The presentation of this fragrance brings images to our mind of a gentleman wearing a top hat and sporting the most splendid moustache! The fabric making the 'moustache' is that from which Burberry make their trench coats - a nice touch. Launched in April 2016 and described as the masculine version of My Burberry (2014).
Top notes of grapefruit, taragon and cardamon (our aroma of the week) give a very fresh, herbaceous, shower clean opening and our initial thoughts were that it was bright, fresh, aquatic although quite similar in style to many other aquatic/outdoorsy gents fragrances, however we continue to sniff and await developments....
The zesty element quickly moves on, heart and base notes of beautiful woods such as cedarwood, guiaic wood and green notes of birch leaf give a soft and subtle dry down - very, very subtle.... in fact I only know those aromas are in there because I read it - not because the individual notes stand out, and after less than an hour the aroma has faded so much I can barely detect it. This isn't in any way unpleasant, but I'm having to get very close to my left wrist in order to smell it - perhaps that's the whole idea, you have to get up close and personal with the person wearing it? It's pleasant and unlikely to offend anyone, a follower rather than a leader, but definitely not very memorable.
As perhaps the first fragrance you buy for your teenage male relative this may well fit the bill.... as a signature scent for a more mature and confident man, questionable.....
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