjacent (though not overwhelmingly so). For that alone, it's a pass from me.
Rumored to be Werner Herzog’s signature scent, I wore this to the funeral of my ex-stepgrandma and everyone was clambering to bury their faces in my collar. I soaked up their tears and their compliments like a sponge. What an absolutely stunning and transcendent fragrance.
worth buying for someone who likes woody base
A masterpiece
It envelops me with a hint of nostalgia, slightly sweet, classic with one foot in the seventies, the other completely contemporary.
Such a masterpiece scent. Would love if it lasted longer but one of the best scents I own. Will always have a bottle of this
I don’t have any tattoos so I’m ill-equipped to assess whether this smells like a tattoo parlour (which is the idea), but it definitely smells like a salon: it has a rubbery, industrial vetiver-ink note that evokes black pleather salon chairs, and a slightly ozonic quality that makes me think of hair dryers. It’s also smoky, as if from cigarettes outside the shop door. I wouldn’t have identified the jasmine note (I wouldn’t call anything in here “floral”) but I think it might be manifesting as the fragrance of hair or skin treatments. There are also woody and musky facets going on that smooth and mellow it into a velvety texture that keeps the industrial touches from feeling harsh. Overall a very interesting and well-executed perfume, cool and a little edgy but not actually “weird,” nicely balanced. It’s not quite what I want from an “inky” fragrance, though, personally. I’d want it to reference books rather than tattoos, so, something more papery and natural, maybe with a more antique leather, incense, or some green touches. (Like Perfumer H’s Ink, in other words).
Not the most "special" tobacco fragrance per se, but my god is it smooth. Volutes Eau de Parfum is one of those fragrances that I feel really shines in the air. On close inspection, the iris kind of overpowers all the other notes, which makes me feel very anosmic. But the sillage - oh my god. It is a nuanced spicy tobacco, not overly sweet or cloying, the perfect amount of dryness and a touch of spice (I would like to say ginger?) with a honey touch that feels magical in the autumn breeze or warmer winter days. Not as magical as Volutes EDT but an great piece from Diptyque nonetheless.
Synthetic opening but if you get past that it's beautiful I get so many compliments and it's great dupe I would suggest the edp it's alot smoother and last longer overall 9/10
this is the best scent i’ve ever smelt in my life. It’s a very very green, fougére that minds me of a musky, woody, piece of green clover☘️ and its phenomenal.
Clasy clean fragance, smell great and lots of compliments. Definitely an upgrade of Prada L'homme
Good casual fragance for winter and cold days.
Overall Smell: 4/5 - To me this smells like a few other Le Labo prodcuts. I bought both this and Bergamote together and they're similar scents, but I prefer Bergamote.
Longevity: 3/5 - 4 hours tops
Price: not worth it
Overall Smell: 4/5 - It's a very nice, floraly and citrusy smell that's quite refreshing and good for everyday use. I've received a few compliments on it, but my experience with this and other Le Labo scents is that they don't last long (4 hours).
Not worth the price, but if you do like it I would buy the smaller bottle.
